11.0. PRSR 09-09-1998 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

REPORT: en February 11, 1998 Kevin Likness and I visited the St. Louis Park Rec. Center/Pool facilities.Craig Panning (Building Maintenance Supervisor for Recreation Facilities)was our host. He informed us that he has a staff of six for rec.buildings only while City Hall Police and the Fire Stations are maintained through the Public Works Building Maintenance Supervisor with his staff funded by the Public Works Department. • The following are notes worthy of pursuing: 1. Expand the fence line of our Aquatic Center into George Green to incorporate the mature Oaks for shade. St. Louis Park has an area similar that Craig informed us is normally packed by people daily.They average2,300 per day and this is a great area for folks to get out of the sun. 2. St. Louis Park originally purchased 150 lounge chairs and found that it wasn't enough to handle the huge crowds. Also, due to complaints by many of the elderly, they had to purchase 50 regular chairs because seniors said they had problems getting off the loungers and preferred to just sit. They purchased an additional 50 more loungers as well. 3. We were informed that the sand play area does bring a lot of sand into the pool which contributes to the vacuuming dilemma. Although this isn't the primary contributor to the problem, it may add more maintenance to what 2,300 people leave in the pool daily. St. Louis Park said that they average two to four hours of vacuuming per average day-as much as eight hours for major vacuuming-two to three times per week...(three people). We shouldn't have a major problem if our sand play area is far enough away,where their's is very close to the pool,but it is worth thinking about. 4. Craig showed us rust problems on a large Whale kiddie slide and some of the painted S.C.S.piping they are dealing with. He contends that the contractor marred or scraped the surface paint causing this problem and • we should watch this closely. We toured the concession stand which is slightly bigger than ours, though it does have another separate room for supplies. St. Louis Park put out approximately$20,000 for equipment and make $70,000 over the 10 to 12 week operation of the pool. It more than pays for itself. 6. Craig showed us the admitting area which is in the rec. center. Season passes merely walk past the set up zone and a monitor checks their passes,while the paid people wait in line. This entices those paying daily to get season passes. 7. I asked what they do in the event of fecal matter in the pool. Craig told us that the pool is divided into three zones for this emergency. Instead of closing the whole pool for two hours or all day, they close one of the zones and can super chlorinate the area of the incident and wait for one or two total cycles of water which is approximately two hours before opening that zone up. This eliminates the "ugly" associated with totally closing the pool. Cycles are based on depth of water. We discussed "Kryptosporum" which the MN Zoo brought to everyone's attention last year. If this ever happens I shall inform you that it requires complete drainage of the pool and sterilization of everything including the filters. Also, we should seriously consider the $13,000 photo I.D. system Edina has. It is fantastic true,but it's uses to monitor season passes and eliminate the cheaters is fantastic. Additional uses could include Personnel I.D. cards, Golf season passes, etc. This is much like your MN Drivers License, but the card is printed on the spot. Edina tracks 11,000 swimmers. Submitted by: obert A. Muscovitz Park Maintenance Manager c:tpool\stlouispk cc:Pool Committee B.Brandenburg K.McAloney J.Knutson R.Pierce