{"id":245226,"date":"2026-04-11T16:05:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T16:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/245226\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T16:05:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T16:05:29","slug":"montopolis-pool-project-austin-parks-and-recreation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/245226\/","title":{"rendered":"Montopolis Pool Project | Austin Parks and Recreation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Project Updates<\/p>\n

November 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Previous Newsletters<\/p>\n

\"MontopolisPool_Rendering_2023\"<\/p>\n

Background<\/p>\n

Montopolis\u00a0Pool is located in the Montopolis Neighborhood Park, located southeast of downtown Austin. The pool originally opened in 1979. On February 1, 1974, Austin Parks and Recreation (APR) purchased the Montopolis Community Center from Montopolis Community Center, Inc. and also received five surrounding acres to develop into a park.<\/p>\n

In 1976, the Planning Commission began emphasizing a need for swimming pools throughout all communities and expedited the construction of a swimming pool in Montopolis Park. The Montopolis Pool was also championed later that year by the Parks and Recreation Board, and the first pool development process began in\u00a0December 1977 and was completed in 1979. The pool has served the community for 43\u00a0years and needs renovations.<\/p>\n

Project Description<\/p>\n

The\u00a02018 Aquatic Vision Plan<\/a>\u00a0adopted in 2018, calls for Montopolis Pool to be renovated as a community pool. The existing pool building will be lightly renovated and an additional pool building will be built to provide a family restroom and changing space.<\/p>\n

The project will also participate in the City of Austin\u00a0Art in Public Places (AIPP) program<\/a>, which will commission a permanent art installation at the pool facility.<\/p>\n

Anticipated TimelineSummer 2022: Community Engagement (Complete)Winter 2025: Construction Start (In Progress)Summer 2026: Construction EndFinal Pool ConceptsUpdated Site Plan<\/p>\n

\"MontopolisPool_SitePlan_2023\"<\/p>\n

Pool FeaturesNew family changing rooms and showersZero depth entryPool shade \u2013 both shade structure and treesNew picnic areasRenovated restroom, open year-roundWater slideAdditional seating areasNew rain garden and landscaping\u00a0Rendering Looking East<\/p>\n

\"MontopolisPool_RenderingEast_2023_1\"<\/p>\n

Initial Pool Concepts<\/p>\n

The initial pool concepts presented at Community Meeting #1 and influenced by input received from Survey #1 can be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Initial Pool Concepts<\/a> (PDF, 98 KB)<\/p>\n

Community Engagement<\/p>\n

The community engagement process for the renovation project began during the 2022 swim season. The community feedback is shared below. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

Final Pool Concept Feedback (closed October 29): View Survey Results<\/a><\/p>\n

Community Engagement Meeting #2
September 13, 2022, 7 to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

Community Survey #2 (closed July 19): View Survey Results<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Community Meeting #1
Tuesday, June 21, 2022, 7 p.m.
Virtual and In-person at Montopolis\u00a0Recreation and Community Center<\/p>\n

Community Survey #1 (closed June 7): View Survey Results<\/a><\/p>\n

Funding and Resources<\/p>\n

This project is funded through the 2018 GO Bond.<\/p>\n

Contact Information<\/p>\n

For questions or concerns, please contact D\u2019Anne Williams, Austin Parks and Recreation Project Manager, by email<\/a> or at 512-974-9456.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Project Updates November 2025 Previous Newsletters Background Montopolis\u00a0Pool is located in the Montopolis Neighborhood Park, located southeast of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245227,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":{"0":"post-245226","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-austin","9":"tag-austin-headlines","10":"tag-austin-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}