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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Please illustrate in a coherent manner how realistically the pool is going to destabilize that which is under the field."

It's not that the pool will destabilize the field, it's that the shifting field will destabilize the pool. The field is actually fill, which is one of the reasons it is so difficult to maintain. The city spent hundreds of thousands of dollars carefully grooming a soccer field and installing in ground sprinklers at Hearst years ago and that lasted less than two years.  The hydrology argument will be a significant part of the debate over the future investment in the park because it is what causes the shifting soil.  If Hearst hydrology is as complex as some are saying it could dramatically increase a realistic estimate for putting a pool on the field. I suspect that one reason for keeping pool small is that the ground is not stable enough to support a larger pool without a dramatic increase in cost.

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Wait?  The field is actually fill, and not the naturally occurring oasis that many are making it out to be?  So the area has already significantly been modified by man. Thanks for pointing that out.  Guess we already borrowed the natural landscape from our children. [/quote]

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