Iowa City council votes to demolish, replace City Park pool

On Tuesday, Sept. 5, the Iowa City council voted unanimously to replace the old City Park pool with an estimated cost of $10.5 million.

The city hired consultants Williams Architects & Aquatics and Counsilman Hunsaker to do an assessment of the pool in order to determine the cost effectiveness of repairs vs. replacement. During the examinations, they discovered the pool was leaking approximately 55,000 gallons of…