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PARKS AND
RECREATION
OFFICIALS IN RANCHO CORDOVA ARE
GRAPPLING WITH THE PROBLEMS THAT
COULD DOOM THE FUTURE OF THE
COMMUNITY'S BIGGEST PUBLIC
SCHOOL FACILITY.
NOW THEY ARE MAKING
A PLEA
FOR SOMEONE TO COME FORWARD AND
HELP.
MIKE TESELLE HAS MORE ON WHAT
THEY SAY IS NEEDED TO BRING
PEOPLE BACK TO THE ONCE POPULAR
SPOT.
I AM STANDING AT THE HAGGIN
PARK COMPLEX IN RANCHO CORDOVA.
THE FAÇADE OF
THE BUILDING LOOKS
NORMAL BUT IT IS ACTUALLY WHAT
IS BEHIND THE BUILDING THAT IS
CAUSING CONCERN AND
CONSTERNATION.
THIS IS WHAT HAS BECOME OF WHAT
WAS ONCE THE AREA'S LARGEST POOL
COMPLEX BUT NOW THE AREAS
ONLY
DIVING POOL IS FENCED OFF,
UNUSABLE DUE TO YEARS OF
MAINTENANCE NEGLECT.
THE OTHER TWO POOLS WERE BUILT
IN THE 1960'S AND WHILE USABLE
NO LONGER MEET CURRENT CODE
STANDARDS.
AND THERE IS A NOTICEABLE LEAK.
ATTENDANCE HERE HAS DROPPED
BECAUSE OF THIS BY 50% OVER THE
PAST FOUR YEARS BECAUSE OF
DISREPAIR AND THERE ARE NO
DIVING BOARDS.
YOU COME IN THE AFTERNOON IN
THE SUMMERTIME AND YOU'D EXPECT
TO SEE TONS OF PEOPLE HERE
BECAUSE IT IS A SWIMMING POOL
AND ITS HOT, AND YOU MIGHT SEE
10 PEOPLE BECAUSE THERE ARE NOT
ENOUGH THINGS.
MY HUSBAND GREW UP IN THIS
COMMUNITY.
MY KIDS DOVE OFF THE DIVING
BOARD.
AND MY GRANDKIDS.
IT IS REALLY A LOSS THAT IT IS
NOT THERE.
A RECENT CONSULTANT REPORT
FOUND THAT IT WILL COST $2
MILLION TO REPAIR THE NEGLECT
AND DISREPAIR THAT THESE POOLS
HAVE SUFFERED OVER THE YEARS.
IT IS BECAUSE THE DIVING WELL IS
CLOSED THAT CORDOVA HIGH SCHOOL
DOES NOT HAVE A DIVING TEAM
BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO
PRACTICE.
SO WHAT DO THE OPERATOR'S
-- SO
WHAT THE OPERATORS AND PARENTS
AND KIDS ARE HOPING FOR IS THAT
A GENEROUS SPONSOR CAN COME
FORWARD AND SAVE THE DAY TO GET
THE POOL BACK TO ITS GLORY IT
HAD DECADES AGO.
THEY SAY IT WILL BE A TOUGH TASK
TO COME UP WITH THE MONEY.
THAT IS THE HOPE,
THAT SOMEONE
IS WATCHING THIS TWO-STEP
FORWARD AND WILL PROVIDE SOME
GRANT MONEY.
THEY WILL NOT KNOW FOR SEVERAL
MONTHS WHETHER OR NOT ANY OF