- Bad news for splash pad at pool; CIB grant application was denied
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By Myrna Trauntvein
Times-News Correspondent
What is happening with the splash pool?
Nephi City Council held a public hearing to discuss the possibility of obtaining funding for the addition of a splash pool to the municipal pool. The hearing was a requirement of the Community Impact Board (CIB) for all those applying for funding from the board.
Since that time, the board has received and rejected the request.
Donald Ball, city resident, asked Nephi City council members on Tuesday if the plan to have the facility ready for service this summer was still being considered.
The lack of funding, said Mark Jones, mayor, has thrown a monkey wrench into the city's plans.
"Is it on track for the 2012 season?" Ball asked.
The CIB grant the city had applied for was refused. A no-interest loan was offered with a 30-year payback. However, council members will need to assure the Community Impact Board that they can repay, that they can pick up their share of the cost and that they are willing to obligate future finances of the community to the repayment.
"It is still something we are hopeful for, it is still something we are working on but funding is a problem," said Jones. "If we had all the funding we wanted and needed, it would be in construction as we speak."
A future meeting with Juab County Commissioners and council members is planned.
"We loose money on the pool each season," said Brent Bowles, council member.
This year, the council had determined to still absorb the overage and keep rates, basically, as they had been so that more of the community, in these times of recession, could enjoy the swimming pool.
The swimming pool is one recreation item that is in the red each year. People who work with funding like to see user fees that keep such services in the black.
The CIB board can also attach certain requirements to the money they lend.
"We are still considering our possibilities," said Jones. |
