According to the N.T. article about the potential splashpad is to be located on the land where the former Washington School was demolished for an approximate cost of 1 million dollars.
The original request for a grant from the DNR was for a splashpad to be located in the area of the former swimming pool and they were told NO, you need more than a splashpad to be able to be approved for a grant. Back to the drawing board and the city added horseshoe pit, volleyball courts, picnic tables for checkers and an expanded parking lot in the triangle across from the Peru Library.
And then we had a state election and the current governor Quinn was replaced by current Governor Rauner and all grants were froze. So now a different location but we still have to put in horseshoe pits that will probably be little utilized and volleyball court or courts. So instead of a grant for app. 250,000, and the donation of 100,000 for an ADA accesible splashpad and now the city is saying at least a million dollars. Not sure how much of the Pool Fund is available for a splashpad.
Does this make sense considering we are now going to create a million dollar splashpad adjacent to a residential area. Last I knew we are still a fairly small city of probably between 9500 and 10,000 and with smaller families and how many children of the age to use this splashpad are living in Peru? When the pool was demolished and the city hired a company to design a new pool, I believe the cost was approximately 3 million for a state of art pool from this company, others would have been less. The Mayor and City Council said NO. What does our City Plan project for our city?
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I personally think this estimate of a million dollars for a spash pad is outrageous. I can't imagine a splash pad costing that much money and I wonder where the money is going to come from. With Happ's contribution, the Friends for Peru Pool contribution, the $124,000 grant, and the city's $124,000 match of the grant we are still short roughly $500,000. And why do we always think we have to be the proverbial Leader of the Valley? I think that's childish and we would be much better off if we worked together with the rest of the Illinois Valley to make it a more cohesive community. Has anyone seen, or is there, a design for this project? I just cannot imagine spending one million dollars on a splash pad.
This is a total waste of tax money. I'm writing a letter to the DNR, Governor Rauner, Representative Skoog, and Senator Rezin and asking them to put an end to this nonsense.
The State, County, and City do not have the ability to pay for this and we do not have a need.
they will do a anything in this city to get elected!
When is the summer help done for the year. Waste of payroll .
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