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The plan to replace the aging Maple Leaf pool in Regina’s Heritage neighbourhood is in motion, with no plan yet on how to pay for it.
The city intended to close the pool, but following a protest in December, council decided to rebuild the pool in the same location.
When council meets at the end of January, it will be asked to hire consultants to take the project from conceptual design through research and engagement with the community to construction.
The city will also look at the option of building the new pool with renewable technology like solar heating and solar power generation.
Councillor Andrew Stevens filed a motion at the Community and Protective Services Committee to explore those options.
Part of the discussion will be the impact that decision would have on the cost of the project, which was estimated at $4.5 million without the renewable technology.
“If we’re talking about costs, one thing is infrastructure and capital, the other is actually the ongoing life-cycle over decades,” Stevens said.
The city promised to rebuild Maple Leaf pool without a financial plan in place to pay for it. That won’t be settled until the 2020 budget talks, just months before the pool plans to open in the summer of 2020.
As the city moves ahead with the rebuild, it’s promising to fill the void during construction. Stevens said the community will be consulted on what recreational options should be provided this summer.
“The community, the community associations and administration are working to make sure that nobody is deprived of summer pool access and recreation opportunities,” he said.
Stevens mentioned transit options and the free summer drop-in program PlayEscapes as just a few of the possibilities.