{"id":3628,"date":"2013-05-29T20:50:58","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T03:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=3628"},"modified":"2013-05-29T20:50:58","modified_gmt":"2013-05-30T03:50:58","slug":"mca-chooses-lottery-system-over-choice-system-for-local-pools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=3628","title":{"rendered":"MCA Chooses Lottery System Over Choice System for Local Pools"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"\"<\/a>After a challenging opening weekend for the Stapleton pools, the MCA put together an emergency panel Tuesday to decide a better system for getting people in and out of the pools. With the recent boom in Stapleton home sales, and no new pools currently being built, Stapleton pools were fraught with long lines, challenges with administration, and at many times, a one in one out policy. \u201cWe are well aware of the many difficulties experienced by residents over the Holiday weekend,\u201d said MCA President Liza Kampstra. \u201cWe dedicated a panel of MCA leaders and Stapleton residents to come up with the best possible solution to the crisis.\u201d\n\nThe panel needed to come up with a better way to get people in and out of the pools. \u201cHaving a free for all of people coming and going to any pool on any day clearly wasn\u2019t going to work,\u201d said Kampstra. \u201cImmediately, we raised prices for non-residents ($15 daily, $25 on weekends, $75 for Aurorans) as that will hopefully ease some of the crowd. After that, we had to make some hard decisions as to creating a system that will be fair to all residents, and help with the overcrowding at the pools.\u201d\n\nSeveral ideas were considered, but two potential solutions rose to the top as the least likely to cause major changes to the current system. \u201cWe know the schools have experimented with the choice system<\/a> with some success,\u201d said Kampstra. \u201cSo, that was one way we could go.\u201d After hours of discussing the choice plan some roadblocks were brought up. \u201cWe know that location of the pools is very important to the pool-goers,\u201d said Kampstra. \u201cSo, telling someone that lives across the street from a pool they will have to go to another pool three miles away seemed ridiculous. Maybe not for a school system<\/a>, but definitely ridiculous for a pool system.\u201d\nThe other option that is most often used in similar scenarios is the lottery system. \u201cWe thought we could create a system where people would randomly get assigned hours they would be allowed to use a pool,\u201d said Kampstra. \u201cBut, that became way to challenging to monitor. We decided to simplify the process.\u201d\nIn the end, the MCA decided to create a lottery system where members were assigned a day(s) of the week where they could attend any pool they wanted, but it had to be that day(s) and those days were non-transferable. If the member was unable to use that day, their number simply went back into the system until someone in the system was able to use it. If a lottery \u201cwinner\u201d consistently failed to show up for their day(s) they would eventually lose their pool privileges.\nThe new system has come with mixed reviews. \u201cThis is ridiculous,\u201d said pool-goer and resident Jenny Christin. \u201cPart of the fun of going to the pool is the spontaneity of it.\u201d Resident Kevin Taylor agrees. \u201cI see what they were trying to do,\u201d said Taylor. \u201cIt just seems like an awful lot of work to go to a pool you originally thought you always had access to.\u201d Sandy Williams agrees with the decision. \u201cIt seems like the most equitable way to do it,\u201d says Williams. \u201cAt least it solves the long lines and you should be able to find a place to sit.\u201d The MCA will begin implementing the plan next week, and residents will need to sign up for the lottery at www.stapletoncommunity.com\/poollotto<\/a>.\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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