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 * Municipal Pools Timeline **

toc =Sink Or Swim Hamilton = = = =**Swimming in Lake Rotoroa? **= Another swimming goal to include in the HCC Long Term Plan: SOS supports the campaign to improve water quality in Lake Rotoroa (Hamilton Lake). This is one of HCC's goals, but is currently unfunded. If you haven't already made your submission, and you think improved water quality in the lake is a good idea, include a request for funding this important goal in your submission.

Alternatively you can fill in this, scan it, and return it to David Menkes at david.menkes@waikatodhb.health.nz He will collate responses and submit on Monday, which is the last day for submissions.

=**2108 Hamilton City Council Long Term Plan:** = = is open for submissions until 30 April 2018. The Plan set out how the Hamilton ratepayers' money will be spent over the next 10 years. Have your say by going to the Hamilton City Council website = [] and making a submission, or by getting the consultation document and submission form from Council offices. If you want the Hamilton Municipal Pools to be redeveloped so we can have another 100 years of wonderful outdoor swimming, this is your chance to let Council know. Here is what Sink or Swim has to say on the matter:

=A message from Sink Or Swim =

Dear Friends and Supporters. Today HCC councillors spend most of the day debating the future of our beloved Municipal Pools. Sadly, we must report that they have now decided not to put any money into the Long Term Plan to refurbish the Munies. However, some small consolation is that neither have they allocated any money to demolish the site. So the complex will remain in its current state indefinitely. We hope that a new council in a year and a half will have more interest in providing for the heritage values and recreation needs of the community. Tomorrow's Waikato Times is likely to provide a more comprehensive article on the council meeting, so watch out for it. Thanks to all those who have worked with us on the campaign - many people have done many things, large and small, over the 3 years since the Munies closed. But in the end, it all came down to the dollars, with the majority of councillors preferring to retain the austerity budget. We hope you can find some way of compensating for your need for outdoor swimming and water sport services in this city until we can get a better solution going. Never give up hope. All the very best from the SOS core group.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;">Sink Or Swim <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <span style="color: #888888; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Sink Or Swim is a committee within Hamilton East Community Trust dedicated to serving the needs of Hamilton’s individual swimmers by ensuring the Hamilton City Council-owned Municipal Pools become once more available to the public.

facebook: www.facebook.com/SinkOrSwimHamilton email: sink.or.swim.hamilton@gmail.com <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">Municipal Pools Timeline

City Council Votes To Close Municipal Pools Permanently
@http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/69117544/city-council-votes-to-close-municipal-pools-permanently

=Previous Action=

Pools Timeline
Municipal Pools Timeline //Help us by adding your story to the Municipal Pools Timeline link above// //- enter 'Your Name' and the Password 'sospools'//
 * What's your Pools story?**

//This timeline includes newspaper reports, websites, documents, anecdotes and more..//

Have your say...
Email: sink.or.swim.hamilton@gmail.com Facebook page Open Forum Have your say in this public forum.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A final call to action on behalf of the swimmers of Hamilton
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hamilton City Council Long Term Plan 2015-2025 Consultation Period <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Closes 4:00pm, Friday 15 May 2015 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Watch this space for more details and in the meantime go to: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">OUR CONSULTATION ON THE HCC LONG TERM PLAN REGARDING CLOSING THE POOL

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> SOS attended two of the three community consultation meetings in the past couple of weeks to discuss the future of the Munies with councillors. Remember, the LTP recommendation is to close the Munies permanently, and we don't want that to happen. Today we also attended a special meeting with councillors, and here is the link to the report we shared with them. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Have you put in your submission yet? see the HCC website, or our previous posts for the links. Submissions close Friday 15 May.


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@Submission Time for the Hamilton City Council 10 Year Plan-2015-2025

Local Elections 2013
Should we invest in the pools for the benefit of the city? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The question we are posing is this: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> What is your stance on provision of council funding to refurbish the Municipal Pools and maintain them as a public facility and city amenity?

Who will you vote for?
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;">Dear swimmers and Municipal Pools supporters

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> Sink Or Swim thinks it is vitally i mportant that you vote in the current local body election, for many reasons. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;"> Remember that you only have a few days left to vote as all votes must be received by noon on Saturday. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;"> To help you decide on one of the issues facing Hamilton, Sink or Swim attempted to canvass all candidates for Hamilton City Council on their view of the future for the Municipal Pools. Unfortunately the government's www.vote.co.nz website had performance issues' both for the public and for the candidates. So we also directly approached the candidates. Attached is a summary of all responses received. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;"> If you care about the future of the Municipal Pools, please take the time to read the attachment to help you decide who to vote for. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;"> The candidate answers are also on our facebook page: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> @https://www.facebook.com/SinkOrSwimHamilton

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> Best regards

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> for a successful democratic process and an engaged public <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> -- <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> Sink Or Swim

Councillors debate fate of Municipal Pools
A leading Hamilton architect has drawn up designs to "breathe new life" into Hamilton's historic Municipal Pools as councillors debate whether to shut the complex permanently. Architect Mark Wassung is expected to show councillors his concept today ahead of a vote on the pool's future...

AARON LEAMAN

Municipal Pools Celebrates 100 Years in Style
What a fantastic party we had! Hundreds of people including MPs, the Mayor and Deputy Mayor, several councillors, past Olympic, Commonwealth Games and Empire games swimmers, world-class triathletes and other personalities all contributed to making it a great day. A brief description of the party: Pool Party Photos
 * Happy 100th Birthday Municipal Pools, Saturday 8 December 2012**

Stakeholder-discussions-over-Municipal-Pools-future.aspx

**Submissions**
Attached in the pages and files section are our submissions to the Hamilton City Council Ten Year Plan. The submissions on heritage aspects and building matters are minus some appendices that could not readily be copied, otherwise they are all complete. All submissions also appear on the HCC website here: []

Petition/Proof of Support
We amassed more than 2500 signatures in support of our submission to the Long Term Plan. Thanks to all those who signed, and especially to those who took their time to gather the signatures. The support was overwhelming.

Council report on the Municipal Pools recommends closure
On Wednesday 5 December 2012 HCC released their report on the future of the Municipal Pools. You can read the report here:

Sink Or Swim Enters Trust Arrangement
Sink or Swim has decided to enter into a trust arrangement to raise money to refurbish the pools. Hamilton City Council, in a council meeting on 11 December 2012 agreed to allow SOS time to come up with a plan to do this. The council meeting is recorded here: @http://www.hamilton.co.nz/our-council/news/Pages/Stakeholder-discussions-

=In the beginning...=

This site has been set up to support the historic Hamilton Municipal Pools. The pool complex was opened in 1912 and is now the oldest surviving civic facility in Hamilton. It is also the oldest surviving in ground pool in New Zealand, and possibly the south pacific... The only aquatic facility within the central city and surrounded by schools, this pool has been central to swimming and swimming skills in Hamilton for generations. We need your help to save these pools.