COMMUNITY PULSE - Aquatic center

The aquatic center in Blue Springs: Their plan looks really good to me except for the fact that they are neglecting the inside pool where water aerobics for those with arthritis and other disabilities practice. And it doesn’t seem that there is any plan in there whatsoever to help some of the problems. The main problem is they have six showers, one works in the ladies room. They need some work on the plumbing in there very badly. And also they need some kind of a regulator on the heat of the water. It can range from 78 sometimes below that up to 82. It should be at 82. But complaints are made when it gets down to 78. They’ll say someone forgot to turn it back on or things like this — there’s just kind of a sloppy attitude, I think, of maintaining the pool that we have. The pool itself is very nice — large enough for exercising and so on. But it would be I think better for those who use the pool for therapeutics, a little better if we could maintain the water somewhat better.