As most of you know, the pool floated out of the ground in 2006 after being drained for repairs. Long story short, the contractor was late wrapping up the job and we got caught by a storm that dropped over 2 inches of rain in 24 hours. Groundwater came up, and the pool floated out of the ground by 4 feet. Pretty impressive site actually, but we all could have done without this particular physics lesson.
Here's a bit more background. What we have is a $3.2 million project. The City hired RSA to design the new pool facility and released the construction contracts in September of 2009. We had to allocate additional City funds to make it happen, but we are not ever going to see a construction environment like this again. We had to take full advantage of all the hungry contractors.
The bond measure passed by Veneta voters in 2008 (THANKS EVERYONE!) funded only 1/3 of the total project costs. To be able to release the project for construction, we had to remove the kiddy pool and spa, though they will be plumbed in so they can be added in the future. At this point, we still need an additional $250,000 to be certain we can open the pool for summer 2010.
This blog will follow the construction of the new pool and our ongoing fundraising efforts. I'll post pictures of the construction process, and give recognition to those who gratiously contribute to making this project a reality.
This is an open forum, so please feel free to post comments, questions, etc. I'll try to respond to anything that pops up.
ENJOY!
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