City Council to Hear Motion to Keep Glassell Park Swimming Pool Open

The Los Angeles City Council is scheduled Tuesday to hear a motion by Council Members Eric Garcetti and Ed Reyes to provide funds aimed at keeping the Olympic-size swimming pool at the Glassell Park Recreation Center open beyond its planned closure on August 12.

Click here to read about the background to the pool’s scheduled closure.

The motion, listed as Item No. (70) on the “supplemental agenda” list of the Council’s website, will seek to transfer $10,000 from the City’s General Fund to the Department of Recreation and Parks so that $5,800 in “general” salaries and $4,200 in salaries “as needed” can be paid for pool employees.

If the Council approves the motion, it must get a final approval from Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

The Council’s agenda items will be heard starting at 10 a.m. and can be viewed live on Channel 35, which is also streamed online on the Council’s website via this link.

According to Alisa Newhouse Smith, president of the Glassell Park Improvement Assocation, the motion to keep the Glassell Park pool open beyond August 12 is expected to be approved by the City Council.

In a message posted on the Occupy Glassell Park Swimming Pool Facebook page early Tuesday, Smith wrote that Recreaction and Parks officials will be present in the City Council to answer questions from Council members before the motion is voted on. Smith also made an appeal in her message to “please share this information with any other organizations and neighbors that have expressed concerns about the seasonal closure of the Glassell Park pool.”

Stay tuned for further details on Patch about the Glassell Park pool motion in the City Council.