Authorizing the expenditure of $8,480 by the division of Community Development for the purchase of an Urban Statistical Information Package

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PROFILES OI, CHANGE AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE ;.)F PROFESSiONAL SERVICES THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into by and between the City of South Bend, Indiana (hereinafter "Purchaser "), and R. L. Polk & Co., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter "Contractor "), W I T N E S S E T H: WHEREAS, the Contractor has a base of statistical data obtained from two of its City Directory canvasses for a geographic area consisting of the City of South Bend, Indiana completed on April 2,1977 and April 1, 1978, and the capability of compiling said statistical data by census tract using an address coding guide (hereinafter "Guide "); and WHEREAS, the foregoing has enabled the Contractor to develop and produce an urban statistical information package entitled PROFILES OF CHANGE (hereinafter "Profiles Package") consisting of statistical tables, maps and small —area profiles assembled into Databooks more fully described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof; and WHEREAS, the Purchaser wishes to acquire the services of the Contractor in producing a Profiles Package subject to all of the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth; NOW, THEREFORE, the Purchaser and the Contractor mutually agree as follows: 1. Materials to be Provided. The Contractor shall provide the Purchaser with the Profiles Package pertaining to the geographic area described above and including approximately 42,400 housing units. 2. Purchase Price. The Purchaser shall pay the Contractor the sum of $8,480 plus any applicable state and local taxes, for the Profiles Package upon receipt of the Package and a proper invoice therefor. In addition, Purchaser shall pay the Contractor the amounts stated in any addenda which are made a part of this contract. 3. Contractor Services in Connection with Preparation of the Coding Guide. In order to compile, by census tract, the specific information to be contained in the Profiles Package, the Contractor shall perform the following services: (a) Update the Address Coding Guide (ACG) used in connection with the 1970 census by adding address ranges needed to geo —code addresses included in Contractor's most recent City Directory canvass records but not found in the ACG. In the event that the Contractor needs additional information to identify streets and address ranges by census tract in order to complete the ACG, such information shall be supplied by the Purchaser on request.