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                                                                   Exhibit 10.16

                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

         This Employment Agreement ("Agreement") is made and entered into as of
the 14th day of October, 2002 by and between the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of
Pomo Indians ("Tribe") and Norman Runyan the ("Employee").

         The parties hereto expressly intend that this Agreement describe
Employee's relationship as an employee of Tribe and not as a contractor,
including but not limited to the meaning of such term as is used in 25 USC ss.
2711 and 25 CFR ss. 502.15. The parties have purposefully structured the terms
and provisions of this Agreement consistent with, and in furtherance of, this
expressed intent.

         l. Employment. On and subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, the Tribe hereby employs Employee, and Employee hereby accepts
employment with the Tribe, as the Chief Operating Officer of the Tribe's
temporary gaming facility ("Gaming Facility"), to assume overall responsibility
for the day to day operation of the Gaming Facility. Employee shall report to,
be accountable to and work under the authority of the Tribe's Board of Directors
(the "Board") or such tribal agency or tribal entity as the Tribe may hereafter
designate, which thereafter shall be referred to herein as the "Board".

         2. Reporting. Employee shall report directly to the General Manager
with respect to all operations and expenditures of the Gaming Facility and
otherwise to the extent requested by the Board. Without limiting the foregoing,
Employee shall perform such executive duties as are commonly attendant upon the
office of a casino chief operating officer and such further executive duties as
may be specified from time to time by the Board or the General Manager, which
shall include:

         (a) Enforce Dry Creek Casino's mission statement.
         (b) Provide a secure, crime-free environment and safeguard assets
             within the gaming facility premises.
         (c) Provide leadership and oversee the operation for all casino
             activities.
         (d) Be responsible for the selection, assignment, re-assignment,
             structure and restructure of any and all employees and department,
             duties, responsibilities and organizational charts.
         (e) Assist in the development of short and long-term goals and
             objectives for the casino.
         (f) Assist in the annual forecasting and budgeting process.
         (g) Develop/institute marketing promotions in conjunction with the
             Marketing Manager, which includes prize give-aways, jackpot funds,
             & tournaments, as well as involvement in new product/game
             development recommendations.

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         (h) Maintain business forecasting, work schedules & payroll for all
             employees.
         (i) Be responsible for the analysis of gaming operations to ensure
             maximum efficiency.
         (j) Establish and maintain satisfactory public relations through direct
             or delegated contacts.
         (k) Be responsible for the overall maintenance and cleanliness of the
             casino operation.
         (l) Coordinate casino operations activities with departments to ensure
             total customer satisfaction and operational efficiency.
         (m) Supervise, monitor and control the day-to-day casino operations,
             including patron-relations to successfully achieve a cost effective
             and profitable gaming operation.
         (n) Maintain current information on laws and regulations affecting
             gaming operations.
         (o) Be responsible for compliance with all federal and tribal laws and
             regulatory requirements.
         (p) Understand and adhere to all Departmental Policies and Procedures
             Manuals.
         (q) Implement and enforce Policies and Procedures Manuals, Title 31
             CTR, Dealer Handbooks, Rule Books and employee job descriptions for
             gaming and non-gaming operations.
         (r) Implement and enforce Dry Creek Casino's Internal Control Standards
             and ensures all departmental Policies and Procedures are consistent
             with the most current Internal Control Standards.
         (s) Be responsible for internal security of the casino in conjunction
             with the Security and Surveillance Departments.
         (t) Develop and implement customer service standards and employee
             training and developmental goals.
         (u) Assist in the development, design and implementation of on-going
             integrated training and development programs for all staff members
             in the gaming operation.
         (v) Streamline activities to improve and optimize operational
             efficiency, increase cost effectiveness and ensure that quality
             assurance programs are adopted and implemented.
         (w) Be responsible for detecting, and ensuring that corrective action
             is taken against, cheating, fraud and disruptions as casino's
             policy dictates.
         (x) Demonstrates solid experience in personnel functions including
             staff recruitment, supervision, evaluation, and discipline.
         (y) Be dedicated to the recruitment and training of Tribal Members
             consistent with the casino's Community and Indian Preference
             guidelines.

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         (z) Act as a role model; always present oneself as a credit to River
             Rock Casino and encourages others to do the same.
         (aa) Attend all required meetings and training.
         (bb) Perform additional duties as assigned by the General Manager.

         3. Term. The term of this Agreement shall commence on the date of
execution of this Agreement (the "Effective Date") and shall end three (3) years
after the Effective Date, unless terminated earlier by the parties as provided
herein.

         4. Full-Time Service. Employee agrees that during the term of this
Agreement unless earlier terminated, he will commit his full time and energies
to the duties imposed hereby and, further, agrees that during the term of this
Agreement he will not (whether as an officer, director, member, employee,
partner, proprietor, investor, security holder, lender, associate, consultant,
adviser or otherwise) directly or indirectly, engage in the business of the
Gaming Facility as a competitor or otherwise.

         5. Compensation.

(a) Employee will be paid an annual base salary ("Base Compensation") of Two
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) in the first year, subject to applicable
withholding taxes and required deductions, and subject to annual increases of
not less than the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for the U.S. City
Average for All Items, 1982-84=100.

(b) Base Compensation shall be paid every other workweek on the day established
by the Board for all employees of the Gaming Facility.

(c) Employee shall be paid an annual discretionary bonus of not less than seven
percent (7%) and not more than twenty-five percent (25%) of his Base
Compensation, payable within 45 days after the end of each Contract Year.

(d) In the event the Tribe adopts a deferred compensation/pension plan, Employee
shall be entitled to such benefits, including the right to have some or all of
any cash compensation placed into such a deferred compensation plan.

(e) Employee will be entitled, on the same basis as other employees of the
Tribe, to participate in and to receive benefits under any of the Tribe's
employee benefit plans, if any, as such plans may be modified from time to time,
except that Employee will be entitled to one week of vacation in excess of the
Tribe's normal vacation policy for employees of the Gaming Facility.

(f) The Tribe will reimburse Employee all reasonable and necessary business
expenses incurred on behalf of his employment during the performance of his
duties under this Agreement, subject to such reasonable policies as may be
established by the Board from time to time and any record-keeping and other
requirements as may be necessary or appropriate to comply with the Internal
Revenue Code. All claims for expense reimbursement shall be supported with
documentation substantiating such expense.

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(g) In order to defray the expense to Employee and his family while Employee
secures living accommodations in the Sonoma County area, the Tribe shall pay,
for a period not to exceed three (3) months, a housing allowance of $4,500 in
the aggregate. Payment shall be made upon execution of this Agreement.

(h) The Tribe will reimburse Employee his reasonable and actual expenses of
moving his family as well as his and his family's household effects from their
current residence in Arizona, but not to exceed the sum of $10,000. All claims
for expense reimbursement shall be supported with proper vouchers and detail.

