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Proposed state-of-the-art aquatic center comes with $14m price tag More than 100 attend meeting on feasibility study BY LLOYD JONES THE CONWAY DAILY SUN
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The facility, which would include two pools (one for competitive swimming and another for water aerobics, therapy and even a water slide), two meeting rooms, weight and fitness room, studios for yoga, aerobics and zumba, along with locker rooms would be between 30,000 and 35,000 square feet in size and would ideally fit on a five- to 10-acre lot. “Tonight, we’re here to build a pool,” Jeff Rothen, WMAF president, said, drawing a round of applause from the enthusiastic crowd as he opened the the meeting Rothen said the meeting was the first step in many to follow and explained how the foundation got to this point. It all started in the 2006-07 when Maury McKinney, Joe LaRue, Steve Johnson and Jim Soroka were getting up at 4 a.m. to drive to Laconia to swim in the indoor pool there. They decided after weeks of making the trip: Why not try to build a pool in this neck of the woods? They placed an ad in The Conway Daily Sun and a handful of people responded with interest in building a pool, and the ball started rolling. In 2008, McKinney drew national attention to the pool effort by swimming 42 miles nonstop back and forth across Lake Winnipesaukee. Soroka also aided the effort by competing on the world triathlon stage. Through their public displays, donations began to arrive from across the country. In 2011, the aquatic center opened at the New
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bility studies across the United States. “Kevin Post said it was one of the top 10 presentations he had done in terms of attendance, enthusiasm, good questions,” McKinney said Wednesday. “He was in Jacksonville, Fla., last week and just 30 people came out for a meeting about building a 50-meter pool complex.” As principal and studio director for Counsilman-Hunsaker, Post specializes in providing facility evaluations, aquatic facility business plans, city-wide aquatic master plans, and Certified Pool Operator instruction and certification, according to the company’s website. He is also a past competitive swimmer and aquatics director. “I do community meetings all over the country, it’s very rare we get this sort of turnout,” Post said. “To see over 100 people on a Tuesday night is really great.”
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Post said recreational swimming “has skyrocketed” in recent years to the point where swimming is now the third most popular sport or exercise activity. He said there are approximately 314 million visits to recreational water sites each year. Post explained the feasibility study process was broken down into three categories: Needs Assessment; Program Requirements; and an Operations Plan. Those three categories led to the initial study of three different options. Option 1 (one-pool option) — an indoor 5,500-square-foot multi-purpose pool with six 25-yard lanes, springboard diving, children’s spray amenities, and required support spaces. Projected cost $9,100,000. Option 2 (two-pool option) — an indoor eight-lane 25-yard lap pool with springboard diving, 4,350-squarefoot leisure pool with spray amenities, 165-square-foot warm water spa, see next page
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current channel and a water slide. Projected cost $13,900,000. Option 3 (three pool option) — an indoor 25 yard by 25 meter lap pool with springboard diving, 4,350-square-foot indoor leisure pool with play feature and waterside, and a separate 1,350-square-foot therapy pool. Projected cost $16,800,000. “Based on the initial study options,” Post said, “the committee recommended that a two-pool option with a larger training capacity in the lap pool, enhanced warmwater pool for therapy programs and increased fitness spaces would best meet the needs of this community.” Post said that led to the narrowing from three to two options. Option A — an indoor 25 yard by 25 meter lap pool, 165-square-foot warm water spa, a separate 3,650-square-foot leisure pool with spray amenities and a water slide along with 6,700 square feet of fitness space. Option B — an indoor 25 yard by 25 meter lap pool, 165-square-foot warm water spa, a separate 4,130-square-foot leisure pool with spray amenities and 6,700 square feet of fitness space. The total cost for the two-pool concept, which would include everything from construction of the building to furniture fixtures and inflation would be $14 million. “That would be the turnkey value,” Post said. Post added that beside the pools there would be an aerobics, dance or group exercise component room as well as meeting room and room for multi-purpose use. There would also be space to incorporate cardio and weight-training equipment; and two community rooms that could be rented out for parties, meetings or special events. One of the rooms would feature a dividing curtain to turn the room into two rooms. There would also be male and female locker rooms along with family changing areas and everything will exceed the current ADA requirements. Post explained the lap pool — 25 yards by 25
