INFRASTRUCTURE: MBUSD may include Begg Pool in school bond
by Mark McDermott As the Manhattan Beach Unified School District explores the potential for a new school bond to address facilities’ needs, the MBUSD Board of Education last week raised the possibility of including the redesign of Begg Pool as part of it. The nearly 70-year-old community pool, which is located adjacent to Polliwog Park on MBUSD land, is nearing the end of its useful life. The City of Manhattan Beach operates the pool as part of its shared use agreement with the district. Last year, the City Council commissioned a set of designs by architectural firm HMC, who presented those plans to council earlier this month and to the school board at its May 15 meeting. One option would renovate the existing structures and the 25-yard pool. Another which would scrape the entire site and create a new aquatics center with both a 25-yard pool and a 35-meter competition sized pool. The renovation is projected to cost $28 million, while the new aquatics center would cost $40 million. The City would be hard-pressed to come up with that much money, particularly with competing capital improvement needs, such as a new $30 million downtown parking structure and a proposed outdoor dining…
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