         6. Licensing Issues. Employee represents to Tribe that he is eligible
and suitable for a license and background clearance under the Tribe's and
State's licensing authority. Employee agrees to timely apply for any license(s)
as may be required pursuant to the Compact, the Tribe's gaming ordinances or
otherwise required by law, as may be necessary to enable him to engage in his
employment hereunder. The Tribe shall pay all costs associated with licensing.
Employee will maintain such licenses in good standing as a continuing condition
of his employment by Tribe.

         7. Termination.

         (a) Employee may be terminated prior to the Termination Date by Tribe
         only under the following circumstances:

                  (i) Upon termination, revocation or disapproval of any license
                  required by law to be held by Employee to perform as Chief
                  Operating Officer of the Gaming Facility or if any event
                  renders it unlawful for the Tribe to continue to conduct
                  casino gaming on the reservation; or

                  (ii) Employee shall commit an act constituting "Cause", Cause
                  being defined as (a) an act of intentional dishonesty against
                  the Tribe or the Gaming Facility; (b) conviction of any
                  criminal charge involving moral turpitude; (c) the deliberate
                  or intentional refusal by Employee (except by reason of
                  disability) to perform his duties hereunder; (d) gross
                  negligence in the performance of his duties hereunder; or, (e)
                  failure to perform his duties in a manner consistent with his
                  professional obligations after prior sufficient verbal and
                  written warnings; or

                  (iii) Employee shall die; or

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                  (iv) The Tribe shall for any reason cease to conduct its
                  gaming operations; or

                  (v) Employee shall become unable to perform the duties and
                  responsibilities set forth in this Agreement by reason of
                  long-term physical or mental disability, defined as a period
                  of disability that exceeds six (6) months;

                  (vi) Either party shall give the other party hereto sixty (60)
                  days' written notice of Employee's resignation or termination.

         (b) If Employee's employment should be terminated under paragraphs 7
         (a)(i), (a)(ii) or (a)(vi) above (provided that this subparagraph (b)
         shall only apply to paragraph 7 (a)(vi) to the extent that Employee has
         resigned), then Tribe shall within ten (l0) days of such termination
         pay Employee the Base Compensation to the date Employee is terminated,
         whereupon Tribe shall have no further liability or obligation to
         Employee under this Agreement.

         (c) If Employee is terminated under paragraphs 7 (a)(iii), (a)(iv),
         (a)(v) or (a)(vi) (provided that this subparagraph (c) shall only apply
         to paragraph 7 (a)(vi) to the extent that Tribe has terminated
         Employee), the Tribe shall pay to Employee his salary for a period of
         three (3) months from the date of termination and he shall be eligible
         for all employee benefits during that three-month period, pro-rated to
         that period. Employee shall be paid all amounts due him at the time of
         termination when they would otherwise be paid, including the pro rata
         share of the bonus for the year in which the termination occurred.

         (d) Upon the payment of all or any part of the compensation provided
         for in this paragraph 7, or its mitigation under this paragraph, the
         Tribe will have no further liability or obligation to Employee under
         this Agreement or arising from the employment relationship except that
         obligation provided for in this paragraph 7.

         (e) Employee will be liable in damages to the Tribe for all losses and
         expenses incurred by Tribe if he terminates his employment for any
         reason not authorized herein, with the exception of termination by
         written notice agreed to by both parties. Any such unauthorized
         termination by Employee will constitute a waiver by Employee of all
         claims against the Tribe and the Gaming Facility except for Base
         Compensation to the date of his termination.

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         8. Confidentiality of Proprietary Information. Any information acquired
by Employee while in the employ of the Tribe related to employee lists, patron
lists, marketing plans, operating procedures and other information proprietary
to the Tribe or the Gaming Facility are acknowledged by Employee to be
confidential information belonging to the Tribe, and Employee shall not disclose
such information without the express written authorization of the Tribe except
in the ordinary course of the business of the Gaming Facility. Employee shall,
upon termination of this Agreement for any reason whatsoever, turn over to the
Tribe any and all copies he may have of employee lists, patron lists, marketing
programs, operating procedures and other information proprietary to the Tribe or
the Gaming Facility. Employee acknowledges that employee lists, patron lists,
marketing programs, operating procedures and other information proprietary to
the Tribe or the Gaming Facility are confidential and proprietary information
belonging to the Tribe and the Tribe may exercise any and all remedies available
to it at law or in equity to enforce this Agreement with respect to
non-disclosure of any such proprietary information to which Employee has or will
become privy while an employee of Tribe. Particularly, the parties agree that,
because of the nature of the subject matter of this paragraph 8, in event of a
threat or danger of disclosure of such information, it could be extremely
difficult to determine the actual damages suffered or to be suffered by Tribe in
the event of a breach of this Agreement by Employee. Accordingly, Tribe shall be
entitled to injunctive relief (both temporary and permanent), it being
acknowledged and agreed that any such actual or threatened breach will cause
irreparable injury to Tribe and that money damages alone will not provide an
adequate remedy to Tribe. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Tribe also shall be
entitled to money damages for any loss suffered or to be suffered as a
consequence of Employee's breach of this Agreement. The parties acknowledge that
this provision shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

         9. Assignment. This Agreement may be assigned by the Tribe to any
entity formed by the Tribe for the express purpose of operating the Gaming
Facility and any related economic development activities. This Agreement
contemplates the personal services of Employee, and neither this Agreement nor
any of the rights herein granted to Employee or the duties assumed by him
hereunder may be assigned by him.

         10. Miscellaneous.

         (a) Employee represents to Tribe that there are no restrictions to
         which he is subject or agreements to which he is a party that would be
         violated by his execution of this Agreement and his employment
         hereunder.

         (b) This Agreement and all questions relating to its validity,
         interpretation, performance and enforcement shall be governed by and
         construed in accordance with the laws of the Dry Creek Rancheria and
         the State of California.

         (c) No amendment to this Agreement or any attempted waiver of a
         provision of this Agreement shall be effective unless in writing and
         signed by the parties to this Agreement.

