Request for Proposal - Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for Santa Monica Airport Conversion Project

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City of Santa Monica - Community Development has issued request for proposal, solicitation 490.

The City of Santa Monica is requesting proposals from qualified consulting firms to prepare an Environmental Impact Report meeting the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for the Santa Monica Airport Conversion Project.

Measure LC is a ballot measure that was passed by Santa Monica voters on November 6, 2014. Measure LC states, as follows: Subject only to limitations imposed by law, the City Council shall have full authority, without voter approval, to regulate use of the Santa Monica Airport, manage Airport leaseholds, condition leases, and permanently close all or part of the Airport to aviation use. If all or part of the Airport land is permanently closed to aviation use, no new development of that land shall be allowed until the voters have approved limits on the uses and development that may occur on the land. However, this section shall not prohibit the City Council from approving the following on Airport land that has been permanently closed to aviation use: the development of parks, public open spaces, and public recreational facilities; and the maintenance and replacement of existing cultural, arts and education uses. (Emphasis added.) In 2017, the City and FAA entered into a consent decree, which allows (but does not mandate) that the City can close the Santa Monica Airport after December 31, 2028. Following the consent decree, on February 28, 2017, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 11026 which (1) “authoriz[es] all actions necessary to ensure the closure of Santa Monica airport effective as of midnight on December 31, 2028,” and (2) provides that the City “shall take all actions necessary and proper to ensure that SMO will cease to operate as an airport and shall be closed to all aeronautical use forever effective as of midnight on December 31, 2028.” In light of the foregoing actions, but subject to future policy considerations, the City has commenced preliminary planning and community engagement efforts to consider future land uses at the Airport, as further described, below. These efforts have culminated in what is referenced hereinafter as the “Santa Monica Conversion Project”. The Santa Monica Airport Conversion Project (the Proposed Project) is a comprehensive multi-phase initiative to reimagine 192 acres of public land following the planned closure of the Santa Monica Airport on December 31, 2028, as afforded by the Consent Decree signed in 2017. The effort establishes a long-term land use vision centered on a future, Measure LC compliant, Great Park that reflects community aspirations while balancing legal, environmental, economic, and social considerations along with funding realities and feasibility. Community engagement over the past two years has generated a substantial foundation of feedback that will inform development of a Preferred Scenario Framework Plan for the site, anticipated before the end of 2026. This Preferred Scenario, which includes the anticipated closure of the airport, will become the basis for environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The planning work builds on the five Guiding Principles unanimously adopted by the City Council in January 2025: Start with Nature, Inspire Wonder, B

Responses are due October 30, 2026 at 3:00 PM PDT.

Questions must be submitted by October 19, 2026 at 3:00 PM PDT.

Commodity categories: Environmental Consulting; Land Development and Planning/Engineering; Planning and Advisory Services, Environmental.

Contact: Kellee Mac Donald, Sr. Buyer (kellee.macdonald@santamonica.gov, (310) 458-8797).

3 documents are attached to the notice: Proposer Checklist; PSA Template; PSA Insurance Template With Professional Liability.

The full solicitation document, addenda and the question-and-answer thread are on the agency's OpenGov portal at https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/santa-monica-ca/projects/310141. Responses are submitted electronically there, and a free vendor account is required before you can upload one.

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