Council tells Bay Club to keep exploring pool plan but demands details on depth, programming and affordability

City Council held an extended discussion on a proposed memorandum of understanding with Bay Club Company for a privately built and operated aquatics facility on city‑leased land adjacent to Manhattan Country Club.

Staff senior management analyst Patty Mattson told council the Big Pool modernization study identified costs ranging from about $27.9 million to $40.3 million to renovate or replace the existing facility and that short‑term plumbing repairs funded in the FY26 CIP (about $825,000) plus a pledged Bay Club donation of up to $1,000,000 are intended to keep Big Pool operating in the near term. Mattson said Bay Club’s conceptual designs for a new facility on leased city land show a proposed budget in the $8–12 million range and a suggested resident daily‑use rate of $15. She also flagged needed entitlements, CEQA review, a potential retaining wall, two monitoring wells that must be relocated by Honeywell with regulatory approvals, and…