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         (d) Any controversy that arises between Employee and the Tribe
         regarding the rights, duties or liabilities hereunder of either of
         them, shall be settled by binding arbitration under the Uniform
         Arbitration Act as adopted by the State of California or other forums
         for Tribal dispute resolution such as Peace Court or Elder's Counsel,
         to the extent only of the enforcement of the arbitration and any
         arbitration award as provided for herein. In the case of binding
         arbitration, it shall be conducted, upon the request of either party
         before three (3) arbitrators (unless the parties agree to one (l)
         arbitrator) designated by the American Arbitration Association and in
         accordance with the rules of such association, except as such rules may
         contemplate state court jurisdiction. The arbitrators designated to act
         under this Agreement shall make their award in strict conformity with
         such rules and shall have no power to depart from or change any of the
         provisions thereof except as provided herein. The Tribe on behalf of
         itself and the Gaming Facility waives its sovereign immunity from suit
         by Employee and hereby consents to be sued in any authorized Tribal
         forum, or the Federal District Court for the Northern District of
         California and all appellate courts related thereto, or in the event
         such courts lack subject matter jurisdiction in the courts of the State
         of California and all appellate courts related thereto, for the sole
         and limited purpose of enforcing Tribe's obligations to Employee under
         this Agreement should an action be commenced to compel arbitration,
         provide injunctive relief prior to arbitration or enforce an
         arbitration award. In no event shall Tribe's liability hereunder exceed
         three (3) months Base Compensation.

EFFECTIVE as of the date first written above.

DRY CREEK RANCHERIA BAND OF POMO INDIANS

By: /s/ Elizabeth Elgin DeRouen
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Name: Elizabeth Elgin DeRouen
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Its: Tribal Chairperson
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EMPLOYEE

/s/ Norman Runyan
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Norman Runyan

                                       8Prepared and filed by St Ives Burrups

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Exhibit 10.17

AIA
Document B727 - Electronic Format  

  Standard Form of Agreement Between

    Owner and Architect

for Special Services

  1988 Edition

THIS DOCUMENT HAS IMPORTANT LEGAL CONSEQUENCES;
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Copyright 1972, 1979, ©1988 by The American
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prosecution. 

AGREEMENT

  made as of the 28th day of May in
    the
year of 2003 

BETWEEN the Owner:

    (Name and address)

  Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians

  c/o
  Elizabeth
Elgin DeRouen, Chairperson

P.O. Box 607

Geyserville, CA 95441

and the Architect:

    (Name and address)

  FFKR Architects/Planners II

  730 Pacific Avenue

  Salt Lake City, UT 84104 

For the following Project:

  (Include detailed description of Project, location,
address and scope.)

  DRY CREEK RANCHERIA
INFRASTRUCTURE TESTING, ENGINEERING, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION as required prior
to continuing with the
  STRUCTURED PARKING PROJECT (a separate project).
EXHIBIT A - memo titled "Dry Creek Rancheria Site Management" and EXHIBIT
B - "Dry Creek Rancheria Infrastructure
Design Organizational Chart, 6/3/03" are
attached to provide further project description(s) and are included as part of
this Agreement. 

The Owner and the Architect agree as set forth below. 

  ARTICLE 1

ARCHITECT'S SERVICES

(Here list those services to be provided
  by the Architect under the Terms and Conditions of this Agreement. Note under
  each service listed the method and means of compensation to be used, if applicable,
  as provided in Article 8.)

1.1   The
Architect shall provide OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE services that shall include,
but may not be limited to, the following: 

1.1.1   The
      Architect shall provide organization, personnel and management to carry
      out the requirements
      of this Agreement in an expeditious and economical manner consistent with
the interests of the Owner.

  1.1.2   The Architect,
      with the review and approval of the Owner, shall manage the selection and
      engagement of the Project participants as required to complete
the Project. The Architect shall obtain Scope of Work Schedule Statements from
each of the Project participants for the Owner's review and approval. The Architect
shall prepare and/or have
  prepared Contract Agreements for the
Work of each of the Project participants for the Owner to review and approve. 

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       1.1.3   The Architect shall establish and
        maintain communication with all of the Project participants and shall
        represent the interest of the Owner to each of the Project participants.

     1.1.4   The Architect shall provide Project oversite and direction as required to organize and coordinate the activities of the Project participants.

     1.1.5   The Architect shall develop and maintain Project related files by documenting meetings, transactions, contracts, directions, issues correspondence and activities related to the Project.

     1.1.6   The Architect shall regularly report to the Owner information pertaining to the activities, interaction and progress of the Project participants.

     1.1.7   The Architect shall provide observation of activities of the participants on the Project site and shall verify compliance with approved Contracts.

     1.1.8   The Architect shall review the work product of each of the Project participants and shall verify compliance with approved Contracts.

     1.1.9   The Architect shall receive documents such as Change Order Requests, Submittals, Recommendations, Invoices, Requests for Payment from each of the Project participants and shall initially review, negotiate and reject or approve such documents prior to making recommendations to the Owner as to their appropriate disposition.

     1.1.10   The Architect shall assist with the resolution of disputes that may arise and shall, in the interest of the Owner, attempt to avoid negative impacts of any such disputes on the Project.

	

      TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN
    OWNER AND ARCHITECT

    

    

 

ARTICLE 2 

OWNER'S RESPONSIBILITIES 

2.1   The Owner shall provide full information
regarding requirements for the Project. The Owner shall furnish required information
as expeditiously as necessary for the orderly progress of the Work, and the Architect
shall be entitled to rely on the accuracy and completeness thereof.

  2.2   The Owner shall designate a representative
  authorized to act on the Owner's behalf with respect to the Project. The Owner
  or such authorized representative shall
  render decisions in a timely manner pertaining to documents submitted by the
  Architect in order to avoid unreasonable delay in the orderly and sequential
  progress of the Architect's services. For purposes of this Paragraph 2.2,
  Doug 
    Searle, General Manager of the River
  Rock Casino, will be Owner's representative with respect to the Project until
  such time as another shall be designated by 
  Owner in writing.

  ARTICLE 3 

USE OF ARCHITECT'S DOCUMENTS 

  3.1   The documents, specifications
  and other instruments
of professional service prepared by and on behalf of the Architect pursuant
to this Agreement specifically
for this Project (the "Instruments of Service") shall, upon completion
and payment of related fees, become the property of the Owner. If Owner
should use 

or allow the use of
      the Instruments of Service without Architect's participation on a subsequent
      project
  or on any material modification
  or extension of the subject Project, or if Owner should use or allow
  the use of incomplete documents in respect of the Project, then Owner shall
  assume all risks attendant to such use and waive any related liability against
  Architect and Architect's subconsultants, if any, and their respective principals
  and employees, and shall to the fullest extent allowed by law release,
  indemnify, defend and hold harmless Architect and Architect's subconsultants,
  if any, and their respective principals and employees, from and against
  any and all claims, liability, costs and/or loss related to such use, including
  claims, liability, costs and/or loss involving actual or alleged "active
  negligence" with respect to design services only or "design defect." The
    foregoing notwithstanding, Architect may at all times retain possession of
    any and all Instruments of Service
    fixed in any electronic medium, and copies of said Instruments of
    Service provided to Owner shall have all indicia of Architect's
    involvement removed and any and all risks attendant to the automated conversion
    of information and data from said Instruments of Service to alternative
    formats or other electronic mediums shall be at Owner's role risk. prepared
    by the Architect for this Project are instruments of the Architect's service
    for use solely with respect to this Project and, unless otherwise provided,
    the Architect shall be deemed the author of these documents and shall retain
  all common law, statutory and other reserved rights, 

 

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including the copyright. The Owner shall be permitted
    to retain copies, including reproducible copies, of the Architect’s documents for the Owner’s
  information, reference and use in connection with the Project. The Architect’s
  documents shall not be used by the Owner or others on other projects, for additions
  to this Project or for completion of this Project by others, unless the Architect
  is adjudged to be in default under this Agreement, except by agreement in writing
  and with appropriate compensation to the Architect.

