The City of Santa Fe ("City", "Client") is issuing this Request for Proposals ("RFP") to urban planning firms and economic analysis firms ("Planning Team", "Respondent"), with the objective of procuring a single qualified Planning Team, i.e. a single Respondent. The Planning Team must have the capacity in economic analysis and urban planning on large-scale, public/private partnership, real estate development projects to analyze, advice, and participate in creating a feasible and implementable development framework for the redevelopment of the Midtown Property in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The City is considering various options for the disposition and development of the Midtown Property, a 64.22-acre site ("Midtown Property", "Site") with approximately 32 existing buildings that have strong reuse potential, and significant open space that present viable opportunities for new residential and mixed-use development.

The Midtown Property presents an unprecedented public/private opportunity to address the City's equitable and sustainable development objectives, primarily because of: (1) the property's prime central midtown location within the Midtown LINC District, an Opportunity Zone; (2) some of the existing buildings are ready for adaptive reuse; and, (3) a high level of private interest in developing and leasing parcels at the Site.

1.B PROJECT VISION

Informed by a community engagement process, in the summer of 2018, the City's Governing Body approved the Planning Guidelines for the City's Midtown Property ("Planning Guidelines").The Planning Guidelines set forth the strategic priorities and guidance for the development of the Midtown Property. The vision as expressed in the Planning Guidelines is:

"Over time, our community aspires for the Midtown LINC to be an essential hub of Santa Fe reflecting the city's heritage and culture where all residents are invited to live, work, play, and learn. We want the Midtown Property to become the most creative location in the U.S. where a wide diversity of people interact and collaborate to find their passions; build their skills for a great career; live in a thriving, vibrant neighborhood and city; and create a great future for our community, region and beyond."

The City envisions a vibrant, people-oriented, new mixed-use district with a variety of uses including — residential, higher education, film and media, arts and culture, and programmed open spaces, with a vision for entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and job 7 development and training. Once used as an arts and design university campus, there are existing buildings that present opportunities to continue creative uses in the arts, film and video, as well as higher-education, and sports and recreation. For example, the property includes the Greer Garson Studios, three fully functioning soundstages regularly leased for film and tv production; The Screen movie theater; the Greer Garson Theater, a 500 seat performing arts theater; Fogelson Library, expansive library with opportunity for additions like maker space and computer labs; and the iconic Visual Arts center designed by Ricardo Legorreta as educational spaces for art and design. The campus also includes parcels for the development of residential and dynamic mixed-use neighborhoods with programmed open space. The Site is a generational opportunity with exceptional real estate development and community and economic development potential. However, currently, it also places significant demand on limited city resources — property maintenance and asset management obligations. Therefore, the City is focused on ensuring a cost and time efficient process to maximize the development opportunities through public/private partnerships and minimize cost and risk associated with property and asset management