{"id":482833,"date":"2025-12-31T17:13:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T17:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/482833\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T17:13:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T17:13:12","slug":"jersey-village-to-host-town-hall-for-new-city-pool-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/482833\/","title":{"rendered":"Jersey Village to host town hall for new city pool design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Jersey Village City Council will hold a town hall Jan. 6 to receive public input on design plans for a new city pool in Clark Henry Park.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The gist<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The city moved forward with design consultations for the new pool in November after voters <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/houston\/cy-fair-jersey-village\/election\/2025\/11\/04\/update-2-of-3-jersey-village-bond-propositions-passing-unofficial-results-show\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">narrowly approved<\/a> a $6.5 million bond to fund the construction. The scope of the project includes the pool itself and a pump house but no other amenities, according to previous Council discussion.<\/p>\n<p>Community members will be able to view preliminary designs and share feedback on specific features during the town hall, per a public notice for the meeting. Residents can also meet the design team and ask questions about the project process.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Looking back<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The City Council in February approved the demolition of the former Clark Henry Pool, which had exceeded its lifespan, after it was determined that repairing and maintaining the 50-year-old pool would cost the same as building a new one, Community Impact <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/houston\/cy-fair\/government\/2025\/02\/13\/jersey-village-city-council-moves-forward-with-pool-demolition\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previously reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jersey Village voters previously rejected a $10.1 million bond in November 2024 that would have been used to renovate the old pool, <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/houston\/cy-fair\/election\/2024\/11\/05\/voters-fail-to-approve-jersey-villagess-101m-pool-bond-in-nov-5-election\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to previous reporting from Community Impact<\/a>. The recent $6.5 million bond passed by only five votes, 2025 election results show.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What you need to know<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Jan. 6 town hall is scheduled for 6-8 p.m. in the Civic Center Auditorium located at 16327 Lakeview Drive, Jersey Village.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Jersey Village City Council will hold a town hall Jan. 6 to receive public input on design&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":482834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5130],"tags":[218590,218589,4345,180675,218588,358,15714,3187],"class_list":["post-482833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-2025-bond-election-results","tag-clark-henry-pool","tag-houston","tag-jersey-village-city-council","tag-jersey-village-pool","tag-texas","tag-town-hall","tag-tx"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115815304940782650","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}