• Agenda Items: No agenda items, Informational only; • Informational: introduce new Parks Director; call for interested Citizens for appointment to open Parks Board seats; next Parks Board Meeting Tuesday, February 4, 2025; Town Hall Meeting. Tuesday, 29 October.
• Location and Time: El Chico City Hall, 120 El Chico, Suite A, Willow Park, Texas 76087, 6PM
Meeting Page (agenda packet [in.pdf], minutes TBD)
WPC Audio TBD
Latest Update: posted 25 October 2024
Tags: #Parks
Note: Willow Park Civics is about Willow Park but is NOT associated with or managed by the City of Willow Park.
Agenda Items
• None.
Informational
2. Staff would like to introduce the new Parks Director, Mandy McCarley. Mandy will be taking over the duties for all city parks, including all upcoming programming and improvements.
• Willow Park Civics Research
• Willow Park Employee Changes and Promotions, Willow Park Civics Blog, posted 15 October 2024
• Two retirements, Candy Scott (Jock) and Bill Funderburk, and six promotions were announced during the 08 October 2024 Council Meeting. All changes became effective 01 October.
• Mandy McCarley is the Director of Willow Park Parks, responsible for the maintenance and growth of our Parks.
• Three new Willow Park employees for Parks, Finance/Human Resources, and Utility Billing Clerk, Willow Park Civics Blog, 27 August 2024
In the last several months, the City of Willow Park has added three new employees to our City administration: Mandy McCarley, Director of Parks; Andrea Saylor, Director of Finance/Human Resources; Chelsea Kirkland, Utility Billing Clerk.
3. Parks Board Places 1, 3, and 5 are expiring in January 2025. Those places are currently occupied by Lea Young, Ex-Officio, James McKibbin, and David Wagner. All interested persons for appointment / reappointment consideration should contact Mandy McCarley, Parks Director, at City Hall for applications and submittals. Mayor Moss will make appointments at the City Council meeting in January 2025. Board appointments will take place at the January City Council meeting and the next regularly scheduled Parks Board Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. at Willow Park City Hall.
4. Town Hall Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, 10/29/24 at 6:30 p.m. to discuss potential future improvements to the parks and the preferred order of their priorities. This will be decided by city staff by a culmination of information from the Town Hall Meeting and surveys provided to the public.
• Willow Park Civics Research
"Speak now or forever hold your peace." On 29 October, 6:30P, the WP Parks Dept is holding a Town Hall for Citizen feedback on two City parks., Willow Park Civics Blog, posted 24 October 2024
On Tuesday, 29 October 2024, at 6:30 p.m. in the El Chico City Hall, the Willow Park Parks Board is holding a Town Hall for Citizens to voice their opinions on the City's new Conceptual Plan for the Kings Gate Park AND on the City's consideration TO MOVE MEMORIAL PARK from Ranch House Road to the parking lot improvements in front of the El Chico City Hall.
• 06 August 2024 Parks Board Meeting, Agenda Item 3. Discussion: Concept for Kings Gate Park improvements by Westwood Professional Services.
• Background:
There has been much discussion about desired improvements to Kings Gate Park including restrooms, additional parking, more playground equipment, and sporting areas. On May 14, 2024, the Willow Park City Council [2] approved a contract with Westwood Professional Services to formally program this park [3], rather than choose random projects and placement.
Attached [in .pdf] is Westwood’s first and second rendering of potential programming for Kings Gate Park. The creation of these concepts took into consideration the 2019 Parks & Trails Master Plan [4] and its community feedback, and the park’s current uses, demographics, and topography for the near 30- acre park space.
Westwood suggests that a new community survey be conducted before adopting any design since five years of growth and typical change in demographics can affect choices of interest for park amenities. This process would likely involve two town hall meetings.
The estimated cost for all improvements shown was not available at the time of publication but will be shared by City Staff at this meeting.
• Exhibits: City of Willow Park Kings Gate Park, Conceptual Design.
• Willow Park Civics Research for 06 August 2024 Parks Board Meeting:
[1] 07 May 2024 Parks Board Meeting, Agenda Item 5. Presentation by Dorothy Witmeyer, Westwood Professional Services, regarding Kings Gate Park programming proposal. Excerpt
The attached contract as presented to City Council is for the professional services of Westwood Professional Services, Inc., in the amount of $32,400 for programming Kings Gate Park. These funds are currently available within the Parks Budget for Professional Services.
[2] 14 May 2024 Council Meeting, Agenda Item 6. Discussion/Action: to approve an agreement with Westwood Professional Services for Kings Gate Park
[3] Including Kings Gate Park in the City's Parks Master Plan, Willow Park Civics Blog, posted 21 May 2024
• Willow Park Trails Master Plan and the Trails Amendment (EPCoT) Master Plan in .pdf
• Ready to Ride. WP Trail Amendment Master Plan Approved. Willow Park Civics Blog, 20 October 2023
• Willow Park Parks and Trails Index, Willow Park Civics Blog. Summary: Willow Park Civics Blogs, Willow Park Parks Board Meetings and Council Meetings, Parks Board
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