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From: To: "Jeffrey Epstein" <jeevacation@grnail.com> Subject: Re: Little Saint James Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:49:33 +0000 Importance: Normal Ok Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T From: Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacation@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:22:20 +0200 To: Rich Cortese Subject: Re: Little Saint James please provide me more detail on the opetaions maids. engineers. , boats, . laundry, maintenace ideas thanks. and yes please send a emplyment propolsol On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 7:34 PM, Rich Cortese < > wrote: Mr. Epstein, thank you for the opportunity to go to Little Saint James and review this spectacular project. Having had the opportunity to have opened an number of larger resort throughout the Caribbean and Hawaii I must say the attention to detail at your project matches up to them well. However as with all projects there are always numerous practices that need to be reviewed in order for them to blossom and grow efficiently. On this trip I had the opportunity to spend some quality time with Gary, which gave much incite to our initial Phone call two weeks ago. First before I go into the detailed areas I do not think there is any theft or in play, it seems as though these three people truly have your interests and comfort as their primary concern. The first area I would like to discuss is landscaping because it was the most obvious area of financial burden, the gentleman i brought in to review the area is also responsible for the landscaping at the Westin Sain Johns and the W in Vieques. So he has vast experience in growing on an Island; • More effective water usage must be put in place, this can be achieved with the combination of the placement of adequate plant palette and the installation of effective irrigation systems such as emitter, drip, or micro subsurface irrigation. As opposed to spray heads, the aforementioned minimize the lose of water through transpiration and evaporation which will lead to more effective water usage. Which is critical at a site such as this. • There must be a landscaping design and plan put in place. As beautiful as it is on a tropical Island it is critical to plan what you want to grow, plant selection is critical in order to minimize irrigation, maintenance and replacement costs in maintaining a healthy garden. Placement of plants is important so the stronger plants work as windbreakers to protect weaker flowering plants. • New landscaping work can be done more efficiently by bringing in a contractor for that specific project to avoid the hiring of full time employees. As you are finding out full time employees in the Caribbean are a heavy finical burden, plus I have found the longer they are employed their production has a tendency to decline. • The existing nursery should be replaced by a program of purchasing and delivery of plant material for normal wear and tear of landscape area. This would be a more cost efficient solution, it would minimize water consumption and the manpower needed for the nursery's upkeep. Also a relationship should be established directly with nurserys in Florida and Puerto Rico not with "third parties". • Presently with 15 employees we feel landscaping is over staffed. • More aggressive local Island plants should be planted roadside to cut down on the pruning and maintenance needs. As well as a planned schedule of fertilization, so that we can minimize the storage EFTA00653265 time of fertilization, this will increase the effectiveness of your fertilizer program. • Presently Landscape Manager is very committed and a hard worker, but some outside assistance would be very beneficial to make him more effective int the development of the project. As far as electrical is concerned there were numerous items that can be addressed going forward to both save money and serve the Island better they are briefly as follows; • Check the load factor used on the generators and seeing if we can switch off of the St. Thomas Power Authority. You are presently 46.5 cents per kilowatt hour, we have done this in Puerto Rico where energy is 28 cents per kilowatt hour and have shown a big savings. • You are presently changing you air conditioning units every three years, we fell if you were to change over to a system that can use ocean chill water the life time can be extended to nearly fifteen years of usage plus they will use less electricity. • Not to mention the future potential use of solar power. Construction, Gary is totally focused on moving all construction off Island by November, will this happen is hard to say. But everyone on the Island is focused on this date. For me to play "Monday morning quarterback" would not be fair to the team on Island. However on a go forward basis I would high recommend that a master plan be put in place an a complete "mapping " of your infra structure be documented. This is so that in case of turnover the next people who may come have a working knowledge of what is in the ground on the Island. As far as equipment and maintenance it seems there is a lot on Island and they should start scaling this back (plus 4 maintenance people to maintain the equipment). Boats are another issue for a latter date and I can review for a longer period of time. As for day to day maintenance of the Island I sat with Karen and Brice, and discussed their staffing guide and we all came to the conclussion that there were a number of positions that were not necessary at the supervisory level and a number of people at the hourly level were not always needed. And that with a careful prescreening program the Island would be best served with temporary workers or just our regulars working over time during the high need periods.Overall a cost savings of in excess of $200,000 per year. Mr. Epstein, I'm sure that you find this interesting but probably don't want to deal with it, thus it was recommended to me by Mr.Prtzker to ask you that if you are interested in my work I should submitted a proposal, if that is the case I will follow up with you upon your request. Regards, Rich Cortese The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of Jeffrey Epstein Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation@gmail.com, and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved EFTA00653266