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[ALG Poster Boy]

So what do we want for a pool?

Do we want a new super pool; an aquatic center, as paid mostly for with Obama stimulant money? And how much would this cost the city?

Or, do we want to repair the existing pool and get it open by next Summer?

But I was told that it is economically unfeasible to repair the existing pool, to have it in compliance with federal/state sanitary standards for acceptable sanitary conditions.

[ALG Poster Boy]

If the people of this city want a super pool for 3/4 of a million dollars plus, and we deem that this is where we should be concentrating funds and efforts, instead of downtown, then this is one issue, and perhaps a super pool is a good idea.

But when I am told that it is cost prohibitive to repair the existing pool; that is, to bring it into compliance with state and or federal sanitary standards, I don't believe it. This is being used as a rationalization to push towards the super pool.

We need to know what the repairs to the existing pool will cost, before a decision is made.

I see a large concrete basin that does not seem to be falling apart and I am told that the drains have to be rearranged.

I have a large pool company that will do a drive by estimate for the repairs. I was told by a project manager that certain information must be provided.

I need to know what the CFM requirements in water circulation are. I need to know if the existing pipes for supply and return are adequate enough and in good condition enough and will supply the required CFM.

I need to know where the locations of the drains and supply outlets to the pool are to be, and any other technical specifications for such drains.

I know concrete work, and I just cannot see $200,000 in such repairs, although I may be wrong.

It seems real strange; the federal government dictating to the State of Georgia what sanitary conditions for public pools in Georgia should be, when it is fedgov. that is poisoning our air with the chemtrails, it is fedgov that is mandating poison flu shots. It is fedgov that is poisoning just about everything.

[ALG Poster Boy]

I have been informed by Mike Shipman that no grant money would be provided from any source, for repairs of our existing pool, but that grant money exists for building a new pool. I was aware of this fact at one time but had forgotten it, which may have resulted in my wasting time on the matter.

But why would money not be available for repairs? All parties involved would have the option of spending less, than were there a new pool installation. Why would whoever making the grant want to subsidize only the installation of a new pool structure.

[Warren]

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Warren Hadlock

[ALG Poster Boy]

Get me the CD's. I can listen to them in a vehicle.

[Deb Gathmann]

One of my disappointments with Clarkston has been the closing down of the pool. I was also a bit startled that this has landed on Adam's plate after Warren had been working pretty steadily. I want a pool. I want a minimal pool house (whatever is required by law). I want the filter system to work and I want the county jobs program for youth to help provide life guards. That's what I want. I went to the community cabinet meeting this weekend (Saturday the 5th) and found the county's budget is in such a state as to limit the possibility of pools being open in Dekalb parks. So, another summer in Hotlanta with no public pools. Sad.

[ALG Poster Boy]

Yes Deb, I am going to reply with a broken record type comment, but redundancy can be a good thing for citizens who have difficult time paying attention.

WHY CAN WE GET $500,000 FOR BUILDING A NEW COMPLEX, BUT NOT $50,000 FOR REPAIRS, WHICH COULD HAVE POSSIBLY THE POOL FUNCTIONING, WAY SOONER THAN BUILDING A NEW ONE? I MEAN LIKE FOR THIS SUMMER.

Also, this is a new idea, not redundant: Could not a sanitary pumps, pipes and skimmer system be installed as a retrofit for the present pool, that could also be designed to accommodate a new pool later.

At this time I think a few citizens should take a walk down to the Milam pool. We bring a pool pro to look it over. Get the facts. Just like I am attempting to do more of today, regards this slab demolition nonsense in Friendship Forrest.

[ALG Poster Boy]

Adam White would like to meet with a few citizens, down at the pool sometime, to look the situation over.

At first I considered only two possibilities for a pool – to make basic repairs to the existing, where it would be ready by this summer, and then this idea of a super aquatic center which could cost upwards to a million dollars, but would not be ready for three years.

We have to examine the social and political impact of what missing a pool for three years would mean to Clarkston. Real Estate values etc.

But what about an in between idea? Could the existing pool be remodeled in a way that it becomes a part of this super aquatic center, but still can be used this Summer? Could a childrens’ pool be added at the shallow end? Could lap pools run off the deep end, towards the baseball field, and with small foot bridges over them. Why cannot the concrete be cut along the entire pool perimeter to accommodate a continuous perimeter drain retrofit. Homes are remodeled. Cannot pools be remodeled?

In our eventual visit to the pool, a pool builder consultant should be there as well. We can sketch the different ideas. How many citizens have participated in something like this? How many possibibilities for pool configuration have we seen, other than Harry Housen’s one rendering?

With any variation in pool design, studies will necessarily have to be done, that will predict the draw in patronage to the new pool. The present pool does not even break even, but we don’t want to end up with a colossus that costs the city even more to run on a yearly basis.

[Supa Rego]

Count me in as a citizen interested in having a working, healthy pool. The current one is pretty darn great, and I would love to understand why the existing one can't be repaired. Maybe a new pool house is in order. I don't know; I never go in there.

If we build a megaplex, I think we need to have market studies showing how its maintenance will pay for itself with fees from swim teams, whoever.