So, here's a brief update on the process. I received a call from the pool builder this morning (Blue Haven Pools). He told me that the permits will be ready to get picked up today or tomorrow. They will be putting me on the schedule to start digging as early as next week, but he wasn't able to give me a date yet.
In the meantime, I have been working to dig up my sprinkler heads and pipes that run through the center of my backyard. Should've considered the 7 P's when they designed the sprinkler system because it is hot out there trying to dig it up. Also, I have a circular plastic cover right in the middle with some wires connected in it. I don't know how to handle the piece of it yet. I'm good with digging up the PVC and flex pipe, but not sure how they routed the electric piece of it. So, any help on the would be appreciated. I'm trying to minimize how much work my sprinkler guy will have to do when I call him out after the pool is in place to re-route the one zone around the pool.