OCER formed a planning committee to address issues related to the existing, aging outdoor pool and to address the feasibility of building a new outdoor community pool. The original outdoor pool, funded by the local Kiwanis Club, was built in 1956. The Outdoor Pool Planning Committee, which included community members, and Orange Community Education & Recreation staff and Commission, spent three years researching and planning a leisure pool concept for the community. In September 2002, a ground breaking ceremony on the Orange Campus marked the beginning of construction of the department's new Outdoor Community Leisure Pool that opened June 14, 2003.