3.2      All information,
      discussions, memoranda and all documents developed or prepared by Architect
      or Owner or any of
      their respective consultants or representatives
      for this Project, or made available by Owner to Architect or any of
  its consultants or representatives (collectively, "Confidential Information"),
  are strictly confidential and shall not be used by Architect any
  of its consultants or representatives for any other job or work nor disclosed
  or discussed with any persons whomsoever, directly or indirectly, in whole
  or in part, except as required to perform the obligations of Architect hereunder,
  without Owner's prior written approval. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
  this provision shall not apply to any information, data or work product
  previously known to the Architect, its consultants or representatives under
  circumstances not related to the Project, and, further, this provision shall
  not apply to information in any form that is in the public domain, nor shall
  it restrict the Architect from giving notices required by law or complying
  with an order to provide information or data when so ordered by a court, administrative
  agency or other legitimate authority, or if disclosure is reasonably
  necessary for the consultant to defend itself from any legal action or
  claim.

3.3      Architect
agrees not to make, copy or place any confidential information in documentary
or other written or representational form without properly marking same
with the legend "PROPERTY OF DRY CREEK RANCHERIA BAND OF POMO INDIANS - CONFIDENTIAL
NOT TO BE DISCLOSED".

3.4      Architect agrees to take any and all action, appropriate by instructions, agreement or otherwise to and with all of its employees, representatives or others to whom any confidential information may be disclosed to act in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and agrees to take such protective measures as may be reasonably necessary to preserve the confidentiality of the confidential information.

3.5      Upon expiration or termination of this Agreement and/or upon the request of the Owner, and provided Architect has been fully paid for its services hereunder, Architect agrees to return to Owner promptly all confidential information in Architect's or any of its 

representatives' or consultants' possession or under any of their control including any materials or documentation created by it containing or referencing or using in any manner or form whatsoever any confidential information and Contractor or any of its representatives or consultants shall not retain any copies thereof without Owner's prior written consent. 

3.6      Architect agrees and acknowledges that all of the terms and provisions of this Article 3 are necessary to preserve the confidential information of Owner and to avoid any conflict of interest that may arise in the future in connection with Architect performing services for any third party.

  ARTICLE 4 

  ARBITRATION 

4.1     Claims, disputes
or other matters in question between the parties to this Agreement arising out
of or relating to this Agreement
or breach thereof shall be subject to and decided by arbitration in accordance
with the Construction Industry Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration
Association currently in effect unless the parties mutually agree otherwise. Any
controversy, claim, dispute or other matter in question (each, a "Claim")
arising out of or related to this Agreement or the breach hereof, shall be resolved
by mediation. Any mediation conducted pursuant to this Paragraph 4.1 shall
be held in accordance with the Construction Industry Mediation Rules of the
American Arbitration Association currently in effect, unless the parties mutually
agree otherwise. Demand for mediation shall be filed in writing with the
other party to this Agreement and with the American Arbitration Association. Any
demand for mediation shall be made within a reasonable time after the Claim has
arisen. In no event shall the demand for mediation be made after the date when
institution of legal or equitable proceedings based upon such Claim would be
barred by the applicable statute of limitations.

4.2      A demand
for arbitration shall be made within a reasonable time after the claim, dispute
or
other matter in question has arisen. In no event shall the demand for arbitration
be made after the date when institution of legal or equitable proceedings based
on such claim, dispute or other matter in question would be barred by the applicable
statutes of limitations. Venue.
Any
Claim not resolved by mediation shall be decided by litigation in
a court of competent jurisdiction located in the first instance in the United States District Court for the Northern District
of California, and if and only if
such federal court does not accept jurisdiction, then in any court of competent
jurisdiction in the County of San Francisco in the State of California. 

4.3      No arbitration
      arising out of or relating to this

	 
	

    
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Agreement shall include, by consolidation,
    joinder or in any other manner, an additional person or entity not a party
    to this Agreement, except by written
  consent containing a specific reference to this Agreement signed by the Owner,
  Architect and any other person or entity sought to be joined. Consent to arbitration
  involving an additional person or entity shall not constitute consent to arbitration
  of any claim, dispute or other matter in question not described in the written
  consent or with a person or entity not named or described therein. The foregoing
  agreement to arbitrate and other agreements to arbitrate with an additional
  person or entity duly consented to by the parties to this Agreement shall be
  specifically enforceable in accordance with applicable law in any court having
  jurisdiction thereof.

4.4      The award
rendered by the arbitrator or arbitrators shall be final, and judgment may be
entered upon it in accordance with applicable law in any court having jurisdiction
thereof. Attorneys' Fees. In the event any mediation, litigation or other dispute resolution mechanism is commenced by a party hereto arising out of the Project, each party shall bear
its own costs, including attorneys' fees.

4.5     OWNER HEREBY
EXPRESSLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ITS SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY (AND ANY DEFENSE BASED
THEREON) FROM ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING OR FROM ANY LEGAL PROCESS (WHETHER
THROUGH SERVICE OF NOTICE, ATTACHMENT PRIOR TO JUDGMENT, ATTACHMENT IN AID OF
EXECUTION, EXECUTION, EXERCISE OF CONTEMPT POWERS, OR OTHERWISE)
IN ANY FEDERAL OR CALIFORNIA STATE COURT, WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT
AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, PROVIDED THAT ANY RECOVERY UPON
ANY JUDGMENT RESULTING THEREFROM SHALL BE LIMITED TO RECOVERY AGAINST THE OWNER'S
GAMING ASSETS ONLY ON AN UNSECURED BASIS. 

ARTICLE 5 

TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION

5.1     This Agreement
  may be terminated by either
party upon not less than seven days'
written notice should the other party fail substantially to perform in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement through no fault of the party initiating
the termination. 

5.2     If the Owner
  fails to make payment when
due the Architect for services and expenses,
the Architect may, upon seven ten (10) days' written notice to
the
Owner, suspend
performance of services under this Agreement. Unless payment in full is received
by the Architect within seven ten (10) days of Architect's receipt the
date of the notice, the suspension shall take effect without further notice.
In
the
event
of a suspension
of services, the Architect shall have no liability

to the Owner for delay or
  damage caused the Owner because of such suspension of services. 

