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While we appreciate the 15k gesture on the part of the City of Doral (not MDAC), when you consider that 95% of that team comes from Doral, shouldnt that be expected? The City of MS is losing 200k in the off-season to keep the pool open so that their private team can practice here and have their meets. 15k does NOT go a long way to remediate our 200k in losses. We would save that 200k by just shutting it down in the off-season. That is the prudent and simple solution. Why would 13,000+ residents be expected to indulge a handful of Springs kids and take those BIG losses when it benefits a private team of mostly somebody else's kids? If they were to split the losses, maybe it would make better sense, but, as it is, it makes NO sense. If they want the convenience of practicing here, they should be willing to pay reasonable and standard expenses. Then we could look at it from a cost/benefit basis. To do anything less would be fiscally irresponsible to the large majority of taxpaying Miami Springs residents.

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Was Oct 6th the districts? Thats the only day any other substantial payments were made, besides GMAC. Perhaps the time is right to make a FOI request for monthly MDAC master rosters for the past couple years, and any contracts with, and/or payments made from, MDAC for the past couple years. If Patti Bradley says that Gym handles MDAC personally and she doesnt receive any payments from MDAC for the use of our pool for practices or meets, then Gym should be able to clear this up for us. Who is inconvenienced more, the parents of those 6 Springs kids, or the 13,000+ residents who lose $200,000 in the offseason by keeping the pool open for MDAC? If MDAC would just pay us fair-market value we could keep the pool open and preserve the facilities and solid lifeguard staff we already have in place. We really need to break even, at least, but could maybe live with a little loss- but not $200,000. That money needs to be applied other places to benefit the large majority of residents, who are already hurting. That $200,000 could help a lot of residents and needs to be spread out for the benefit of all- not just a few. Its just a luxury that we can no longer afford, and is NOT without precedence. It has been done in the past when times were tough, and needs to be done NOW. We will also have a HUGE deficit next year, count on it, as the change orders and cost overruns begin on the new gym.