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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRFPResponse_HoltkampPlanning Proposal to: City of Bozeman, MT Economic and Demographic Analysis Submitted by: Chris Holtkamp, AICP Principal 8402A Tallwood Dr Austin, TX 78759 512-217-0173 www.HoltkampPlanning.com Table of Contents Project Summary .......................................................................................................................... 1  Company Description / Capability........................................................................................... 3  Project Team ................................................................................................................................. 7 References ................................................................................................................................... 13  Outline of Services ..................................................................................................................... 15 City of Bozeman, MT Economic and Demographic Analysis RFP Holtkamp Planning 1 Project Summary The existing and extensive body of planning work already completed in Bozeman outlines a clear vision for the future, as well as short- and long-term community goals and objectives. The proposal contained herein describes a project that will not seek to replicate these efforts, but to leverage them as invaluable resources as our team updates materials to reflect current, changing, and future conditions. Our work will develop and unpack revised data on existing land use, population trends, and demographic changes. We will not look simply at these trends in Bozeman, but will incorporate regional and national happenings that stands to influence development in Bozeman over time. A detailed discussion of our process can be found in the Outline of Services section below. We will utilize the existing body of work available from the City, along with our experience and expertise to answer the questions: how will changing demographic and economic circumstances affect Bozeman, and how can the City best position itself to benefit from these changes? The answer to these questions will be grounded in a comprehensive and data-driven examination of the city’s current policies, goals, and values, to understand how Bozeman has developed over time, and where residents see the community moving forward. Once we establish and explain existing conditions, we will develop a range of scenarios for future development to accommodate expected changes. These scenarios will be based on the existing goal of commercial density and more mixed use, while reflecting trends such as changing employment patterns, household characteristics, and related factors that will influence future development patterns for commercial and residential development in and around Bozeman. Creating such scenarios will empower residents and decision-makers to identify and self-select from contextually sensitive development paths that aim to account for forecasted changes while protecting community heritage and values. Throughout the process, we will conduct public engagement to get feedback and direction to ensure that our work fits well with the values and heritage of Bozeman. Following public engagement with respect to our proposed development scenarios, will author a final report to communicate our data, analyses, processes, and recommendations for implementing the community’s preferred scenario. The report will articulate potential policies, ordinance updates, and other strategies that can be adopted to encourage development that conforms to the selected scenario. An economic analysis will also be provided that includes potential costs and benefits for the selected development pattern to ensure future growth is financially feasible for the City. A proposed schedule for this process is below. Month 1 Month 2 Month 3 Month 4 Month 5 Month 6 Kick Off Meeting Data and Plan Review Scenario and Initial Recommendations Public Engagement Draft Development Draft Presentation Final Analysis Development Presentation and Adoption City of Bozeman, MT Economic and Demographic Analysis RFP Holtkamp Planning 2 This Page Intentionally Left Blank City of Bozeman, MT Economic and Demographic Analysis RFP Holtkamp Planning 3 Company Description and History Prior to founding Holtkamp Planning, Mr. Holtkamp worked for the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) providing community and economic development services to cities purchasing water and / or electricity from LCRA. When LCRA made the decision to cut its community and economic development program in 2012, Mr. Holtkamp started his own firm. Because of the strong relationships he cultivated and the quality of the work he provided during his tenure at LCRA, Mr. Holtkamp found success by working in many of the same communities after leaving LCRA. He also had the opportunity to expand his practice beyond Central Texas, undertaking projects in Colorado, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Project Management and Philosophy Holtkamp Planning’s project management approach is very hands on; we work very closely with elected and appointed officials and residents. Our projects are never developed behind closed doors or in isolation. Rather, all of our efforts are collaborations with the communities in which we work. To ensure success, our work will incorporate existing data and knowledge as well as new ideas generated from our analysis and through public engagement. Our goal is to provide a report