5.3     In the event
  of termination not the fault
of the Architect, the Architect shall
be compensated for services performed prior to termination, together with Reimbursable
Expenses then due and all Termination Expenses as defined in Paragraph 5.4. 

5.4     Termination
  Expenses are in addition to
compensation for other services, and
include expenses which are directly attributable to termination. Termination
Expenses shall be, without mark-up, actual out-of-pocket expenses of Architect necessaily
incurred in stopping the work. shall be computed as a percentage of the
compensation earned to the time of termination, as follows:

	 	.1	For services provided on the basis
          of a multiple of Direct Personnel Expense, 20 percent of the total
    Direct Personnel Expense incurred to the time of termination; and
	 	 	 
	 	.2	 For services provided on the basis
          of a stipulated sum, 10 percent of the stipulated sum earned to the
    time of termination.

5.5.    Notwithstanding
      anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, Owner shall have
      the right at any time for any or
no reason whatsoever to suspend
work on the Project and all work connected therewith or to terminate the Architect
      upon giving Architect seven (7) days' prior written notice. Thereupon,
      as the Architect's sole remedy hereunder, the
Owner shall pay the Architect for the
Work completed to the effective date of the termination of the Architect as set
forth above, along with Reimbursable Expenses then due and Termination Expenses,
if any.

  ARTICLE 6

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

6.1     Unless
      otherwise provided, tThis Agreement
shall be governed by the following, which are stated in their order of priority
in the event of conflict
between them; applicable Federal, State of California and tribal law of
the
principal place of business of the Architect.
To the extent any tribal laws must be
complied with, such laws shall be disclosed to the Architect in writing within
a reasonable time prior to the time required for such compliance. Owner represents
and warrants that no trial law that has not been disclosed to Architect conflicts
with or adds to the requirements of this Agreement.

6.2     Causes of action between the parties to
  this Agreement pertaining to acts or failures to act shall be deemed to have
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commence to run not later than the date payment
is due the Architect pursuant to Paragraph 8.4. 

6.3       The Owner
      and Architect, respectively, bind themselves, their partners, successors,
      assigns and legal representatives to the other party to this Agreement
      and to the partners, successors, assigns and legal representatives of such
      other party with respect to all covenants of this Agreement. Neither Owner
      nor Architect shall assign this Agreement without the written consent of
      the other,
      except that the Owner may assign this Agreement to an agency or instrumentality
      of Owner, or to an institutional lender providing financing for the
      Project. In such latter event, the lender shall assume the Owner's rights
      and obligations under this Agreement. The Architect shall execute all consents
      reasonably
      required to facilitate such assignment. In no event shall Architect be
      required to execute any consent that would result in the alteration or
      modification of any of the terms of this Agreement or that would require
    Architect to accept or become exposed to risk or liabilities beyond those
    contained
      in this Agreement that are not within the direct control of the Architect. 

6.4       This Agreement
represents the entire and
integrated agreement between the Owner and Architect and supersedes all prior
negotiations, representations or agreements, either written or oral. This Agreement
may be amended only by written instrument signed by both Owner and Architect. 

6.5       Nothing contained
in this Agreement shall create a contractual relationship with or a cause of
action in favor of a third
party against either the Owner or Architect. 

6.6       Unless otherwise
provided in this Agreement,
the Architect and Architect's consultants
shall have no responsibility for the discovery, presence, handling, removal
or disposal of or exposure of persons to hazardous materials in any form at the
Project site, including but not limited to asbestos, asbestos products, polychlorinated
biphenyl (PCB) or other toxic substances. 

  ARTICLE 7

PAYMENTS TO THE ARCHITECT 

7.1       DIRECT PERSONNEL
EXPENSE 

7.1.1    Direct Personnel Expense is
  defined
as
the direct salaries of the Architect's personnel engaged on the Project
  and the portion of the cost of their mandatory and customary contributions
  and benefits related thereto, such as employment
taxes and other statutory employee benefits, insurance, sick leave, holidays,
vacations, pensions, and similar contributions and benefits, all as set forth
in aggregate hourly rates in Exhibit C, attached hereto. 

7.2       REIMBURSABLE
EXPENSES 

7.2.1    Reimbursable Expenses are in
  addition to the Architect's compensation and include actual and reasonable  expenses incurred
by the Architect and Architect's employees and consultants in the interest of the Project for: 

	 	.1	expense of transportation and living
    expenses in connection with out-of-town travel authorized by the Owner; 
	 	 	 
	 	.2	long-distance communications; 
	 	 	 
	 	.3	fees paid for securing approval of authorities
    having jurisdiction over the Project; 
	 	 	 
	 	.4	reproductions; 
	 	 	 
	 	.5	postage and handling of documents; 
	 	 	 
	 	.6	expenses of overtime work requiring
          higher than regular rates, if authorized in writing by the Owner in
    advance of such work; 

	 	 	 
	 	.7	renderings and models requested by the
    Owner; 
	 	 	 
	 	.8 	expense of additional coverage or limits,
        including professional liability insurance, requested by the Owner in
        excess of that
normally carried by the Architect and the Architect's consultants; and 
	 	 	 
	 	.9 	Expense of computer aided design and
    drafting equipment time when used in connection with the project.
	 	 	 

	7.3	PAYMENTS ON ACCOUNT OF THE ARCHITECT'S
      SERVICES 

7.3.1    Payments on account of the Architect's
  services and for Reimbursable 
  Expenses shall be made monthly upon presentation of the Architect's statement of services rendered or as otherwise provided in this Agreement. Payments
  on account of services rendered, prior to the signing of this Agreement have
  been made
  to the Architect. It is understood and agreed by both the Architect and the
  Owner that payments made prior to the execution
  of this Agreement will reduce the total fee due the Architect for services
  rendered by the total amount of those
  payments made. 

7.3.2    An initial payment as set forth
  in Paragraph 8.1 is the minimum payment under this Agreement. 

7.4       ARCHITECT'S
  ACCOUNTING RECORDS 

7.4.1    Records of Reimbursable Expenses
  and expenses
pertaining to services performed
on the basis of a multiple of Direct Personnel Expense shall be available
to the Owner or the Owner's authorized representative at mutually convenient
times. 

 

	

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ARTICLE 8

BASIS OF COMPENSATION

The Owner shall compensate the Architect as follows:

8.1   AN
    INITIAL PAYMENT OF ZERO Dollars ($  0  )
    shall be made upon execution of this Agreement and credited to the Owner's
    account
at final payment. 

8.2   COMPENSATION FOR THE ARCHITECT'S
SERVICES,
as described in Article 1, Architect's Services, shall be computed as follows: 

(Insert basis of compensation, including stipulated
sums multiples or percentages, and identify the services to which particular
methods of compensation apply,
if necessary.) 

