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C C,. t-o c ? ? EDP Consultants, Inc. July 21, 1994 Mr. Stephen J. Hovancsek Stephen Hovancsek & Associates, Inc. Two Merit Drive Richmond Heights, OH 44143 D-kP'• 9 ? Upper Forty Drainage Improvement Area Wetlands Mitigation Proposal Mayfield, Cuyahoga County, OH EDP# 94348W Dear Mr. Hovancsek: We appreciate the opportunity to present this proposal'to you which addresses Wetlands Mitigation for the Upper Forty Dra?nage Improvement Area located in the Village of Mayfiel.d, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. You had originally asked for two proposals, but since the first obligation with respect -to caetlands is" to avoid and then to minimize impacts before filling, the W.tiitenaven Cemetery site is not expected to involve any mitiyation other than avoidance of impacts to the Upper Forty site. Wetlands Mitigation is a plan of action to be taken in order to compensate for losses incurred during the filling of wetlands or othzr waters of the United States. The workscope for the Wet- lands Mitigation process varies, but includes research into mitigation options, the preparation of a Ma.tigation Proposal to be submitted to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and consulta- tion with various influential agencies (State Historic Preserva- tion Office, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Environ- mental Protection Agency, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, Ohio Department of Natural Resources). Wetlands Mitigation involves an.unpredictable amount of time and effort. Devising a mitigation pl.an that will ultimately be acceptable to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as well as other agencies involved is a complex process comprising a series of steps that are unknown until they need to be taken. It encom- passes several sequences of idea formation and development of information, initial approval of general concepts, and further development of information and ideas. The first document submit- ted rarely contains the final plan that will be implemented. Rather, plans must go through a series of approvals involving different agencies and subsequent modifications. For these reasons, this type of work does not lend itself to a lump sum fee, and as a result must be billed on a time and mate- rials basis. We would invoice for work completed through Decem- ber 1994 based upon our current fee schedule. It would not be unreasonable to expect a fee of $10,000 or more. We are present- Geotechnica! • Geoenvironmental • Construction Materials Consultants ? 34025 Chardon Road, Willoughby Hill4• Phone (216) 585-1320 • Fax (216) 585-2325 ??BS• A