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DPR (or is it DGS?  :lol: ) will spend a lot of money to wedge into the slope a glorified kiddie pool that is half the size of a tennis court -- and in the shade.  Or wait, it won't be shaded anymore, because they'll cut down all of the trees on the periphery of the park.[/quote]

So much hyperbole packed into two sentences, bravo.

1) The cost is mostly dedicated to stormwater and other improvements to the park.

WHERE IS THE DGS HYDROLOGY STUDY?  OR IS THAT DPR'S RESPONSIBILITY.  CAN ONE OF YOU WITH A PhD IN DC BUREAUCRATIC PROCESS TELL US?
2) The pool isn't being wedged. There are already little-used tennis courts there. Are the courts wedged in?  SUPPOSEDLY THE POOL, POOL HOUSE AND SURROUNDING DECK WILL FIT INTO THE FOOTPRINT OF JUST ONE TENNIS COURT.  IF THAT'S TRUE, IT'S BEING 'WEDGED.'  IF IT'S NOT TRUE, THEN DPR (OR IS IT DGS) IS LYING TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT WILL BE SACRIFICED FOR A POOL.
3) The proposed pool is the same size as many other DPR pools in the city. If you want an 8 lane 50 meter pool with a diving well, join one of the Montgomery County Community Pools.  IF DC IS BUILDING A POOL TO SERVE A LARGE WARD, YOU'D THINK THEY WOULD DO IT RIGHT.  BUT 'THIS IS THE WAY DC HAS ALWAYS DONE IT' IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR DC.
4) No one is cutting down "all" of the trees on the periphery of the park. The scrub trees on the hill around the proposed pool will likely get cleaned up, for the first time in two generations.
SOMEONE FROM DGS (OR WAS IT DPR?) SAID AT A COMMUNITY MEETING THAT THE CONSTRUCTION WOULD REQUIRE DISTURBANCE OF THE SLOPES AND REMOVAL OF THE TREES.
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