CLARION, Pa. (EYT) — The Clarion Area School Board unanimously approved the use of architect, Amos Rudolph, for the demolition and reclamation of the Clarion Borough Municipal Pool at its meeting on Tuesday night.
(Photo above by Dave Cyphert of ProPoint Media Photography.)
Amos E. Rudolph Architecture, LLC, of Seneca, is the firm approved for the demolition and reclamation of the pool by both the Clarion School Board on Tuesday, and the Clarion Borough Council last week. The $12,200.00 cost for this service will be split between the borough and the school district.
In addition to demolition and reclamation services, the amount also includes environmental testing, permit costs, and engineering services via Geotech Engineering Inc.
Rudolph noted that Clarion Environmental already completed environmental testing and no asbestos was found.
The Clarion Borough Council approved Rudolph’s bid at its August 3 meeting.
This is the latest action in the ongoing borough pool saga since June when council approved a letter to the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources deeming it an obsolete facility. While council was in the process of submitting an application for a 2022 PA DCNR Community Conservation Partnership Program grant for the pool, the Clarion Area School Board approved a new lease for the land on Tuesday, March 8.
Council voted in April to officially not renew the 25-year pool property lease with the school district.
Prior to this action, council had approached the school board for a new 25-year lease from March 1, 2022, until February 28, 2047, to show possession of the property as required in the DCNR grant application. The school district also added a requirement that the borough must secure a total of $1,100,000.00 in funds needed to complete the rehabilitation of the pool. The funds needed to be secured on or before November 30, 2023, or the district could elect to terminate the lease by providing 20 days’ written notice to the borough.
A start date for the demolition and reclamation project has not been set.
