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- The cost of the memorial beach concept will not cost more than temporary restoration, and will be nowhere near $20 million, as ex-Mayor Harris claimed.
- Historic preservation designation will not prevent creation of the memorial beach concept.
- Lack of proper maintenance has been an issue since the natatorium was built, and there is no guarantee that this record of poor maintenance will change.
- The completed Natatorium pool will not be fit for competition as times are only official in fresh water pools.
- Construction includes driving ninety (90) concrete piles into the reef below the pool deck area. These piles cannot be removed completely and if the design of the area should ever be changed, they will have to be cut by underwater divers.
- Pile driving will have a major noise impact on beach users and the surrounding neighborhood.
- According to engineering reports, much of the $4.4 million repair work done in 2000 on bleachers, bathrooms, arches, and the facade has failed.
- There are no verifiable engineering reports that guarantee the solidity of Natatorium bleachers, bathrooms, arches, or facade.
- The Harris administration used unsigned and unsealed engineering reports to claim that the seawalls will fall. These reports were visual walkthroughs of the Natatorium and were done without any scientific testing. This casts serious doubt about the validity of the need to act now. Unsigned and unstamped reports allow companies to remain free of responsibility and liability for their conclusions.
- A $6.1 million emergency repair will not make the pool usable - it could potentially cost another $10 million to rebuild the pool to DOH standards. This renovation would have to include a concrete bottom and electrical pumps to meet current DOH standards.
- The completed pool will be only three feet deep at low tide.
- There will be no diving off the edge of the pool as it will be too shallow and thus dangerous. This is a true risk when children are playing and swimming at the Natatorium.
- Mayor Harris announced years ago that he intended to hold sunset hula shows at the restored Natatorium. This idea has been the hope and dream of Waikiki interests for decades. Nightly shows would pollute the area with noise, crowds, and busses. They would destroy Kaimana Beach.
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