20250311-004: Recommend Council include sufficient funding in FY25-26 and future City budgets to Mueller POA for summer lifeguards at Mueller pools. — original pdf

Recommendation

BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION Robert Mueller Municipal Airport Plan Implementation Advisory Commission Recommendation Number (20250311-004): To provide funding to the Mueller Property Owners Association (POA) for summer lifeguards at Mueller pools in the FY 2025-26 Budget WHEREAS, the City of Austin’s Robert Mueller Municipal Airport Plan Implementation Advisory Commission (RMMAPIAC) was established to advise the City Council on redevelopment issues affecting the implementation of Mueller’s Master Plan; WHEREAS, one of Mueller’s six 1996 community-forged and City Council-adopted redevelopment goals was for it to enhance, be compatible with, and accessible to its surrounding neighborhoods; WHEREAS, on December 2, 2004 the City of Austin and Catellus Austin, LLC entered into a Master Development Agreement for the public-private partnership to redevelop the former Robert Mueller Municipal Airport; WHEREAS, Mueller’s 140 acres of parks, green spaces, trails, and two swimming pools were developed with Mueller project funds, and are open to and heavily used by the larger Austin community, leading to the 2024 action by the City Council to approve continued annual payments, as budget allows, to the Mueller Property Owners Association (POA) towards maintaining the now City-owned Perimeter Parks; WHEREAS, since each were completed, the public has been welcome to use both Ella Wooten and John Gaines Pools during hours established by the POA from Memorial Day weekend in May to Labor Day weekend in September, paying a per-use fee comparable to City of Austin District Pools, with the POA providing required lifeguard services during public hours for the benefit of Mueller residents and nonresidents alike and WHEREAS, The Mueller POA establishes the budget for all Mueller parks and pools, and the current 2025 cost for lifeguards is budgeted to be approximately $140,500. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the RMMAPIAC recommends that the City Council includes sufficient funding in PARD’s FY 2025-26 and future budgets to cover Mueller pool lifeguard costs to maintain public access periods and for staff to coordinate with the Mueller POA on this item. Date of Approval: March 11, 2025 Record of the vote: Unanimous on a 9-0 vote; motion approved by Commissioner Krivoniak, Commissioner Hilliard’s second. Attest: Jill Fagan, Liaison Robert Mueller Municipal Airport Plan Implementation Advisory Commission