To avoid similar problems the district put together a maintenance plan to begin after it completes its renovations.

The commission's approval was also predicated on an ongoing maintenance plan.

Defects must be defined, understood, and recorded in order to select an appropriate maintenance plan.

"If you have a long-term maintenance plan and phase the work, it's affordable," she said.

"There is no ongoing maintenance plan," she says, "or funding for it."

Then there are the annoyances that no maintenance plan can change.

Especially innovative designs, construction practices and maintenance plans can qualify for extra credits.

The price for that custom design and maintenance plan would be about $2 million, he said.

But even the best maintenance plan can't succeed without appropriate personnel.

It is a maintenance plan rather than a change plan.