Commission Agenda Item No. 14
Presenter: Dan Reece

Action
Local Park Grants Funding
Request Approval of Proposed Funding Recommendations
August 27, 2020

I.      Executive Summary: The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) staff is seeking approval of its Local Park Grants funding recommendations.  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, and Small Community Recreation Grants are made available to Texas local governments based on population for the acquisition and/or development of public parkland.  Funds available include $22,011,533 from the LWCF and $2,262,478 from the TRPA.

As of December 4, 2019, TPWD received 77 eligible applications requesting $34,338,683 in matching fund assistance.  Staff is recommending support of projects in the amount of $15,721,579.

Exhibits A through C 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: The staff recommends that the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission adopt the following motion:

“Funding for projects listed in Exhibits A through C in the amount of $15,721,579 is approved.”

Attachments – 3

  1. Exhibit A – Urban Outdoor Scoring
  2. Exhibit B – Non-Urban Outdoor Scoring
  3. Exhibit C – Small Community Scoring

Commission Agenda Item No. 14
Exhibit A

Urban Outdoor Scoring
Rank Score Applicant Project Name Request Recommendation
1 79 Hidalgo County Sunflower Memorial Park $1,223,357 $1,223,357
2 74 Harris County Precinct 2 James Driver All-Inclusive Park $1,500,000 $1,500,000
3 70 Fort Worth Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge $1,500,000 $1,500,000
4 68 City of El Paso Modesto Gomez Park Phase II $1,500,000  
5 64 Travis County Onion Creek Greenway Phase IV $1,091,000  
6 57 El Paso County Square Dance Linear Park $499,995  
7 55 Dallas Glendale Park Phase I $1,020,000  
8 43 Texas Historical Commission Mexican Surrender Site $1,050,000  
Totals $9,384,352 $4,223,357

Commission Agenda Item No. 14
Exhibit B

Non-Urban Outdoor Scoring
Rank Score Applicant Project Name Request Recommendation
1 86 Rio Hondo Boat Ramp Park $650,000 $650,000
2 80 Clear Lake City Water Authority Exploration Green Phases 3 and 5 $750,000 $750,000
3 77 New Braunfels Sports Complex $750,000 $750,000
4 76 Belton Heritage Park $750,000 $750,000
5 72 Duncanville Armstrong Park Kidsville and Splash Pad $749,805 $749,805
6 72 Edinburg Chapin Road Hike-and-Bike Trail $606,617 $606,617
7 66 Palmview Nature Park $300,000 $300,000
8 65 Brenham Brenham Family Park $750,000 $750,000
9 64 Cedar Hill Virginia Weaver Park $750,000 $750,000
10 63 Cameron County Santa Rosa Community Park $750,000 $750,000
11 63 The Colony West Shore Park $400,000 $400,000
12 61 Haltom City Broadway Park $750,000 $750,000
13 61 Sulphur Springs Pacific Park $750,000 $750,000
14 60 Cactus Cactus Park $400,000 $400,000
15 59 Littlefield Aquatic Center and Park $750,000 $750,000
16 58 Pittsburg 2020 Fair Park Improvements $700,000  
17 55 Alamo Guerra Elementary City/School Park $750,000  
18 55 Mont Belvieu Joe Matthews Park $750,000  
19 53 Westchase District Wilcrest Park $750,000  
20 51 Levelland City Park $500,000  
21 51 Eagle Pass The Trails $500,000  
22 51 League City Bay Colony Park I $750,000  
23 49 Tyler Fun Forest Park $749,986  
24 46 Horizon City Benton-Ryderwood Dog Park $574,890  
25 46 Graham Graham Park $450,950  
26 45 Orange County Claiborne West Park $17,500  
27 44 Van Alstyne Downtown Social District Park $750,000  
28 44 Stockdale Central Park enhancements $400,000  
29 44 Donna Donna Sports Park $750,000  
30 42 McKinney Erwin Park $750,000  
31 41 Ennis 2020 Park Improvements $750,000  
32 39 Duval County Vaquero Courts Park $300,000  
33 38 Keene Elisa Carver Park and new park (unnamed) $235,000  
34 38 Mansfield Gertie Barrett Park $750,000  
35 38 La Villa Municipal Park $280,000  
36 32 Fate Park adjacent to Harry Herndon Intermediate School $112,000  
Totals $21,426,748 $9,856,422

Commission Agenda Item No. 14
Exhibit C

Small Community Scoring
Rank Score Applicant Project Name Request Recommendation
1 71 Center Perry Sampson Park $150,000 $150,000
2 71 Luling Edgar B. Davis Northside Park $150,000 $150,000
3 71 Quitaque City Park $53,183 $53,183
4 65 San Saba Mill Pond Park $150,000 $150,000
5 63 Buffalo Harriman Park $150,000 $150,000
6 63 Celina Old Celina Park $150,000 $150,000
7 59 Bayou Vista Bayscape Park $140,000 $140,000
8 58 Mabank Veterans Memorial Park $141,266 $141,266
9 57 Post Post Splash Pad $150,000 $150,000
10 55 Nolanville Monarch Park $150,000 $150,000
11 55 Taylor Percussion Park $107,351 $107,351
12 52 Comanche Swimming pool enhancements $150,000 $150,000
13 51 Robstown Robstown Swimming Pool $37,500  
14 49 Beeville Trevino Park $75,000  
15 49 Coleman Milton Autry Memory Lake Park $75,000  
16 47 Van Alstyne Downtown Social District Farmer's Market $150,000  
17 47 Dalworthington Gardens Gardens Park $60,966  
18 45 Zapata County Mira Flores Neighborhood Park $150,000  
19 43 Grandview City Park $114,252  
20 42 Columbus Midtown Park Splashpad $85,050  
21 42 Idalou Wildcat and City Parks $71,340  
22 40 Bandera Bandera City Park $100,000  
23 40 Bremond Bremond City Park $76,500  
24 38 Troup Patriot Park $79,944  
25 36 Dayton Henderson Day Park $104,000  
26 35 Early McDonald Park $50,866  
27 35 Nixon Nixon City Park $150,000  
28 35 Smithville Keilberg Park $132,000  
29 33 Reno Reno Kiwanis Park $54,753  
30 29 Bridgeport Harwood Park $25,000  
31 21 Floydada Floydada Skatepark $75,000  
32 20 Fate Old Downtown Park $70,000  
33 19 Lockhart City Park $148,612  
Totals $3,527,583 $1,641,800