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Session 1918 May 3, 2004 Pam Colson, 7323 Drexel Drive, asked on behalf of her daughter, if everything has been done to market the pool to University City residents. She suggested that each new resident receive a free, one-day pass to the pool, issued along with occupancy permits, to stimulate interest in the pool. Ms. Colson, herself, totally opposes unlimited, non- resident, daily admittance to the pool, because she visualizes carloads of children being dropped off at the pool without adult supervision and then becoming involved in accidents, and those accidents resulting in law suits for the City. She asked who would turn users away from the pool when maximum capacity is reached, and who would deal with their anger and disappointment? It is easy to pass measures, but difficult to rescind them. She favors using the pool for a while before passing this non-resident measure. Henry Berry, 7228 Dartmouth Avenue, wants University City to open the pool to non- residents on a trial basis, for interpersonal relationships with adjacent comities. Grant Williams, 7408 Chamberlain Avenue, opposes non-resident use, believes the City needs more empirical evidence to support issuing non-resident seasonal passes to the pool, because the City does not really understand the "demand pattern" of non- residential use. There should be use of the pool to determine this pattern before adopting this policy. Stephan B. Glickert, 7750 Blackberry Avenue, is a former employee of the Heman pool, having had jobs there as lifeguard, assistant manager, and as a pool technician. He experienced non-resident's use, when that was the policy, and commented about problems this policy generated: disappearance of personal property without lockers, dreadful condition of locker rooms, uncleanliness of pool water, crowding in the shallow water, and an over-all unpleasant experience. These problems have been expressed before and he does not know why the non-resident use of the pool is revisited again. David Tyndall, 7540 Stanford Avenue, said that marketing of the pool should "build a tidal wave" and should be done properly. Marketing of Heman pool has improved, but is still minimal as a campaign. Opening to adjacent municipalities is desirable in theory, but no actual plan for doing so has been mentioned. He asked what "peak utilization" of the pool would be? He mentioned the impact of opening a private beach to the public in a city in Connecticut. He explained that there was a great rush early in the morning for passes, preventing those who come later from using the facility. He suggested selling one-day passes here at City Hall to forestall this rush, as they did at this city in Connecticut. Page 6