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SLV Aquatics asks Monte Vista for updated letter of support as pool proposal expands to county-wide district
Summary
Jenny Earring, representing SLV Aquatics, updated the Monte Vista City Council on a revised plan to form a countywide park-and-recreation district to build a $24 million aquatic center and asked the city for an updated letter of support for a March 10 county filing.
Jenny Earring, a representative of SLV Aquatics, told the Monte Vista City Council that the nonprofit has revised its service plan for a proposed $24 million aquatic center and is asking the city to provide an updated resolution of support for a filing to the Rio Grande County Board of Commissioners on March 10.
Earring said the new service-area boundary would cover all of Rio Grande County, including Del Norte and South Fork, and remove the exclusions that appeared in an earlier plan. She said the project design remains a two-pool facility (one 6-lane lap pool with a diving well and a second warmer, zero-entry recreational pool) occupying about 23,000 square feet and intended to be sited in the city of Monte Vista.
The revised funding plan described by Earring would ask voters to approve two mill levies totaling 8.5 mills: a 6.5-mill bond levy to finance capital…
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