Hourly at Standard Billing Rates per EXHIBIT C, attached hereto. 

8.3   FOR REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES, as described in
Article 7, and any other items included in Article 9 as Reimbursable Expenses,
a multiple of One and one-tenth (1.1  )
times the expenses incurred by the Architect, the Architect's employees and consultants
in the interest of the Project, provided
that travel related expenses
will be billed at cost. 

8.4   Payments are due and payable fifteen (15  )
days from the date of the Architect's invoice. Amounts unpaid fifteen (15  )
days after the invoice date shall bear interest at the rate entered below, or
in the absence thereof, at the legal
rate prevailing from time to time at the principal place of business of the Architect. 

(Insert rate of interest agreed upon.) 

Ten percent (10%) per annum. 

(Usury laws and requirements under the Federal
Truth in Lending Act, similar state and local consumer credit laws and other
regulations at the Owner's and Architect's principal places of business, the
location of the Project and elsewhere may affect the validity of this provision.
Specific legal advice should be obtained
with respect to deletions or modifications, and also regarding other requirements
such as written disclosures or waivers.)

8.5   IF THE SCOPE of the Project or of the Architect's
services is changed materially, the amounts of compensation shall be equitably
adjusted. 

ARTICLE 9

OTHER CONDITIONS 

9.1   Owner and Architect
    hereby agree that the Owner's Representative services provided by the Architect
    pursuant to
    this Agreement
represent an agency relationship
that shall exist only between the Owner and Architect whereby the Architect is
providing Professional services for compensation in the interest of the Owner
and shall be responsible to the Owner
only to the extent of the actions that are reasonably within the control of the
Architect, its consultants, employees
and agents. The Architect shall not be responsible for any of the actions of
any of the Project participants, except with respect to those actions that are
performed at the direction of Architect, and the Owner agrees to hold harmless,
indemnify and defend the Architect and the Architect's consultants, employees
and agents against any and all actions, claims, liabilities, injuries or losses
whatsoever that may arise either directly or indirectly due to any of the actions
of the Project participants, except with respect to those actions that are performed
at the direction of Architect. 

9.2   The Owner agrees to limit the liability of
the Architect for any loss, liability, injury or damages resulting from negligent
actions of the Architect, the Architect's
consultant, employees or agents to the amount of the policy limits of the Architect's
professional liability insurance. The Architect agrees to maintain a Professional
liability insurance policy with a Two Million Dollar ($2,000,000.00) policy limit for the duration of the Project and for a period
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	This Agreement entered into as of the day and year first written above.
	 	 	 
	OWNER	 	ARCHITECT
	DRY CREEK RANCHERIA BAND OF POMO	 	FFKR ARCHITECTS/PLANNERS
    II
	INDIANS	 	 
	 	 	 
		 	
	
	 	

	(Signature)	 	(Signature)
	 	 	 
	Elizabeth Elgin DeRouen, Chairperson	 	Kenneth E. Louder, President
	
	 	

	(Printed name and title)	 	(Printed name and title)
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	

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        INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS, 1735 NEW YORK AVENUE, N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C.,
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EXHIBIT A 

Dry Creek Rancheria Site Management, Update 7.15.03 

Introduction

Several severe events occurred on the Dry Creek Rancheria that caused the Tribe to pause in its development efforts in order to determine the causes of these events and to make any necessary changes in its development plans as a result of this review. FFKR was requested to head up this review and advise the Tribe on courses of action. The events that initiated the review are as follows:

	1.	In January after a series of uncommonly
        heavy rainfalls, a portion of the hillside above the temporary casino structure slid. No structural damage occurred
        but a good deal of earth relocation was necessary to keep the site functioning.
        It was decided that the hillside needed to be stabilized by placing
        piles on the hillside and tying these piles together to act as a retaining
        wall for the soil above these piles. Miller Pacific engineered the
        pile placement and worked with Swinerton Builders to place them. In  early
        April, another slide occurred in an area of the hillside between the placed
        piles and a concrete retaining wall. The idea of a possible hillside
        parking structure that had been presented as a master plan option was picked
        up as a way to solve both the parking and the hillside retainage at the
    same time.
	 	 
	2.	The waste water treatment system for the
        casino produces effluent (Title 22 water or tertiary water) that can
        be used for irrigation and the grey water toilet system. When the quantity
        of effluent is greater than the means of disposal,
        then a leach field is used. The irrigation system is not operational
        at this point and there is a surplus of tertiary water that is pumped
        up to the leach field near the cemetery. It was observed that tertiary
        water was not being fully absorbed by the leach field and this surplus
    was appearing in the cemetery and other locations on site.
	 	 
	3.	The road leading
        up to the temporary casino is narrow and twisting. The last
        two curves before reaching the casino site are particularly tight and
        steep. Shortly after the casino had its "soft" opening for the facility,
        a bus had a near accident on its way up to the casino, in part, because
        of the
    character of the road. 
	 	 
	Process
	 	 
	In
        order to establish what caused these problems, FFKR initiated a set of objective
        tests and studies to provide a sound and verifiable set of facts about
        the site. A list of these tests and studies follows: Preliminary information   obtained
    since the start of the project is shown below in bold type. 
	 	 
	1.	Geotechnical
    review of the site: Two types of test holes are being drilled. 
	 	 

	 	a.	Soils tests to determine the character
        of the soil and establish its stability
        and bearing capacity. This includes both at the proposed parking
    structure and Curves 1 & 2.

	 	 	The soils reports have uncovered two
          underlying issues. The rock types consist of an underlying mélange
          unit and an adjacent,
        higher sandstone unit. MPE has described problems posed the mélange unit
        as follows: "In general, mélange units present difficult and highly variable
        foundation conditions that require substantial subsurface exploration
    and careful foundation and slope design for successful development.''
	 	 	 
	 	 	The second issue has to do with overall
          slope stability or so called "global" issues.
          The entire hillside above the development locations loads the slope.
          If a very rigid retaining system is designed to restrain the hillside
          immediately above the developments, it is possible that a seismic event
          or other unexpected event could generate hillside movement that could
          go behind the retaining systems and cause "global" movement of the
          hillside, including retaining systems. These two issues have caused
          a reexamination
          of the types of retaining systems to be used and an increase in the
    amount and depth of geotechnical drilling.
	 	 	 
	 	b.	Deep drilling to determine the porosity
        of the soil. This information is used in planning for the best means
    of handling surplus tertiary water.
	 	 	 
	 	 	Preliminary data indicate that there is
        limited porosity in the area currently utilized for waste water distribution.
        This data suggested that additional means of waste water distribution
    be reviewed including a Rancheria wide irrigation system.
	 	 	 
	 	This geotechnical information will be
        reviewed by Miller Pacific, Balance Hydrolics
    and URS.
	 	 	 
