July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Portland pool hours set
Park board also approves 2004 fee schedule
The summer schedule and fees for the Portland Pool were decided at Tuesday’s Portland Park Board meeting.
The pool will be open seven days a week this summer. Admission will be $3 from 12:30 to 5 p.m. and $2 from 7 to 9 p.m. Swimmers who leave at 5 p.m., will have to pay the $2 fee at 7 p.m. to be re-admitted, the board decided.
The pool will open on Saturday, May 29.
On Memorial Day, Monday, May 31, operating hours will be from 12:30 to 5 p.m., with the regular operating hours being observed on May 29 and 30.
After Memorial Day, the pool will close until Saturday, June 5.
Season passes will be $50 for one person, $85 for two to three in the same household and $100 for four or more people. These prices are the same as last summer.
Half-price season tickets will be offered halfway through the season, which is sometime in the middle of July.
Two-week sessions of swim lessons will be held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 to 11:30 a.m. The fee for the lessons will be $12. Vice president of the park board Don Gillespie, said the sessions will probably begin a week or two after June 5.
Adult swim times will be held on Tuesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to noon. The fee for adult swim will be $2.
Gloria Green has volunteered to teach water aerobic classes at the pool. The classes will be held from 9 to 9:30 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Each participant will be charged $2 per class. The classes will begin on Tuesday, June 8.
In other pool news, Portland street and park department superintendent Jeff Harker said 16 lounges, three umbrellas and three tables have been ordered for the pool side area. Harker was able to get a discount rate for the lounges, and the cost of all the items totaled $2,516. The park board budgeted $2,500 for the items at its April meeting. All of the furniture is stackable and can easily be stored at night, Harker said.
He added the pool’s parking lot also has been paved. Although he was quoted $20,780 for the job, it was completed for $16,390. He is currently looking for someone to paint the lines in the lot.
The painting of the pool, which was discussed at the April meeting, is expected to be completed sometime next week.
Also Tuesday, board mem- bers signed a grant application for a land and water conservation grant through the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. The $400,000 grant is planned for the 2.125 acres, located at 509 S. Wayne St., which was donated to the city this week by Hy-Line North American LLC. The property is located along the west side of the planned Hudson Family Park, which is currently under development.
The grant will be used for construction of a lake, parking lots, fishing docks and an amphitheater. Board members also suggested Tuesday using some of the money to purchase a basic playground set for the planned park.
Cory Whitesell, a partner with Hannum, Wagle and Cline engineering of Indianapolis, said Tuesday the application for the land and water conservation grant is 90 percent complete. He encouraged the board to make sure the park includes items which would “make the project fundable” or appealing to investors. Whitesell said using recycled benches and making things handicapped accessible would be a good way to do that.
Whitesell hopes the estimated $3.4 million park project can begin some time in late 2005 or early 2006.
“A lot of (the start date) depends on how the funding goes,” he added.
The park board applied for a T-21 grant through the Indiana Department of Transportation for $1.2 million earlier this year. Whitesell said he probably won’t know if the grant request is approved until the end of this year.
In other business, the board voted to create more parking at the pee-wee football Hiens-Inman Field, located in Memorial Park, off of Boundary Pike.
Harker suggested using the city’s loader to dig out the area and then fill it in with gravel. He said the cost of the gravel would be $3,000, and the lot could easily be paved in a few years.
“I think it would be money well spent,” said board president Neil Medler.
Also Tuesday, board members:
•Heard two quotes on converting more tennis courts in Milton Miller Park into roller hockey parks.
The quotes were $6,730 for paving the existing 122-foot by 91-foot space and $9,490 for paving and extending the existing area to a 140-foot by 70-foot space. Harker said the quotes didn’t include additional costs for painting and sealing, which would be about $2,000.
Medler suggested seeking funds for the entire project from local civic organizations.
•Heard Harker suggest the Portland Junior League parking lot, located in Weiler-Wilson Park, be repaved sometime in the future.
“The lot is getting worn but it may have to be addressed in the future,” he said.
Harker added the cost to repave the lot would be $22,211. To extend the lot and pave the gravel area to the east would cost $12,700.
