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3 community gathering space as well as exploring opportunities for a new memorial within Emancipation Park should such a public aspiration arise in the course of Phase I’s community engagement process . o Fully interpret Charlottesville’s downtown public parks in keeping with the BRC’s recommendations such that a more complete and coherent histo ry of race is told and the City’s commitment to truth, freedom and equity is affirmed. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a Request for Proposal (RFP) for PHASE I -Interim Master Plan for professional services in the areas of community process facilitation, land scape architecture, urban design, art and history shall be developed within 60 days of the adoption of this Resolution, in consultation with community and stakeholder groups chosen by the City Manager as directed by the City Council (including but not limi ted to the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center, the University of Virginia, the PLACE Design Task Force, the Human Rights Commission and the Historic Resources Commission). BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the scope of the RFP for PHASE I -Interim Master Plan shall: • Require that the successful bidder p rovide at least two preliminary interim Master Plan options with both statues in place, for each park within the downtown public parks precinct, inclusive of new site plans, elevations and sections, 3 D visualizations, and specifications for signage, screening, commemorative plaques, lighting and landscape eleme nts as appropriate throughout Emancipation and Justice Parks so as to create a more honest, complete and coherent narrative of Charlottesville’s past and aspirational future without running afoul of present Virginia laws prohibiting the movement or tampering of statuary and monuments that could be construed to be war memorials in a Virginia Court of Law . • Lead to concrete deliverables that will have immediate visual impact including but not limited to ; o short -term projects that are art -based, o new and changing interpretive panels in keeping with the Court’s injunctions, o the rehabilitation of the most seve rely deteriorated landscapes in both parks and the library grounds, and o the removal and replacement of the black plastic shrouds with a more meaningful and artful treatment that would reveal the complete meaning of the statues while safeguarding them from vandalism. • Establish a timeline to be completed within 12 months of contract signing. • Not preclude the future development, design and implementation of the PHASE II - Final Master Plan as adopted by a future City Council. • Be given three months to prepare re sponses from the date of issuance of the RFP. • Be funded up to $1,000,000.00 for the completion, fabrication and installation of the PHASE I and PHASE II -interim Master Plan inclusive of community engagement, developing and completing schematic design optio ns and design development drawings, construction documents, the new interpretive installations in both the Emancipation and Justice Parks and rehabilitating the most severely deteriorated landscapes in both parks and the library grounds , knowing that Emanc ipation and Justice Parks will eventually be more fully redesigned subsequent to the removal of both the Lee and Jackson statues . BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that during PHASE I, fundraising efforts for the PHASE II - Final Master Plan shall begin under the dir ection of the City Manager or the City Manager’s designee as approved by the City Council, along with possible additional funding from Council, such that a