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Type: Report Status: Individual Item Ready
File created: 3/13/2024 In control: Parks and Recreation Advisory Board
On agenda: 3/19/2024 Final action:
Title: March Park Project Updates
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PRESENTER: Presenter

Jeff Bransford, Park Development Manager

 

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March Park Project Updates

 

 

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1.                     Mission Hill Park (Phase 2)

                     Description: Deliver additional site improvements based on Master Plan and 30% Design, including observation tower, meeting space, elevated walkway, trails, additional parking, and other amenities.

                     Phase: Final Design (Design Build delivery method)

                     Status: TF Harper awarded contract January 22. Final design to be conducted Spring/Summer 2024.

                     Target Completion: Fall 2025

 

2.                     Zipp Family Sports Park (Phase 1)

                     Description: Construct Phase 1 improvements, including four baseball fields, four softball fields, four convertible soccer fields, parking, and maintenance building.

                     Phase: Construction

                     Status: In progress

                     Target Completion: Spring 2025

 

3.                     Field of Graves Memorial

                     Description: Construct memorial garden with memorial, landscaping, seating, and interpretive signage to memorialize early German settlers.

                     Phase: Design

                     Status: Archeological assessment completed in mid-February. Awaiting final report. Design process will continue in Spring 2024 based on the outcomes of the archeological assessment.

                     Target Completion: TBD, pending final design and project funding.

 

4.                     Alligator Creek Trail (West Segment)

                     Description: Construct 1.1 miles of hard surface trail, connecting to Goodwin Lane and Oak Creek Estates neighborhoods. This segment is part of the larger Alligator Creek corridor and is coordinated with the Great Springs Project.

                     Phase: Final Design

                     Status: 100% plans are complete. Preparing for solicitation.

                     Target Completion: Summer 2024

 

5.                     Alligator Creek Trail (East Segment)

                     Description: Develop a hard surface trail system east of I-35 along Alligator Creek within City, TxDOT, and private property. The corridor is envisioned to connect Timmerman Park, Resolute Hospital, and the Creekside area.

                     Phase: Preliminary Design

                     Status: Ongoing coordination with TxDOT and adjacent landowners.

                     Target Completion: TBD, pending final design and project funding.

 

6.                     Dry Comal Creek Trail (Segment 1)

                     Description: Develop Segment 1, connecting Landa Park to Walnut Avenue. This segment is part of the larger Dry Comal Trail corridor and is coordinated with the Great Springs Project.

                     Phase: Final Design / Acquisition

                     Status: Land acquisition ongoing

                     Target Completion: Fall 2025

 

7.                     Dry Comal Creek Trail (Segments 2 & 3)

                     Description: Develop Segment 2, connecting Walnut Avenue to Loop 337; and, develop Segment 3, connecting Loop 337 to Altgelt Lane. This segment is part of the larger Dry Comal Trail corridor and is coordinated with the Great Springs Project.

                     Phase: Preliminary Design

                     Status: Right of entry coordination underway. Preliminary design expected to be complete Summer/Fall 2024.

                     Target Completion: TBD, pending final design and project funding.

 

8.                     Landa Lake Dam and Spillway Improvements

                     Description: Improve dam and spillway to address hydraulic inadequacies identified by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).

                     Phase: Final design

                     Status: 90% plan development underway. EDC considers construction funding in Spring.

                     Target Completion: Spring 2025

 

9.                     Last Tubers Exit Improvements

                     Description: Perform safety and accessibility improvements including a new underwater platform and accessibility accommodations.

                     Phase: Final design

                     Status: 90% plan development underway. EDC considers construction funding in Spring.

                     Target Completion: Spring 2025

 

10.                     Park and Recreation System Master Plan

                     Description: Conduct update to the 2017 Parks and Recreation Strategic Master Plan. The plan will identify community needs as well as prioritize capital and operational improvements.

                     Phase: Solicitation

                     Status: Consultant interviews mid-March. Contract award expected in April.

                     Target Completion: Fall 2025

 

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