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This latest chapter in Yreka’s effort to develop a public swimming pool follows the council’s return of an $8.5 million state grant to develop a new pool and swim park.

In November, voters will be asked to select three at-large council-members from a selection of six candidates, who have a range of backgrounds.

In late July, the City Council put the brakes on the aquatic park project following concerns around its cost — projected to balloon well past the $8.5 million.

A proposed aquatic park in Yreka will not move forward as costs rise and the city says it lacks the votes to add a tax to the November ballot to fund it.

“Our main problem is that regardless of where we put a pool, we currently don’t have a revenue stream,” Yreka City Manager Jason Ledbetter said.

After years of trying to gain funding for a new swimming pool in Yreka, things have now moved one step further to reality thanks to a grant.