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Violator Name Case 4 Page 4 12. Total Cost of Project: 13. Total Amount of Penalty Cost must be clearly and solely attributable to the proposed SEP. Offsetting: $30,000 $8,320 14. Accounting: Provide a detailed estimate of the cost of the project, including a specific breakdown of equipment and other capital costs, as " well as well as labor costs Identify. consultants who will perform the work, if. any, and differentiate the allocation of labor costs between consultants.and company employees, if applicable. Generally, there are three types. of costs that may be associated wrth.the performance. of a SEP;. capital costs (e.g., equipment, buildings) one-time non -depreciable costs (e.g., removing contaminated materials, purchasing land, developing a compliance promotion seminar); and annual operation costs or savings (e.g., labor, chemicals, water, power; raw materials): Current working budget: - Guard rails and reflectors to be installed in place of existing chain link fence: $7,000 - Cobra head light rentals $300 - Native Plants ($1.251plug) in a-13,000 sf area =-$15,000 - Remaining $7,700 to cover brush removal and mist. costs including: Labor costs where necessary (community volunteers or city services to be enlisted whenever possible, at zero cost). The total cost of the SEP is to be $30,000, 15. History: Demonstrate the project implementer's history of implementing and managing an environmental enhancement project. The SEP will be paid for by the City of South Bend and undertaken as a partnership between the City and BCe2. Gary Gilot is the mentor and overseer of BCe2. Below is a history of Gary's history in successfully implementing similar projects. Gary A. Gilot, P.E. will be advising the BCe2 effort on the SEP. He received his degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering in December 1977 from Clarkson University. He has been a Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Indiana since January 1982. He has been responsible for many environmental cleanup and enhancement projects totaling several hundred acres. A representative sample of experience and qualifications include: Transformation of a 40-acre open municipal dump on Lusher Ave in Elkhart IN to the Elkhart Environmental Center including clay capping, vegetative cover, constructed wetlands and teaching a generation of Elkhart children to be better stewards of their air water and land resources. 2. Acquisition of the flood plain of the Elkhart River west bank from the Elkhart Environmental Center to the Studebaker Park in Elkhart Indiana. Relocating property owners, conducting demolition and working with eagle scouts to add interpretation and amenities along the river trail including a small amphitheater along the river bank. 3. Transformation of the 160 acre Elkhart City Sludge Farm to the Boot Lake Nature Preserve including establishing 80 acres of tall grass prairie and interpretive trails to a eutrophying lake and naturalist interpretation of state endangered