that offers clear direction to inform decision making. City leaders will be confident in utilizing our work, knowing it is based on detailed research and has the support of Bozeman residents. Experience and Capacity Holtkamp Planning has provided services in communities of all sizes. Our portfolio includes communities that are growing very rapidly and seek strategies to protect their identity and quality of life; as well as those that have faced stagnation or decline, and are desperate for ideas to spur growth and grow the local economy. In all cases, there is a need to identify goals that are rooted in local identity and heritage and are tailored to the specific conditions of that community. A one-size-fits-all approach will result in a plan that gathers dust and does not provide direction for the city to affect meaningful change. A few relevant examples of projects are detailed below. Port Lavaca Demographic and Economic Profile and Future Land Use Plan Port Lavaca is located on the Texas coast and is working to establish an economic development program to attract new businesses and support existing businesses in the City. To help establish this effort, the City needed a detailed Demographic and Economic Profile that provided information on current population statistics, traffic counts, and a market analysis that could be used to help attract new retail businesses as well as primary employers. In addition, the City saw a need to develop a Future Land Use Plan as part of a vision for how Port Lavaca should grow. City leaders wanted a plan that would facilitate their decision making as it relates to issues of transportation and infrastructure to support desired growth objectives. The Future Land Use Plan included an annexation component that identified appropriate areas for annexation that would benefit the City. The Future Land Use Plan was rooted in the data developed through the Demographic Profile, providing adequate land to meet expected growth, focusing commercial and industrial growth in the most suitable areas, and providing a vision for Port Lavaca’s future based on community values. City of Bozeman, MT Economic and Demographic Analysis RFP Holtkamp Planning 4 Vision Bay City 2040 City of Bay City, TX (http://visionbaycity2040.com/) Bay City is a town of approximately 18,000 located in Wharton County, near Matagorda Bay. Bay City has experienced population decline over the last 20 years; however, there has been significant new economic investment in the region and is expected that this will lead to renewed growth in the community. Bay City needed to develop a vision for the community to provide a framework for decision making and spur action. The City is combating negative perceptions and lack of engagement from many citizens and needed to regain citizen support and participation. To ensure public support for the plan and its recommendations, we developed a proactive approach that included significant public outreach and multiple avenues of engagement. Our process included interviews, focus groups, Town Hall meetings, as well as a community survey that received approximately 1,000 responses. In addition, we utilized social media to provide an additional avenue of input for residents. Our process resulted in a plan that reflects the priorities of Bay City residents. The goals are based on the information we gathered from residents, not a boiler plate plan that doesn’t fit local needs. We developed a detailed Implementation Guide that identifies each Goal, specific action steps, timelines, responsible parties, as well as estimated costs and funding sources. The Implementation Guide is designed to provide all the information needed for the community to take action. Even before the Plan was adopted, the City had begun taking action to address issues that were being identified. This includes issuing $4 million in certificates of obligation to address road maintenance issues, and beginning an in depth review of the City’s development process to ensure the process is efficient and fair. Too often, cities think developing the plan is the hard part, without realizing that the work really begins once the plan is adopted. Bay City embraced this reality and upon adoption of the plan set a special workshop specifically to begin the implementation process. Cheektowaga, NY Updated Community Inventory and Profile Cheektowaga, NY is a Town of approximately 88,000 people situated adjacent to the City of Buffalo in western New York State. The Town prepared a draft comprehensive plan several years ago; however, at the start of summer 2016, the draft had neither been presented to the public nor, consequently, formally adopted by the Town Board. As the Town now seeks public feedback on the plan prior to potential adoption, it recognized the dated nature of one of the plan’s most fundamental chapters: the Community Inventory and Profile. We are currently working on an updated version of this chapter for the Town. Our approach involves open public engagement, regular interactions with Town departments, elected officials, and local institutions, and rigorous data analysis. Updates a to the Community Inventory and Profile center on describing, mapping, and explaining changes in: land use patterns; land use controls; demographic and socioeconomic compositions; housing markets and housing conditions; economic development patterns; environmental resources and conditions; utility infrastructure and provision networks; transportation networks, transportation supply, and transportation demand; community facilities and cultural