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Clarification on funding for school pool renovations
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Council Member Brewer inquires about the funding source for pool renovations in schools. Commissioner Donoghue clarifies that these renovations are funded by the Department of Education's budget, not the Parks Department.
- DOE is responsible for funding pool renovations in schools
- The process is described as expensive and time-consuming, taking four to five years
- There is a partnership between DOE and Parks Department to increase the number of available pools
Gale A. Brewer
0:50:25
Thank you.
0:50:26
And then just finally on the pools, you're paying for your pools, but also I have some schools that are being renovated.
0:50:32
Is DOE paying for those?
0:50:34
They have pools.
0:50:35
Or are you paying for those pools?
Susan Donoghue
0:50:37
The pools that are being The DOE pools being renovated, that's coming out of DOE's budget.
Gale A. Brewer
0:50:41
In the schools?
0:50:42
Absolutely.
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0:50:43
Okay.
Susan Donoghue
0:50:43
Yep.
0:50:43
But it's a great partnership and they've been doing terrific work in getting more pools online that so that
Gale A. Brewer
0:50:48
we can all get those takes five years,
Susan Donoghue
0:50:50
but okay.
0:50:50
But expensive process.
0:50:52
Yes, we know.
Gale A. Brewer
0:50:53
Four to five years.
0:50:54
I do not understand that.