Posted: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 12:09 pm

Murfreesboro City Council will consider taking out loans to revamp the aging pools at SportsCom at its regular Thursday night meeting.

The city looks to spend up to $3.2 million to refurbish both the indoor and outdoor pools at the recreation facility that was built in 1987.

Murfreesboro Parks and Recreation Director Lanny Goodwin estimates the project will cost $2.9 million.

Construction will start in February with the outdoor pool, which will reopen on Memorial Day without any weather delays. The indoor pool will then close to be resurfaced and get a new filtration system.

When finished, the outdoor pool will have a “water-park setting,” complete with a “sprayground,” water slides, an open lap pool and climbing wall, Goodwin said previously.

Public Hearings
•  For consideration of annexation of approximately 12.64 acres located north of Wilkinson Pike and west of West Park Drive and adopt a plan of services. Map

• For consideration of rezoning approximately .25 acres along Greenland Dr. and Old Lascassas Rd. from Residential Multi-Family Sixteen (RM-16) District to Local Commercial (CL) District; Pradeep Agnihotri, applicant. Map

• For consideration rezoning an area along Gresham Park Drive south of Wilkinson Pike as follows: approximately 10.3 acres from General Office (OG) District to Highway Commercial (CH) District; approximately 5.54 acres from Single-Family Residential Fifteen (RS-15) District to Office General (OG) District; approximately 2.95 acres from Gateway Design Overlay 2 (GDO-2) District to Gateway Design Overlay 1 (GDO-1) District; and to remove approximately 11.62 acres from the Battlefield Protection (BPD) District; Mr. Tommy Smith on behalf of Mr. C.M. Gatton, applicant. Map