Filter system, roof work included in pool project
The most expensive elements of upgrading the city’s Andretta Pool will be installing new filter equipment and replacing the roof of the bathhouse, according to a summary of the project.
Some $2.5 million of the state’s $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative grant to the city of Kingston has been earmarked for improvements to the pool and the adjacent Dietz Stadium, which are on the same property along Joys Lane.
The total cost of the work at the stadium and pool is expected to be $2.8 million, just a bit more than the state grant.
The summary of the pool project in the Downtown Revitalization Initiative, or DRI, plan that the city submitted to the state calls for spending:
• $175,000 for a new filter sys-
tem.
• $125,000 for a new roof for the bathhouse.
• $50,000 to remodel the lobby and bathroom in order to comply with disability laws.
• $5,000 for other repairs, including to the
pool’s liner.
The pool complex sits on 1.4 acres across the parking lot from the stadium. It’s open six days a week from late June until Labor Day, and seasonal attendance is estimated to be 2,700.
“The facility has a 25-meter, six-lane pool with a deck, an approximately 3,000-square-foot bathhouse and locker room facility with a communal
area, a separate fenced in picnic area and a bike rack,” the city’s DRI plan states. “However, like Dietz Stadium, Andretta Pool needs maintenance and investment. With investment, Andretta Pool would likely be more highly utilized as a special-purpose facility for the Kingston community.”
The Kingston Parks and Recreation Department first outlined the pool complex’s
needed upgrades in a 2015 report.
The $10 million DRI grant for Kingston was announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo last fall, and details of how the money will be spent were announced last week.
The largest share of the money, $3.8 million, is going toward the public amenities related to the planned mixed-use development
known as The Kingstonian.
The Kingstonian is a $48 million project that’s to be built at Fair and North Front streets in Uptown and include 132 residential units, 8,500 square feet of commercial space, a 34room hotel and 420 parking spaces, of which 250 would be for public use. The project is being undertaken by JM Development
Group LLC of New Windsor, in partnership with the Kingston-based Herzog Supply Co.
Also from the DRI grant, $987,100 will be used to redesign Schwenk Drive, $600,000 will be used to establish a small grants and loans program for the Stockade business district, and $472,500 will be used to create an open, public space along Frog Alley.