A recent update was posted on the Santee city website on 5/14 with a link to the MND study. The article (HERE) is as follows:
The City of Santee Department of Developments Services is reviewing a development application for a Cable Ski Park facility and restaurant on the 12-acre Lake 1 within the Padre Dam Santee Lakes Recreation Preserve located at 9130 Fanita Parkway (Conditional Use Permit Major Revision P80-83MR #6).
A copy of the draft Mitigated Negative Declaration and all reports and documents referenced in it are on file in the Department of Development Services, Bld. 4, 10601 Magnolia Avenue, Santee, CA 92071.
All comments concerning this environmental document must be submitted in writing to the Director of Development Services prior to the close of the public review period as noted above. The City is required to consider all written comments received during the noticed public review period prior to approving the project.
The Project Planner is: Kevin Mallory 
(619) 258-4100 ext 167
The Union Tribune also recently ran an article regarding the progress of the Cable Park (HERE)
Officials say a proposed cable ski park would attract more youths and families to Santee Lakes Recreation Preserve, but some neighbors say the crowds will bring traffic and noise to their community.
The city of Santee’s environmental report on the project has been completed and is available for public review until June 13. The Santee City Council is expected to hold a public hearing and vote on the plans in late June or early July.
The Padre Dam Municipal Water District, which oversees the 190-acre park, proposed the cable ski park in 2006. Using one of the seven lakes, the $2.5 million ski park would allow wakeboarders to skim along the water pulled by a cable from above. Padre Dam’s board approved the project in November 2007.
There are about 140 cable ski parks worldwide, with 10 in the United States: five in Florida and others in Texas, Kansas, Ohio, Oklahoma and North Carolina.
The ski park at Santee Lakes would be built and managed by Sudweeks Development of Canyon Lake. The company would pay at least $100,000 a year in a 30-year lease with the water district. It says the park would earn more than $1 million yearly in ticket sales.
The proposal includes six 35-foot-tall stanchions to support the cables, a 9,700-square-foot complex with an observation deck, and a 3,200-square-foot restaurant. The park would provide 128 parking spaces, plus 139 overflow spots for major events.
The cable skiers would be swimming in Santee Lakes’ reclaimed water, which is treated sewage water. The water meets cleanliness standards for recreational use, although it isn’t intended for drinking.
The environmental report by Santee city planners found that the cable ski park would not have a significant effect on noise, traffic, water quality or wildlife.
The planners said the cable ski park would add a negligible amount of noise and that neighbors’ views of the park would mostly be screened by trees. Almost 500 vehicle trips a day would be made to the park, but that would not have a significant effect on local roads, the report said.
Lupe Gillenberg, 65, who has lived on Pebble Beach Drive near Santee Lakes for 20 years, disagreed. She said she fears the cable ski park will destroy her neighborhood.
“There’s going to be too many people, too many cars, too many buses,” she said. “It’s going to be noisy and dirty and crowded.”
Allen Carlisle, manager of Santee Lakes, said he held numerous meetings with neighborhood residents to address their concerns about the park. To discourage visitors to the cable ski park from parking in the neighborhood, visitors will be reimbursed for their parking fee at Santee Lakes, he said.
Carlisle said it will take about 18 months to build the cable ski park once the Santee City Council approves the plan.
“We think it’s going to be not only a benefit for Santee Lakes, but the community as a whole,” Carlisle said.
