Lenexa to keep Ad Astra Pool open next year while city staff collect public input on next steps for site

Lenexa city leaders have agreed to keep Ad Astra Pool open for one more year while they decide what to do with the site in the future.

The pool at 83rd Street and Maurer Road was scheduled to permanently close at the end of this past summer. However, after residents raised objections — and some organized a coalition in opposition to the closure — city staff and leaders embarked on a public engagement process to determine next steps.

The Lenexa city council on Oct. 15 voted to reallocate funds from the city’s capital improvement plan for 2020 (originally budgeted at $3.9 million) to open and operate the pool in 2020. The council also directed staff to hire Lenexa-based Waters Edge Aquatic Design in the public input process regarding future aquatics plans in the city.

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