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,/ PROJECT NARRATIVE Michigan Street Lift Station Replacement City of South Bend, Indiana City Project No.: 111-008 DLZ Project No.: 1161-5064-50 The Michigan Street Lift Station Replacement project will include the construction of a new combined sewer pumping station to replace the existing station currently located in front of the North Water Treatment Plant, along Michigan Street in South Bend, Indiana. The new pumping station will be located approximately 85 feet north of its current location, within Leeper Park. The new pumping station will be installed as a below grade structure and will include a concrete drive to allow access to the station by City maintenance crews. The only element to the pumping station that will be above grade is the control panel, which will be approximately 4 feet wide,1 foot deep and approximately_ 5 feet high. The location of the new pumping station currently consists of an ornamental fence that is in a state of significant degradation and has been overtaken by vegetative overgrowth. It is understood that the ornamental fence used to be an entry way to a historical "fragrance garden" located within Leeper Park. Confirmation of this is an existing monument near the area of the fence and the proposed new pumping station. To revive this portion of Leeper Park and screen the new pumping station, the project will. include the construction of a landscaped area around the new pumping station that will be populated by a variety of plantings (shrubs, perennials, bulbs and ground cover). In addition to the new landscaping, the project will also include the construction of a new concrete and paver walkway to the restored fragrance garden monument. The project will also include an alternate for the restoration and relocation of the existing ornamental fence.