The 's Board of Directors voted Tuesday at their that they would discontinue development of a cable ski and wakeboard park at the .

In 2008 Padre Dam entered into an agreement with Sudweeks Development LLC to develop and operate the park, with an originally anticipated opening date of spring 2011. But, mostly due to the in-availability of financing in the current economic situation, the developer said it was unable to proceed with the project. Sudweeks requested a settlement in the matter, according to Padre Dam.

The cable ski park would have operated like a chair-lift on a mountain, using a "horizontal cable suspended on towers and propelled by solar powered electric motors to pull water skiers and wakeboarders around a lake." Such parks are common in Europe and Asia, but only five exist in the United States. The Santee park would have been the only one west of Texas, according to Padre Dam.