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CITY OF SOUTH BEND <br />South Bend, Indiana 46601 <br />Jerry J. Miller <br />Mayor <br />Rollin E. Farrand, Sr., P. E. <br />Director, Public Works <br />Members of the Common Council <br />County /City Building <br />South Bend, IN 46601 <br />Subject: Engineering Contract - Oliver Dam <br />Inspection and Repair <br />Gentlemen: <br />Reply To: Department <br />of public Works <br />April 3, 1974 <br />The Department of Public Works is requesting an appropriation <br />in the amount of $37,500 from the General Revenue Sharing Fund <br />as payment for services to be rendered by Lawson Associates, a <br />local engineering firm. The Board of Public Works has approved <br />a contract with this firm subject to Council approval of the <br />necessary funds. <br />The work to be performed by Lawson Associates includes prep- <br />aration of criteria to place the Tainter Gates in operating <br />condition; plans for desilting as required behind the Dam; <br />inspection of the Dam during a dewatered phase, and preparation <br />of plans for the repair of the Dam. <br />This work is to be coordinated with the design of the White <br />Water in the West Race. <br />It should be noted that the Oliver Dam is a responsibility of <br />the City of South Bend, and that while periodic inspections <br />of the Dam have been made, no proposal for the repair of <br />deteriorating portions of the Dam have been prepared, and no <br />such repairs have been completed. <br />