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1. 2001 Park Board commissioned an aquatic needs study, the Aquatic Services Review. The study showed strong support for replacing Mount Pleasant Pool and for increasing the capacity of aquatics facilities in general. The outcome of the 2001 survey indicated that the majority of respondents favoured replacing outdoor pools as… Continue reading →

The 2023 – 2026 Capital Plan public engagement is live, until May 22nd. Your input is vital for allocating funds for the Mount Pleasant Pool which is not currently funded, despite being prioritized in VanSplash. There are currently many opportunities to make a difference, please take some time now to make… Continue reading →

The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation did not include a replacement outdoor pool in Mount Pleasant Community Park in the 2019 – 2022 Capital Plan at its July 19 meeting. This means that the pool will be considered as part of City-wide Advisory Committee consultations that the Park Board… Continue reading →

Important Park Board Capital Plan Update: One outdoor swimming pool, Oak Pool in Marpole, is included in the Draft Capital Plan. This is a great start!   Despite Park Board approval in 2010, Mount Pleasant Pool is not in the Draft Plan. Please see below what actions you can take… Continue reading →

Vancouver Society for Promotion of Outdoor Pools AGM Thursday, November 29th at 630PM Maizal RMF (Real Mexican Food) Restaurant 2815 Main Street (just south of 12th Ave) Membership $5 individual, $10 family, $25 organization. If you can not attend the AGM, please become a member and/or donate online to help… Continue reading →

Park Board announced in April that VanSplash will not go back to the Board for decisions, but will go to a Public Advisory Committee process in 2019. This means that no decisions will be made until after the Capital Plan has been finalized and after the municipal election in October… Continue reading →

Updates from the January 29 Park Board meeting re: VanSplash: Some excellent amendments were proposed to Recommendations A & B, but before any discussion of these amendments occured and before further amendments could be put forward, a motion was passed to refer the report back to staff for further revisions… Continue reading →

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Two long nights of speakers at the Park Board Committee meeting December 11th and December 12th, 2017, with not one person or group in support of the VanSplash proposal. Bravo to all the passionate and articulate speakers aged from 6 to 94 with a variety of reasons for not supporting… Continue reading →