CITY HALL COUNCIL NOTES

The next REGULAR council meeting is MONDAY, MAR 13.

The parks and recreation department plans to pursue a $6-million federal grant to help replace the Phyllis Dewar Outdoor Pool, a project whose cost has ballooned to over $10 million.

During its Feb. 27 regular meeting, city council voted unanimously to authorize the department to submit a funding application to the federal Green and Community Buildings Program (GCBP) for a new outdoor aquatic park.

The proposed venue would replace the existing eightlane, 50-metre pool with a new changeroom building with a reception desk, gender-neutral changerooms, concession, staff rooms, pool mechanical space and storage rooms.

There would also be a new eight-lane, 25-metre lap pool with accessible ramped entry, a separate leisure pool with accessible entry, a lazy river, tot pool, interactive spray features, and 40-metre water slide.

The preliminary budget suggests the aquatic centre will cost $10,097,933, excluding GST. City hall expects the federal grant to provide $5,730,653, the Rural Municipality of Moose Jaw to contribute $50,000 and the city to kick in $4,317,280.

The City of Moose Jaw will use six funding sources for its contribution:

$152,163 from this year’s parks and rec capital budget