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WEISS Cela M <br /> From: CARIAGA Mia <br /> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 10:23 AM <br /> To: TAYLOR Trevor H <br /> Cc: WEISS Cela M; AANDERUD Kris <br /> Subject: FW: Override of 2008010866 <br /> Hi Trevor, <br /> Because you have a legitimate business reason to purchase the seed in this manner, I'll override the order. Please <br /> contact our office prior to sending the invoice on to staff to be paid in the future. Thanks. <br /> Mia Cariaga, CPPB <br /> Purchasing Analyst <br /> City of Eugene Central Services <br /> 100 West 10th Avenue, Suite 400 <br /> Eugene, OR 97401 <br /> 541.682.5056 office <br /> 541.556.3216 cell <br /> 541.682.6233 fax <br /> Mia.Cariaga@ci.eugene.or.us <br /> From: GORSEGNER Sarah C <br /> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 10:10 AM <br /> To: CARIAGA Mia <br /> Subject: FW: Override of 2008010866 <br /> From: TAYLOR Trevor H <br /> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 9:08 AM <br /> To: GORSEGNER Sarah C <br /> Cc: AANDERUD Kris; CARIAGA Mia <br /> Subject: RE: Override of 2008010866 <br /> Howdy Sarah, <br /> As a follow up to our conversation, I wanted to provide you with some information about the seed purchase from <br /> Pacific Northwest Natives (PNN). PNN produces native seed material and specializes in genetically local seed <br /> varieties. This company is the sole source for several species of seed that are genetically from Eugene. The West <br /> Eugene Wetland has a policy of using genetically local seed so we do not have another choice for purchasing many of <br /> these species commercially. <br /> As a result, we typically purchase seed from PNN each year to do our restoration work. Over the past several <br /> years the amount of acreage we have been restoring has been increasing and in several cases PNN has been unable <br /> to meet our needs. In response to this issue, this year we "reserved" our seed early by placin an order early in the <br /> year. PNN was unable to promise the order nor provide a quote as seed had not yet been harvested, however, they <br /> agreed to do their best to meet our needs first, <br /> Then we had several staff changes. As Kris notes below, Jean Jancaitis, the seed program coordinator, left and <br /> her replacement has not yet started. Also, I was moved into my current position and was not made aware of the <br /> details of this order until after its arrival. PNN shipped the seed to us and we used it on our restoration projects <br /> this fall. Now they have shipped us the invoice and we are realizing that the overall price of the shipment exceeds <br /> 1 <br />