Thursday, January 27, 2000
Forum to gather residents' ideas for park
BY LEW MOORES
The Cincinnati Enquirer
MOUNT HEALTHY — Residents will have a say on what they want to see done with their city park during a public hearing Feb. 7.
An engineering firm hired by the city, Brandstetter-Carroll & Associates, asked for the hearing before coming up with a master plan for the park, which is in the center of the city and encompasses about three city blocks.
“They will design what the community is asking for,” said John Peters, city parks director. “The hearing is mainly so people can give their input on what they want the future of the park to be.”
The hearing will be 7 p.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church, 1553 Kin ney Ave.
The impetus for the hearing is the condition of the city pool. Mr. Peters said the pool is deteriorating and has developed a leak.
The pool is about 60 years old, he said, and some of its play equipment was around when Mr. Peters, 42, was a child.
The pool's filter system is in good shape, he said, but “it's just the structure itself is 60 years old and she's showing her age.”
Attendance in recent years, especially paid memberships, has dropped, and city officials suspect the decline is a combination of an older community pool and the fact that other communities have upgraded pools.
“The pool lacks any of the modern amenities, such as water slides or anything like that,” Mr. Peters said. “I think the pool we have now is an adequate size for our community. It just needs to be updated and make people feel like they want to come.”
The engineering firm will listen to ideas for the park, which includes miniature golf, tennis courts, picnic areas, a stage, ball fields and tot lot.
The firm will draw up a master plan based on the residents' input, and then present the plan and projected costs to the city.
There is no set time line for when improvements may be initiated, Mr. Peters said. That will depend on what residents say, how much it will cost, what funds are available and whether the city can apply for grants to help pay the cost.
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