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Swim club leaders urge pause on pool user‑group allocation plan ahead of Oct. 7 council review
Summary
Representatives of Beach Cities Alpha told the Recreation and Parks Commission they were blindsided by proposed user‑group allocation language in a cost‑recovery presentation and asked staff and council to delay changes until rosters, residency counts and impacts are vetted.
Leaders of Beach Cities Alpha told the Recreation and Parks Commission on Monday evening that proposed user‑group allocation language attached to an aquatics cost‑recovery presentation risks undoing years of work to consolidate competitive swimming in El Segundo.
“I'm here to speak on behalf of about a 100 kids that reside in El Segundo and Wiseburn School District that are on our swim team,” said Mel Kuo, president of Beach Cities Alpha. He said the team—which Kuo said has paid roughly $1,500,000 in payments to the city since the pool opened in 2019—was not consulted before the allocation language was posted with the subcommittee meeting materials.
The complaint prompted two other Beach Cities Alpha directors to address the commission. Tim Arnold, an El Segundo resident and board member, criticized elements of the draft plan that he said would bar user groups from using the pool “plunge” during prime…
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