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Memorandum
Thursday,January 17, 2013
TO: South Bend Redevelopment Commission
FROM: Bill Schalliol
SUBJECT: Professional Service Agreement - Buxton -Scout Renewal
In June of 2010, the Redevelopment Commission entered into a contract with the
Buxton Corporation to perform a three component retail study project. The first
component updated the 2006 CommunitylD study and specifically restudied the
downtown study node (Michigan-Jefferson) and a new node at LaSalle Square. The
second component of the project was to complete a grocery saturation study. The
purpose of the study was to identify all grocery locations within the county and then
create a thematic map that showed over and under saturation of grocery store access
that exists within the county.
The third component of the project was the integration of all past and current data into
the Buxton Scout program. The program is a web based data warehouse with a
mapping feature that allows the user to gather site distance information, create location
maps and warehouse retailer information that is relevant to the site matches of the
study nodes. The Scout program allows for the user to complete a variety of new tasks
such as a new specific site study, retailer profiling against a proposed user, and many
other search features. This new tool allows for a broader access to all of the Buxton
retail clients versus just those that are on the match list and provided to the City within
Scout.
The Commission and the City have been clients with Buxton since 2005. Buxton has
assisted the City with retail planning and study and the match services have yielded
specific results on the Ireland Road corridor with Texas Roadhouse and have provided
supplemental data to retailers in other locations. The Scout program allows more on-
the-fly analysis and research and has great application potential for the downtown and
other points of retail study around the City.
The Commission has been under contract with Buxton for the Scout program since
2011 and staff is seeking funding for calendar year 2013. The total amount of the
contract is $15,000.00 and staff is requesting to find this contract from the South Side
Development Area TIF budget. Staff would request approval of this proposal.
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South Bend
Redevelopment
Commission
SCOUT® Renewal
Prepared by: Joseph Fackel
Expiration Date: January 31 , 2013
Section 1: Scope of Services
Section 2: Fees and Timing
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2651 South Polaris Drive
Fort Worth, TX 76137
817.332.3681
www.buxtonco.com
Section 1: Scope of Services
Pursuant to the terms of our initial agreement executed on August 9, 2011, Buxton is pleased to present
this statement of work to renew your current Scope of Services as follows:
Section 2: Fees and Timing
Fee Timeline for Delivery
SCOUT®Access
$15,000 Ongoing
1 SCOUT®user
South Bend Redevelopment Commission will be invoiced $15,000 due upon execution of this
agreement. All service fees associated with this agreement are due net ten (10)days from the date of
the invoice.
Agreed and Accepted:
Buxton South Bend Redevelopment Commission
Bill Schalliol
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