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Grand Junction council weighs Orchard Mesa Pool options: RFP, district or status quo as rec center opens
Summary
Staff presented consultant findings that Orchard Mesa Pool's mechanical systems are at end of life and outlined five options (status quo, basic modernization, conversion, RFP for public‑private partnership, creation of a recreation/special district). Council generally supported issuing an RFP while directing staff to study district formation and potential ballot timing.
City parks staff laid out the condition and options for Orchard Mesa Pool, which consultants found to have reached the end of useful life for major mechanical and filtration systems. The pool, built in 1983, remains a unique public aquatic facility in the community but carries significant capital and operating costs.
Parks & Recreation Director Ken Shermno summarized the study: engineers and an operational consultant concluded the facility's major systems need replacement; demolition cost estimates (from earlier studies) exceeded the land value; a statistically valid community survey favored a single modern…
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