Summer Pool Hours + TKPOA Pavilion Hours

By Kirk Wooldridge, General Manager

FOR THE 2021 SUMMER SEASON there are some changes at the indoor and outdoor wwimming pools and the Tahoe Keys Property Owners Association (TKPOA) Pavilion Office. During the 2021 Budget Approval process last October the Board of Directors approved the following changes:

• TKPOA Pavilion office hours on the weekends have changed from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm on Saturday and Sunday to 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.

• OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOL STAFFING – The TKPOA does not have scheduled pool attendants Monday through Thursday during the pool hours of 10:00 am to 8:00 pm. Access is by member, guest, and recreational passes only.

• OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOL STAFFING – The TKPOA has scheduled pool attendants Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm.

• Elimination of the full-time year pool supervisor position and replacement with a part-time lead pool attendant.

• Indoor swimming pool closures for 33 days during off peak use Tuesdays (scheduled).

These changes have been in place since the start of the new fiscal year as of January 1st, 2021, but with COVID-19 restrictions at the Pavilion office and the outdoor pool swimming opening this summer, these changes may not be apparent to TKPOA property owners.

For the outdoor swimming pool on the Monday through Thursday days without pool attendants scheduled, security staff and maintenance staff conduct periodic inspections at the pool throughout the day. The indoor pool staff clean the outdoor pool restrooms each day at the end of the day or earlier as time allows. All TKPOA swimming pools are private pools for the use of the TKPOA property owners and their invited guests, and they are “swim at your own risk”, because lifeguards are not required.

These changes represent an estimated $88,513 cost savings to TKPOA property owners in their common assessment, which equated to a $13.98 savings per quarterly assessment.

TKPOA property owners and their guests need to keep in mind these schedule hours and staffing changes so they can plan their personal use of swimming pools and Pavilion accordingly. With the change in Pavilion office hours on the weekends, recreation passes for the beach, swimming pools and tennis courts are available the following hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm and Saturday and Sunday 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. TKPOA recreation passes can only be sold to TKPOA property

owner invited and accompanied guests, long-term renters with a rental contract and proof of residency, or short-term vacation home renters with a rental contract. The pool staff and security is unable to sell recreation passes, only the TKPOA Pavilion office staff sells these passes during the scheduled office hours.

Keep in mind, these 2021 budget cost savings were approved with the concept that they would be implemented and monitored for their operation effectiveness and feedback from TKPOA property owners and TKPOA staff.

Unfortunately, with these swimming pool staffing changes, the scheduling is still a challenge with the current economic factors that are affecting applicants for these entry level positions in South Lake Tahoe. The TKPOA will be accepting applications for pool attendants all summer long, to apply please contact the TKPOA office at 356 Ala Wai Blvd for an application for employment during office hours.

Thank you for your patience during this transition period of operational and staffing changes.

Additional information on the 2021 Annual Budget is provided on the TKPOA website at www.tkpoa.com. For additional information and to provide feedback contact the TKPOA administrative staff by phone at (530) 542-6444 from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, Saturday and Sunday or via email at info@tahoekeyspoa. org. For any additional questions, please contact the TKPOA Operations Manager Heather Blumenthal at hblumenthal@tahoekeyspoa.org, or at (530) 542-6444, ext. 228.

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