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Recommendation to Approve the City Aquatic Center Design Concept with a 30-Meter Pool and Activity Pool and Provide Direction to Staff on Additional Design Features such as Lobby, Diving Well and Springboards, Community Room, Building Storage, and Electrification.
The action contemplated is not a "project" under Section 15378 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines and is therefore exempt from CEQA. If and when City Council decides to allocate funding for the detailed design and construction of the City Aquatic Center, review under CEQA will be required. (Recreation and Parks Department 10051400)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jennifer Ott, City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The future City Aquatic Center (Center) is located on the west end of Jean Sweeney Open Space Park near the intersection of Wilma Chan Way and Atlantic Avenue. (Exhibit 1) The Center will be operated and managed by the Alameda Recreation and Parks Department (ARPD). Through an extensive community input process and in-depth technical analysis, staff explored two design options within the $30 million available budget including 1) a 30-meter pool plus an activity pool and 2) a 50-meter pool. Staff is recommending the 30-meter pool and activity pool option because this layout was consistently favored by a strong majority of the community, and it maximizes the amount of pool space for more programmatic opportunities that serve the broadest community use which also provides higher cost recovery to reduce the future financial impact on the General Fund. Staff is also seeking City Council direction on whether to include additional design features such as full building electrification, an enclosed building lobby, community room and storage areas as well as a diving well and springboards. While these features are not within the available allocated budget, staff has identified additional potential funding sources.
BACKGROUND
On October 18...
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