LAKEPORT >> The Lake County Board of Supervisors (BOS) discussed the options for the swimming pool at Marymount California University, Lakeside in Lucerne Tuesday.
The poolside deck caught fire June 5.
The board discussed filling the pool with dirt and making it a planter on June 17, as well as covering the pool with a deck to preserve it for potential future use.
Estimated costs to re-open the pool are more than $250,000, according to Lake County Deputy Administrative Officer Alan Flora. Additionally, maintenance would cost approximately $25,000 each year.
However, canvas covers would cost approximately $3,000, filling the pool with soil and using it as a patio and planter would cost approximately $5,000, Flora said. Covering the pool with a deck would cost approximately $10,000.
The BOS wanted to cover the pool with a deck, because using a canvas cover is less sturdy.
“It can become a trampoline real quick,” District 2 Supervisor Jeff Smith said.
“We”re putting so much time and energy into the campus that the grounds need to be preserved,” District 4 Supervisor Anthony Farrington said. “If we have the ability for a small infraction to put in a deck, that would be more pleasing to the eye than filling it with dirt.”
The board directed staff to further identify aesthetic options, with requirements of securing and preserving the pool for future use. The issue will be brought back to the board for final approval.
In other business, the board continued it public hearing regarding an appeal for a major use permit granted by the Lake County Planning Commission for a Dollar General Store in Nice.
The permit was unanimously approved by the Lake County Planning Commission (LCPC) on May 8 after a public hearing, but multiple surrounding businesses and residents say they were not aware of the LCPC hearing.
Appellants include the Nice Market, the Marina Market and Tower Mart in Nice.
The concerns of the appellants regard competition and, potentially, losing their businesses.
The BOS denied the appeal with a vote of 4-1, with District 3 Supervisor Denise Rushing dissenting “on the basis of community character.”
A request from Lake County Health Services Department to become a smoke-free department was unanimously approved.
“We don”t want to penalize smokers,” Health Services Director Jim Brown said. “Our big concern is just the message that it sends. When a kid comes up to a health facility were smoking is allowed sends mixed messages.”
In other business, the board unanimously approved promoting Lake County Health Services Assistant Veteran Services Officer Saul Sanabria to veteran services officer.
Contact J. W. Burch, IV at 900-2022.
