ABOUT THE DECISION
- No competitive bid – the city used only 1 company to assess the needs and give a price for the new pool
- Most residents who attended the committee meetings supported a new pool like the existing design, and at a lower cost, if the pool concrete was leaking and couldn’t be repaired
- There were 3 original pool options, yet 5 of the 7 members on the committee voted for the most expensive plan
- A recommended leak detection test was not performed by the city before the decision for a new pool
- Members of the Bond Committee said that their work and the vote for the amount and concept was RUSHED to get it on the November ballot
DEMAND FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY
- The new pool concept for $10.1M will have multiple pools = increased maintenance costs due to an increase of chemicals, equipment, and more lifeguards
- Around 400 homes in JV have backyard pools
- City has proposed to spend $4M to purchase property from Champions Forest Baptist Church-more money is being spent to do upfront testing & more money is approved for renovation designs
- City is planning to sell the land on the south side of 290 on Jones which the city was forced to purchase due to a rezoning lawsuit from the previous landowners (when sold, the city must pay ½ of the profit from the sale to those landowners)
INCREASE TAXES AND COST FOR YOU
- Your tax dollars will be used to build a new pool and then you will be paying to swim in it
- The current tax increase recently voted on by the city does not cover the cost for the upcoming pool bond of $10.1M or for future JV bonds (the city has stated there will be more bonds)