The City of Newark invites qualified firms (Consultant or Team) to submit proposals for the development of the Four Corners Specific Plan (Specific Plan), a specific plan for the Four Corners area located around the Newark Boulevard and Jarvis Avenue intersection between the Lake‑Rosemont and Mirabeau neighborhoods in Newark, California. 

The Specific Plan will:

• Establish a clear vision, goals, and policies that will facilitate housing and commercial development, promote neighborhood revitalization through increased mixed-use development and walkability, facilitate transit station development, and incentivize multimodal station access.
• Establish zoning and development and design standards that will incentivize multiunit housing development.
• Utilize community and stakeholder input to inform decision-making around housing, commercial, and public infrastructure improvements.
• Incorporate MTC’s TOC Policy development policies and requirements.
• Identify opportunities to improve residential and mixed-use development certainty on underutilized commercial properties, such as local incentive or development streamlining programs and state laws such as Assembly Bill (AB) 2011 or Senate Bill (SB) 35/423.
• Align with applicable General Plan policies and actions and Housing Element policies and programs.
• Provide adoptable text, figures, and implementation measures.

Electronic proposals are due by 5:00pm on Wednesday, March 18, 2026 to Carmelisa Lopez, Senior Planner, at carmelisa.lopez@newarkca.gov.

The RFP can he found here. 

Questions received as of March 4, 2026, with responses can be found here.

• Establish clear goals, policies, and an action program that advance equitable access to open space, climate resilience, habitat connectivity, and opportunities for ecological restoration and rewilding;
• Integrate with related General Plan elements, including Land Use, Conservation, Safety, the City’s climate/sea‑level rise work, and the recently adopted Local Hazard Mitigation Plan.
• Provide adoptable text, figures, and implementation measures; and
• Support environmental review, public hearings, and City Council adoption by late July 2026.

The City of Newark Community Development Department is seeking an experienced and qualified professional consultant and/or firm to provide on-call urban planning services for a variety of services, including reviewing development permits, research papers, and land use & housing policies.

Electronic proposals are due by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, May 22, 2026 to Art Interiano, Deputy Community Development Director, at art.interiano@newarkca.gov.

For the complete Request for Qualifications, click here.

Questions received as of May 13, 2026, with responses can be found here.

*Due to a typo stating that the submission deadline was Friday, May 21, 2026, we will accept submissions by end-of-day Friday, May 22, 2026.