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winning bids. He said that the Board needs to look at this request carefully, because Derrick’s is a local company, and sometimes the Board needs to help local companies out a little bit. Ms. Moreira said she truly appreciated that. She said that Derrick’s really has no control whatsoever when dealing with Mainland manufacturers. Usually, Derrick’s does not run into problems like the current situation; this is a very unusual and very lengthy problem. Derrick’s usually has everything done on time, and completes its projects on time. In the rare instances when Derrick’s does not come in on time, it is Derrick’s own fault for the delay. However, that is not the case in the current situation; Ms. Moreira said that she has been pretty much on top of this project since Day One; she really did not understand why she was having such a hard time getting answers from everybody. Derrick’s does its best; Derrick himself does good work and is respected, she said. She said she appreciated Mr. Greenwell’s comment. Mr. Robinson asked about Beylik’s involvement. Ms. Moreira said she believed it was a financial matter, but she could not understand the connection between Derrick’s and Beylik – they are two different companies. She asked why anyone would withhold a pump and motor for another company, when the project was Derrick’s project. Ms. Moreira said she could not understand that, but there was no arguing about it. She decided the best thing to do was to contact DWS’s Mr. Takamoto, because as the engineer in charge, he has a relationship with all of the contractors. Mr. Takamoto contacted Beylik; Ms. Moreira felt it was not her place to contact Beylik and bring up such a sensitive subject. Mr. Robinson noted that Mr. Huppman wrote to Ms. Moreira in January 2014, saying he was glad that the Beylik thing was all cleared up, and that the pump and motor should be shipped out by the end of that week. However, there is still no idea when they are going to get the pump back to Derrick’s. Ms. Moreira said that Derrick’s had provided them with the information that they requested, regarding the measurement of the top of the motor; she believed that the measurement they needed was for the lateral of the pump. The manufacturer also wanted photos because they had no records from American Turbine regarding the pump. Derrick’s tried to tell them that the pump was coupled up, and ran for over a year at Kahalu‘u; Ms. Moreira wondered why, then, they did not have records for it. Apparently, when the merger between American Turbine and National Pump went through, the files were taken, and National Pump said they had no records on that pump. Therefore, Derrick’s had to provide them with new information, which is apparently really critical. She said there was a one-sixteenth margin of error on the lateral, but said she did not really understand what that meant. In any event, Derrick’s provided them with that information last week, and the May 16, 2014, letter was the last correspondence that Derrick’s had with the manufacturer. Mr. Arikawa thanked Ms. Moreira for the timeline, and asked what the estimated delivery date would be. Ms. Moreira said she guessed that the completion before delivery would be in about two or three weeks, because the manufacturer has the information they needed. Mr. Arikawa asked how long it would take to install the pump. Ms. Moreira said that Derrick was pretty fast, and to install it would take a week or two. Mr. Arikawa asked whether it would take two weeks at the most. Ms. Moreira said it would be two weeks at the most. However, she said Derrick visited the job site, where some excavation work was being done and the power was cut. It was not clear what was going Page 7 of 27 Water Board Minutes 5-27-14 js