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FEB -29 -2000 08:38 SD4J FACILITIES MANAGMENT 1 541 687 3686 P.12/24 r <br /> uzrzyiuu luk. u1:00 rM 0%," uos oai z� OuaYAXAla a+aa a + ++ alZViYiii/V G - -� " <br /> ∎ • <br /> • <br /> mbi <br /> Mayor Jim Torrey <br /> City of Eugene <br /> 777 Pearl Street, <br /> Eugene, OR 97401 -2793 <br /> Dear Mayor, <br /> We feel obligated to communicate to you all present knowledge concerning Bones <br /> Construction and Its bid proposal with regards to the artificial turf contract. <br /> 1. To my knowledge Bones Construction, has virtually no experience in the artificial <br /> turf industry. It has merely been the excavator and base constructor on several <br /> turf projects. It has no ability to service or repair the artificial turf portion of the <br /> contract. We sincerely question if they could carry out any warranty work as <br /> provided in the contract_ <br /> 2. To my knowledge the good people at Eugene Sand and Gravel have requested <br /> to view a copy of a bonded warranty from either Bones or Mery Sportsturf to the <br /> qty, given the fads contained in this memo, isn't that a necessity? <br /> 3. Our research of public records Avery Sportsturf was incorporated in 1997. How <br /> then can it lay claim to manufacturing the playing fields in the proposal to the city, <br /> when 99% of these installations were completed prior to 1997. Of the fields <br /> mentioned in the company profile, George Avery may have merely played a role <br /> in the manufacturing component of these carpets. <br /> 4. Although George Avery has worked in carpet plants all his adult life, to our <br /> knowledge he has never installed, sold, warranted the products described in the <br /> company profile. He may have worked in or operated a carpet plant that made <br /> some of these fields. <br /> 5, Our research indicates that Avery Sportsturf; has warranted only 2 projects since <br /> its incorporation. Both of these projects were acquired under somewhat dubious <br /> circumstances. In both the case of Tigard High School and McChord Air Force <br /> base, the product was presented as, sold as something called Sprinturf. A <br /> change order was then issued to Avery Turf. Avery Sportsturf did not even exist 1 <br /> year ago! As a matter of fad, the proposal you are looking at this moment from <br /> Bones / Avery was originally presented to the City of Eugene as a Sprinturf <br /> product by Pacific Sportsurfaces. <br /> • <br /> 5050, Pore St., Suite 280, Montreal. Quebec, Canada 114P 1P3 <br />