In Councillor Neil Marks' Blog on Saturday morning, he said he is putting forward a motion at tomorrow night council meeting to see if there are any legitimate parties that would be willing to take over the land on which the Lake Pool is located.

As most people in the community would know, this is an ongoing saga since its closure in 2012. It has been debated in council more times than the Lismore Base Hospital has had COVID tests with no resolution found.

It sits a sad and forlorn reminder of what the Lismore Lake district and Pool used to be in its heyday.

So why now?

"We don't have the $450-500,000 to bulldoze and repatriate the pool so it sits in never never land," Cnr Marks said,"Here is an opportunity for a group that have the technical and fundraising ability to take ownership of of the site and the pool itself to apply for grants and maintain and run the pool."

"We can lease the land or gift it to the group but there will be strict guidelines that will be stipulated in the agreement that if were not met, the land would be re-gifted back to council."

Cnr Marks said he has been contacted already by one not-for-profit group that expressed interest in helping with the fundraising, help apply for grants and make a sizeable donation.

Another group that has been a huge supporter of bringing the Lake Pool back to life is Lismore Lake Incorporated. This group has been vocally behind the restoration of the Lismore Lake district and the Lismore Lake Pool.

President of Lismore Lake Inc. Big Rob said he his vision was to have a mini Centennial Park in Sydney. "I want to see people enjoying themselves through picnics and bbq's as well as bringing back what is a beautiful eco system," Big Rob said, "I am passionate about this area and I will do my best to save it."

Can politics be pushed aside?

As many readers know, there has been a lot of disagreement between Big Rob and LCC over numerous matters but maybe this is one project that both parties can agree on a collaboration between Lismore Lake Inc and other like minded partners to make the Lismore Lake Pool repatriation come to fruition.

Big Rob has applied to speak about Neil Marks motion but is not confident of being granted the right to speak because of historic alleged inappropriate behaviour. Which leads us to two other motions being put forward tomorrow night, these by Cnr Nancy Casson. But that is a different story.

Step 1 is to wait for the result of Cnr Marks' motion at tomorrow nights monthly council meeting.