The Piedmont City Council voted unanimously to award a contract to build the new pool to Wickman Development & Construction at their Tuesday meeting.
The Piedmont City Council voted unanimously to award a contract for construction of the new pool to Wickman Development & Construction at their Tuesday meeting this week. Construction is expected to begin in early 2023, and the new pool could open as soon as summer 2024.
“It took the collective effort of hundreds to reach this point, including current and former councilmembers, city staff, commission and committee volunteers, consultants and, most important, the community advocates who have tirelessly pursued the vision for an aquatics facility that truly meets Piedmont’s needs, some of whom have been working towards this goal for over two decades” said City Administrator Sara Lillevand.
Originally opened in 1964, Piedmont’s now-closed existing pool had exceeded its useful lifespan and had long lacked adequate space to meet the community’s diverse aquatic, athletic and recreational needs. Although there had been several efforts to explore feasibility of a new facility over the years, work on the pool replacement project began in earnest in 2015, with the development of the Aquatics Center Conceptual Master Plan.
This vision drew closer to reality in November 2020 with the passage of Measure UU, which authorized the sale of $19.5 million in general obligation bonds to fund the new facility. A sharp rise in construction costs beginning in 2020 further threatened the project’s feasibility, leaving a gap of more than $2 million between project cost estimates and available funds even after the City Council scaled back the original design to include only essential components.
To close the gap, the city has partnered with the Piedmont Recreational Facilities Organization to raise $2.1 million for the completion of the pool as designed. As of Tuesday PRFO was nearly halfway to the $2.1 million fundraising goal.
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