Door knocking the district as your MPRB District 6 Commissioner candidate has revealed, not that I’m surprised, how passionate everyone is about our parks. Here is an answer from our Lakes District Manager to those of Linden Hills grieving the loss of their wading pool this summer:
The wading pool at Linden Hills has broken underground pipes. The area under and around the drain in the pool has also collapsed and in essence the pool would have to be torn apart and the area going from the pool to the building would have to be dug up to repair the broken pipes. We knew the pool was leaking but we didn’t know how severe it was leaking until we came in one morning and there was no water in the pool. We filled it again and the water was gone within a day.
The cost to repair the pool could be as high as $50,000.00. It was my recommendation that rather than spend that much money on a pool that is over 30 years old we should build a new pool and splash pad. We recommended a new pool in our priority list of Capital improvements for 2010 and if that is approved we would have $400,000 to build a new pool and splash pad. We could then replace the old mechanical system and have everything brand new. If the money is approved we would begin work on the pool as early as possible and hopefully have it up and running sometime in June of 2010.
Thanks,
Paul Hokeness
Lakes District Manager
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
