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Resident urges Lake County to fund renovation of Lake County Aquatic Center
Summary
A Leadville resident asked commissioners to budget for capital renovation of the Lake County Aquatic Center and to set aside conservation trust funds; she cited multiple surveys and a feasibility study that favor a brick-and-mortar Olympic-sized pool.
At the start of Tuesday’s meeting, resident Jane Harrelson of 172 Rafferty Drive urged the Board of County Commissioners to fund renovation of the Lake County Aquatic Center.
Harrelson said county audits and community surveys over recent years consistently ranked a pool as a top recreation priority and criticized past inaction on needed repairs, including lighting and a slide. "Lake County Aquatic Center is a public building within the school, Lake County Intermediate School, but it belongs to all of us," Harrelson said. She urged the board to budget toward capital renovation, to set aside conservation trust funds, and to support the nonprofit PV Swims as it raises capital to renovate and operate the facility.
Harrelson cited a feasibility study released in June and argued that a brick-and-mortar renovation with an Olympic-size pool and an expected 50-year lifespan would be a better use of taxpayer dollars than a shorter-lived prefabricated building. "PV swims moves forward on raising capital to renovate, operate and maintain the aquatic center," she said.
Board response: Commissioners thanked Harrelson and said staff would review the comments; no formal action or vote on the aquatic center was taken during the meeting.
