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Honorable James Y. Arakaki, Chairman and Members of the County Council Page 2 year. Willocks Construction Corporation was selected through a bidding process to construct the recreational center and complete the site work for the park. Shinsato Engineering, Inc. has been retained to provide a soils report and supervise the required grading of the park and pads for the structures to assure conformity to applicable regulations and standards. Grading plans for the park and recreational center have been prepared and a grading permit was issued on November 21, 2000. The firm of George M. Oye, Inc. was selected to implement the grading permit and work started on December 1, 2000. The architect is presently working on the construction plans for the volunteer fire station. The applicant has shared the general floor plan and site plan with the Puuanahulu Community Association, which has found it to be generally acceptable. The Puuanahulu Community Association must still coordinate its efforts with the County Fire Department regarding training and other requirements to establish a volunteer fire station. At present, it is not known how long this will take. Relative to Condition M and M(2) of Ordinance No. 00-105, the applicant anticipates that an additional nine (9) months are necessary for completion of the community center and park, an additional six (6) months are necessary to commence construction of the volunteer fire station, and an additional seven (7) months necessary for completion of the volunteer fire station. Accordingly, the applicant states that construction of the community center will be completed no later than November 30, 2001; and construction of the volunteer fire station will begin no later than September 1, 2001 and completed no later than February 1, 2002. The applicant has also requested a provision whereby the Planning Director could grant an additional maximum six (6) month time extension provided that an agreement and appropriate surety are executed to assure the completion of the required improvements within the period requested. This provision would provide assurance to a prospective investor and/or buyer should delays occur which prevent the applicant from completing the required improvements by the dates specified in the development entitlements. In support of the request, the applicant states "The applicant believed that the park could be completed by March 1, 2001 when the third amendment was granted in July 2000. At that time, preliminary architectural plans were already done, and it was felt that the plans could be easily finalized and the required permits secured before November. Unfortunately, many unanticipated issues cropped up. Among others, these included the need for a more detailed survey, preparation of a grading plan, and resolution of basic infrastructure (such as the access approval, wastewater system, and the potable water system). The time needed to coordinate this permitting phase of the project was unanticipated. Adding to this delay was the unanticipated time required to find a person to assist with the coordination and management of the bidding process; and finally, with certain aspects of the construction phase." Approval of this amendment request would not be contrary to the General Plan nor would it be contrary to the original reasons for granting the change of zone. The