Not only are there costs to "heat" an indoor facility - and no the heated water would not keep the ambient air warm like some would like in Nov - Mar - there is also the cost of air conditioning that same facility in the Jun - Sept time period. Open windows for cooling? Really? How does that work in your house, without a heated pool of water in the middle of it?
Secondly and what I think is being forgotten by many that might use the El Santiago pool for other than lap swimming... Where will you go if you don't want a more regimented lap swim time but would rather just be in the water talking with friends like many do in "our" Santiago pool now.
Third, and I have not heard this worry at all yet. The El Santiago pool is one of very few "Family" pools in the area. When the kids and grand-kids come to visit, where will they go to swim? Down south a few miles? Up near Rte 42? Better not forget this little nice thing about your community.
If you want an indoor pool for lap swimming and for a Villages Swim Club, build a new one or take an existing adult or sports someplace where is more than one pool nearby.
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