REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 11/02/2022
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Public Works Department
SUBJECT: Creation of a new Capital Improvement Project and transferring funding for the demolition of the City Park pool, pool house, and abandoned water tank.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This staff report asks the City Council to authorize the creation of a new Capital Improvement Project titled "City Park Pool and Building Demolition", and to transfer funding from the Demolition of Armory Building project at City Park to this project.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council:
a. Authorize the creation of a new Capital Improvement Project titled "City Park Pool and Building Demolition, Project No. 2022-18."
b. Authorize a transfer of $750,000, within Measure X funding, from the existing Capital Improvement Project No. 76370 Demolition of Armory Building at City Park to the newly created Capital Improvement Project City Park Pool and Building Demolition.
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BACKGROUND & HISTORY:
The City of Corona is committed to building and sustaining high-quality infrastructure and creating a sense of place, as evidenced by the City's Strategic Plan Goals. An identified strategy for achieving these goals is redeveloping City Park, which is currently being studied through a master plan process devoted specifically for the renovation of City Park.
As the oldest park in Corona, City Park has seen numerous changes throughout the years. The City's first community pool, the Municipal Plunge, was built at City Park in the 1930s and was later replaced in the 1960s by the current City pool and pool building. The pool and pool building were remodeled in 2001 to make necessary repairs, re-pipe the pool equipment and add accessibility features to the pool building. These repairs helped to extend the life of the pool in order to continue to serve the needs of the community. Prior to 2020, the City of Corona offered aquatics progr...
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