DAVIDSON—Last Tuesday the public got its first look at Davidson’s new swimming pool.
Drawings and plans for the $1.5 million pool project were unveiled at the first in a series of three open houses being held to inform people about the pool and collect people’s input.
Attendance at the Oct. 7 open house was poor with four people turning out.
By not attending the community missed a chance to see its new pool. In coming up with a design, the committee attempted to meet the needs of every potential user of the pool from toddlers to teens, adults, older people and people with disabilities.
“I think it’s exciting and hopefully we’ll get people to future meetings. We want people to voice concerns and suggestions,” Davidson swimming pool steering committee member Brenna Siroski said.
The pool plan is for an El-shaped pool that has a surface area of 3,821 square feet. Depth ranges from a zero depth beach entry to 12 feet in the deep end. Included in the beach entry area are $10,000 worth of water features that are sure to appeal to toddlers and young children. The beach entry area, which starts at zero and gradually reaches a depth of 3 feet, narrows where it meets with a rectangular shaped junior Olympic 5-lane pool.
The plans include two diving boards. One will be 1 metre above the water surface and the other diving board will be 3m above the water.
That 3m diving board adds to the cost of the project because the depth of the deep end must be 12 feet to make it safe, whereas the 1-m diving board is safe at 9 feet.
“That extra 3 feet adds about $25,000 to the cost of the pool,” Trevor Ouellette, Davidson recreation director, said.
It is a worthwhile expense if it attracts more users to the pool, particularly high school age swimmers.
Pool committee member Jessica Foster said diving boards topped the wish lists in surveys completed by teenaged respondents.
A beach entry was another desired feature, according to responses to surveys the committee sent out to the community at large.
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