	2.	Water balance study to determine
        how a water balance on the site can be established given the wide range
        of demands and weather conditions that affect how and where water is
    produced and wasted. This study is proposed to be completed by URS.
	 	 	 
	 	Preliminary data for the water
        balance study revealed that the flow rates anticipated by the facility
        have been underestimated approximately by a factor of 3. Guest counts
        are at a much higher level than anticipated. Recent
        data generated by FWS (waste water treatment plant designers) indicate
        that the WWTP should be increased from 50,000 gallons per day to 100,000
        gpd with provision for a future expansion up to 200,000 gpd. This amount
    of treated water creates the need for additional
  storage capacity for T22 water. The flow rate also shows a need to develop
  additional  new water sources and other systems of wasting T22 water.
	 	 	 
	3.	Water quality analysis to
        establish the character of the on site well water for design of a water
        softening system
      and
other uses. This report has been prepared by Sequoia Analytical. 

  

  
  	 	Culligan was contacted and asked to
          provide a proposal to treat the existing site water to a level appropriate
          for a hospitality venue. Using the original water report prepared by
          Sequoia Analytical and its own detailed water analysis, Culligan proposed
          a reverse osmosis system with storage tanks and treatment locations
          near the existing domestic water storage tank. The approximate cost
      for the system is $130,000. Flack + Kurtz is reviewing the proposal.
	 	 
	4.	 Reclaimed water disposal study. This
        is closely related to the water balance study. This is the conceptual
        design of a performance based system to maintain a water balance on the
        site. This design study does not include the detailed design of actual
      site improvements. This study is proposed to be completed by URS.
	 	 
	 	Preliminary soils tests (double ring
          infiltrometer) have been completed. Sites
          on the Rancheria for waste water disposal are under consideration. Additional
          anticipated work involves review of regulatory issues related to T22
     water disposal; T22 tank sizing based on the water balance study and the
     estimated T22 disposal rates; and actual civil design of new T22 storage
     tank and associated fire sprinkler water storage.
	 	 
	5. 	Site survey. Accurate drawings of
          the existing topography and final location of site improvements. Part
          of this effort also involves verifying locations of underground utilities
          and accurately mapping those improvements. Oberkamper and its consultant,
          Radman Aerial Surveys, have been working on priority areas of the site
          to establish vertical and horizontal data and
controls.  
	 	 
	 	 Much of the survey work for areas around
          the anticipated improvements have been completed. Additional survey
          work includes the area around the current domestic water storage tank
          and eastern areas of the Rancheria where T22 water disposal is anticipated.
          The complex nature of the soldier pile retaining walls and tie backs
      will require careful construction survey work.  
	 	 
	6.	  Storm water retention requirements.
          Oberkamper is in the middle of reexamining the on site storm water
          retention system. This study will establish design criteria for the
          possible introduction of additional detention features. URS is the
      assumed civil engineer for detention system additions or modifications.  
	 	 
	 	 Detailed review of the existing storm
          water retention system has uncovered some apparent problems in the
          original design. Estimates by URS with concurrence of Stantec indicate
          that the current system is substantially undersized to handle 50 and
          100 year events. Major new water retainage locations are being reviewed.
          The actual direction of storm water off site also appears to be in
          need of revision. Too much storm water is being directed into a southernly
          drainage system. The retainage system design will address the issue
      of allocating more storm water into the more northerly drainage system.  

  

  

  
  	7.	  Traffic planning. URS has completed
          an initial review of the top two curves before reaching the casino
          (Curve 1 and 2). This review has shown that the width of the roadway
          is inadequate and new design drawings are being prepared. Any regrading
          will be coordinated with Oberkamper's current civil work and site and
      retention issues.  
	 	 
	 	 Construction documents for Curves 1
          and 2 are well underway. Some delays have resulted from coordinating
          work to avoid newly identified impacts to the Potential Headwaters
          of the US. In additional, traffic planning has been utilized in sizing
          access roads to be used by construction vehicles and to appropriately
          slope the access roads into the proposed parking structure. An addition
          to this planning is the review of a loop road that would be constructed
          during a later phase of the master plan to provide access and a secondary
      exit from a future hotel.  
	 	 
	 	 Revised Project Scope:  
	 	 
	 	 Attached are four separate spread sheets
          that define the currently established scope of the project. There are
          three spread sheets for the primary consultants: URS,
          Miller Pacific, and Oberkamper & Associates. The fourth spread
          sheet is a summary projection of all of the anticipated costs for the
      infrastructure project.  

  

  

  
   Forecasted Fee Estimates
     

    Tribal Infrastructure and Hill Stabilization

    July 15,
    2003

  	Consultant	Budget	Paid To Date	July	August	Sept.	Oct.
	Oberkamper	$127,000	$86,000	$10,000	$10,000	$10,000	$11,000
	Oberkamper: East Rancheria Survey*	$51,000	$0	$17,000	$17,000	$17,000	$0
	URS: Work Authorization #1	$418,000	$90,000	$82,000	$82,000	$82,000	$82,000
	URS Work Authorization #2	$1,262,000	$0	$315,000	$315,000	$315,000	$317,000
	Miller/Pacific	$448,141	$177,771	$67,000	$67,000	$67,000	$69,370
	EDAW (estimate, scope not determined)	$100,000	$0	$25,000	$25,000	$25,000	$25,000
	Flack & Kurtz (estimate, scope not determined)	$20,000	$0	$10,000	$10,000	 	 
	FFKR (Based on 15% of Total)	$363,921	$0	$90,000	$90,000	$90,000	$93,921
	Estimated Monthly Billing	$2,790,062	$353,771	$616,000	$616,000	$606,000	$598,291

  	 	 
	Estimated Grand Total	$2,790,062
	 	 
	Paid to Date	$353,771
	 	

	Remaining	$2,436,291

  

  

  
   

  	TABLE 1

      RIVER ROCK
      CASINO	INFRASTRUCTURE

      WORK AUTHORIZATION
      #2
	 	 
	SUB-PROJECT 	ESTIMATED	COST(1)

          
	  	Initial	Scope

      WA #1 	Additional

      Scope	WA#2(2)	Total 
	 	 May	7,	2003	 July	11,	2003	 July	11,	2003
	   Structural	Engineering(3)	 	 	 
	    •   Soldier
          Pile Retaining

                           Walls	0	$160,000	$160,000
	    •   Curve
          1 & 2 Retaining

                    Walls	0	$31,000	$31,000
	   •   T22 Storage Tank	0	$25,000	$25,000
	    •   Detention System	0	$58,000	$58,000
	                               Subtotal	0	$274,000	$274,000
	   Geotechnical and Geological

