Title
Resolution - A Resolution to Consider Executing a Consultant Agreement with Parkhill, Inc. in the Amount of $711,563 for Professional Services Related to the Design for Improvements at Katherine Rose Memorial Park and Hardy Allmon Soccer Complex
Requested Action
Consider and Approve Resolution
Recommendation
Approve Resolution
Description/History
Katherine Rose Memorial Park, a former pecan orchard named after the wife of the previous land owner, is a 31.29-acre park located at the intersection of Walnut Creek Drive and Smith Street. The park land was purchased in 1992 by the Mansfield Park Facilities Development Corporation (MPFDC) with proceeds from the half cent sales tax. The park was then developed and opened in 1996, in part with grant funding from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Amenities installed over the course of the park’s history have consisted of a children’s playground, picnic pavilions with tables and grills, one large event pavilion with tables and grills, uncovered picnic tables with grills, lighted basketball courts, lighted volleyball courts, horseshoe pits, restroom facilities, circulating trail with exercise stations, a fishing/drainage pond, vehicular access and parking areas, and park equipment such as benches and trash cans.
Hardy Allmon Soccer Complex is a 9.43-acre sports facility opened in 1984, and is located across Walnut Creek Drive from Rose Park. This park includes two soccer fields, two parking areas, and serves as a trail head for Walnut Creek Linear Trail (WCLT), which connects the two parks, via a crossing under Walnut Creek Drive Bridge. WCLT extends along the north sides and out from these two parks, towards Town Park (west) and James McKnight Park West (east).
Due to growing residential development, population growth, location along the WCLT, and proximity to Downtown Mansfield, these two parks are increasingly being utilized. To support this increased usage, these parks require rehabilitation and o...
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