On May 5, 2011, at 12:08 PM, Richard Conrad wrote: > Good responses here Glenn. Perhaps the reason they did not let my email > through yet is the inclusion there of this list's subscription info. Even > Linda Lee did not (dare?) mention it before when I asked, I had to google it > and then hunt it down like a detective... Clark Park now looks like a lot > like Tony West, about the same, but with a fancy tie and well-pressed suit. > It is all so much like the debacle that occurred involving the Swim Club... > where they said "we need to redesign the club because the City said we need a > H/C ramp in front". Then they spend tons of unneeded $ rebuilding, we lost > use of it (but not the cost of it for more than a year) and they don't even > put in the H/C ramp which my mother could now really use. Rick Conrad
I must say, this is the first I've heard that the reason for "rebuilding" the UC Swim Club was the need for a H/C ramp, which in-fact was included and is used regularly by several members. The "re-design" was because the pool had, quite literally, reached its life expectancy and was falling apart. The cost of repairs was projected as expensive and would not be guaranteed for more than three years. The fiasco of the extended closing was because, like virtually all contractors, the contractor selected had several other much more lucrative contracts to complete at the same time -- two of which had serious political muscle behind them -- and successfully predicted that the UC SwimClub would/could not prosecute them for "non-compliance," whereas the other contracts (with municipal governments) could have and would have gotten them black-listed. The lawsuit was quite ugly. And was still not settled when I dropped membership in the Swim Club. The sad part of this issue is the fact that less than 50% of the Members (families) of the Swim Club participated in ANY of the debates or votes on the issue. In the several years I was Swim Club Secretary (surrounding the renovation) we NEVER had a 50% turn out for any membership meeting or vote. Yes, those who did participate were vocal, and the discussions quite animated, but the majority of the members present at the various meetings still approved the proposed changes. T.T.F.N. William H. Magill mag...@mcgillsociety.org mag...@me.com whmag...@gmail.com ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
