Outdoor Swimming Pool Renovation
Description:
This grant will help fund the renovation of the 50-year old bathhouse and outdoor swimming pool Park to provide ADA accessibility, increase pool usage, and correct Code violations. The pool is located in the 6-acre E.J. Miller Park. When the pool furnace failed several years ago, it was removed and bathers have had to endure cold water for most of the swim season which reduced pool usage. To increase usage, a new pool furnace will be installed, a shallow water pool will be created by installing a permanent bulkhead at one end of the pool for teaching and aqua aerobics. A properly placed bulkhead will also allow the larger area of the pool to be used for sanctioned completive swim meets. A zero depth play pool with toys will be constructed to increase participation by children. To increase pool use by teens and other bathers, a water slide will be added. The State Health Department has a 2008 deadline requiring swimming pools to meet minimum requirements for their chemical and circulation systems. The pool is currently non-compliance with these requirements of the Health Code and puts the pool subject to closure unless an upgrade plan is in place. The current sand filters and piping, the chemical treatment of the water, and gas chlorine system are all not Code compliant. All will be replaced along with a new pool furance, new concrete pool decks and ADA upgrades to the bathhouse. After several public meetings, the CIty develped the proposed upgrade plan for the facility that serves over 10,000 people.
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Outdoor Swimming Pool Renovation
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This grant will help fund the renovation of the 50-year old bathhouse and outdoor swimming pool Park to provide ADA accessibility, increase pool usage, and correct Code violations. The pool is located in the 6-acre E.J. Miller Park. When the pool furnace failed several years ago, it was removed and bathers have had to endure cold water for most of the swim season which reduced pool usage. To increase usage, a new pool furnace will be installed, a shallow water pool will be created by installing a permanent bulkhead at one end of the pool for teaching and aqua aerobics. A properly placed bulkhead will also allow the larger area of the pool to be used for sanctioned completive swim meets. A zero depth play pool with toys will be constructed to increase participation by children. To increase pool use by teens and other bathers, a water slide will be added. The State Health Department has a 2008 deadline requiring swimming pools to meet minimum requirements for their chemical and circulation systems. The pool is currently non-compliance with these requirements of the Health Code and puts the pool subject to closure unless an upgrade plan is in place. The current sand filters and piping, the chemical treatment of the water, and gas chlorine system are all not Code compliant. All will be replaced along with a new pool furance, new concrete pool decks and ADA upgrades to the bathhouse. After several public meetings, the CIty develped the proposed upgrade plan for the facility that serves over 10,000 people.
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Exit off I-83 at Gap Road (Prosser Exit #80). Travel south toward the City Center (Gap Road become Wine Country Road) , cross the Yakima RIver, continue directly south (Wine Country Road veers to the left) on 6th Street, cross the Railroad tracks and turn right onto Bennett Avenue. Travel four blocks and turn left onto South Kinney Way. The site is in E.J. Miller Park, one block south at the intersection of South Kinney Way and Park Avenue. Enter the park site on the left about 300' from the intersection. See attached Vicinity Map.
