POOL POSITION #TroyCrazy

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From: Mark McGrath [mmcgrath0123@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, January 9, 2017 1:26 PM
To: kim mcpherson
Cc: Monica.Kurzejeski; Patrick.Madden; All City Council Members; Kevin.Glasheen; George.Rogers
Subject: Re: Pools

Monica, again after listening to the women the other night and her grandiose memory's of the pools she did touch on two facts (briefly) that outweigh all others.

1. If the pools do not open the pre-teens -teens will find an alternate place to cool off on hot days. The river, Frear park reservoir or the poestenkill. Any and all three will produce casualties which have been proven in the past.

2. Without somewhere to swim many of the youth will be bored and without any supervision. That's not our fault but the result is high crime with these kids getting in trouble. This will drive up our already astronomical public safety budget. You're either going to pay in one budget line or pay for it in another. Thanks

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> On Jan 9, 2017, at 11:47 AM, kim mcpherson <mcphersonk61@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Monica
> you say the partners are not defined but  have good relationships with the ones you have... who are the ones you have?
> -kim
> -Kim Ashe McPherson
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> From: Monica.Kurzejeski [Monica.Kurzejeski@troyny.gov]
> Sent: Monday, January 9, 2017 10:55 AM
> To: Mark McGrath; Patrick.Madden; All City Council Members
> Cc: Kevin.Glasheen; George.Rogers
> Subject: RE: Pools
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> Good morning Everyone,
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> I have the Parks department working on the cost associated with repairing/refurbishing/replacing the pools. Once we get a number, then we can take everything into consideration – grant funding, donations, etc.
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> What is more concerning is the cost of actually operating the pools. While we think that there might be enough interest to get the pools in operational order, we need to make sure that the operational money is in place as well – not just this year, but year after year.
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> I firmly believe that we need to look at recreational programming as a whole, with the pools being one part of that overall program. The partners aren’t defined, but we know that we have good relationships with the ones we have. The couple that I’ve already spoken with are interested in seeing what the future looks like. If we are able to put together a plan and some numbers, we can look into how we fund. I think we can all agree that the Youth Programming in Troy isn’t what it used to be many years ago and how important it is to our neighborhoods and our future. If we want to change our current situation, we need to look at what possibilities might be before us.
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> Thanks Mark and I’ll be in touch once we get some firmer numbers to work from on the pools.
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> Take care,
> Monica K.
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> From: Mark McGrath [mailto:mmcgrath0123@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2017 9:32 AM
> To: Monica.Kurzejeski; Patrick.Madden; All City Council Members
> Cc: Kevin.Glasheen; Ken Crowe; Mark Robarge
> Subject: Pools
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> Good morning all,
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> I like to offer my opinion on the pools and a possible solution. First off Monica's quotes in the paper were very good concerning balance between childhood recreation and the burden of the taxpayer. I would like to know who are "partners" are though. If its the Boys & Girls clubs or CYO they're already screaming about losing " their money" in the budget. I'd also like to applaud Mr. Doherty for he's at least trying.
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> The speaker the other night I'm sure had her heart in the right place but is devoid of reality when understanding what our pools and the challenges of the kids are today. With that said the pools need to be open and we cannot hold all responsible for the poor behavior of some.
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> Solution:
> Years ago the Knickerbocker pool was in grave danger of not opening due to similar problems we have today. A young engineer was assigned from Troy's water department to work on the infrastructure under the pool, wallah it was operable by the time summer came upon us. Have the water department assign a crew or use the engineering staff in OUR own city to work on the problems. We will still need to pay for parts but it will be minimal without paying for the labor.
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> As a city and administration we need to stop with the "we can't" attitude. Thanks