Title
Resolution - A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mansfield, Texas, Approving the Use of the Buy Board Purchasing Avenue to Order the Long Lead Time Playground Equipment as Presented Through Whirlix Design Inc. and Landscape Structures Inc. in the Amount Not to Exceed $3,000,000 for the Equipment, Delivery and Installation Related to the Phase 1B Improvements at Katherine Rose Memorial Park
Requested Action
Approve the purchase of the playground equipment for the phase 1B improvements.
Recommendation
Approve the purchase of the playground equipment for the phase 1B improvements.
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.
The master plan was created and produced by Parkhill, Inc. in 2022-23. It has laid out the future development of these parks, addressing needed infrastructure and recreational amenities within the combined 40.72-acre area of parkland. Parkhill provided services in an amount of $76,500, and performed a site opportunities evaluation, facilitated community input, and prepared the master development plan. From this plan, the directi...
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