APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) – An Appleton committee will unveil several new designs for the Erb Park Pool improvement project Monday night.
The city’s Park and Recreation Committee presented the 4 design concepts at Appleton City Hall during its meeting.
Three of the designs feature a pool and one of the concepts has a splash pad only.
Options 1A and 1B both include a 25-meter competition pool.
Option 1A includes a training pool and small splash pad. In option 1B the training pool is removed and replaced with a larger splash pad. Option 1B also includes a deep water area with a climbing wall.
The cost estimate for option 1A is $10,742,000. The cost estimate for option 1B is $11,144,000.
Option 2 includes a 50-meter competition pool, a medium size splash pad and a deep water area with a climbing wall and dual slides. The cost estimate for option 2 is $10,175,000.
Option 3 includes a large state-of-the-art multi-age splash pad area without a pool. The cost estimate for this option is $2,947,000.
Officials say the city will need to borrow money to pay for the project, no matter which one is chosen.
For the average home in Appleton, valued at $130,000, options 1A, 1B, and 2 would add about $30 per year to the average tax bill for the 10-year borrowing period. Option 3 would add about $8 per year for the same time period.
A budget public hearing will be held Nov. 4 and a budget adoption meeting will be held Nov. 11. Both meetings begin at 6:00 p.m. at City Hall.
For more information on the Erb Park Pool project, click here.
The designs come after the 36-year-old main pool began losing water late this summer.
Appleton’s mayor, Tim Hanna, suggested the pool be replaced by a splash pad, while some members of the community said a splash pad wouldn’t be a fair replacement of the pool.
(Additional reporting from FOX 11).
