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After the council takes no action on an outside study, the Parks Board hears staff will analyze the pools internally
On August 12, 2025 the City Council took no action on non-consent item 9.E, an $85,200 Aquatic Market Viability Study award to Kimley-Horn and Associates. The next day the Parks director told the Parks and Recreation Board that the council had discussed the pools, that a request for an external study was "ultimately rejected," and that the council directed staff to do an internal analysis. He reported 19-year-old plaster at both older pools, an estimated $400,000 replastering cost, voids under Southeast Pool and suspected under Southwest Pool, and annual pool expenses of more than $900,000 against about $340,000 in revenue.[1][2]
Michael KashubaKimley-Horn and Associates
What the sources say
- ✓ Verified
Michael Kashuba, Director of Parks and Recreation: The August 13, 2025 board minutes record the Parks director reporting that "A request for an external feasibility study was brought forward but ultimately rejected, with Council directing staff to conduct an internal analysis instead," that both pools "reportedly have 19-year-old plaster" needing replastering "at an estimated cost of $400,000," that "Structural voids have been discovered beneath the Southeast pool, and similar conditions are suspected at the Southwest pool," and that the pools "operate at a significant subsidy, with annual expenses exceeding $900,000 and generating only approximately $340,000 in revenue." [1]
- Replaster estimate
- $400,000
- Annual expenses
- $900,000
- Annual revenue
- $340,000
- ⚠ Sources differ
Board minutes give slightly different 2025 revenue figures for the Southeast and Southwest pools.
Reported value 1[1]
- Thompson
- $225,000
- Southeast
- $62,000
- Southwest
- $50,000
August 13, 2025 minutes, season summary after the two older pools closed for the season (Thompson 67%, Southeast 18.5%, Southwest 14%).
Reported value 2[3]
- Southeast
- $63,000
- Southwest
- $51,000
November 12, 2025 minutes, usage metrics presented with the closure item: Southeast 10,400 attendees, Southwest 9,700 attendees.
