ZELIENOPLE — The parks board is looking at different options to fund renovations for the community pool that could stretch between $1.5 million and $2.3 million.

Parks board member Barbara Brizendine told borough council Monday night that the park is applying for a grant from the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources through a new funding source.

Money would no longer come from the community development fund, but instead come from DCNR’s land and water resource fund. The change brings along a greater amount of money than if it had come from the community development fund.

If successful, the park would be looking at receiving around half a million dollars, Brizendine said.

“Our grant application does not need to be amended and it met all the criteria for the funds to come out of this land and water resource fund,” Brizendine said.

However, there’s a hitch.

The grant funding from the community development fund would have allowed the park to make monthly draws on the funds, not the case from the new funding source.

“In this situation, we have to put all our money up first and then the grant is a refund,” Brizendine said.

Brizendine presented a plan to council where it would supply a third of the funding for the pool’s construction.

Another third would be fronted by borough council and the other third would be supplied by private donors.

However, the numbers can fluctuate at any given time and may not be so evenly supplied.

“None of these numbers are set in stone,” Brezindene said.

Borough manager Don Pepe said there are two prices to look at. With the restructuring of the pool itself, the cost would be around $1.5 million. With the restructuring plus amenities and landscaping, the cost would come to around $2.3 million.

One thing that has to be done though before work on the pool can begin is the remediation of the storm drainage system in the park. A reoccurring problem the pool faces in wet weather conditions is the headwaters from the creek overflow into the pool area.

“This has to occur. It’s not optional,” Pepe said.

Pepe said the cost for the storm drainage would amount to between $70,000 and $80,000.

Brizendine said the park will apply for grants again in 2016 that might potentially come from the community development fund. Although the money would be smaller in amount, there would be more options available.

“The thing to remember is the pool is a 90-day build, so it’s a pretty short time frame,” Brezindene said. “We don’t know unless we try.”

Council President Allen Bayer said he and the board are “very excited” and “relatively” confident about the project.

“There are a lot of unknowns,” Bayer said. “It’s difficult to nail down the sources of revenue.”

Some amenities being explored for the pool include a zero-entry to better accommodate those with physical challenges and toddlers, and swimming lanes for competition.

The possibility of a diving board being set up is “up in the air” according to council members.

Pepe said although a tentative plan for the project has a timeline of two to three years, renovating the pool without landscaping and extra amenities could be complete by next year if money can be obtained soon enough since it’s a 90-day build.

Council will look over the plan and decide on it in a future meeting not yet determined.