resources; and community visions and policy priorities. The project draws on primary data from surveys and interviews, as well as secondary data from the U.S. Census Bureau Decennial Census and American Community Survey, the New York State Office of Real Property Tax Services, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the U.S. Environmental City of Bozeman, MT Economic and Demographic Analysis RFP Holtkamp Planning 5 Protection Agency, Esri Business Analyst, the U.S. Census Building Permit Survey, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency SmartLocation Database, among others. Pilot Analysis of the Montana Horizons Program (peer-reviewed article; not fee-based) From 2006 to 2008, sixteen rural communities in Montana took part in a multiphase poverty reduction program that was administered through Montana State University Extension. The communities selected for the intervention were those that recently experienced decline or demographic change. All participant communities received the same resources and tools, and the program was carried out in three phases. In the first phase, citizens came together to “discuss and define poverty and assets within their community”. The second phase consisted of leadership training, whereby community members were provided with information, skills, and encouragement to either establish new or take on active roles in existing community organizations. The culminating third phase then engaged citizens in community visioning. Community visioning is a participatory planning process in which a representative assemblage of a place’s citizens work together to articulate a consensual vision for the place’s future, and to coauthor a strategic framework for achieving that vision. By empowering citizens— preferably as large and diverse a group as possible—to negotiate and set the terms of a collective future in this manner, community visioning is an effective means for revealing otherwise latent values, assets, and synergies that are embedded within a given sociospatial landscape. Consequently, community visioning tends to produce more than just planning goals, priorities, and action steps. It also facilitates interactions that build intra-community trust and social capital; and it motivates residents to become more proactive in anticipating and engaging with changes that are coming to their communities. On that backdrop, the three phases/components of (1) public discussion, (2) leadership training, and (3) community visioning combine in ways that feasibly enhance a community’s resilience. For instance: public discussion encourages discovery of shared values, which builds cultural capital; leadership training is a direct investment into a place’s human capital; and, as suggested above, community visioning tends to build social capital. Moreover, all of these intangible, as well as more tangible (e.g., built, financial, natural) forms of capital exhibit complementarities, such that efficacious investments into some create a “spiraling up” phenomenon that positively affects the others. The result of such an upward spiral is increased community capacity to cope with change. In this way, the Montana Horizons program was, in effect, a community capacity-building “treatment” that was applied to sixteen places within a quasi-natural experiment. In this project, we analyzed the effects of this quasi-natural experiment using a combination of statistical matching techniques and difference-in-differences methods. The study revealed that key U.S. Census socioeconomic indicators either improved more rapidly or declined more slowly in communities that took part in the program, relative to a statistically matched control group. We argued that the findings offer persuasive circumstantial evidence for the ability of participatory community visioning and planning programs to build the capacity of communities in Montana. Citation: Weaver, R. (2016). Capacity-building and community resilience: a pilot analysis of education and employment indicators before and after an Extension intervention. Journal of Extension, 54(2): 2FEA1. City of Bozeman, MT Economic and Demographic Analysis RFP Holtkamp Planning 6 This Page Intentionally Left Blank City of Bozeman, MT Economic and Demographic Analysis RFP Holtkamp Planning 7 Project Team Chris Holtkamp, AICP Chris Holtkamp, AICP has over 16 years of experience working in rural communities and understands the importance of providing clear, detailed implementation strategies to help these communities succeed. He spent 13 years at the Lower Colorado River Authority providing community and economic development assistance to rural communities throughout Central Texas. The focus of this work was primarily rural communities, and he developed a deep understanding of the unique opportunities and challenges facing these cities. This experience also led to an acknowledgement of the need to focus on capacity building to ensure successful implementation of adopted plans. He recognized that success was built on a foundation of engagement and education, providing needed tools to community leaders so they could do the necessary work. Since 2012, he has owned an independent consulting firm, continuing his work in Central Texas, but also working throughout the U.S. Projects he has been involved with have led to meaningful change in communities resulting in sustainable economic vitality built on a solid foundation of community development. He recognizes the importance of identifying community values and supporting development that reflects those values. Russell