Offer of help turned down

Apparently my offer to paint and refurbish the Market Street Pagoda is not wanted. The Chairman of the Civic Pride Trust rather sharply told me 'it's in hand' is this like the 'it's in hand' of last year and the year before, or is it a 'it's in hand' now someone is showing interest in it? I feel that the only reason it is now being looked at is I've asked about it, and if I had not, it'd have spent another year deteriorating.