Rolando Park Community Council

Emergency Meeting of local park & Rec board

Chollas Lake-Drain or Let run dry

The meeting will be at 7 p.m. where the EACPC meetings take place. Please check the calendar. This is a proposal of the mayor's supposedly that they wish to address. Several city council members are supposed to come.

Results of Meeting

Recently a rumor spread rapidly that there was a proposal to either drain this lake or stop filling it. Since it doesn’t have a water source this would result in a slower drain yet still the same result. This came about as a result of a conversation after a local meeting about the requested water and sewer rate hikes. One of the people in charge of the Water department discussed that they would no longer be paying to put water into the lake. That is because a San Diego Grand Jury said it was illegal to do so since the lake is no longer a reservoir and not part of the water system. The people who heard this knew that the lake has a leak and, though attempts were made to fix it; they did not succeed. They took this to mean that no water would be added and then the resulting emptying of the lake was pending. Unfortunately, the person at the Water department did not realize that the person they were talking to did not know that the Park & Recreation department has been paying for the water to replenish the lake and has no current or future plans to stop doing so at this time. These types of rumors are another reason to have local groups like our own. We responded quickly to get to the facts. A silver lining to this rumor is that it has brought attention to the old leak at the lake. The person in charge of the lake said they would make another go of finding money to find a fix and the funds to pay for it – no small task these days. I was also pleased to hear that they wouldn’t spend tons of dollars to fix it if the solution turns out to be more expensive than just replenishing the lake. It’s nice to see there are still some people who take in the whole picture at the city.