A community pool in Menlo Park’s Belle Haven neighborhood may be rebuilt to be more in line with the city’s larger pool at the downtown civic center.
The Parks and Recreation Commission last week signed off on a plan for new facilities at Belle Haven Pool at an estimated cost of $6-8 million. The plan involves removing the pool house, youth center and separating the existing pool into two separate sections: a lap swim pool and a warm water activity pool. It also includes construction of a new pool house with a large multi-purpose room that would house existing youth center programs and other uses.
The commission could have backed a less expensive option at a cost of $3-5 million that would maintain the current pool configuration, but Community Services Director Cherise Brandell said the commission chose the costlier option to better serve the neighborhood and boost the life of the pool, which was built in the 1960s. A staff report estimates the new pool would have a life expectancy of between 30-40 years. The other option would have boosted the expectancy by 7-10 years.
“Their primary reasons were the increased life span, opportunities for greater cost recovery, and opportunity to serve a growing and diverse population with extensive simultaneous programming for non-swimmers, therapy, instruction, performance and competitive uses,” Brandell said in an email. “They also preferred Option B as it would create a facility similar to the Burgess Pool, which is currently operating at full capacity.”
The plan is part of an ongoing $98,310 audit of the facilities, which has found 62 structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, accessibility and programming deficiencies at the pool. The plan requires City Council action before it is finalized.
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