Diving Board Offer Back On Table

The has a depth of 10 feet where a proposed diving board would go – not 8’6” as had been believed, according to two council members.

That extra 18 inches should be enough to allay the safety concerns of other council members, according to Drew Lehman and John Maggio.

At council's Feb. 28 agenda meeting, Lehman plans to introduce a motion in which the Friends of Dormont Pool would buy and install a one-half meter diving board at no cost to the borough.

“The variance is in line. All the information that been forwarded to our insurance company is also valid at this point,” Lehman said at Monday's recreation committee meeting.

The borough has a variance from the Allegheny County Health Department based on a one-meter board and nine feet of water. Its solicitor has also indicated the board wouldn't be a problem and its insurance carrier has said liability would not increase, according to Lehman and Maggio.

The board would be located where the old low board was located, Lehman said.

At one time, the pool had three diving boards, but they weren't replaced, apparently after breaking.

The depth was measured by the borough park foreman and B&R Pools, the company FDOP plans to use to install the board, according to Lehman and Maggio.

B&R Pools has worked on the pool in the past, Lehman said, and has done work on the pool at Keystone Oaks School District.

Friends of Dormont Pool’s offer to install a board earlier this year was initially met with excitement. That would have been for a one-meter board based on the belief that the pool was nine feet deep.

Then, questions arose over diving board length and flexibility as well as height above water, pool depth, pool shape and board location. the board in earlier this month.