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January 27, 2014 Mr. Chris Dressel Planner and Bicycle Coordinator City of South Bend Department of Community Investment 227 West Jefferson Blvd, 13"' Floor South Bend, Indiana 46601 RE: DRAFT Proposal to Conduct On- and Off -Site Groundwater Delineation and Sampling, Coordination of Any Potential Vapor Intrusion Evaluations, and Other Necessary Steps for Additional Assessment Activities at Ignition Park (the Former Studebaker Manufacturing Complex) Located Near Sample Street and Prairie Avenue, South Bend, Indiana; SB1072.400.0002. Dear Mr. Dressel: Hull & Associates, Inc. (Hull) is pleased to present the City of South Bend (Client) the following proposal to provide professional engineering services for the above - referenced project. The purpose of this document is to establish the Scope of Work as we understand it and to provide a fee schedule for the project. This SrRSRZC6rH4-hV0!HuQ& A\XRFIDVW ,nF.'V(Hu(W rHcommendations for additional tasks needed to conduct additional assessment activities and prepare an amended Indiana Voluntary Remediation Program (VRP) Remediation Work Plan (RWP) for land at Ignition Park (the Site, also known as Area A and /or the former Studebaker manufacturing complex) and additional off -site properties. Site Physical Setting and Background The Site is comprised of several parcels totaling approximately 79.5 acres (H / -) of land located southeast of the intersection of Sample Street and Prairie Avenue in South Bend, Indiana. Operations under Studebaker Corporation, from as early as 1927 to the early 1960s, consisted of a foundry, lumberyard, and manufacturing facilities, primarily dedicated to the manufacture of automobiles. ) R(MwwlnJ Wl`f FHVeD\)Vn RI 6N6&E DN+'VRSHrD\LVnVDVYhe Site, the majority of the Site was subdivided and sold to various business entities. Although the City is in the process of establishing new parcels at the Site, all former parcels but one comprising the Site are currently vacant. Various stages of infrastructure improvements (e.g., road construction and utility installation) have occurred or are occurring in an area generally limited to the southern third of the Site, and Hull understands that one or more parcels along Sample Street may be redeveloped in 2014. Multiple environmental assessments have been conducted at the Site. These assessments included sampling and testing of surface and subsurface soils and groundwater for chemicals of concern (COCs) including volatile organic compounds (VOCs), total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH), semivolatile organic compounds (SVOCs; also herein referred to as polynuclear aromatics (PNAs)), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) metals, Target Analyte List (TAL) metals and /or polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). During the process of conducting the additional environmental assessments, IDEM requested in 2003 -2004 that the City submit a RWP to address impacts in soil identified at the Site. Despite suggestions from the City and Hull that a RWP for soils was premature in the absence of a complete understanding of the distribution of impacts to soils at the Site, Hull submitted a RWP for soils in April 2004. Following the submittal of the April 2004 RWP, IDEM requested additional assessment for soils and groundwater. Additional on- and off -Site assessment activities continued through 2011 -2012. 8470 Allison Pointe Boulevard, Suite 124, Indianapolis, Indiana 46250 800.241.7173 614.793.9070 fax www.hullinc.corn