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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is an option that shows 2 tennis courts and a pool. Problem solved.

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All of the options show the soccer field dramatically reduced in size.[/quote]

Unfortunately, as the DPR team and the firm that DC contracted to plan the Hearst Park renovations have explained, the three proposed pool options for Hearst Park with a pool are basically just conceptual and are not dimensionally accurate or reflect all of a pool's ancillary facilities. As a post on the neighborhood list serve explains, none of those drawings accurately depicts the pool house and changing facilities, the concrete pool deck, nor the ADA pathways that will be required. The Department of General Services, which has overall responsibility for physical construction, also confirmed that there have not been any hydrology or feasibility studies done at the park to ensure that Hearst Park is actually a feasible location for a pool.  This is important, not least because of the park's high water table.

It seems that the notion of pool at Hearst is basically Trumpian:  don't worry about the details, it will be totally amazing and fantastic, believe me.[/quote]

[b]But DPR and DGS just completed a survey where they asked stakeholders to vote for one of the three proposals, and presumably they are going to use the results to guide future decision-making.[/b] Saying they are "conceptual" and not to scale is tantamount to saying they're meaningless. It's pretty apparent that any design is going to require compromises, the point of the public input is to gauge which compromises are palatable to the public. If they then pivot and say the choices that were presented aren't really the choices the whole process falls apart.

I have to say that this has not been the city government's finest hour. In the best of conditions this would be a complicated process, and it's been bungled.[/quote]

Not only are the conceptual options largely meaningless, so is the 'survey' itself.  If you read this thread, you will see a Hearst pool advocate urging like-minded supporters to use every on-line device they own to complete the survey multiple times and skew the results.   :roll:  [/quote]

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