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Swimming in the swimming park.
A replacement is planned for the demolished facility.
© Thomas Plettenberg
The Waakirchner local council also discussed the planned swimming pool in the Tegernsee Valley.
It was agreed that the proposed financing was not feasible for the municipality.
Waakirchen – The Waakirchen local council had a heated discussion following the indoor swimming pool information event in the Seeforum on Tuesday evening.
The municipality, which was represented in the municipal swimming working group, was asked to contribute 2.1 million euros to the construction and a further ten million euros over 33 years to cover the deficits of a municipal swimming pool.
There was a consensus in the committee from the start that Waakirchen would not be able to cope financially at this level.
As it progressed, however, it split into two camps: One around third mayor Rudi Reber and Martin Weingärtner (both ABV) as well as Robert Engelmann, Alexander Mayr and Erwin Welzmiller (each CSU), all of whom were of the opinion that Waakirchen didn't like that at all can afford, that it is a requirement of fairness towards the valley communities to create clarity immediately - i.e. to get out - and that Waakirchen should concentrate on its own projects and treat them as a priority.
Reber, for example, said that he would be “out of the loop” if loans had to be taken out for such a project, spoke of a “castle in the air” and that the money could be used to send Waakirchner children swimming for 2,000 years.
Engelmann wanted to get out of the project immediately or, better yet, not even get involved in the project because the cost-benefit ratio was not right.
And Welzmiller called for clear announcements to be made today.
“We absolutely cannot afford this.”
The other group, which included Cornelia Riepe and Evi Obermüller (both Greens) and Caroline Marquardt (WIR), spoke out in favor of participating, but not to the extent mentioned.
For teacher Obermüller, swimming lessons for the children were the main argument; they were even part of the curriculum.
The children from Waakirchen are currently not being allowed reasonable swimming time in the existing, but overloaded, swimming pools.
And the bathroom in Bad Tölz will soon be renovated.
Also: “Swimming is essential for survival.” Especially if you live near a lake.
Riepe advocated a commitment to promote popular sport, to support clubs and those who volunteer with the DLRG or the water rescue service.
While Jan Heiermann (SPD) and Michael Mohrenweiser (ABV) weighed up the consequences for co-determination and occupancy times if Waakirchen were to join as a “junior partner” with only two percent instead of the planned ten, Christine Weindl demanded the specific planning costs.
She supported Riepe's suggestion to first discuss the first three to four project steps.
Mayor Norbert Kerkel (FWG) asked: “This is a far-reaching matter.
We have to be sure and think about all the arguments.” He wants to talk again with his colleagues from the valley communities and also with primary school principal Holger Kraus about the curriculum requirements.
A decision has therefore not yet been made: “There is no pressure and we are not delaying anything,” said Kerkel.
Other municipalities would not address the issue until April.
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