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Council ratifies strategic priorities, asks facilities plan to include long‑term pool feasibility analysis
Summary
Laguna Beach’s City Council ratified a set of strategic priorities on March 11 and directed staff to pursue a rental or lease arrangement with the school district to preserve swim lessons, lap swimming and adult aquatic programs during the district’s pool modernization.
The Laguna Beach City Council on March 11 ratified a set of strategic priorities that will guide capital and program decisions this year and directed staff to pursue near‑term arrangements for pool programming with the Laguna Beach Unified School District.
City Manager Dave (staff reference) summarized the proposed priorities and the timeline work product staff previously circulated. Council members and public commenters debated where a new or renovated pool should sit in the city’s priorities and whether the city should continue separate planning for a municipal pool.
Several residents and community organizations urged continued attention to pool access. Laura Giamani, speaking as a parent and swim‑program volunteer,…
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