Because September’s high temperatures often feel like those in August, the board decided to try something a little different. The pool is going to stay open a little later this year.
Because of the increased use of the pool this summer, instead of closing on Labor Day, which is the traditional end of the ALPHA swim season, the board is going to run a trial of keeping the pool open on WEEKENDS-ONLY until the end of September.
There’s a catch however… because the board doesn’t want to waste money in keeping the pool open if no one is using it, the pool will close for the year following any weekend in which the pool doesn’t see at least twenty (20) visitors. Not counting the Independence Day BBQ weekend, the average number of pool users over each weekend this summer was twenty-nine (29), so twenty (20) isn’t a big number comparatively.
At any point, if the weather turns and it cools off, the pool will close until next year. If the 20-visitors-per-weekend goal is not met, the pool will close for the season.
So there’s the potential for 4 extra weekends of swimming: 9/08, 9/15, 9/22, and finally 9/29. The solar system will continue to run, and provided the air temperatures remain as they have, we hope to enjoy the 76 to 80 degree pool water as we have for most of this season. The hours it’s open may be changed slightly to adjust for earlier sunsets, we’re not sure yet.
The pool will definitely close for the year on Sunday, September 30, 2012.
It boils down to you, the Association, whether or not the pool remains open over these additional weekends. If you want to swim on weekends during a potentially warm September, we encourage you to use the pool as often as you can.