Weaver, PhD Russell Weaver, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography at Texas State University, where he teaches courses in community planning, community design, and quantitative data analysis. His research leverages public sector, commercial, and community- based data to study neighborhood change, development, and social dynamics at various geographic scales, and to empirically evaluate local program and policy interventions. He has published more than two dozen theoretical and empirical articles in peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes, and he is the primary author of the 2016 book Shrinking Cities: Understanding Urban Decline in the United States. Within a community geography framework, many of Russell’s current projects are aimed at forming data-driven action research collaborations with diverse community institutions. Prior to entering academia, Russell worked in various senior level positions with state, local, and nonprofit organizations in the areas of community development and social justice. He holds a PhD in Geography and a Master’s degree in Economics from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, and a B.S. in Economics from Shippensburg University (Pennsylvania). City of Bozeman, MT Economic and Demographic Analysis RFP Holtkamp Planning 8 This Page Intentionally Left Blank City of Bozeman, MT Economic and Demographic Analysis RFP Holtkamp Planning 9 Chris Holtkamp, AICP SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS • Horseshoe Bay Comprehensive Plan (Horseshoe Bay, TX) Dripping Springs Comprehensive Plan and Update (Dripping Springs, TX) Port Lavaca Demographic and Economic Profile and Future Land Use Plan (Port Lavaca, TX) Windsor Mill Redevelopment Feasibility Study (Windsor, CO) Bay City Comprehensive Plan (Bay City, TX) Fredericksburg Comprehensive Plan Update (Fredericksburg, TX) Housing Assessment for Venango County (Venango County, PA) Burnet County Strategic Plan Land Development Code (City of Jarrell, TX) Growth Projection and GIS Mapping (Hill Country Alliance, TX) Envision Brenham Comprehensive Plan (City of Brenham, TX) Zoning Ordinance (City of Palacios, TX) EXPERIENCE Mr. Holtkamp began his career working with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) at the City of Loveland, Colorado. In 1999 he returned to Austin as a GIS Analyst with LCRA, then transferred to the Community and Economic Development department and began work in community planning. Since 2001 Mr. Holtkamp has led the development of comprehensive plans for cities throughout Central Texas. These plans address land use, economic development, housing, downtown revitalization, historic preservation, and community development. The plans are based on a thorough community input process to ensure they reflect the priorities and concerns of the citizens. Since leaving LCRA, his practice has expanded outside of Texas. He has participated in housing analyses for communities in Virginia, New York, and Pennsylvania. He recently completed a project in Windsor, Colorado planning the redevelopment of an historic mill that will serve as a mixed use destination for the town. In addition to his planning experience, Mr. Holtkamp has been involved with many economic development projects including Target Industry Analyses, business recruitment training, tourism assessments, and strategic planning. These projects provide communities with the information they need to develop sustainable local economies. EDUCATION Master of Arts in Geography, University of Denver, 1997 Bachelor of Arts, Geography, University of Texas at Austin, 1995 AFFILIATIONS American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP Member) Texas Chapter of the American Planning Association (Director) City of Bozeman, MT Economic and Demographic Analysis RFP Holtkamp Planning 10 This Page Intentionally Left Blank City of Bozeman, MT Economic and Demographic Analysis RFP Holtkamp Planning 11 Russell Weaver, PhD RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS • Book Weaver, R., S. Bagchi-Sen, J. Knight, & A. Frazier. (2016). Shrinking cities: understanding shrinkage and decline in the United States, 1st edition. New York: Routledge. Sample Refereed Articles and Book Chapters Weaver, R. and J. Knight. (2017). Analysis of a multipronged community development initiative in two distressed neighbourhoods. Community Development Journal [accepted, in press]. Weaver, R. (2016). Palliative planning in an American shrinking city - some thoughts and preliminary policy analysis. Community Development. [advance version available online] Weaver, R. (Forthcoming). Growth, development, and housing stock quality in the administrative Appalachian region. In Rural Housing, edited by Don Albrecht, Scott Loveridge, Stephan Goetz, and Rachel Wellborn. New York: Routledge. Weaver, R. and S. Bagchi-Sen. (2014). Evolutionary analysis of neighborhood decline using multilevel selection theory. