Overland Park city council ignores residents, votes to close small community pools

Overland Park city council ignores residents, votes to close small community pools

For the last two years, Overland Park residents have taken part in a number of surveys and public input sessions for a long-range plan called “Playbook OP,” and public pools were a strong part of the plan. Residents overwhelmingly favored small, neighborhood pools such as the one at Stonegate. On Monday, July 20, 2026, the Overland Park City Council — sitting as a “committee of the whole” — voted 7-to-5 to ignore the express wishes of much of th…