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TOOLE 8484 GE RGmA AkVE041UE 301 979.990i9 aVLOFE,R SPRING, MD 20910 April 10, 2020 Tim Corcoran, Director of Planning City of South Bend 227 W. Jefferson Boulevard South Bend, IN 46601 Re: Network and Site Planning Services Dear Mr. Corcoran; Thank you for the opportunity to help the City with some network retooling and site design. The scope is outlined in the table below: Study Area I — ••PRIORITY) 1. Evaluate the conclusions and recommendations of the existing traffic study for the Howard Street (Eddy to SR23) intersection couplet. 2. Propose additional / alternative recommendations to the existing traffic study if necessary. 3. Investigate the traffic implications to the wider block (Howard Street, SR23, Campeau Street, Francis Street) around Eddy Street Phase 3 as to how the proposed new development will impact the street network and level of service of the intersections within the study area. 4. Propose changes or modifications to the existing street network in order to help manage the traffic load generated by new development while ensuring Complete Street Principles are supported. 5. Allow for x7 1 hr video conference meetings to be used as needed. a. One meeting will be a presentation to stakeholders dedicated to the recommendations of this study. b. Other meetings can be used as needed to provide guidance to help develop the recommendations in coordination with the local engineering team and the City of South Bend. 6. Documentation of the recommendations in a format that can be shared and easily conveyed to others. This could be in the form of a short report with sketches or other types of illustrations. 7. Timing — The local engineering team has a completion timeframe of mid -May. Your recommendations should be coordinated with this timeframe. 0,lp,V1SIIu1 41IlIf4VVAT("",r0�")@ IG1) 9E, <r.1`111E D U t L 111Nt0 II"Yf