Stay updated with breaking news from Kaia yngve. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Silver Lake pool fate remains murky postbulletin.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from postbulletin.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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. ....
“There is no pin on a map for a lot of these projects,” he said. Some of the largest expenses for the year, however, are planned for specific parks, including $375,000 dedicated to the next phase of work at Cascade Lake Park and $300,000 to install a spray pad and warming house at Lincolnshire Park in Northwest Rochester. Another water feature is planned for Southeast Rochester’s McQuillan Field, which will use $275,000 to add a spray pad and ball field in connection to a planned land exchange with the Rochester School District. The Rochester City Council unanimously approved the plan, but members also expressed concerns about future spending of the referendum funds. ....