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Council directs staff to work with OUSD, YMCA and community group on Nordoff pool programming and explore splash‑pad options
Summary
Council directed staff to coordinate with Ojai Unified School District, Channel Islands YMCA and a new community working group to help open Nordoff Pool for public aquatics programming and to look into splash‑pad and lifeguard staffing options.
The council voted unanimously on Aug. 26 to authorize staff to pursue short-term partnerships and programming options so the newly constructed Nordoff pool can be used for community aquatics programming.
Nut graf: Staff reported that Ojai Unified School District (OUSD) has built a new pool and is exploring community use partnerships. The council directed staff to engage with OUSD, Channel Islands YMCA (which has proposed a temporary program) and a local working group organizing a nonprofit operator to assess staffing, operations and funding options. Council also asked staff to examine lifeguard staffing capacity and to return with models used by other jurisdictions. A request to study a community pool at Soul Park was discussed but council asked staff to treat that as a separate, longer-term feasibility effort.
Council members and community commenters expressed support for immediate, incremental steps to open the Nordoff pool on weekends and select weeknights, while longer-term arrangements (including a nonprofit operator or a potential Soul Park project) are explored. Community members said a nonprofit working group is forming to contract with OUSD and operate the pool for school and public use.
Ending: Staff will report back on partnership models, staffing and a potential splash‑pad analysis and will coordinate with the nascent nonprofit working group and Channel Islands YMCA on near-term operations.
