6A(2) Proposal for Professional Services

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~ A- ~ ~~ _ • ~ .SOUTH B -2 Plea/q ':'. ommunity & Economic Development ,~,~;_;_. 1200 County-City Building, 227 West Jefferson, South Bend, Indiana 46601 -1830 Phone 574/235-9371 Fax 574/235-9021 To: Redevelopment Commission From: Bill Schalliol, Economic Development Planner Subject: Professional Services for Commercial Study - Date: June 15, 2010 Attached is a proposal for professional services with the Buxton Company. The scope of work with this proposal covers three areas: 1. CommunitylD Refresh In 2006, the City of South Bend hired Buxton to complete a CommunitylD study. The four node analysis completed a 10 minute drive time analysis for Downtown (Michigan and Jefferson), LWW-Bendix, Western-Lombardy, and Michigan-Indiana. As all four nodes contained similar information, the Downtown node was selected for the full study and a retail match study was completed for the project node. Because of the flexibility of the information, the retail match list information, as well as the project report, have been used when talking to potential retailers interested in locating on the south side, the northwest side and the west side. In 2008, a second study with a 2 minute drive time analysis was completed by Buxton to study the Downtown Daytime Worker population. A second retail match list was completed with this project. The smaller drive time area was to be more reflective of the boundaries of the DTSB service area and the downtown worker population. The goal of this project was to better understand the difference between the day and night downtown area populations. ~ Work item 1 -The first element of this proposal is to update both the 10 minute and 2 minute study areas for downtown and refresh all data and reports. Additionally, a refresh of the psychographic information and the creation of a retail match list will be completed for the LWW-Bendix node. The purpose of the analysis and data report creation is that the node is near the LaSalle Square area and will serve to provide information for planning and development purposes in that area. 2. Grocery Store Saturation Study (Citywide) A second component of this proposal is to complete a citywide grocery store saturation study to determine the level of service of existing grocery stores or stores that sell groceries. After the study is completed, we then would have the ability as an alternate item to do a grocery store match project analysis at points that were determined to be What We Do Today Makes A Difference!