Parks board reviews outdoor pool concept; agrees to place formal recommendation on next agenda

Chair Kyler Cox convened the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board for an update and discussion on a proposed outdoor pool, and board members agreed to ask staff to place the item on the board's next meeting agenda for a formal recommendation to City Council.

The presentation from Director Rivera and Park Superintendent Guy Reynolds outlined demand pressures on the existing aquatic center and preliminary design and operational considerations for a new outdoor pool. Rivera said swim lessons currently “can only take 10 participants per age group, which equates to only 30 participants for our swim lessons a session,” and that lessons “fill up the same day that they open for registration.” She added, “We are a water town,” to explain the department’s…