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MIN Ms. Elizabeth Maradik, AICP June 28, 2019 Principal Planner Department of Community Investment City of South Bend 227 West Jefferson Blvd. South Bend, IN 46601 Reference: Vacant Lot Guide Dear Ms. Maradik, Thank you for providing us the opportunity to submit an updated proposal for professional services for the development of a Vacant Lot Guide for the City of South Bend. Thank you also for meeting with us to discuss the scope. We understand the guide to be targeted to the end users with an emphasis on its usability. We also understand this guide is to be used as a resource with specific actions for working with the community to develop consensus, identifying vacant lots and the information needed to move forward with a project, and as a toolkit of lot designs and strategies. Based on our previous discussions, we have developed the following proposal that outlines our scope of services that we believe will provide you the best value moving forward. Proposed Scope of Services The scope of this project includes the consultant completing the following tasks. Research: Troyer Group will conduct a thorough review of relevant vacant lot guides, including (but not limited to) those produced for Detroit, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Los Angeles. This scope includes • Review of other available guides, case studies, and available research on best practices for vacant lots. This scope includes reaching out to the identified communities to discuss their suggested strategies, pitfalls, and areas for improvement. • Review and include relevant and available information including, but not limited to aerial photography, existing GIS information, and other City maps as well as vacant lot photography. • Provide a summary of information to the City and digital compilation of the materials. • At the end of the research phase, we will also share a draft outline of the document and a draft of page layout options. Working Session: Using the preliminary study produced by the City and the information gathered on other communities' best -practices as a baseline, the working session will set the tone for the document. We understand this component to include: o Finalize an outline for the guide with City staff. It comes dcn1vn b) people n�d theu- exlvflences r qctieiiu°, We Will 550 U111o0u1 SI °Ashawu ka, IltN 1654.4 � p 57,11,259m9976