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January 17, 2012 City of South Bend Community and Economic Development 1200 County -City Building 227 W. Jefferson Blvd. South Bend, IN 46601 Attention: Mr. Bill Schalliol, Economic Development Specialist .j�;N, 1 I ?Q12 RE: PROPOSAL FOR PHASE I ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT UPDATE, ASBESTOS SURVEY AND LEAD BASED PAINT SURVEY, FORMER GATES CHEVROLET /GATES TOYOTA SALES AND SERVICE FACILITIES, 300 -400 WESTERN AVENUE, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, PROPOSAL # WP 12 -004 Dear Mr. Schalliol: Wightman Petrie is pleased to submit this proposal for performing Professional Consulting Services in support of the potential redevelopment of the former Gates Chevrolet/Gates Toyota facilities, located within the 300 -400 block of Western Avenue in South Bend, Indiana. The subject property consists of two (2) buildings. The main building, located along the eastern side of the property was constructed in 1951 and consists of a two -story structure of approximately 90,500 sq. ft. of space that is currently vacant. We note that the most recent use of the building was as an auto service area (southeast corner of the lower level), an auto body shop (southern half of the upper level), retail and storage of auto parts (northern half of the building), and as an auto showroom and office space (southwest corner of the lower level) for Gates Toyota, Inc. The second, and northernmost building, is a single -story structure constructed in 1976, consisting of approximately 9,075 sq. ft. used for auto service. Historically, the entire site was used for residential purposes until the 1920s. At that time, the southern and eastern sides of the property were commercially developed. Mainly gas stations and auto service facilities were present near the southwestern corner of the property until the 1980s, while a machine shop and auto parts store were present near the northeastern corner of the property through the 1970s. All of these former structures in these areas have been demolished and have most recently been used for parking, although with the re- location of both Gates Chevrolet and Gates Toyota facilities, such lots are considered vacant. The remainder of the property remained residential in use until the 1976 construction of the current auto shop building. Wightman Petrie has previously completed a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment of the subject site (dated June 6, 2008) for the City of South Bend. The report highlighted four (4) specific areas of concern pertaining to: W. IGHTMIA CETRIE SURVEYING ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE