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City of South Bend—Westem/Wayne Re-development March 1, 2011 Page 2 of 8 collected and analyzed as part of the Fred's Transmission demolition, as residential heating oil tanks are considered exempt from regulation, and any potentially impacted soils encountered during the excavation/demolition (principally identified by olfactory senses) were placed on visqueen for subsequent off-site disposal. The City of South Bend, as part of the environmental due diligence process in preparation for re- development, has requested completion of Phase I/II Environmental Site Assessments for the subject site to identify recognized environmental conditions, as well as obtain data for confirmation that the subject site does not pose any "excess risk" with regard to residential development. In addition, the City of South Bend has also requested that all existing utilities and associated connections to the residential lots be "mapped" in order to support the presentation of the development to the Regional Planning Commission. Details regarding the aforementioned requests for Professional Consulting Services, as well as pricing and schedule considerations are presented in the following sections. PROPOSED SCOPE OF SERVICES TASK 1 —PHASE I ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT As previously indicated, WP has previously completed Phase I Environmental Site Assessments for the former Fred's Transmission facility, located at the southern end of the subject site, along Western Avenue, as well as for the former Gates property, located to the east, and Harmon Glass located further to the south/southeast of the subject site, across Western Avenue. However, other than the Fred's Transmission property, which forms the southern one-third of the subject site, there has not been a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment performed for the"city block"as a whole. The objective of the Phase I is the identification of Recognized Environmental Conditions in connection with the subject property. The proposed Phase I Environmental Site Assessment will consist of the following components: • Records Review • Site Reconnaissance • Interviews • Reporting RECORDS REVIEW The purpose of the records review is to obtain and review records that will help identify environmental concerns in connection with the subject property. As part of this phase of the project, we will attempt to obtain and review those records that are"reasonably ascertainable." For the purposes of this proposal, "reasonably ascertainable" information is defined as: (1) publicly available, (2) obtainable from its source within reasonable time and cost constraints, and (3) practically reviewable. The assessment will include a review, where available or applicable, of both Environmental and Historical sources. �