Pool Rental Rates

Dear Swimmers, Do any of you have any infromation on pool rental rates for masters teams? What is a fair lane per hour rental? Our club in Moutain View Masters rents from the City of Moutain View. The city is considering raising rates 122%. That would put the rate at over $100 per hour and will probably cause our club to leave or heaven forbid disband. We have been a club over 20 years, we have mambers who have been swimming with us for decades. Does anybody know what a market rate is for pool rental in various areas, we are in the Bay Area of Northern California. Our club is in trouble like Walnut Creek, we hope to remedy the situation with some facts and we are fighting for our program. I think we all might agree that quality of life is closely related to our friendships and physical health, and in our society today it is tragically easy to fall into ill health and become alienated from the community. I treasure Mountain View Masters like most of you probably treasure your teams and clubs. Heck, we are spontaneous solutions to the challenges of our society and should be valued by our cities, not dismantled like what is happening in Walnut Creek, and now MVM. I am hoping that with some facts we can get through this challenge as long as we treated equitably and offered a market rate by the City of Mountain View. Any help you can give would be appreciated. Sincerely, Scott Lanterman President Mountain View Masters btw Walnut Creek . . . I wrote the mayor and told them not to mess with one of the best clubs in the nation.