Commission Agenda Item No. 6b
Presenter: Dana Lagarde

Action
Local Park Grant Funding
Non-Urban Outdoor Recreation Grant
August 20, 2015

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

II.     Discussion: Non-Urban Outdoor Recreation Grants are made available to Texas local governments of less than 500,000 in population for the acquisition and/or development of outdoor recreation sites.  Funds available include $621,693 from the LWCF, and $3,272,457 from the TRPA. As of March 31, 2015 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department received 22 eligible Non-Urban Outdoor applications requesting $8,015,851 in matching fund assistance.  Staff is recommending support of 10 projects in the amount of $3,894,150.

Exhibit A ranks the projects in descending order based on the scoring criteria adopted by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission.

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

"Funding for 10 projects listed in Exhibit A in the amount of $3,894,150 is approved.”

---

Commission Agenda Item No. 6
Exhibit A

Priority Listing

#	Score	Applicant Name	Project Name	Total Project Cost	Requested Funding	Recommendation
1	96	City of Los Fresnos	Nature Park	$1,073,494	$400,000	$400,000
2	94	City of Rockwall	Breezy Hill Park	$2,592,050	$400,000	$400,000
3	91	City of Center	Mini Park	$1,010,000	$400,000	$400,000
4	82	City of Galveston	Community Swim Center	$4,101,910	$400,000	$400,000
5	77	City of Brady	Richards Park III	$810,000	$400,000	$400,000
6	77	City of Longview	The Green	$800,000	$400,000	$400,000
7	73	City of Tomball	Broussard Park	$3,869,550	$400,000	$400,000
8	72	City of Wheeler	Aquatic Center	$1,009,498	$400,000	$400,000
9	72	Town of Flower Mound	Twin Coves Park	$3,500,000	$400,000	$400,000
10	69	Town of Little Elm	McCord Park	$1,070,350	$400,000	$294,150
11	66	City of San Juan	Sorensen Park	$251,400	$49,987
12	65	City of Holliday	City Park	$833,921	$399,590
13	63	City of Ingleside	Live Oak Park III	$4,270,900	$400,000
14	52	City of Corpus Christi	West Guth Park	$2,900,000	$400,000
15	52	City of Tyler	Gladys & TB Stewart Park	$652,500	$326,250
16	43	Town of Hollywood Park	Voigt Park II	$799,300	$399,650
17	42	City of Weatherford	Heritage Park II	$1,730,850	$400,000
18	41	City of Slaton	Compress Lake Park	$805,500	$400,000
19	31	City of McAllen	Nature Center	$800,000	$400,000
20	29	City of Kilgore	Baseball Complex	$2,489,000	$400,000
21	27	Kleberg County	Fred Williams Park	$795,750	$397,875
22	21	City of Whitehouse	Sports Complex	$169,996	$42,499
Total				$36,335,969	$8,015,851	$3,894,150