Neighbor says pool effort ignores seniors

I live next door to the proposed site of the (Verano Avenue) pool. Right on the property line, to be exact, and have gone to the community meetings that they have held. The feeling that I’ve gotten is that they don’t know what they are doing, nor do they care about the senior neighbors.

The first thing that they said was that the pool wouldn’t pay for itself, so it would have to be a multi-purpose facility. I got a petition signed by many of the residents here asking for an indoor pool, sound walls, and a buffer zone. We are literally feet from the proposed facility. They would not even consider making it an indoor pool, which to us would make it usable year round, be quieter and less expensive to maintain. They wanted to put a walking path along the creek, which is a very fragile eco-system, and a bridge over Verano Ave. for the kids from the Boys and Girls Club. Can you imagine the noise from all of the screaming kids, cars coming and going and people talking and yelling at all hours, right between two senior housing complexes? FAHA and Lazzarotto’s?

Many of the residences are ill and are housebound, so can’t get away from the construction or operating noise. These aren’t people that are up early and out all day. The whole thing seems ill conceived and unnecessary. A pool at Maxwell Farms or the high school would make more sense. Keep it away from where people are living just a few feet away.

Linda Bryan, El Verano