Clarendon Hills Pool To Close Without Tax Hike: District

CLARENDON HILLS, IL – The Clarendon Hills Park District plans to close Lions Park Pool without a property tax increase.

This is because the pool will soon become inoperable, the district said in a statement on its website.

On March 19, Clarendon Hills voters are set to decide on allowing the district to go $8 million into debt to improve the pool and make other upgrades in the district.

For the owner of a $500,000 house, the tax hike would mean a $203 annual increase for 15 years, according to the district.

In 1992, the Clarendon Hills Lions Club opened the pool. In 2003, the club decided it could no longer run the pool, so the district started managing it, according to the statement.

The district said it no longer has the money needed to improve, maintain and run the pool. It said a survey last year showed overwhelming support for new waterslides and splash pads at the pool.

The $8 million would pay for those amenities as well as new mechanical systems, the district said.

The district also plans to spend the money on playground improvements, new pickleball courts, new park pavilions and pathways, athletic field upgrades and Americans With Disabilities Act enhancements.

Without the tax hike, the park district said it would immediately close the pool and return it to the Lions Club.

Patch left a message with the Lions Club about what it would do with the pool.