The City of Salinas is requesting qualifications from planning and environmental consulting firms to provide planning and environmental services related to the processing of the Ferrasci Business Center Specific Plan (the "Project") predominantly located within the City's Economic Development Element (EDE) Target Area K (Figure 1). The City seeks technical project support with the preparation and packaging of planning entitlements, including General Plan Amendment, Prezoning, Sphere of Influence and Annexation applications, Specific Plan and the preparation of associated Initial Study and required technical studies. It is anticipated that the environmental review of the Project can tier off of the EDE Program EIR (2017) which analyzed environmental impacts in Target Area K. The ultimate determination of the appropriate environmental document required in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) will be determined by the City based on the conclusions of the prepared Initial Study analysis.

In this regard, the City seeks a consultant team, or consultant teams, that have extensive experience in preparing General Plan Amendments, Pre-Zoning, Sphere of Influence and Annexation applications, Specific Plan, and associated California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) documents. The consultant team may be a single, multi-service firm, or comprised of a planning lead with sub-consultants as required.