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In anticipation for next summer's sun and fun, the city of Lindon is planning a new aquatic center for its residents.
Starting in June of this year, the property that only holds the Lindon city hall will be transformed into a "campus-type" center including a new pool center, said city administrator Ott Dameron.
"For the past five years, the city has sent out recreation surveys to find out what the city is interested in," Dameron said. "Every time the swimming idea rose to the top and the city is now in a financial position to do something about it."
Included in the aquatics center will be a six-lane lap pool, a "zero entry" four-foot-deep leisure pool with a lazy-river attached to it, a baby pool and a hot pool. To ensure the pool stays sanitary, an ultra-violet treatment will be installed to kill bacteria as the water is filtered throughout the system.
If the budget permits, the city would like to build a "flow rider" pool, which would be like a surf pool, and will hopefully attract teens and young adults to the center Dameron said. This specialty pool allows individuals to ride a created wave as the water is manipulated over an inclined floor.
The aquatics center will be a piece of the newly proposed "Lindon Heritage Center" which will include the city hall, a recreational building, a public safety building which will include a fire and police department, and will tentatively turn the church into a senior and cultural arts center.
The city is estimating the new aquatics center to cost around $8.5 million over the next four years, and will start collecting bonds and looking for large donors to help out the facility by June 15 of this year. The expected interest rate of the bond will be around four-percent.
The bond parameters ensure that the facility cannot cost more than $10 million with a five-percent interest rate, Dameron said. The facility is scheduled to be completed by May 15 of next year.
In addition to the pool being built with bonds, the entire Heritage Center will be built through bonding, Dameron said. The entire campus is scheduled to be complete within five to 10 years.
The city is currently looking for donors to help with the pools, and in return could possibly have one of the pools named after them if desired.
The city recently held a public hearing concerning issues with the bond at their city council meeting Tuesday May 6, but no members of the public were present. |
