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The majority of our work over the next several years will be ADA improvements to our existing facilities. Our court mandate was to get the work done between 2000 and 2010. However, because of the construction boom we are battling with: 1) not enough design consultants to get the work out to bid, 2) consultants inexperience with ADA requirements, and 3) bids that are coming in much higher than initially anticipated. So, we have asked for an extension until 2013. Corp Counsel will soon be asking for funding for a consultant to assure the accessibility of our projects. Some of our more active areas are: • We will be acquiring Old Airport State Park soon, adding 85 acres to our inventory and doubling the acreage we are maintaining in North South Kona. We are asking for 6 new positions to cover that site and others in Kona. The Honu'apo Acquisition is moving ahead. • We recently acquired Honl's/Waiaha Beach Park. • Isaac Hale Beach Park at Pohoiki in Puna is out to bid now. • ADA improvements to Kailua Park are out to bid now. • Laupahoehoe Point Gym improvements bids have been opened. The apparent low bid is $235K more than anticipated. Coconut Island ADA and waste water system bids have been opened. The apparent low bid is $600K more than anticipated. However, in spite of the flurry of activity, our facilities continue to be inadequate both in numbers and in maintenance. We have at least two pavilions closed, one and Kolekole and another at Onekahakaha. We are unable to rebuild them and unable to tear them down because of the special handling that is needed for the materials used to build them years ago. Our older gyms need painting and re-roofing. Even our newer gyms have their problems. Aquatics will again run its very popular Jr. Lifeguard program and Novice Swim programs. We have four new lifeguard towers in Hilo and three in Kona with a fourth, for Kahaluu, which is here and soon to be installed. We are refurbishing another tower for Ahalanui in lower Puna. Then we will only need new towers for Magic Sands and Spencer Park. They are both functional for the present. Our swimming pools are also functioning, some of them just barely. We are unable to staff Konawaena but we keep trying. Kawamoto Pool -needs new filters and piping at a cost of about $300K. The pool basin also needs painting. NAS- Pool basin needs to be resurfaced and a new gutter system is needed that will recycle the water. Pahoa Pool - operating fine except every time the power goes out, the pump stops and the pool dumps a few feet of water. It takes time to refill the pool and get the pump primed. The power goes out an average of 2 times a month. Water Supply and others have tried to help with trouble County of NowaPi is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.