The fate of a proposed aquatic center in Fort Dodge will be determined by the voters Tuesday.
That's when they'll decide if the city government should borrow up to $8.95 million for the project through a general obligation bond issue. The bond issue must be approved by at least a 60 percent margin to advance the project.
The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. A list and map of polling places appears on page 2A of today's edition of The Messenger.
The $8.95 million total includes:
- $8.2 million for building the center and demolishing Expo Pool
- $600,000 to develop a park next to the aquatic center
- $150,000 in financing fees
The center would be constructed northeast of the corner of 32nd Street and 10th Avenue North on about 23 acres of land donated by Tom and Norma Schmoker, of Fort Dodge.
The center would include an eight-lane lap pool with diving well and slides, a shallow pool for young children filled with water toys and a bucket that pours water on bathers, a splashdown pool with three large slides, and a channel called a lazy river.
The center would open in 2010.