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Oakland County seeks board recommendation for Metroparks swim-lessons partnership after Waterford Oaks closure
Summary
County staff moved to recommend a memorandum of understanding with Metroparks to run a summer safety and swim lessons program using Kettering High School pool after the temporary closure of Waterford Oaks wave pool.
Oakland County staff asked the board to recommend approving a memorandum of understanding with Metroparks to continue the county’s swim-safety and lessons partnership for summer 2025, using Kettering High School’s pool after Waterford Oaks’ wave pool closure.
Commissioner Nelson moved the item and Commissioner Luebs seconded it. County staff said the program is nonexclusive and typically targets children in Pontiac and nearby communities; instructors will be park staff as in prior years. Because pool access will begin later this season, staff said the program will start in July and is expected to serve fewer children than in years that began in June; staff estimated program participation historically ranged in the multiple dozens per hour, with current estimates in the tens to low hundreds for the shorter season.
Staff said the county previously negotiated access with Waterford Public Schools to use Kettering’s pool and that park staff will provide instruction as before. Commissioners praised the program’s role in child safety given Oakland County’s many inland lakes.
The motion to recommend the memorandum of understanding to the board was made and seconded; no roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript provided.
