1) PRELIMINARY MASTER PLAN SECTIONS Consultant will incorporate public input and other data as described above to work with City staff and the Board to develop preliminary ideas for specific updates and additions to the current Master Plan that will guide future development and growth in Portsmouth. This phase of the work shall also include a discussion, or discussions as required, with City staff and the Board of the optional sections of a master plan as outlined in the statute at RSA 674:2 III. City staff and the Board anticipate, and the Consultant may assume, the likelihood of needing most or all of these statutorily optional sections of the new Master Plan. 2) PUBLIC VISIONING AND INTERACTION - STAGE TWO OF ENGAGING THE PUBLIC As described above, Consultant should incorporate ideas from a variety of sources: including but not limited to, the public, City Council, key stakeholders (e.g., historical, environmental, or cultural groups), private contractors, etc., to ensure that the City’s future planning and development reflects a multitude of perspectives. After collecting data and seeking input, the City expects that Consultant will report its findings and engage purposefully and repeatedly with the public. This stage of the process will allow the City to determine levels of public acceptance of existing and possible new patterns of development for inclusion in the preliminary sections of the new Master Plan. This will require visual representations of concepts surfaced during data collection and evaluation and further developed with City staff and the Board. 3) PREPARE FINAL MASTER PLAN SECTIONS Consultant will work with City staff and the Board to develop the final sections of the new Master Plan. This process is anticipated to be largely a Consultant team effort, with regular check-ins with City staff and the Board as required to ensure a collaborative final product or set of products. The City is open to Consultant creativity and suggestions on how to effectively implement this portion for the work. 4) FINAL PUBLIC AND CITY PRESENTATION This will involve a final presentation of the results of the work and the new Master Plan to the public and the City Council. Subsequently, the Board will proceed to adopt the plan.
