Consultant Services for the Regional Trails Implementation Strategy

Description

SACOG serves as a Joint Powers Authority (JPA) of city and county governments in El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba counties. As the only public agency with members from all 28 jurisdictions in the greater Sacramento region, SACOG plays a unique role as the place where local governments can come together to take on critical issues facing the region and to tackle problems that are too big for any one jurisdiction to solve on its own. SACOG is tasked by state and federal law with long-range planning for the region but also plays an important role in working with local partners to advance more immediate solutions to some of the region’s shared challenges of transportation, housing, air quality, climate change and the protection of the region’s agricultural and natural resources. Starting with the development of the 2024 Blueprint, SACOG has committed to three strategic goals of equity, economy, and environment. For more information, please visit our website: https://www.sacog.org. SACOG has identified that a key next step in advancing the network is to develop a strategy to guide implementation of the prioritized network that focuses on implementation strategies, funding options, and technical assistance. The outcome of the Strategy will be a prioritized list of projects, backed by a data-driven methodology, identified partnerships, funding mechanisms, cost estimates, and next steps. The outcome of the technical assistance will be to assist up to ten agencies at all priority levels (Tier 1-3 in the Regional Trails Network Action Plan) to take whatever next step is necessary for their project (see Task 4 for examples of activities). To understand the best path to implement the plan’s vision, SACOG is requesting proposals from interested consultants to provide assis