Letter submitted to the Mayor and City Council during "Items from the Audience."
As a member of the Education Hill Neighborhood Association, (EdNA) I can’t thank you enough for the terrific job you’ve done building and maintaining our parks. I want to encourage you to budget to replace the Hartman Pool (on Hartman Park) with a neighborhood community center. Promotion of a neighborhood center in Hartman might dovetail with your downtown recreationcenter promotion…. and help to move it forward.
Yesterday, a poll was taken on the EdNA site asking members
what they’d want on the Hartman Pool site when it’s demolished.
Of 573 association members. 95 members participated,
including Metropolitan King County Council member Kathy Lambert. In short, the
poll and threads indicated over 70 of the members would accept, and most would
want, a neighborhood center as long as the trees are saved. Interestingly, only
5 members wanted a new pool. I swim laps and wouldn’t mind giving it up to take a morning walk and meet my
neighbors over coffee.
Benefits of the Center: