REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Update on the George F. Haines International Swim Center (ISC)
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Enhance Community Sports, Recreational and Arts Assets
BACKGROUND
On January 18, 2024, after receiving a report on conditions at the ISC that presented substantial risks to public health and safety, the City Manager directed that the ISC be closed immediately. Since that time, staff has provided regular updates to the City Council on the status of reports from regulatory agencies and the feasibility of re-opening the ISC. In the last update on March 12, 2024, staff noted that the City had received written reports from both the County Department of Environmental Health that regulates pools (County) and the City's Building Official requiring the continued closure of the facility, but had not secured the cost estimates needed to remedy the identified deficiencies. Following Council discussion of the item, the City Council, by consensus, requested that staff proceed with the development of a punchlist that would get the pools in working condition as quickly as possible and on "a path of least resistance" to ensure compliance and restore service to the community. Prior Council discussion also included options to reopen the ISC or to identify an alternative temporary or permanent solution.
The purpose of this item is to provide the City Council with a status update on those costs and actions that have already been taken to remedy some of the deficiencies.
DISCUSSION
Enclosed as Attachment 1 is a copy of the report from the City's Building Official.
Attachments 2, 3, and 4 are the three reports from the County Department of Environmental Health that relate respectively to the dive pool, lap pool and training pool.
The following is a summary of the major conditions that would need to be addressed in order to re-open the ISC:
From City Building Official report:
1. All buildings, grandstands, dive tower and dive pool, and all other related areas t...
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