The Queenstown Lakes District Council is due to discuss the pool at a special meeting on Thursday.
The agenda released yesterday says the council is proposing for its 2015 10-year plan an $11.8 million, eight-lane lap pool and learners' pool to be built next to the proposed sports facility in the new Three Parks subdivision.
However, general manager operations Ruth Stokes is recommending councillors approve a public consultation document.
The document would ask the questions. -
• How soon should a pool be built?
• Where should it be sited? '
• How many lanes should it have?
• How much are ratepayers prepared to pay?
The three site options are Three Parks, the existing pool site in Plantation Rd and a site in the proposed new Northlake subdivision.
The pool could have six lanes or eight.
The document would also have a ''do nothing'' option meaning the pool would continue, as is, for at least three years.
The document says the main benefit in deferring construction of a new pool would be spreading the financial impact.
Wanaka ratepayers already face a $13.4 million bill for the new sports facility.
The document points out the advantages and disadvantages of the three suggested sites.
The distance from Wanaka and its schools is the only disadvantage listed for the Three Parks site and the proximity to schools is the only advantage listed for the present site.
On funding, the document says the council would require the cost to be met by Wanaka ward ratepayers rather than ratepayers in the whole district.
An eight-lane pool on the present site would increase rates by 10.62%.
A similar pool at Three Parks would add 8.89% to rates.
The developers of the Northlake subdivision have suggested the council lease a new pool there for 25 years.
However, the document says while this would remove the need for the council to take on additional debt to build the pools, the lease would cost more than repaying a loan taken out to finance construction.
