Neighbors are not happy about Ransom's pool
A large part of Thursday's Village Council meeting was given over to the subject of the new pool planned for Ransom Everglades upper school, on Main Highway.
The current pool was built in 1972 and currently is in a "state of demise," according to Ellen Moceri, head of the school, who spoke before the Village Council. A City engineer gives it two more years before it is unusable.
The school has 150 or so kids in their award winning swimming and water polo programs. And over 1200 who are part of their summer camps. They now would like to build a regulation-size pool, which 15 other independent schools have in the county. Their plan is to have the new pool built in another area of the property so as to allow for all activities to go on uninterrupted, when the new pool is completed, the old pool will be filled in and become another sort of playing field.
Eric Lefebvre, the school's water polo coach, was also present, with large maps and diagrams of the property and the planned project.
On June 16, the City's Planning Board approved the school's new plans and they denied neighbors' appeals to have the project stopped.
Neighbors who live near the school are concerned with traffic, noise and lights. One neighbor who spoke before the Village Council, Deli Torris, said that Ransom is currently "having trouble containing their music, lights and noise."
The school has agreed to many new regulations set forth by the Zoning Board and the neighbors, including not having any Sunday activities, which they currently do, also no sound will be permitted on the fields during the week, only Friday nights; the school band will not even practice outside before Friday night games.
Whistles are not used and Saturday activities will be contained between 10 am and 3 pm.
The neighbors, including Ms. Torris, feel that the new pool will be too large and that even though the school insists the new pool will have the sound more contained than the current one, that there are too many noise and traffic issues now.
Only two years ago, new bright lights were installed and extended evening hours were added to the activities schedule. Before that, the neighbors seemed to be fine with the school's existence (it's been there since 1903).
The Village Council felt that the two parties should hash it out on their own and compromise. The noise ordinance was brought up by David Collins, Council Member, and he agreed to notify police Commander Colina about the issue and to have him take the noise complaints seriously if and when neighbors complain.
The current pool was built in 1972 and currently is in a "state of demise," according to Ellen Moceri, head of the school, who spoke before the Village Council. A City engineer gives it two more years before it is unusable.
The school has 150 or so kids in their award winning swimming and water polo programs. And over 1200 who are part of their summer camps. They now would like to build a regulation-size pool, which 15 other independent schools have in the county. Their plan is to have the new pool built in another area of the property so as to allow for all activities to go on uninterrupted, when the new pool is completed, the old pool will be filled in and become another sort of playing field.
Eric Lefebvre, the school's water polo coach, was also present, with large maps and diagrams of the property and the planned project.
On June 16, the City's Planning Board approved the school's new plans and they denied neighbors' appeals to have the project stopped.
Neighbors who live near the school are concerned with traffic, noise and lights. One neighbor who spoke before the Village Council, Deli Torris, said that Ransom is currently "having trouble containing their music, lights and noise."
The school has agreed to many new regulations set forth by the Zoning Board and the neighbors, including not having any Sunday activities, which they currently do, also no sound will be permitted on the fields during the week, only Friday nights; the school band will not even practice outside before Friday night games.
Whistles are not used and Saturday activities will be contained between 10 am and 3 pm.
The neighbors, including Ms. Torris, feel that the new pool will be too large and that even though the school insists the new pool will have the sound more contained than the current one, that there are too many noise and traffic issues now.
Only two years ago, new bright lights were installed and extended evening hours were added to the activities schedule. Before that, the neighbors seemed to be fine with the school's existence (it's been there since 1903).
The Village Council felt that the two parties should hash it out on their own and compromise. The noise ordinance was brought up by David Collins, Council Member, and he agreed to notify police Commander Colina about the issue and to have him take the noise complaints seriously if and when neighbors complain.
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