Mingo Park's Jack Florance Pool Reaches Capacity

[Tom Wolber]

Dear SDO Members and Friends: 

Heat waves are in the news these days. In some southwestern states it's been too hot for airplanes to safely take off. So, this is an apropos topic. 

Tom Wolber 

6/20/17 

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Jack Florance Pool Reaches Capacity

          On an exceptionally hot afternoon on Fri., 6/16, Mingo Park’s Jack Florance Pool reached capacity and had to turn visitors away. When too many people are in the water, the lifeguards cannot see the bottom of the pool anymore  and it becomes a safety issue. At its 6/20 meeting, the Parks & Recreation Advisory Board deliberated on the situation. It seemed to agree with the current practice that holders of prepaid season memberships should continue to have access to the pool, but that others such as camp groups should be asked to leave and visitors with daily passes redirected to the YMCA indoor pool at S. Houk Rd. for the same price. A formal policy will be presented to the board at its July meeting. Public comments are welcome at the meetings of city commissions, committees, and boards. One of the members wondered whether the time has come to look at adding a second outdoor swimming pool. The city continues to grow and will reach the 40,000 mark soon, but has lost several privately owned larger pools in recent years where people used to swim. Obviously, the YMCA would seem to be a good location for such an addition, or perhaps the expanding southeast side of the city should be looked at as a potential site. – The pool's summer season is from May 17 through Aug. 15 this year. Admission is $6 for adults ($4 after 6 pm) and $4 for children between the ages 3-17. Individual and family memberships for the season are also available. [draft 6/20/17] 

[Paul Etheridge]

If you have little ones that you are taking, please watch them like a hawk at all times. My oldest is life guarding for the Y and works both locations. I asked him what the biggest danger was and he says inattentive parents. They have already yanked out kids who were in distress and once brought to safety parents were nowhere to be found.

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