HomeMy WebLinkAbout149VP IVTP KMichelle Farfan
August 1,6,2017
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Jodi Adams
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Patty Char
Philip Hunsucker; David Greetham
RE: Statesman payments
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All,
l'd like to readdress the issue of payments to Jefferson County for the work that is being performed on the Statesman
permitting.
Garth mentioned below that the county has been paid 5218,303 USD. lt's important to note that not allof this money
was to the County, a large amount of this was to a third party contractor.
At this time Michelle Farfan has been working 95% or more of her time exclusively on the Statesman permit since
August 2016. lf we are conservative and only charge 90% of her hours to the project this is 311.6 hours in 2016 and
544.2 hours in 2O!7 . At this time our department cannot continue to support this cost. lf we bill at our hourly rate, as we
do with all other permit applicants, this would come to approximately 575,465.
I don't know the history of the third party contracts, but I believe Statesman pulled out of one of the contracts below?
2015 Amendment #1 contract with EA Engineering S120,330
2015 Amendment #1 Jeff Co for Final SEIS contract S120,330
2013 Blumen contract for Supplemental SEIS $92,950
2009 ESA Adolfsen contract 575,684
I have not done a full itemized list of all invoices to Statesman but upon a quick glance at their permit fees we have
invoices them 595,3 4t.44 for DCD review time and they currently owe S5,737.50 of that amount.
The last invoice we have from EA Engineering is from t2/2O15 and the total billed to date is 5121,653.52.
Those two amounts are very close to the amount of 5218,303 quote from Garth below. When I requested payment for
the past due amount of 55,737.50 I received the email from Garth below. We have now accrued more than 550,000 in
charges over the amount in the contract. I would like to know how we should proceed.
Thanks,
Jodi Adams
DCD Office Manager
Phone 360-379-4494
From: Garth Mann Imailto:Garth.Mann@statesmangroup.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 24,2017 9:58 AM
To: M ichelle Fa rfa n < M Fa rfa n @co.jeffe rso n.wa. us>
Cc: Jea nette Hurley <Jea nette. Hurley@statesmangroup.com>
Subject: RE: Statesman payments
Thank you Michelle
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Please remember WE our bills for work that is p erformed
lf the Jefferson County wants to invoice us for work performed upon the release of our Building
permits;
we are OK with this... because it is fair and equitable.
When the PGST creates added work for the Gounty on this file, are they invoiced for the added
time spent?
President Trump announced this morning that the US needs to stop inhibiting progress
His plans are to stop the emphasis on process & procedures & regulations.
The governments job is to Make-it-Happen rather than How-Can-We-Stop-You.
Plus....Statesman Group is an Environmentally Conscious Developer
Garth
M. Garth Mann
President & C.E.O
Statesman Group of Companies
Direct: 403.686.8371
Email: earth@statesman.ca
From: Michelle Fa rfa n [ma ilto :M Fa rfa n @co. iefferson.wa. us]
Sent: Tuesday, January 24,2017 10:39 AM
To: Garth Ma nn <Ga rth. Mann @statesma ngroup.com>
Cc: Jeanette H urley <Jea nette. Hurlev@statesma ngroup.com>
Subject: RE: Statesman payments
HiGarth:
Thank you for the info. I have passed this on to Jodi and she'll be talking to Patty to see what we can do. I do want you
to know that I have not charged for any of my time since becoming involved with this project in September.
l'll keep you posted
Regards,
Michelle Farfan
Associate Planner, Brinnon MPR Lead
Jefferson County Department of Community Development
62l Sheridan
Port Townsend WA 98368
V: 360-379-4463
F:36O-379-445t
mfa rfa n(dco.iefferson.wa. us
All e-mail sent to this address has been received by the Jefferson County e-mail system and is therefore subject to the
Public Records Act, a state law found at RCW 42.56. Under the Public Records law the County must release this e-mail
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and its contents to any person who asks to obtain a copy (or for inspection) of this e-mail unless it is also exempt from
production to the requester according to state law, including RCW 42.56 and other state laws.
From: Garth Mann Imailto:Garth.Mann@statesmangroup.com]
Sent: Monday, January 23,2017 6:47 PM
To: Michelle Farfan <MEarfan@cO.ief rcon.wa.uS>
Cc: Jeanette Hurley <Jeanette. H urlev@statesma ngroup.com>
Subject: RE: Statesman payments
Hello Michelle:
Our accountant's name is Jeanette who is copied on this email
Jeanette has shown me on our Cost Analysis report C1-0065 where we have been invoiced and paid
$218,303 USD to Jefferson County for fees invoiced since 04106110.
Our difficulty paying for other Jefferson County Services, is the deception in believing that the County
was working towards the approvals of our application.
. We have presented our applicalion 22 times during public hearings.o We have been told by County Executives that the meetings will have controls to prevent the
public from continually addressing the same issues, where they should have been told were
resolved.. The PGST has caused continual expenditures to prevent our application, for competitive and
incorrect reasons.
The list of committed invoices is 4 pages, and value received is depressing
Garth lVlann
M. Garth Mann
President & C.E.O
Statesman Group of Companies
Direct: 403.686.8371
Email: garth@statesman.ca
From: M iche lle Fa rfa n [ma ilto : M Fa rfa n @co. iefferson.wa.us]
Sent: Monday, January 23,2017 3:17 PM
To: Ga rth Ma nn <Ga rth. Ma nn @statesma ngroup.com>
Subject: FW: Statesman payments
HiGarth:
Hope all is well
Jodi, our office manager, sent me the below email regarding payment of invoices. Are you the contact to send these
invoices to or is there someone else she should contact regarding payments? I only have you and Don for contacts.
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Thanks Garth !
Michelle Farfan
Associate Planner, Brinnon MPR Lead
Jefferson County Department of Community Development
62l Sheridan
Port Townsend WA 98358
V: 360-379-4453
F:360-379-445L
mfa rfa n (oco. iefferso n.wa. us
All e-mail sent to this address has been received by the Jefferson County e-mail system and is therefore subject to the
Public Records Act, a state law found at RCW 42.56. Under the Public Records law the County must release this e-mail
and its contents to any person who asks to obtain a copy (or for inspection) of this e-mail unless it is also exempt from
production to the requester according to state law, including RCW 42.56 and other state laws.
From: Jodi Adams
Sent: Monday, January 23,2077 11:30 AM
To: M ichelle Fa rfa n <M Farfan @co. iefferson.wa. us>
Cc: Jo rd a n Cawye r <JCawyer@co. ieffe rso n.wa. us>
Subject: Statesma n payments
Statesman is behind in paying their invoices. I don't have a good contact person to get this resolved, do you have a
name, number, or e-mail I can reach out to?
Jodi Adams
Office Manager
Jefferson County Department of Community Development
621 Sheridan Street
Port Townsend, WA 98368
Phone 360-379-4494
Fax 360-379-4451
j adams@co.jefferson. wa. us
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