Board members told Harker that they would like to see that project completed but currently don’t have the funds available.[[In-content Ad]]
The pool will be open seven days a week this summer. Admission will be $3 from 12:30 to 5 p.m. and $2 from 7 to 9 p.m. Swimmers who leave at 5 p.m., will have to pay the $2 fee at 7 p.m. to be re-admitted, the board decided.
The pool will open on Saturday, May 29.
On Memorial Day, Monday, May 31, operating hours will be from 12:30 to 5 p.m., with the regular operating hours being observed on May 29 and 30.
After Memorial Day, the pool will close until Saturday, June 5.
Season passes will be $50 for one person, $85 for two to three in the same household and $100 for four or more people. These prices are the same as last summer.
Half-price season tickets will be offered halfway through the season, which is sometime in the middle of July.
Two-week sessions of swim lessons will be held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9 to 11:30 a.m. The fee for the lessons will be $12. Vice president of the park board Don Gillespie, said the sessions will probably begin a week or two after June 5.
Adult swim times will be held on Tuesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to noon. The fee for adult swim will be $2.
Gloria Green has volunteered to teach water aerobic classes at the pool. The classes will be held from 9 to 9:30 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Each participant will be charged $2 per class. The classes will begin on Tuesday, June 8.
In other pool news, Portland street and park department superintendent Jeff Harker said 16 lounges, three umbrellas and three tables have been ordered for the pool side area. Harker was able to get a discount rate for the lounges, and the cost of all the items totaled $2,516. The park board budgeted $2,500 for the items at its April meeting. All of the furniture is stackable and can easily be stored at night, Harker said.
He added the pool’s parking lot also has been paved. Although he was quoted $20,780 for the job, it was completed for $16,390. He is currently looking for someone to paint the lines in the lot.
The painting of the pool, which was discussed at the April meeting, is expected to be completed sometime next week.
Also Tuesday, board mem- bers signed a grant application for a land and water conservation grant through the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. The $400,000 grant is planned for the 2.125 acres, located at 509 S. Wayne St., which was donated to the city this week by Hy-Line North American LLC. The property is located along the west side of the planned Hudson Family Park, which is currently under development.
The grant will be used for construction of a lake, parking lots, fishing docks and an amphitheater. Board members also suggested Tuesday using some of the money to purchase a basic playground set for the planned park.
Cory Whitesell, a partner with Hannum, Wagle and Cline engineering of Indianapolis, said Tuesday the application for the land and water conservation grant is 90 percent complete. He encouraged the board to make sure the park includes items which would “make the project fundable” or appealing to investors. Whitesell said using recycled benches and making things handicapped accessible would be a good way to do that.
Whitesell hopes the estimated $3.4 million park project can begin some time in late 2005 or early 2006.
“A lot of (the start date) depends on how the funding goes,” he added.
The park board applied for a T-21 grant through the Indiana Department of Transportation for $1.2 million earlier this year. Whitesell said he probably won’t know if the grant request is approved until the end of this year.
In other business, the board voted to create more parking at the pee-wee football Hiens-Inman Field, located in Memorial Park, off of Boundary Pike.
Harker suggested using the city’s loader to dig out the area and then fill it in with gravel. He said the cost of the gravel would be $3,000, and the lot could easily be paved in a few years.
“I think it would be money well spent,” said board president Neil Medler.
Also Tuesday, board members:
•Heard two quotes on converting more tennis courts in Milton Miller Park into roller hockey parks.
The quotes were $6,730 for paving the existing 122-foot by 91-foot space and $9,490 for paving and extending the existing area to a 140-foot by 70-foot space. Harker said the quotes didn’t include additional costs for painting and sealing, which would be about $2,000.
Medler suggested seeking funds for the entire project from local civic organizations.
•Heard Harker suggest the Portland Junior League parking lot, located in Weiler-Wilson Park, be repaved sometime in the future.
“The lot is getting worn but it may have to be addressed in the future,” he said.
Harker added the cost to repave the lot would be $22,211. To extend the lot and pave the gravel area to the east would cost $12,700.
Board members told Harker that they would like to see that project completed but currently don’t have the funds available.[[In-content Ad]]
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