Will the trickle of rainwater we photographed in the Hiawatha Community Center< wading pool this morning be the only water it (and West Seattle’s other wading pools) sees this summer? At least a few citywide mailing lists are circulating concerns about the fate of Seattle Parks wading pools this summer, and some concerns/questions have made their way to the WSB inbox, so we wanted to share what we know: As reported in our coverage last week of the Seattle Parks Board meeting and a briefing by the department’s finance director, the status of wading pools (and other Parks facilities) will NOT be known until midyear budget cuts are made public. That announcement is still set for June 1st, according to Parks spokesperson Dewey Potter, with whom we checked again today; she said, “We are waiting for decisions from the Mayor and budget office on the array of possible reductions that might take place in mid-2010. We do not know if those decisions will include any closures in 2010; we will not know anything until they announce their decisions around June 1.” If the wading pools do open, Potter told us previously, opening day will be June 26.
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