Correction: City Needs an Extra $94,000 for Ebster Pool Renovations
Decatur Metro | November 4, 2013 | 2:21 pmMy apologies! See my corrections below and in the headline.
On the agenda for tonight’s Decatur City Commission meeting: providing $1 million more to renovate Ebster Pool.
Back in August, the city estimated $1 million to renovate Ebster Pool with the following new amenities:
- Changes to the pool to reduce its length from 25 meters to 25 yards and to widen the pool to provide 8 lanes for competitive swimming.
- Overhead lighting to allow longer hours for swimming meets.
- New mechanical systems to replace the original filtration tanks and pumps installed when the pool was built over 30 years ago.
- Complete renovation of the bathhouse to include new men’s and women’s changing rooms, a family changing room, new staff office.
- New lift for disabled swimmers, new water fountains, fencing and other amenities
Now a letter from Deputy City Manager Hugh Saxon states that the pool renovation will cost an additional $1,094,000 to complete the project as part of the Beacon Hill complex development. That’s an extra $94,000. Mr. Saxon says that there are still funds to in the project’s larger budget to cover the increase.
In an effort to limit costs Mr. Saxon notes…
…we are planning to re-use existing shade structures and to rough-in a spray pad. As we get closer to completing the entire Beacon project. We’ll be better able to determine whether we can add back the equipment for the spray pad.