PARKS & RECREATIONS DEPTARTMENT
PARKS AND RECREATION PROJECT UPDATES
Mansfield Activities Center:
Expansion of the Mansfield Activities Center is currently in the design and development phase, options are being considered for the size of the expansion and decisions will happen in the next few months.
Station Six (Parks Operations Building):
Construction to begin in the Summer of 2008 to upgrade this facility with new office space, maintenance shop and equipment storage.
Mansfield Sports Complex:
Construction of a new referee shelter near the soccer fields will be completed in the Spring of 2008.
Philip Thompson:
Field improvements including leveling and soil enhancement, as well as, entry improvements including a new metal gate, fencing, bollards and small parking lot area will be completed in the Spring of 2008.
Various Parks within the City:
Installation of security cameras to be completed by Spring of 2008.
Hawaiian Falls Water Park:
Site Development is underway. The water park is scheduled to open in May 2008.
Mansfield Parks, Recreation and Trails Master Plan:
Halff Associates, INC. have been selected as the consultant with the adoption of the new Mansfield Parks and Recreation Master Plan scheduled in Fall/Winter of 2008. The purpose of this Parks and Recreation Master Plan is to update the previous plan prepared in 2002. This updated master plan reviews the goals and priorities established by the previous plan and provides 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. There will be community meetings, phone surveys and public input opportunities during this process. Watch for meeting information and details starting in the next few months in the MAC Brochure, the City web site www.mansfield-tx.gov., MCTV channel 27 and the Mansfield News Mirror.
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