Many residents and visitors alike share the wonderful trails that surround and run through all the open space of La Costa Valley.
The City of Carlsbad have developed and continue to expand a city-wide trail system. That means the many local long-distance runners and triathletes can enjoy more cross-country training without needing to leave Carlsbad. Also, about anyone with a dog can give their pooch some new areas to check out (on a leash, of course.)
Jeanie Sprague-Bentley has an article in the Coast News today - Trail Introduced as part of National Trails Day - about the progress on harmonizing trails in the city, and about National Trails Day.
Do you want to change who uses the pool, and when?
Give your vote in the following poll and show up at the next HOA Board meeting to voice your concern.
At the last La Costa Valley HOA board meeting (May 12th), a concerned homeowner brought up a proposal to restrict use of the pool. His concern is that during the daytime in summer, the pool gets so busy that kids don’t have enough room to play.
His proposal is to remove the lane lines at 10am and replace them at 4pm throughout the summer.
Many homeowners were in attendance and voiced their opinions and concerns.
Some of the comments were:
Since there are many adult swimmers, there should be more lane lines, not fewer.
What about swim lessons? Honey needs the lane lines and not all swim students can come early in the morning.
Safety is a concern, because kids get in the way of swimmers, some of whom can’t see the kids.
The pool is only busiest on certain holidays and the hottest days. Most of the time, the pool has lots of room.
We’ve been able to work it out among ourselves for nearly 10 years, so why change things?
Some swimmers have been swimming outside of the lane lines, in the way of kids
Some parents do not want to have their kids reminded to stay off the lane lines and out of the lanes when there are swimmers there.
Some parents do not mind having their kids reminded.
The lane lines are fragile and removing and replacing them twice a day will likely break them. They also cost something like $800 to be replaced.
It takes two people to remove and replace the lane lines. Asking a homeowner to do that or assist with that might bring up liability exposure for the HOA. Hiring extra staff to remove and replace the lines each day will add more expense.
There are plenty of places for kids to play: playgrounds, the wading pool, the larger part of the pool outside the lane lines, but swimming is only in a small part of the pool.
The pool is one of the greatest things about living in La Costa Valley so should be kept available for everyone.
Not everyone can swim as early or as late as the time blocked out. Many swimmers have a work schedule that only permits mid-day swimming.
Lap swimmers can’t use the lap lanes when Honey is teaching.
After the discussion, the HOA Board voted 4-1 in favor of keeping things the way they are.
Take this poll to let your voice be heard. Immediately after you take the poll, you will be able to see how your neighbors have voted. Tell your friends to visit this site and make their wishes known.
Also, come to the next HOA meeting, especially if your opinion is different than your neighbors. See the official La Costa Valley HOA website for details about the place and time of the next Board meeting, and if this issue will be on the agenda.
In mid-April, be sure to check out the official La Costa Valley HOA website before you head to the pool. Sometime in mid-April it will be closed for a few days for repairs.
It’s great that the HOA is keeping the pool in great shape, even if they need to take a few Spring days to fix things up.
