Albert-Oakland Family Aquatic Center

Parks & Recreation
Creating Community through People, Parks and Programs

Albert-Oakland Family Aquatic Center

Oakland Pool Features:

50 meter pool with two diving boards
Double-loop enclosed flume water slide
Main pool has 9,334 surface square feet representing 400,000 gallons of water
A 2,700 square feet zero-depth family pool
SCS Play Structure
Large "Funbrellas" for plenty of shade

Percent for the Art

Oakland Family Aquatic Center is the first city construction project to feature site specific art as the result of the Percent for Art program. The paired aluminum sculptures, entitled "Leap In To", by Springfield, MO, artist Mark LaMair, depict two people diving into an implied pool.

The Percent for Art program is coordinated by the City's Office of Cultural Affairs.

"Leap In To" - Cultural Affairs

Oakland's water play structure

Pool Renovation

Oakland Pool renovation was completed in spring 1999. The Columbia Cosmopolitan Luncheon Club generously donated $9,000
towards the purchase of the pool's play structure.

Overall, the pool renovation project was financed with:

$374,000 from recreation user fees
$175,000 from the 1995 ballot to renew a quarter-cent sales tax
$175,000 grant from MO Dept of Natural Resources Local Landmark Park Grant
$30,000 from the City's Public Improvement Fund.
$55,000 from the City's Designated Loan Fund -- which will be repaid from fees collected in the Recreation Services Division
$9,000 donation from Cosmo Club

Total pool renovation cost $818,000

Oakland's 50-meter pool

Oakland's concession area

Oakland Park