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 104(4): 765-783. Weaver, R. (2013). Re-framing the urban blight problem with trans-disciplinary insights from ecological economics. Ecological Economics, 90: 168-176. Weaver, R. and S. Bagchi-Sen. (2013). Spatial analysis of urban decline: the geography of blight. Applied Geography, 40: 61-70. EXPERIENCE Dr. Weaver began his career in Buffalo, New York as a senior legislative staff member for a city council member. The issue portfolio that he managed included land use, housing, and community development. In addition, Dr. Weaver served as a registered Buffalo City Housing Court Liaison, a role for which he attended weekly housing court hearings to advocate on behalf of community groups and stakeholders in the district that he represented. During his employment in local government, Dr. Weaver was also an adjunct lecturer in microeconomics and quantitative methods at two institutions of higher education in New York State. In 2011, Dr. Weaver relocated to the Washington, DC region, where he served as the in-house Social Scientist for the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. There he produced original research and analysis to support programmatic initiatives and federal litigation related to social justice and civil rights issues. He was especially responsible for designing and carrying out policy analyses using a combination of GIS tools and spatial statistical methods. Since 2013, Dr. Weaver has worked as a full time faculty member in higher education. From 2013- 2014 he was a Visiting Professor of GIS and spatial analysis at the University of Redlands in California. In August of 2014, he joined the faculty at Texas State University in San Marcos as a tenure track Assistant Professor of Geography. He currently teaches courses in community planning and design, community geography, and quantitative methods. EDUCATION Ph.D., Geography, The State University of New York at Buffalo, 2012 M.A., Economics, The State University of New York at Buffalo, 2010 B.S., Economics, Shippensburg University, 2006 City of Bozeman, MT Economic and Demographic Analysis RFP Holtkamp Planning 12 This Page Intentionally Left Blank City of Bozeman, MT Economic and Demographic Analysis RFP Holtkamp Planning 13 References Port Lavaca Demographic and Economic Profile and Future Land Use Plan Scotty Jones, Finance Director 202 North Virginia Port Lavaca, TX 77979 sjones@portlavaca.org Population: 12,734 Project Date: 01/15 – 05/15 Demographic and Economic Profile and Future Land Use Plan Vision Bay City 2040 Comprehensive Plan William Cornman, City Council Member, City of Bay City 1901 Fifth Street Bay City, TX 77414 979-323-1626 wgcornman@sbcglobal.net Population: 17,635 Project Date: 03/14 – 11/14 Comprehensive Plan Development Dripping Springs Comprehensive Plan Update Ginger Faught, Assistant City Administrator 511 Mercer ST Dripping Springs, TX 78620 512-858-4725 gfaught@cityofdrippingsprings.com Population: 1,905 Project Date: 03/16 – 11/16 Comprehensive Plan Update City of Horseshoe Bay Comprehensive Plan Update Stan Farmer, City Manager City of Horseshoe Bay 1 Community Drive Horseshoe Bay, TX 78657 sfarmer@horseshoe-bay-tx.gov Population: 3,749 Project Date: 03/16 – 10/16 Comprehensive Plan Update City of Bozeman, MT Economic and Demographic Analysis RFP Holtkamp Planning 14 City of La Grange Demographic and Economic Profile Scott Byler, Community and Economic Development Director City of La Grange 155 E. Colorado St. La Grange, TX 78945 979-968-8701 sbyler@cityoflg.com Population: 4,675 Project Date: 01/16 – 03/16 Demographic and Economic Profile City of Bozeman, MT Economic and Demographic Analysis RFP Holtkamp Planning 15 Outline of Services Existing Information Review The initial task for our team will be to schedule a work session with the Planning Board and City staff. The session will be aimed at receiving approval for our proposed scope of work and timeline, and to begin a general overview of documents, histories, issues, and related matters. The Planning Board will be our primary resource and review committee that we will collaborate with throughout the project to ensure the final product meets community expectations. Bozeman has a range of existing plans and documents that will serve as a foundation for our project. We will begin our work with an extensive review of these documents, as well as active planning documents that have been created for larger geographic regions of which Bozeman is a part. This review will provide us with a starting point for understanding existing issues and opportunities that might carry forward from prior efforts. The review will also provide us with a thorough understanding of what projects have been completed from these plans and those currently in progress. We will also review plans from adjoining communities, Montana State University, and other entities that may influence activities in and around Bozeman. This will minimize potential conflicts that may arise as Bozeman continues to grow. We will work to ensure proposed land use and development within Bozeman are complementary to expected uses in adjoining areas. Site Assessment During the first weeks of the project, we will conduct a detailed citywide assessment that focuses on opportunities, constraints, and existing conditions. Essentially, we will create a detailed a “outsiders” view of Bozeman to share with community stakeholders, so they can see what the community looks like on paper. Such documents serve as excellent conversation starters to catalyze robust participation in public engagement meetings. Specifically, they offer stakeholders the ability to refute perceptions created by data, and therefore to provide planners with crucial, but latent, bits of local knowledge. In this way, our initial assessment will furnish our team with knowledge of existing conditions. That assessment, complete with feedback from our community partners, will then act as a guide for the remainder of our work. Moreover, in using the initial assessment as an engagement tool, we expect to cultivate healthy, trusting, and collaborative relationships with local stakeholders—which are essential for a plan’s long term