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Park Board votes to back plan initiated by Rochester City Council. 10:15 pm, May 4, 2021 ×
The Silver Lake Pool on Wednesday, September 2, 2020, in Rochester. (Andrew Link / alink@postbulletin.com)
Unanimous Rochester City Council support for reopening the Silver Lake Park pool was met with a more tepid response from the city’s Park Board on Tuesday.
“It’s a one-year fix,” said Park Board President Linnea Archer. “We are not really fixing Silver Lake pool, we are just opening it up with duct tape and Band-Aids so it is open.”
Following a 95-minute discussion, the Park Board voted 4-1 to support a plan adopted by the City Council’s proposal to spend $95,000 to reopen and operate the pool that has been closed since the end of the 2019 season.
Plan includes spending $95,000 on repairs and operations. 10:12 pm, May 3, 2021 ×
The Silver Lake Pool on Wednesday, September 2, 2020, in Rochester. (Andrew Link / alink@postbulletin.com)
Approval of a plan to fund another year of operations at the Silver Lake Park pool came with an added challenge Monday.
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Rochester City Council unanimously approved spending $45,000 from its contingency funds for operations, while instructing the city’s Park Board to redirect $50,000 in improvement funds for needed repairs for startup.
“I think there’s a way here to use a couple funding options to make this manageable,” said council member Nick Campion.
The council went a step further and asked the Park Board to look at the potential for dropping fees at the city’s outdoor pools, suggesting the cost could be covered by a portion of the $17.5 million the city expects to receive through the federal American Rescue Plan.