PARKS & RECREATIONS DEPTARTMENT
PARKS AND RECREATION PROJECT UPDATES
Station Six (Parks Operations Building)
Construction to begin in 2009 to upgrade this facility with new office space, maintenance shop and equipment storage. Completion is of this project it scheduled for late 2009.
Mansfield Parks, Recreation and Trails Master Plan
Halff Associates, INC. has been selected as the consultant with the adoption of the new Mansfield Parks and Recreation Master Plan scheduled in summer 2009. The purpose of this Parks and Recreation Master Plan is to update the previous plan prepared in 2002 by reviewing the goals and priorities and providing an assessment of Mansfield's parks, trail system and open spaces in the year 2007. Above all, the Parks and Recreation Master Plan process allows the citizens of Mansfield to determine their preferred park and recreation priorities.
Skate Park
Final design is underway and should be presented to Park Board and City Council this spring. A design builder will be selected and construction is scheduled to begin in the summer of 2009 with an anticipated opening in the fall of 2009.
Julian Field/Serenity Gardens
Construction of the Texas Smartscape Garden, a rose demonstration garden will be completed during spring of 2009.
Mansfield Activities Center Improvements
The Mansfield Activities Center gymnasium is scheduled to be closed starting March 23rd through May 22nd. Improvements to the gym include re-painting the ceiling, installation of new gym floor tiles and subsurface, installation of a divider curtain, installation of a retractable volleyball net, maintenance of the existing bleachers and new doors leading into the lobby. The Mansfield Activities Center will also be replacing all carpet areas and the tiles throughout the building. This is scheduled for Aug 2009.
Mansfield Sports Complex Barnett Shale Operations
In 2004, the Mansfield Park Facilities Development Corporation entered into a Mineral Lease and drill site, approved by City Council, for the property at Mansfield National Golf Course and Mansfield Sports Complex.
The gas drilling operation is currently in the permitting stage with the City and if approved, drilling operations should begin by early fall of 2009.
Drilling operations when commenced will work for several months and then ease off and then possibly begin again until all wells are drilled. The gas drilling company XTO will provide a new improved concrete roadway into the park from the entrance and extend that roadway to the north of the existing soccer complex. The gravel access roadway to the well site will be on the west side of the soccer complex and will be treated to minimize dust. A frac pond to supply water will be constructed on the south east side of the park and will be designed in a manner to be a natural amenity. This pond will serve as the water supply for the drilling operations. Upon growth in of natural vegetation the fence will be removed and the amenity pond will be opened for public enjoyment.
If you have any questions, please call the Parks and Recreation Department at 817-473-1943.
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