City Hall just issued the following statement:
Oakdale Lake is currently closed and under observation for a potential Harmful Algae Bloom (HAB). Out of an abundance of caution, as we wait for the test results, please keep all pets away from the water until further notice.
Hmmm, we stopped by earlier this week to this public park and public building to find four (4) paid lifeguards at 11:30 but no one swimming.
ReplyDeleteThe 1 lifeguard that was awake and not horizontal was kind and pleasant and shared that the camp was over and there was no planned activity this past week.
So that means Hudson paid 4 lifeguards with no scheduled activity, and when the lake was technically unusable.
This is how the Youth Center has a ~$1m budget while we underpay skilled Clerks and Treasury staff and underfund our volunteer fire department.
Maybe the Youth Center Director could explain… in the Hudson City Hall Newsletter… that the Mayor promised almost a year ago.
It’s called “failure to manage.” Rather than do the work the city’s CEO is busy trying to grow facial hair.
DeleteI don't think it is a problem of management or facial hair. Years ago when the area was less developed it probably was a nice enough place to swim. Now, surrounded by houses, roads, toxic runoff from streets, parking lots, unending "development", not to mention old leaking sewer pipes, oil tanks, chemicals from lawns and gardens, toxic algae, and as the climate warms a breeding ground for brain eating amoebas and other parasites, it no longer is a healthy swimming spot.
DeleteIt may be time to rethink the whole idea. Perhaps a better option would be to drain the lake, return it to a creek and build a large community pool on that site. Preferably one with a UV filtration system that wouldn't require a large amount of chlorine and other chemicals. Hosting a summer camp for underprivileged kids in a murky pond that becomes too toxic to swim in every summer, in an upscale tourist town increasingly populated by millionaires, just seems a bit off.