PORT ANGELES — A campaign in support of a proposed community aquatics center and field house bond issue begins Sunday at the fourth annual Dream Playground Community Picnic.
The event is set for 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at the Erickson Park on Race Street at Second Street.
“It seemed like good time to begin promoting the aquatics center in Port Angeles,” said former Deputy Mayor Orville Campbell, co-chair of the bond campaign.
“We’ll have a kiosk with information about the campaign and the aquatic center,” he said.
Bond question in November
A bond issue for an aquatics center, plus a building for indoor soccer and tennis, at the Clallam County Family YMCA site at 302 S. Francis St. will appear on the Nov. 7 election ballot.
The preliminary estimate is a $14.3 million bond issue for both the aquatics center and the adjacent indoor soccer and tennis building, costing $131 a year for the owner of a $150,000 home.
The Port Angeles City Council will set the exact bond figure at its next meeting, set for 6 p.m. Tuesday in the council chambers at City Hall, 321 E. Fifth St.
The council voted 6-0 at its Aug. 15 meeting to proceed with aquatics center design “option two” that keeps the aquatics center separate from the adjacent YMCA building.
The “option two” design includes a 51,447 square-foot building with spectator seating for 160 people plus a pool deck and 400 lockers.
It has 2,130 square feet of lap swimming space in six 25-year lanes and 4,800 square feet of leisure pool space in three 25-meter lanes plus a diving area.
It also has an irregularly shaped leisure pool; a spa pool; a dry training room; deck circulation and sitting areas and a family patio area; and a mezzanine viewing area.
Separate shower and changing areas for the aquatics center and the YMCA are planned in case the two separate in later years.
The city is exploring a joint arrangement in which the city would own the aquatics center but the YMCA would operate it.
