Base Information. The Owner shall furnish a certified land survey of recent date of the site of the Project giving, as applicable, grades and lines of street, alleys, pavements, and adjoining property; rights-of-way, restrictions, easements, encroachments, zoning, deed restrictions, boundaries and contours of the site; locations, dimensions and complete data pertaining to existing building, other improvements and trees; and full information concerning available service and utility lines both public and private, above and below grade, including inverts and depths. The Owner shall also furnish, as applicable, zoning restrictions, deed restrictions, wetlands delineations, and hydrological information relating to the site.
Base Information. The Consultant must receive the information listed below, to the extent it is currently available, and any other relevant information at least two weeks prior to the Charrette to the extent possible. It is essential that this information be thorough and accurate, as it will form the basis for the Deliverables. All documents shall be provided in searchable PDF format if possible, with text documents provided in MS Word format if available. The Consultant will create a Client Dropbox folder as a repository for all base information.
1. Base map and GIS information for the study area including, but not limited to the following elements:
a. Existing thoroughfares (pavement and right-of-way);
b. Existing sidewalks, walkways and paths;
c. Existing water bodies, shorelines and streams;
d. Existing property lines;
e. Site boundary;
f. Site topography;
g. Existing drainage information;
h. Existing utility information;
i. Existing physical or environmental constraints;
j. Any other significant features both above and below the ground and water. Base map information should be provided in GIS format, with each element/layer saved as a separate file, and elements symbolized using color and line weight protocols to be proved by the Consultant. In addition, printed and rolled (not folded) base maps should be provided at a scale to be determined by the Consultant (typically 1”=200’). One copy shall contain all of the information listed above. A second copy shall contain all of the information listed above plotted on top of an aerial photograph.
2. Aerial photographs that depict the study area and its surroundings in plan-view, preferably in color, with a graphic scale and at the highest possible resolution.
3. Published comments, as available, of local government officials and administrators, which relate to zoning, land use, or development issues or projects relevant to the study area or Project.
4. Relevant site studies, including but not limited to:
a. Previous zoning, land use or development related studies;
b. Soils maps/reports;
c. Topographic analysis;
d. Environmental studies or mitigation plans;
e. Traffic studies;
f. Infrastructure studies;
g. Market feasibility studies for the study area and its surroundings.
h. Any other relevant site studies.
5. Current long-range planning documents including but not limited to:
a. Master Plans;
b. Future Land Use Plans;
c. Zoning Maps;
d. Any other relevant planning documents
6. Other appropriate documentation related to the ...
Base Information. In accordance with the Scope of Services, the Consultant requests that FORA provide at minimum the following Base Information:
A. SCALE BASE MAP INFORMATION, in digital format, indicating existing conditions of the project area and context, including significant features above and below the ground, environmental constraints, archaeological sites, utility locations, etc. Maps should specifically include ArcGIS information of the project area indicating any property lines, easements, and any existing building footprints and heights, roadways, sidewalks, driveways, curbs and curb cuts, alleys, and traffic control devices, street signage, and current parking. The Consultant will work with FORA’s GIS Services to obtain necessary base map information.
B. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS, preferably in color, in plan view and at the largest possible scale.
C. RELEVANT EXISTING REGULATIONS, which may constrain zoning, land use, or previous development proposals envisioned or supported by this Project, and relevant published comments of local government officials and administrators regarding such constraints for all municipalities and jurisdictions.
D. OTHER RELEVANT DATA, including pertinent portions of previous local zoning approvals, covenants, and previous site studies, traffic studies, infrastructure studies, market feasibility studies, historical background, etc. Upon commencement of the Project, FORA shall provide the Consultant with the above information. FORA represents to the Consultant that it may depend upon the accuracy and completeness of the information so provided. If FORA is unable to provide any of the requested information, it shall immediately contact the Consultant to determine whether such information is reasonably necessary and how such information might otherwise be obtained. If the Consultant considers the requested information reasonably necessary for the project and FORA remains unable to provide such information, then the Consultant may not prepare or obtain such information as an additional service without the specific written approval of FORA.
