Redmond residents can join the Community and Aquatics Center Stakeholder Group
Published 4:49 pm Monday, March 14, 2016
The City of Redmond is seeking community volunteers who are interested in helping to plan for a replacement community and aquatics center that will meet the recreation needs of Redmond residents into the future.
For the past seven years, the city has studied options and has reviewed the long-term uses of the four existing recreation buildings in Redmond. These buildings include the Redmond Pool, the Senior Center, the Old Fire House Teen Center and the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center. In 2015, replacement of the Redmond Pool and the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center with a community and aquatics center was recommended in the Recreation Buildings Master Plan. With recent maintenance challenges at the pool, this planning effort has become even more important.
In 2009, the city surveyed residents about their needs for indoor recreation amenities. Respondents to the survey ranked an indoor swimming/aquatics center as the highest need followed by a running/walking track, a multipurpose space for classes and meetings and an indoor playground.
In 2015, the Recreation Buildings Master Plan proposed an 86,000-square-foot community and aquatics center concept to replace both the existing pool and the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center. The building program included a lap pool, a leisure pool, two gyms, a walking/running track, fitness spaces, indoor play and meeting rooms. Options to renovate and expand the Senior Center and replace the Teen Center were also considered as part of this master plan. Multiple sites have been studied for the replacement facility; however, a location has not been determined.
Redmond residents, or those who live nearby, who are interested in participating in this group can note their specific interest in aquatics, fitness and indoor recreation activities by sending information, including their mailing address, by March 31 to parkrecplanning@redmond.gov.
For questions, visit the city webpage at www.redmond.gov/recreationbuildings or call Sharon Sato at (425) 556-2311.
