Laguna Beach ratifies strategic priorities; seeks lease with school district for pool use, asks long‑term feasibility review for alternative pool sites

The Laguna Beach City Council ratified a set of strategic priorities and directed staff to seek a rental or leasing arrangement with the Laguna Beach Unified School District that would allow the city to operate youth swim lessons, lap swimming and adult water‑exercise programs in a renovated and expanded 45‑meter pool.

City Manager Dave Kiff summarized the council’s direction: “The direction given was to seek a rental or leasing arrangement with the district that would allow the city to operate at a minimum youth swim lessons, lap swimming, and adult water exercise in a renovated and expanded pool,” he told the council. The council also agreed, as a near‑term decision, not to continue separate study of a distinct city pool project, while asking the facilities master plan consultant to include a long‑term feasibility analysis of potential pool sites at the former St.…