08/06/1930 Board of Public Works Minutes

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Wednesday, August 6th., 1930. C 0 N T B n C T. '- is agreement made and. entered. into this 6th . , day of August 19301 by and between the City of South Bend, County of 8t. Joseph and State of Indiana, by and through its Board of Public Works, party of the first part, and Burns and IvEcDonnell of Kansas City, 11issouri, and lv`! S. 1,11oore of South Bend, Indiana, parties of the second part, '.�'ITNIESSETH : That whereas the said first perty desires to have a competent inves- tigation end study of the pollution of the St. Joseph River, in and about the City of South Bend, together with recommendations for a comprehensive and adequate plan for the construction of interceptors and a sewage treatment plant, and andYTheroas said second parties are desirous of -r-erforming such services a . work , No, therefore, said second parties agree that they will make such investigation and study and. make report to said first party concerning; said pro jedt. in the fo ll(ving details: I. Estimate of future popolation, density -of pollulation and distribu tion. of pobulation, to be shown btT charts and set up analytically in a form to be readily used for the problem at hand and for future use. 2. Investigate of municipal water pumpa ge, i nd ustrial water pumpa ge and infilteration, as data and an indirect means of determining rates and variabil- ity of sewage flow -with m r capita discharge from the individual. districts. 3. .A study of mercantile, industrial and residential developement and. distribution present and. future. 4. Supervisejt-he i:hstallation of measuring; devices in out -fall sewers to measure sewap•e flow from the various districts and make accurate computation with tabulations showing quantities and variations of such flow. 5. CYO racteristics and volume of flow in St. Joseph River, with special consideration given to low fl(Nis and f1_ood heights. 6. Condition of Wit. Joseph River as affected by present and probable future pollution from sources other than the sani tart serer system of South Bend, and. the .effect of such pollution on the reasonable and probable uses of the streams 7. Upke necessar7,r survets to establish the most practicable and econ onical location --f intercepting seviers, shwoing plans, profiles and hydraulic gradients of such proposed interceptors in relation to out -fall sewers and the proposed treatment works. 8. Analyse available plant sites and. confer with the Board of Vor.ks and the City Lngineeririg Department as to the practicability of sites for sewage treatment. " 9. 11,ake tentative lay -outs of treatment works in sufficient detail to show operating methods and general arrangements of the several divis ions and processes. 10. I'dake complete estimate of construction costs of intercepting sever and treatment works construction, giving capacities for which each is designe with unit and per capita costs. II. Shop; estimated annual expense of operation for each division of the treatment works as a means ,f comparing- types of plants in relation to totial annua 1 c harg es. 12. 1"eke a comprehensive study of the territory which &ould be em- braced in thetreatment district with special reference is to whether the City of 1isha_waka s'-,ould be included in the district. 13. Deliver to the City formal report embodying data and results as above set out and including plans, drawings and profiles of proposed structures with m ceo=ndations as to type -and methods of construction, and means of financings to enable the City to be able to determine upon the m-st feasible procedure to acquire and. construct interceptors and v- orks to prevent gross pollution of the St. Joseph River in the interest of public health and welfare. 14. Fumish any and all improtant and necessary data in connection with comprehensive study of sewage d isrnosals matters no specifically mentioned herei a Bove . I5. The second parties are to furbish the City six (6) typewritten copies of the full report, neatly bound, this report to contain all recommendat ions, together with necessary supporting data, including such maps, profiles, diagrams, tabulations and other illustrative matter as is necessary to .clarify the text. In the p rosecuti -n of said works, it is expressly understood and agreed that saod sedond parties shall furnish all labor and material necessary to fully and crmpletely perform the services as above outlined andteat the said first part'j's sole and only duty in llh e premises shall be to have it's Engineering Depart- ment furnish information and records of existing out fail sewers and other pertinent data now in the files of the different departments of said first party. • L� • • �J • 0