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J ack Yates October 19, 1998 Page 3 In the above fee, we have not included the cost for service during construction, which will require full-time observation for an estimated construction period of up to 6 calendar months. We are assuming one of the Public Works staff can be trained to perform the observation on a day-to-day basis, with Del-Mont providing weekly visits and phone support as necessary. It is assumed that the Town's cost to provide this person for a 6-month construction period would not exceed $30,000. We propose that this portion of work be performed on a time and material basis, with the estimated Del-Mont fee for setting construction reference stakes, observation, reviewing payment requests, performing weekly field visits, preparing record drawings, and for providing phone support to be $26,000. The cost for material and compaction testing, which we expect to be minimal for this project, would be paid directly by the Town. PERMITTING Portions of the pipeline are located on BLM land. Although we would like to think we could have convinced BLM that the proposed pipeline would simply be a replacement of the existing pipe, we understand that this subject was discussed in the past with little success. As a result, we anticipate needing to perform the necessary environmental studies and documentation to obtain the permits for the new work In addition to BLM. The US Army Corps of Engineers will need to approve the location of the pipeline crossing Cottonwood Creek. In most cases we expect that this can be accomplished under their Nationwide Permitting system, which applies to minor stream crossings and is quite a bit less costly to obtain than a full 404 Permit. Del-Mont will coordinate all environmental studies. Initial contacts with two firms indicate that the overall cost for the required Environmental Assessment will be considerably less that the $30,000 originally budgeted in the Westewater Report (see attached page VII-I). For budgeting purposes, we suggest that the Town allow a total of$15,000 to $20,000 for permitting. The cost for permitting the hydroelectric component of the project, if determined feasible, has not been included in our budgeting at this time. We suggest that the permitting effort be performed on a time and materials basis. This type of work can be unpredictable at times and issues arise that are difficult to anticipate at the onset of a project. Del-Mont will monitor the overall effort and will advise the Town if factors arise that will result in costs in excess of the $20,000 upper range indicated above.