RFP – Town of Wellington – TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY MASTER PLAN, IMPACT FEE NEXUS STUDY, AND STREET DESIGN GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS
Introduction
The Town seeks to retain professional and technical assistance in preparing a Transportation and Mobility Master Plan (Plan) and impact fee nexus study, and updating the Town’s street design guidelines and standards. The Plan would be intended to serve as a supplemental document to the Comprehensive Plan and would guide the Town’s transportation and mobility goals and policies, will aim to right-size infrastructure for the community’s needs and desires, and will incorporate multimodal transportation standards. The update to the street design guidelines and standards will replace the streets section of the Wellington Standards Design Criteria and Standard Construction Requirements. The Town is seeking qualified service providers for an interdisciplinary team to facilitate a meaningful public engagement process, define a Plan mission statement and vision based on outreach, review existing conditions and regulatory framework, do a comprehensive update to the street design guidelines and standards, and to prepare the Master Plan and impact fee nexus study for acceptance by the Town.The selected consultant is to provide all the necessary labor, equipment and supplies required for satisfactory completion of the work.
The Town anticipates issuing a Notice to Proceed in August 2025 with project completion anticipated before February 2027.
Background
The Town of Wellington is a growing community located along the Interstate 25 corridor in northern Colorado. The Town has experienced recent growth and is currently estimated to have approximately 12,000 residents. The Town updated its Comprehensive Plan in 2021, along with corresponding updates to the Town’s Land Use Code, adopted in 2022. The development of a Transportation and Mobility Master Plan is one of the strategies identified to meet the Town’s goal of creating an efficient and safe transportation system for all modes of transportation within and beyond town boundaries.
The Town is also undergoing an update to the 2015 Parks and Trails Masterplan, which is being led by the Parks and Recreation Department. On April 8, 2025, the Board of Trustees passed Resolution No. 13-2025 approving a consultant agreement with Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker LLC for a Parks, Recreation, Open Space and Trails (PROST) Master Plan and Community Center Feasibility Study. It is likely that there will be opportunities for coordination with public engagement and in the general development of these plans. Because these master plans will be going on simultaneously, flexibility will be needed to accommodate changing needs.
Project Objective
The Town of Wellington desires to create a Transportation and Mobility Master Plan, conduct an impact fee nexus study, and update the Town’s street design guidelines and standards. The creation of the Master Plan would support the goals outlined in the Comprehensive Plan and would guide the Town’s design and decision-making for transportation system and infrastructure needs to accommodate all modes of transportation. Along with this effort, the Town desires to undertake an impact fee nexus study to analyze existing road impact fees and propose updates to the fees based on prioritized transportation projects identified in the Master Plan. Lastly, there is a need to comprehensively update the Town’s streets standards and guidelines that would replace the streets section (Division 5) of the Wellington Standard Design Criteria and Standard Construction Requirements.