Commission Agenda Item No. 4
Presenter: Dana Lagarde

Action
Local Park Grant Funding
March 23, 2017

I.      Executive Summary: The federal Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) State and Local Assistance Program, the Texas Large County and Municipality Recreation and Parks Account (Urban Parks Account), and the Texas Recreation and Parks Account (TRPA) provide matching grants to local governments for the acquisition and development of public parkland and recreation facilities. 

II.     Discussion: The Urban Outdoor, Non-Urban Outdoor, Small Community, Urban Indoor, and Non-Urban Indoor Grants are made available to Texas local governments based on population for the acquisition and/or development of public parkland. Funds available include $1,397,935 from the LWCF; $5,761,477 from the Urban Parks Account; and $8,709,081 from the TRPA.

As of October 1, 2016 TPWD received 65 eligible applications requesting $25,283,389 in matching fund assistance. Staff is recommending support of 37 projects in the amount of $15,868,493.

Exhibits A through E rank the projects in descending order based on each grant program’s scoring criteria previously adopted by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission.

III.   Recommendation:  Staff recommends the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission adopt the following motion:

"Funding for 37 projects listed in Exhibits A through E in the amount of $15,868,493 is approved.”

Attachments – 5

  1. Exhibit A – Urban Outdoor Grant Scoring
  2. Exhibit B – Non-Urban Outdoor Grant Scoring
  3. Exhibit C – Small Community Grant Scoring
  4. Exhibit D – Urban Indoor Scoring
  5. Exhibit E – Non-Urban Indoor Scoring

Commission Agenda Item No. 4
Exhibit A

Urban Outdoor Grant Scoring
Rank Score Applicant Project Name Request Recommendation
1 58 Houston Avondale Promenade Park $1,000,000.00 $1,000,000.00
2 53 El Paso Northeast Regional Park $1,000,000.00 $1,000,000.00
3 40 Bexar County Hot Wells Spring $1,000,000.00 $1,000,000.00
4 40 Harris CO Alabonson Sports & Nature Complex $1,000,000.00 $1,000,000.00
5 38 Austin Emma Long Metropolitan Park $1,000,000.00 $1,000,000.00
6 31 Ft Worth Alliance Park II $1,000,000.00  
      Totals $6,000,000.00 $5,000,000.00

Commission Agenda Item No. 4
Exhibit B

Non-Urban Outdoor Grant Scoring
Rank Score Applicant Project Name Request Recommendation
1 115 Granite Shoals Multipurpose Sports Facility $500,000.00 $500,000.00
2 99 Port Isabel Arturo Galvan Park $500,000.00 $500,000.00
3 99 Del Rio Community Sports Park $500,000.00 $500,000.00
4 97 Denton County FWSD #10 Arrow Brooke Park $500,000.00 $500,000.00
5 85 Lago Vista Park & Open Space Project $500,000.00 $500,000.00
6 81 Floresville City River Park II $500,000.00 $500,000.00
7 80 Florence City Pool Renovation $319,550.00 $319,550.00
8 78 Edcouch City School Community Park $500,000.00 $500,000.00
9 75 Hutto Creekside & Fritz Parks $500,000.00 $500,000.00
10 71 Taylor Heritage Square Park $500,000.00 $500,000.00
11 69 North Richland Hills Northfield Park II $500,000.00 $500,000.00
12 69 Mercedes Sports Complex Community Park $500,000.00 $500,000.00
13 67 Slaton Compress Lake Park $499,750.00 $499,750.00
14 64 LaGrange Randolph Park $399,033.00  
15 63 South Padre Island John L Tompkins Park $499,750.00  
16 61 Mission Birdwell Park $500,000.00  
17 60 Weslaco Rodriquez Park $500,000.00  
18 59 Morgan's Point Colonel James Park $490,350.00  
19 58 San Benito South Park $500,000.00  
20 53 Hamlin City Park & North Park Athletic Fields $117,200.00  
21 51 Little Elm Little Elm Park $200,000.00  
22 51 Haslett Ball Park $500,000.00  
23 50 Center Perry Sansom Park $300,000.00  
24 46 De Leon Festival Gardens $500,000.00  
25 46 Wichita Falls Lake Wichita Park II $497,500.00  
26 44 Lindale Downtown Park $456,750.00  
27 42 Converse City Park $500,000.00  
28 41 Fairfield Moody Spray Park $270,779.00  
29 38 Bryan Edgewater Park $449,705.00  
30 31 Ingleside Live Oak Park $464,750.00  
31 31 Kilgore Splash Pad $219,996.00  
32 29 Pharr Arnold Park $499,750.00  
      Totals $14,184,863.00 $6,319,300.00

Commission Agenda Item No. 4
Exhibit C

Small Community Grant Scoring
Rank Score Applicant Project Name Amount Requested Recommendation
1 38 West City Park $31,250.00 $31,250.00
2 37 Rotan Ed Patton Memorial Park $75,000.00 $75,000.00
3 35 Rice Mike Dickens Memorial Park $75,000.00 $75,000.00
4 34 Los Indios Community Park $75,000.00 $75,000.00
5 33 Combes Community Park $27,500.00 $27,500.00
6 33 Levelland Park Playgrounds $35,000.00 $35,000.00
7 32 Hico City Park $65,000.00 $65,000.00
8 31 Port Isabel Washington Park $75,000.00 $75,000.00
9 28 Bovina Arnold Park $42,580.00 $42,580.00
10 27 Athens Baggett Park $75,000.00 $75,000.00
11 27 De Kalb City Park II $72,330.00 $70,140.00
12 25 Floydada Annie Taylor Park $75,000.00 $75,000.00
13 25 Rockdale Sumuel Park II $75,000.00 $75,000.00
14 24 Howe Memorial Park $75,000.00  
15 24 Madisonville Marian Anderson Park $75,000.00  
16 24 Winnsboro MLK Jr. Park $54,651.00  
17 23 Bay City Le Tulle Park II $75,000.00  
18 23 Vinton Mariposa Park $74,682.00  
19 20 Converse City & North Park $75,000.00  
20 19 Wake Village King Park $45,000.00  
21 17 Leon Valley Huebner-Onion Pavilion $75,000.00  
      Totals $1,345,803.00 $796,470.00

Commission Agenda Item No. 4
Exhibit D

Urban Indoor Grant Scoring
Rank Score Applicant Project Name Request Recommendation
1 33 Austin Dove Springs Recreation Center $500,000.00 $500,000.00
2 24 Harris County John Paul's Landing Park $1,000,000.00 $1,000,000.00
      Totals $1,500,000.00 $1,500,000.00

Commission Agenda Item No. 4
Exhibit E

Non-Urban Indoor Grant Scoring
Rank Score Applicant Project Name Request Recommendation
1 57 Timber Lane Utility District Community Center $750,000.00 $750,000.00
2 48 Williamson County River Ranch County Park $750,000.00 $750,000.00
3 45 Brownsville Senior Recreation Center $277,164.00 $277,164.00
4 26 Lavaca Navidad River Authority Nature Center $475,559.00 $475,559.00
      Totals $2,252,723.00 $2,252,723.00