         Services	 	 	 
	   •   Site Reconnaissance and

             Field
      Investigation 	$150,000	$70,000	$220,000
	   •   Geotechnical Analyses	$36,000	$194,000	$230,000
	   •   Geological Services	$17,000	$13,000	$30,000
	   •   Construction Services	0	$218,000	$218,000
	   •   Subconsultants	0	$12,000	$12,000
	                               Subtotal	$203,000	$507,000	$710,000
	   Civil Engineering	 	 	 
	   •   Access
      Road

             Improvements – Curves
      1

             & 2	$32,000	$63,000	$95,000
	   •   Water Balance	$39,000	$0	$39,000
	   •   Detention
      Study	$10,000	$188,000	$198,000
	   •   Reclaimed Water

                  Disposal
      System	$75,000	$140,000	$215,000
	   •   Loop Road	$0	$30,000	$30,000
	                               Subtotal	$156,000	$421,000	$577,000
	   Traffic Planning	$27,000	$0	$27,000
	   Project Management	$30,000	$60,000	$90,000
	   Total Infrastructure	$416,000	$1,262,000	$1,678,000

  	   Notes:  
	   1. 	Costs estimated on a time and materials
      basis.  
	   2.	  See Attachment 1 – Scope
          of Work & Cost
      Estimate for Additional Engineering Service, July 11, 2003.   
	   3.	  Structural Engineering services
      are now being provided in support of the  Infrastructure
      Project in addition to those services already provided for the  Parking
      Structure Project. See Attachment 1 for details.  

  
  

  
   Oberkamper Site Infrastructure Invoices

  	 	Invoice #	 	Invoice Date	 	Amount	 	Estimated Scope	 	Comment	 
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	 
	Survey & Design	2317	 	2/28/03	 	$14,230.20	 	 	 	 	 
	 	2366	 	3/31/03	 	$22,722.74	 	 	 	 	 
	 	2428	 	4/30/03	 	$42,305.29	 	 	 	 	 
	 	2437	 	5/30/03	 	$6,851.47	 	 	 	50% to FFKR and 50% to RR	 
	 	 	 	 	 	
	 	 	 	 	 
	Current Invoice Total	 	 	 	 	$86,109.70	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Breakdown of Invoices:	 	 	Current Invoices	 	Est. Future Invoices	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	
	 	
	 	 	 	 	 
	     Packing Structure
    Survey	 	 	$28,187.88	 	$3,120.00	 	 	 	 	 
	     *Parking Structure
    Design	 	 	$11,969.12	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	     Infrastructure
    Survey	 	 	$34,396.01	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	     Infrastructure
    Design	 	 	$11,556.69	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	
	 	
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	$86,109.70	 	$3,120.00	 	$89,229.70	 	 	 
	Additional work not yet completed	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	     Construction Staking
      North Access, Wall 1	 	 	 	 	$18,000.00	 	 	 	 	 
	Construction Staking
        Foundations, South
Access
	 	 	 	 	$55,000.00	 	 	 	 	 
	     Survey Area Around
    Water Tank & Area F	 	 	 	 	$19,000.00	 	 	 	 	 
	     Survey Rest of
    East Rancheria	 	 	 	 	$51,000.00	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	$143,000.00	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
	 	 	 
	Grand Total	 	 	 	 	 	 	$232,229.70	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Payments	Date	 	From	 	Amount	 	Balance	 	 	 
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	 
	From FF & E Contingency	2/5	 	FFKR / RR	 	$30,000.00	 	$56,109.70	 	 	 
	 	7/11	 	RR	 	$56,109.70	 	$0.00	 	 	 
	*Note: Under the parking structure agreement, FFKR is to pay for civil
      design of the parking structure but survey work is to be RR's expense.
      Invoice #2437 was divided into two equal parts of $6,851.47. Earlier invoices
      should also have been broken down to reflect this agreement. FFKR is responsible
      for the payment of $11,969.12 or to reimburse River Rock for this amount
      or for FFKR to pick up this portion of a future invoice.	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	7/17/03	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

  

Miller Pacific Invoices

	 	Invoice #	 	Invoice Date	 	Amount	 	Estimated Scope	 
	
	 
	
	 
	
	 
	
	 
	 
	Geotech and Engineering Services	4787	 	2/28/03	 	$20,138.97	 	 	 
	 	4836	 	3/31/03	 	$9,101.60	 	 	 
	 	4887	 	4/29/03	 	$15,351.90	 	 	 
	 	4888	 	4/29/03	 	$53,017.80	 	 	 
	 	4900	 	5/8/03	 	$82,290.38	 	 	 
	 	4937	 	5/28/03	 	$34,777.57	 	 	 
	 	4938	 	5/28/03	 	$47,029.72	 	 	 
	 	4968	 	6/19/03	 	$1,254.50	 	 	 
	 	4969	 	6/19/03	 	$109,334.74	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	
	 	 	 
	Current Invoice Total	 	 	 	 	$372,297.18	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Approximate Breakdown of Invoices: Based
      on MPE's 6/26 estimate	 	 	Current Invoices	 	Est. Future Invoices	 	 	 
	 	  	 	 
	 	 
	 	  	 
	     Geology	 	 	$34,700.00	 	 	 	 	 
	     Dry Well
      Exploration	 	 	$56,000.00	 	$20,000.00	 	 	 
	     Dry Well
      Hydrology	 	 	$57,500.00	 	 	 	 	 
	     Park Structure
      Exploration	 	 	$153,000.00	 	$48,000.00	 	 	 
	     Park Structure
      Engineering	 	 	$22,300.00	 	$10,000.00	 	 	 
	     Misc. Site
      Construction	 	 	$17,400.00	 	 	 	 	 
	     Original
      Scope	 	 	$29,240.57	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	$370,140.57	 	$78,000.00	 	$450,297.18	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Payments	Date	 	From	 	Amount	 	Current Balance	 
	
	 
	
	 
	
	 
	
	 
	 
	 	2/5	 	FFKR	 	$20,138.97	 	 	 
	 	5/27	 	RR	 	$22,323.70	 	 	 
	 	5/27	 	RR	 	$82,290.38	 	 	 
	Check # 3651	6/11	 	RR	 	$53,017.80	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	$177,770.85	 	$194,526.33	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	7/17/03	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

EXHIBIT B

 

	 	 	 
		 	Bogue Building      730 Pacific Avenue      Salt
      Lake City, UT 84104      801.521.6186       801.539.1916
    f      www.ffkr.com

 

EXHIBIT C

STANDARD BILLING RATES

2003

	Principals	$125.00/hr
	Senior Associates	$85.00/hr
	Project Architects	$65.00/hr
	Interior Designers	$65.00/hr
	Staff	$45.00/hr
	Clerical	$35.00/hr
	 	 
	Travel expenses compensated
        at cost.
	 	 
	Consultants and reimbursable
        expenses compensated at one and one tenth (1.1) times actual expense.

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