meters — would allow for 11 25-yard lanes or 10 25-meter lanes. It features cooler water for training and competition (78-82 degrees). The pool will also come with elevated spectator seating. The foundation envisions hoisting a minimum of 11 meets per year and believes such a facility would allow it to host state and regional swim championships. Post explained the leisure pool will be a multi-purpose pool for recreation, instruction and therapy. It will feature a zero depth entry with three, four and fivefoot areas for maximum program opportunities. It will be a warmer water (85-87 degrees) for youth and adult programs. Post also offered some financial breakdowns. He said up to 60 percent of the operating expenses for an aquatic facility can be labor. Post said 60 percent of pool operations (traditional pools) actually operate at a loss; 38 percent operate at break-even thanks to the installation of community water parks; and just two percent operate with a cash flow thanks to destination water parks. He said users vary quite a bit based on geographic regions. For example, in the West and Northeast, the fee is priced as a service while in Central and Southeastern United States, it is set up as a break-even. Anticipated expenses include faculty (part and full time — up to 30 part-time employees and three to five full-timers); insurance; repairs/maintenance; general supplies; pool chemicals; marketing; utilities; capital replacements. “For the most part operational expenses are fixed,” Post said. “The only way to be successful is you need constant activity sort of like a three-ring circus. You need to offer amenities for a mixture of age groups — it has to be focused on everyone.” Post said the facility will be available for a wide range of group programs: wellness programming (aqua therapy and water aerobics); swim lessons; lifeguard training; personal training; group exercise (yoga and zumba); rentals (birthday parties and private rentals); swim teams (age group, mas-
ters and high school); and special events (divein movies and summer camps). Post envisioned individual yearly memberships being roughly $300 while families would be in the neighborhood of $500. There will also be scholarships and discounted memberships available for children. Audience member Tony Simone asked the question so many were thinking: What’s the next step? “Our development committee will begin to pursue a capital campaign and we’ll start looking for land,” Rothen said. For questions, concerns, donations or suggestions, call (603) 733-5915, email info@ whitemountainaquatic. com or “float around” the website at www.whitemountainaquatic.com.
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nical glitches have prevented the vast majority of people from signing up. The enrollment period is scheduled to end on March 31, but that may be extended. People who don’t get insurance in 2014 will pay a fine of $95 or one percent of income, whichever is greater. The fine would be paid in 2015. The fine goes up annually. But in 2014, health insurance companies will not be allowed to discriminate against people with preexisting conditions. Many people will be able to get financial assistance for their healthcare if they buy through the exchange. Affordable Care Act navigators are supposed to help people get through the enrollment process. White Mountain Community Health Center has two navigators and two other employees who can help people. The AARP and White Mountain Community Health Center put on a forum about the law on Nov. 7 at the Conway Public Library. About two dozen people attended. At the forum, a man who would only identify himself to a reporter as Tim, of Conway, said he was almost able to complete the enrollment process. As of last Thursday, Tim was waiting for confirma-
tion and information about how to make his first premium payment. Tim said he made several attempts before he made it through. During his first attempts about three weeks after the exchange opened, the website gave him a busy signal. So, Tim contacted a call center representative who “supposedly” processed his enrollment forms. When he didn’t get any follow up information, Tim decided to try again online. Tim said he tried enrolling in the middle of the day. Some people have attempted to enroll early in the morning when website traffic would be lower. “I don’t know if I was lucky or what,” said Tim. “I waited purposely until almost the end of October and started my due diligence. Then I just seemed to luck out I guess.” Tim has yet to get confirmation that he is enrolled and he is trying to find out where to make is first premium payment — the last step of the process before his insurance can kick in on Jan. 1. Tim said several things made him skeptical of Healthcare.gov. “Once you get in and you make that connection and everything is all set, it says they will get a hold of you via your see HEALTH CARE page 12
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