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The Equestrian Center is home for the Hawai'i Horse Owners Association's Panaewa Stampede Rodeo, the largest rodeo event on the island. We have Dressage events throughout the year, and execute annual rental agreements for private horse owners to house their horses at our facility. PARKS MAINTENANCE Parks Maintenance maintains over 200 facilities and buildings throughout our island and we are growing every year. We not only do sanitation and cleaning of the facilities, but we also do the electrical, plumbing, carpentry, welding, masonry, painting, landscaping and grounds, fencing, and tree trimming, etc. We also have hazardous material, OSHA, Fire Mitigation, AED and ADA to deal with and we also contract services such as termite treatment as well. We recently started a fire ant program to control this invasive species from spreading at park facilities. Parks maintenance responds to all emergencies concerning public safety. Parks Maintenance also collaborated with other agencies to perform work in-house to complete a few projects. We recently had the painters from the Public Works Department paint our comfort station at the Zoo. We also worked with the Public Works and Environmental Management Departments in building the parking lot at Gilbert Carvalho Park. Parks Maintenance has used prison labor, senior employment, first to work employees, and volunteers and have even partnered with various community groups and Friends of the Park organizations to help us take care of our facilities and maintenance needs. When a job gets too large, it is placed on to the Capital Improvement Project (CIP) list with Parks Planner James Komata. Attached is a list of projects he and his staff have completed along with new parks projects at well. The attached list includes projects completed in transition, projects we completed all together, projects in construction, and projected projects we plan to get done. Attachment