Splash pad debuts at Hofman park in Montclair

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MONTCLAIR - Elsa Garcia's last-minute decision to swing by the Alma Hofman Park last week was worth it. 

Garcia and her two children were just in time to cool off at the unveiling of the city's first zero-depth splash pad at the Montclair park. 

"We thought it wasn't going to open until Labor Day," she said. "But then we saw everyone here and the girls got so excited. They don't even have their swimsuits but that didn't matter."

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Photo by: Jennifer Cappuccio Maher

Dressed in matching skirts and T-shirts, Garcia's 6- and 8-year-old were among almost 100 kids running around and flapping their hands through the shooting streams of water. 

"The summer is so hot, and I like getting wet," said 8-year-old Avi Garcia. 

The chlorine-treated splash pad is funded by San Bernardino County, through Supervisor Gary Ovitt's office. 

The $730,000 splash pad offers fountains and shooting streams of recirculated water released from motion-activated jets. It also has an anti-slip surface that doesn't harbor algae. 

Groundbreaking for the aqua-park was on April 14. The 100 people who attended the dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday were pleased to see it open for the Independence Day holiday weekend. 

"There are benches around the area for parents to watch their children and hopefully not get wet, but there are no guarantees," Ovitt said. 

While there was no cost to the city to construct the splash pad, the city will fund its operation and maintenance. 

Operation of the splash pad will be from around Memorial Day to Labor Day at an annual cost of about $35,000. 

"For me this is relaxing, and because this is for my girls - if they're relaxed then I'm relaxed," Garcia said.

 MORE SPLASH, MORE HOURS 

The splash pad is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. But on July 13, 20 and 27, the splash pad will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. The extended hours coincide with the city's summer concert in the park series on Tuesday nights. 

The splash pad is at Alma Hofman Park (Shark Park), 5201 Benito St., Montclair. 

Information: 909-625-9479, www.cityofmontclair.org

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