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 <br /> FY 2011 DOT Highway Safety Grant: FEO Yoshioka continues to work with the <br />instructor on the training schedule for the motor vehicle extrication class; will <br />inform the Commission once it has been confirmed. <br /> <br /> <br /> FY 2012 DOT Highway Safety Grant: No new updates on purchase of pediatric <br />spinal boards. <br /> <br />Capital Improvement Projects <br />: <br /> <br /> Makalei Fire Station: Cement foundation has been poured and still moving on <br />track. Communication is flowing real well between the departments and the <br />contractors. <br /> <br />No new updates on any of the other CIP projects. <br /> <br />Chair Taniguchi asked Chief Oliveira on the status of the missile impact doors for the <br />Waimea station. <br /> <br />Chief Oliveira replied that the work hasn’t started yet; the last update from BC Gahan <br />is they are still trying to get those missile impact doors installed as well as the <br />photovoltaic system. Nothing has moved or changed with regards to Waimea <br />Station. <br /> <br />Commissioner Henkel asked Chief Oliveira if the Pohoiki radio relay towers is a CIP <br />project. <br /> <br />Chief Oliveira replied, yes; waiting on the narrow band licensing from FCC because <br />it’s moving the repeater to the new site as well as trying to narrow band that repeater, <br />which means complying with the FCC’s mandate of 2013 to be on a narrow band or <br />be on narrow band technology for efficiency and use of the spectrum. <br /> <br />Commissioner Henkel stated he is concerned. He’s gone down there and spoke to <br />the lifeguards, they are currently using their cell phones for communication, <br />sometimes they are even without communication, and wanted to give them an <br />update. <br /> <br />Chief Oliveira replied that the lifeguards and fire personnel operate off of the existing <br />repeater site. There has always had dead spots in certain areas just because of <br />geography and topography, but as soon as the switch is flipped on the new repeater <br />site, communications will be improved. <br /> <br />Chief Kosaki stated communication is still available to be transmitted on Frequency 1. <br /> <br />Chief Oliveira clarified that by going to Frequency 1, it opens up the microwave <br />system, it by-passes the repeater and it can hit any repeater on the island. There are <br />several safeguards in place that allow personnel to communicate. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />