Our pool committee has provided our board with some prices and options they have found. Our board will meet next Saturday to review these and refer options to our owners. Our current pool is about 900 square feet. Recommendations are for a pool to limit use to no more that one person per 25 square feet. This means our present pool should be able to accommodate 36 people at one time.

Our committee found the following:

Corpus Christi Pools will renovate our existing pool and add another like it just north of the present pool for $91,000. One committee member noted this could allow for one pool to be for adult use only. Our annual pool expenses are $7,000 per year. This would double in this scenario.

Barrett Pools will demo our current pool and build a new one with 1,200 square feet for $149,475. This would allow for 12 more people to use it.

Blue Haven Pools would do the same as Barrett, but the cost would be only $109,000.

Oasis Pools would build a second pool for $95,500 and refurbish the existing pool for an additional $18,950. They would build a second rectangular pool of 1,250 square feet for $110,250.

Bids from a few years ago were about $175,000 for a new pool in place of the existing one, but they were for a pool about twice the size. This could almost be done by removing the grass areas inside the present fencing and maybe moving one side of the fencing a bit outward.

Owners will have to decide yes or no on doing anything at present.

If a majority wants to take action now, we will have to decide if we want one pool or two. If one pool is the choice we will have to decide what size we want. A special owners’ meeting could be called to approve an assessment to begin collecting the funds to allow construction to begin after this summer season.

Our owners have a wide range of opinions as to the need for a new pool and if one is built, what will it look like. This should be an interesting process.