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Resident proposes community crowdfunding to rebuild pool; questions city’s leak analysis
Summary
A resident outlined a community crowdfunding effort to fund a new pool, said he is forming a 501(c)(3) and presented water‑meter analysis that disputes the city’s reported water loss; staff offered to review the materials and explained the city’s water‑loss audit procedures.
At the Jersey Village City Council meeting a resident, Brian McCall, told council he is organizing a community crowdfunding effort called the “Dive In Jersey Village Project” to raise money for a new public pool and said he is forming a 501(c)(3) nonprofit to handle donations.
McCall said the campaign’s overall target is $3 million to $5 million and that he plans public informational meetings for residents interested in participating. He described business sponsorships as part of the plan and asked councilors to discuss the proposal with neighbors.
During public comment McCall also challenged the city’s statement about the size of a leak in the pool that the city decided to demolish. McCall said he filed a public‑information request for the pool’s water‑meter data and used that data, together with rainfall records, to estimate water loss. He said his analysis showed a maximum daily loss of 1.54 inches in March 2024 (about $2,700 that month under FY24 residential rates) and that off‑season losses appeared to be about a quarter‑inch per day (roughly $450 per month), which he said is far less than the city’s public description of losing five inches per day.
City staff replied during the meeting that the city conducts a water‑loss audit — measuring water level with equipment running and not running, accounting for evaporation and weather conditions — and that staff logged repeated fills of the pool that prompted investigation. Staff told council they would review the public records McCall provided. The city secretary, Courtney Rutherford, confirmed she had provided the meter data in response to his public‑information request.
McCall asked whether the city had run an independent leak test (he cited a $5,000 test); staff said they could provide logs if available and that they would review the materials he submitted. Council and staff did not take formal action on the pool at the meeting.
