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Friday, August 23, 2019

Slurry Coating 8/26 - 8/31

Aloha Owners,

It is that time again. Starting on Monday the parking lots will be slurry coated. Please see the map below. The contractor will be grinding and patching all of the areas in the parking lot on Monday and Tuesday (8-26 and 8-27), this will consist of a machine and a few men working in an isolated location. They will begin the slurry coat Wednesday morning 8-28 and complete the last colored area on Saturday 8-31. Dennis is meeting with the contractor today (Friday) to determine where they will start. Once it is determined the starting point and the sequence of events, Dennis will send out a notice to all of the rental agents and the rental agents will distributing the Alohagrams to guests.

Aloha,
Denise

Latest update on the parking lot repairs. As of Friday afternoon:

Parking lot repairs and seal coat project will begin next week Monday 8-26-19 and continue through Saturday 8-31-19. The first portion of the project will consist of cutting and patching damaged asphalt, this work will entail of a few people and a machine working in isolated areas one patch at a time. During this period, the parking lot will be open with occasional short traffic stops. The second phase of the project will consist of sealing the asphalt and painting the parking stall lines. During the second phase of the project, portions of the parking lot will need to be closed to allow the sealer and painted stalls to dry.

Attached is a map of the parking lot, the map is color coded (Red, Yellow, Blue, Pink). Each color represents an area that will be closed for a day. The list on the right side of the map indicates the days each area will be closed. Each area will be closed for approximately 24 hours, the hours of closure will be from 5 PM to 5 PM the following day.

1) The first closure (Red) will begin Tuesday afternoon 8-27-19 at 5 PM and will end Wednesday afternoon 8-28-19 at 5 PM. East entrance area will have the East lane open for traffic to the Koa Kea and Waioha’i

2) The second closure (Yellow) will begin Wednesday afternoon 8-28-19 at 5 PM and will end Thursday afternoon 8-29-19 at 5 PM. East entrance area will have the west lane open for traffic to the Koa Kea and Waioha’i

3) The third closure (Blue) will begin Thursday afternoon 8-29-19 at 5 PM and will end Friday afternoon 8-30-19 at 5 PM.

4) The fourth closure (Pink) will begin Friday afternoon 8-30-19 at 5 PM and will end Saturday afternoon 8-31-19 at 5 PM.

Please notify your guest of the parking lot closures, a shuttle will be on call and patrolling the areas surrounding the closed off areas to assist guest with long transports. Guests parked in the area’s scheduled for closure that evening will be asked to move their vehicles to another parking lot so work can begin on time the following day. Alohagrams will be distributed beginning Monday.

Refocusing Tourism

Aloha Owners,

This is an interesting article that Roy found in the paper. We think many of you may enjoy reading it.

Aloha,
Denise
Click here for article

Thursday, August 15, 2019

✈✈✈SOUTHWEST Airlines January 2020!!!✈✈✈

WOW! So much Southwest  news out there.
Dave Schindele sent me an article early Thursday regarding Southwest Airlines and then Susy Muscatell emailed me to let me know that Southwest is flying to Kauai in January of 2020! I also then received Lynda Gill's blog which says the same thing! So it has to be true! Check out Southwest's website, the 1st link!    The 2nd link below is to the article that Dave sent, the 3rd link is to article that Roy forwarded early Friday morning.

Yes! A lot of Southwest news!

Aloha,
Denise

Click here for Southwest link

Click here for Forbes article✈✈✈

Click here for USA Today article