success. Demographic and Economic Analysis A plan cannot be successful if it is based on faulty data. It is critical to have accurate information on existing conditions as well as responsible projections to have an understanding of what the community may look like in the future. A thorough demographic and economic analysis will be a fundamental part of the plan and will include summaries of existing conditions, as well as projections, for population and households, labor force participation rates and access to employment, types and extent of employment opportunities in the commuting area, commuting choices, and household income, among other variables. These projections will be discussed, and their impacts on the community analyzed, as part of the planning process. Future Land Use Analysis Situated on these demographic and socioeconomic foundations, a detailed land use analysis will investigate and communicate trends in development in and around Bozeman, City of Bozeman, MT Economic and Demographic Analysis RFP Holtkamp Planning 16 focusing on expected growth in commercial and residential uses. We will develop an inventory of expected uses over time that will include estimates of the amount of land that should be dedicated to each land use to meet expected growth. This inventory will be the foundation for the scenarios we will develop, each providing a different vision for how to accommodate expected growth in and around Bozeman. These scenarios will incorporate goals and values already defined in existing plans, but will provide an opportunity to define a new vision for Bozeman based on the new analysis developed. The scenarios will be presented to the Planning Board and City Staff for review before being presented to the public for their review and feedback. This public engagement process will allow us to determine which scenario is most supported by the residents of Bozeman. Once a desired scenario has been identified, we will work with the Planning Board and City staff to develop the scenario in greater detail and identify the strategies to implement the desired vision. Strategies and Recommendations Once the vision for future development has been defined, we will develop a series of recommendations to ensure that vision is achieved. This may include recommendations to revise development ordinances and policies to ensure development conforms to expectations. There may also be an opportunity to discuss what, if any, incentives the City may consider offering to promote desired development. We will also provide recommendations for improvements to city infrastructure and utilities to ensure adequate capacity to serve expected growth. Directing investments into utilities and transportation infrastructure can be a significant influence on where and how growth occurs, as developers seek to locate in areas with adequate capacity. We will also work with Bozeman Public Schools, Montana State University, and neighboring communities to ensure all entities are coordinating to accommodate expected growth. This will ensure complementary policies, where possible, and effective communication is in place to address any challenges that may arise. Bozeman does not exist in a vacuum, growth in the City and the region must have at least some coordination to minimize issues like congestion and sprawl. We will work to develop a plan that promotes community values and ensures future development provides for sustained economic vitality, while protecting local identity and heritage. Deliverables Deliverables will include a detailed Demographic and Economic Profile of Bozeman and the region that provides information on existing and expected characteristics of the local population and economy. There will be a thorough Land Use Analysis that provides details of expected growth and an inventory of prospective land uses to accommodate that growth. This will include a preferred development scenario that maps where new development should occur, including recommendations for utility and transportation infrastructure to serve desired development patterns. Finally, we will provide strategies and recommendations to achieve the desired development pattern that will inform City action to implement the plan. City of Bozeman, MT Economic and Demographic Analysis RFP Holtkamp Planning 17 Project Schedule Month 1 Kick Off Meeting Site Assessment Existing Information Review Month 2 Demographic and Economic Analysis Future Land Use Analysis Month 3 Presentation of Initial Findings to Economic Development Council Presentation of Initial Findings to Planning Board Future Land Use Workshop (Scenario Selection) Month 4 Draft Report Development Month 5 Presentation of Draft Report to Planning Board Presentation of Draft Report to City Commission Development of Final Report Month 6 Presentation of Final Report to Planning Board Presentation of Final Report to City Commission Statement of Non-discrimination – Attachment 1 ____________________________________(name of entity submitting) hereby affirms it will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, age, marital status, national origin, or because of actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity or disability and acknowledges and understands the eventual contract will contain a provision prohibiting discrimination as described above and this prohibition on discrimination shall apply to the hiring and treatments or proposer’s employees and to all subcontracts. ______________________________________ Name and title of person authorized to sign on behalf of submitter Holtkamp Planning