Hey Everybody-
Guess what? Our coaches positions have been eliminated by the City of Walnut Creek. This is not a joke. Of the Aquatics programs in the city, ours is the only one that operates in the black, and yet they are going to cut it.
If you could, would you shoot a brief e-mail, to the city council and let them know what a successful program this is across the country and in the world. All few hundred of us are doing what we can, but I think it's time to bring in the big guns- you.
Kerry has spent 30 years of his life building this program into what it is today, and helping many of you in the process, please help him and the program that he lives for.
The address is: mayor@walnut-creek.org
and ask them to respond to your e-mail.
Thanks,
Karen Duggan
Many people are trying to figure out these numbers.
Larkey Pool is a small L-shaped 25 yd pool that is only open during the summer. It doesn't make much money, and I don't see how they think that Clarke will pick up the revenue from Larkey. If Larkey closes I don't think everyone will automatically come over to Clarke (kinda far and parking in the summer is a nightmare!)
Every time you go into the pool it's $4.50. So if we have 100 people swim/day (which is a little high) that's $450/day x 5 days equals $2250/week
x 50 weeks is $112,500 for the year. Summer use goes WAY up for everything as you might imagine. Oh, I know, they do lessons at Larkey. That's got to be a good chunk of change they'll be missing...
Anyway, thanks for your input Dave. You're right, it doesn't make sense!
It's more than fair to ask the Mayor for rationale behind these decisions, and then present further information. It's quite likely that the city doesn't really understand the revenue coming in from the Masters program. I will definitely email the Mayor - cutting coaches doesn't seem like a good idea when there is so much focus on reducing obesity and increasing fitness. Tell them about the revenue and all the benefits of a successful program. It can be seen as a form of marketing for the city.
--mj
Many people are trying to figure out these numbers.
Larkey Pool is a small L-shaped 25 yd pool that is only open during the summer. It doesn't make much money, and I don't see how they think that Clarke will pick up the revenue from Larkey. If Larkey closes I don't think everyone will automatically come over to Clarke (kinda far and parking in the summer is a nightmare!)
Every time you go into the pool it's $4.50. So if we have 100 people swim/day (which is a little high) that's $450/day x 5 days equals $2250/week
x 50 weeks is $112,500 for the year. Summer use goes WAY up for everything as you might imagine. Oh, I know, they do lessons at Larkey. That's got to be a good chunk of change they'll be missing...
Anyway, thanks for your input Dave. You're right, it doesn't make sense!
It's more than fair to ask the Mayor for rationale behind these decisions, and then present further information. It's quite likely that the city doesn't really understand the revenue coming in from the Masters program. I will definitely email the Mayor - cutting coaches doesn't seem like a good idea when there is so much focus on reducing obesity and increasing fitness. Tell them about the revenue and all the benefits of a successful program. It can be seen as a form of marketing for the city.
--mj
