The article on Devil’s Pool failed to mention the lack of enforcement and oversight within the planning and regulatory structure of the city with respect to the watershed ordinance already on the books since the 1970s. A serious effort to have enhanced water quality at the pool would start with mandated — but not enforced — runoff abatement and environmental restoration of the Andorra Shopping Center found less than a mile from the creek. Right now, the shopping center is undergoing a rebuild and there are no plans to change the barren desert landscape of macadam and …
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The article on Devil’s Pool failed to mention the lack of enforcement and oversight within the planning and regulatory structure of the city with respect to the watershed ordinance already on the books since the 1970s. A serious effort to have enhanced water quality at the pool would start with mandated — but not enforced — runoff abatement and environmental restoration of the Andorra Shopping Center found less than a mile from the creek. Right now, the shopping center is undergoing a rebuild and there are no plans to change the barren desert landscape of macadam and concrete to an oasis of shade and cool. Business as usual will send all the contaminants into the creek and all the heat generated by the hard surface into the neighborhood.
Dr. Jon Berger
East Falls
