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not sufficient time for us to go back and make that kind of change without impacting our schedule with Broomfield, which is not something we can do. Schimmin: Those allotment contracts would be negotiated over the coming months. It is anticipated that they would be worked out by August 1, but there are none of the terms of the allotment contract that are actually cast in stone by this agreement, at this point. Dreher stated that the situation with the increased in costs relate to the routing decision, not so much the savings that come from capacity. In this structure, any participant will suffer increased costs, if any other participant drops out. He explained that if Broomfield were the only participant in the pipeline, the most economical route for them would be to the west. What's happened is that there is a group of participants whose participation looks to be fairly solid. With the likely participation by those eastern participants, the most cost effective route for Broomfield becomes the eastern alignment. With Superior and Louisville participating, the eastern alignment is not the most cost effective route for either Louisville or Superior. The reason for the $1 million payment in the case of Superior and the $600,000.00 in Louisville's case would be to compensate Broomfield for the increase in costs, because of the change in the route. Davidson: In Section 13I, allowing us three (3) years after the date of this agreement to join the District, would the District have any objection if we made that five (5) years? Dreher: We wouldn't have any problem with extending it another three (3) years to provide some flexibility. Mayer: Would it be possible during that five (5) year period to live on leased water until we actually joined the District? Dreher: There would be no problems with that. You might find that the people who had Windy Gap water to sell would be amenable to a lease purchase arrangement that would