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Fife staff recommend filling defunct aquatic-center hot tub and converting space to storage
Summary
After a consultant assessment and cost review, staff told the City of Fife Council that repairing or replacing the aquatic center hot tub is expensive and unlikely to pay for itself; staff recommended removing it and converting the space to storage, and council members signaled support to include the change in a future budget amendment.
Assistant Director Marta Galucius presented the City of Fife City Council with options for the out-of-service hot tub at the Fife Aquatic Center and recommended removing it and converting the space to storage. The hot tub has been out of service since 2019 after leak testing found multiple major leaks, staff said.
Galucius told the council a consultant-based estimate for a full replacement is about $604,870 and that repairing the existing structure was estimated at about $479,870; either option would also require new accessibility and electrical work. Staff estimated annual operating costs for a repaired or replaced hot tub at about $24,645 per year. As an alternative, staff presented a removal-and-fill option with an estimated one-time cost of about $45,000 and said converting the empty space to storage would address current storage shortfalls at the facility.
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