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COSB – Board of Public Works <br />October 16, 2020 <br />Page 1 of 4 <br />EXHIBIT ‘A’ – Page 1 of 4 <br />October 16, 2020 <br />The City of South Bend <br />Board of Public Works <br />227 W. Jefferson Blvd. <br />South Bend, IN 46601 <br />Attn: Kara M. Boyles, PhD, PE – City Engineer <br />RE: PROPOSAL & ANTICIPATED SCOPE OF SERVICES - EASEMENT ACQUISITION ASSISTANCE <br /> RIVERSIDE DRIVE BANK STABILIZATION PROJECT <br /> CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA <br />Thank you for contacting JPR about this important assignment. We have reviewed the information you <br />provided, as well as our own information and workload obligations, and are pleased to present this proposal <br />for your consideration. <br />BACKGROUND REVIEW A/O UNDERSTANDING OF THE ASSIGNMENT: <br />Cardno is serving as Project Engineer on a river bank stabilization project on the City of South Bend’s <br />northwest side in order to address significant erosion that has taken place in this location, which will <br />eventually threaten the integrity of Riverside Drive itself if allowed to continue to progress. <br />In order for any type of publicly funded project like this to take place in the needed location, access to and <br />use of private property that’s adjacent to and/or on top of the riverbank in question is critical. It has been <br />decided that the best way to acquire the right to access the same is through the procurement of easements <br />from the 9 affected private properties within the project corridor. A list of these properties is attached hereto <br />for reference. <br />Therefore, the task at hand is related to the procurement of what appears to be nine (9) total easements <br />on nine (9) privately owned parcels, with a total of 9 individual owners. (no parcels appear to be commonly <br />owned at this time) <br />Even though the project at hand does not involve the use of federal funding or other such funding that <br />requires very specific protocols with regard to easement or property acquisition as contained within the <br />“Uniform Relocation Act,” (URA) the project does require a government entity to purchase an interest in <br />private property in order to complete work that benefits the general public. Because of this, the spirit and