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Commissioners voted 10-1 to approve amendments to the city’s local coastal plan and approved a permit that will allow the city to begin securing the $85 million it expects it will cost to construct the pool, and find a firm to build it. But first the city will have to fine-tune the design of the pool, which will require approval from both the City Council and the commission for a final building permit, something that’s expected to happen next year.
The city currently has about $61.5 million in Tidelands Funds allocated for the project, but will have to work to close the roughly $20 million funding gap.