Park Board votes to back plan initiated by Rochester City Council. 10:15 pm, May 4, 2021 ×
The Silver Lake Pool on Wednesday, September 2, 2020, in Rochester. (Andrew Link / alink@postbulletin.com)
Unanimous Rochester City Council support for reopening the Silver Lake Park pool was met with a more tepid response from the city’s Park Board on Tuesday.
“It’s a one-year fix,” said Park Board President Linnea Archer. “We are not really fixing Silver Lake pool, we are just opening it up with duct tape and Band-Aids so it is open.”
Following a 95-minute discussion, the Park Board voted 4-1 to support a plan adopted by the City Council’s proposal to spend $95,000 to reopen and operate the pool that has been closed since the end of the 2019 season.