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ColdClimate™ Geothennal Heat Pumps ij ~ :Wu5 NOV (I October 31, 2006 ECOIAR~ -== Sales: 1-800-4-ECONAR Tech: 1-800-418-TECH Corporate Offices: 19230 Evans St, Elk River, MN 55330 (763) 241-311 0 fax (763) 241-3111 Manufacturin~ Plant: 33 West Veum, Apjlet. on, MN 56208 (320) 289-1403 jax(320) 289-1440 Mayor and City Council of The City of Elk River Library Board City Administrator City Attorney Director of Parks and Recreation Re: ECONAR donation. First of all, thank you. I've been out of town and only recently did I get a chance to view your last council meeting. You have all put forth a great deal of time and energy in your consideration of my offer to donate ECONAR geothermal heat pumps for the new public library project. I appreciate the time you have spent. Following this letter is some background information for your review that might help you better understand why this became an issue at all. You will find that ECONAR was not late in its attempts or at "the eleventh hour" at all on its own accords. It's how the process works and, as Louise Kuester stated, not very transparent. With my proposal, I set out to accomplish a number of tasks. They are listed in the same order as my proposal as follows: My first goal was to provide some oversight to the geothermal design of the library. No, I wasn't asked to do that but my firm has more geothermal expertise than anyone in the five state area and questions of the design now might avoid larger problems down the road. This is not a slam on the engineer; we are just more experienced with geothermal, plain and simple. Since I would be donating the equipment I no longer would have a conflict of interest, only the desire of a successful project. However, since the geothermal heat pumps need to be handled as a deduct and not a re-bid, this oversight will not be possible. Hopefully it isn't needed. Second; I wanted to inform and educate area residents and businesses on the merits of geothermal technology, a renewable energy source very few are aware of or understand. Although ECONAR has many geothermal installations none of them offer explanation to the building users. Most don't even know it's there. What better place to learn than the library? My reference to permanent meant not a one-day temporary display, but rather something well done and professionally matched with the building, not an advertisement. Since discussion has now surfaced that such a display will be created I'm satisfied this goal will be met.