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� _b ( j) �vTH Community & 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; Board of Public Works From: Bill Schalliol, Economic Development Planner Subject: Resolution 2865 and Addendum To Master Agency Agreement Fellows Street Corridor Improvement Project Date: April 8, 2011 Attached to this memorandum is Resolution 2865 and Addendum To Master Agency Agreement for the Fellows Street Corridor Improvement Project. Attached to the Addendum is a copy of the professional services proposal from Christopher B. Burke Engineering Ltd. to provide project study and design services for improvements and connectivity of Fellows Street north of Ireland Road to Chippewa Avenue. Over the last several months, city staff has been working to finalize design plans for the Main - Lafayette Connector project that will aid in traffic circulation in the area west of Michigan Street between Chippewa and Ireland. City staff has also been working on street and intersection improvements on Ireland Road at High Street and doing related storm water management work at the Erskine Plaza Ponds located north of Erskine Plaza. As city staff has been working on the above projects, and also preparing for the impacts of the INDOT upgrade of US 31, staff has asked Christopher B. Burke Engineering Ltd. staff to help coordinate these infrastructure projects in an overview format as well as begin a study of the Fellows and Ireland and Fellows Street north to Chippewa in preparation of the INDOT plan to bridge the US 20 Bypass with a new connector roadway on the Fellows Street alignment from Gilmer Park south of the bypass to the intersection of Ireland and Fellows. The state anticipates that roadway to be completed in 2013. The attached proposal will segment work into three initial phases and do the following work: 1. Community Plan Development 2: Survey and Geotechnical Investigation 3. Concept Plan Development After a plan is completed, the project will move into a construction plan design phase and then to construction. A report of the plan concepts and design plan will be presented to the Commission and Board of Works for comment before moving into the final phase of work. Staff requests approval of Resolution 2865 and the Addendum To Master Agency Agreement for the Fellows Street Corridor Improvement Project. What We Do Today Makes A Difference!