vision2020@moscow.com: Re: swimming pool
Re: swimming pool
Linda Pall (lpall@moscow.com)
Sun, 02 Nov 1997 12:25:13 -0800
>X-Sender: lpall@moscow.com
>Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 12:10:19 -0800
>To: <lmelina@moscow.com>
>From: Linda Pall <lpall@moscow.com>
>Subject: Re: swimming pool
>Cc: lpall@moscow.com
>
>Dear Lois, Bill et al.,
>
>Yes, yes, a thousand times yes: 50 meter pool!
>Yes, yes, a thousand times yes: indoor/outdoor options.
>
>As to creative funding options, we have a number of possibilities. The Nampa
>Recreation center would be a great model to look into, a kind of revenue
>bond approach. Also, there are true, real options of community education and
>involvement that would garner more support for a community investment
>strategy for the pool and other important public facilities and projects.
>
>I believe that taxpayers, private donors, and other funding agencies look
>favorably to plans that include 'leveraging' as part of their strategy. This
>means having a number of players and contributors of various levels for
>programs. These projects are instantly more complex and complicated but they
>bring more people to the table for construction support AND for maintenance
>and operation support later. And, besides, they broaden the ownership of a
>project!
>
>I believe it is false economy to "go cheap" because a lesser solution can be
>accomplished for a tiny price. The real issues are: what do we need (for the
>longer terms, not merely the ten year window!), what are the options to fill
>that need, what are the funding resources that can be brought to bear with
>each of the options. We should not spend money without careful planning but
>we should budget for the longer term and our realistic needs!
>
>I have also made a semi-facetious comment about what it would take to get my
>enthusiasm super hot for the new pool idea: teak deck chairs. I will buy the
>first one, in addition to supporting the project. This is in memory of all
>those years of sitting on uncomfortable towels with chain link fence
>appliques being marked into my back while watching kids at the fondly named
>'hippo tank' at Ghormley...can't you just imagine the summer with such an
>option as comfortable deck chairs? Maybe we'd get resort city status and be
>able to consider hotel/motel taxes for the support of the pool, a community
>center and linear park development! Creative funding options abound.
>
>Thanks, Lois and Bill, for the info request and the info input! City council
>members are listening!!!
>
>Cheers,
>Linda Pall
>
>
>At 11:14 AM 10/27/97 -0800, you wrote:
>>I've spent as much time in Northwest pools as just about anyone, so here
>>are my 2 cents:
>>
>>
>>1. We need an indoor pool. This is the Northwest and we simply do not have
>>enough summer. However, when we do have summer, we want to enjoy it. There
>>are very creative designs for opening up indoor pools to the out of doors
>>during the summer--retractable roof, sliding glass walls, etc.
>>
>>2. We need a 50 meter x 25 yard pool. It would allow for multiple use--use
>>by Moscow students for swimming, recreational swimming, swim lessons, swim
>>practice by clubs, high school teams, and college teams, along with
>>Master's. The UI pool cannot keep up with the demand, and WSU is losing one
>>of their pools in January, increasing demand there. Check out Boise's. WSU
>>women's swim team is very interested in such a project and perhaps would be
>>interested in some kind of collaboration or guaranteed use. There's money
>>to be made hosting championships meets.
>>
>>3. I keep hearing about this being funded with a bond issue. I sure wish
>>more creative forms of funding would be explored or we will end up with a
>>bare bones 25 yard pool that will be inadequate for this community.
>>
>>Lois Melina
>>
>>----------
>>> From: Bill London <london@wsunix.wsu.edu>
>>> To: moscow vision 2020 <vision2020@moscow.com>
>>> Subject: swimming pool
>>> Date: Monday, October 27, 1997 11:01 AM
>>>
>>> Jeanne Leffingwell is the chair of the Moscow pool design committee. She
>>> swears that she will be doing this email stuff on her own next week, but
>>> in the meantime asked me to post this message for her......
>>> To gather info for a future levy for new pool in Moscow, the
>>> committee has questions for you.
>>> One question at a time, of course.
>>> The first question is--do you want an indoor or outdoor pool?
>>> Discuss, vote, ask questions, etc, and I will pass them on to
>>> Jeanne.....BL
>>
>>
>
>
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