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A referendum on whether to borrow money for Crystal Pool and where the new facility should be located has passed its first hurdle on Thursday.
If the facility was built at Central Park South, it would allow the existing facility to remain open during construction, however, staff noted the pool is already near “catastrophic failure” and the nearby construction and blasting would likely result in the closure of the facility anyway.On top of the $168.9 million, the committee of the whole directed staff to use $17 million from the city’s Parking Reserve Fund to pay for the parking-related costs for the project.
Central Park South would have a 15 month design phase, and 52 months of construction, with demolition of the current facility happening in the 49th month to line up with when the new pool would open. Parking wouldn’t be available until end of the 52 week construction phase. The cost would be around $215.9 million.
If the Crystal Pool referendum motion is passed in council, staff said it imagines it would take at least six months for all the procedural steps to take place, and the earliest the referendum could take place would be in the first quarter of 2025.
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