Committee confronts $1.5M–$1.6M shortfall to finish Riverton Pool repairs
Parks staff said additional structural and systems problems uncovered during Riverton Pool reconstruction have created a roughly $1.5M–$1.6M funding gap; staff recommended bonding as the preferred fix but offered reallocation or pause as alternatives and will return with option details and public hearing scheduling.
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Parks and facilities staff told Portland's Finance Committee on May 7 that Riverton Pool requires work discovered during demolition — including a redesigned stainless-steel gutter and filtration system, regrading of the pool bottom to meet modern safety codes, failed floor drains that require jackhammering and retiling, and bonding/grounding clarifications — and that completing reconstruction will cost about $1.5 million to $1.6 million more than previously appropriated.
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