At a Oct. 14, 2025 Cedar Hill City Council briefing, parks staff reviewed the 2025 season at the Virginia Weaver Park Lagoon, reporting 28,322 total users, a season-high single-day attendance of 959 on June 7, and an average of about 425 visitors on regular-season days.

The presentation matters to residents because the Lagoon is a high-use amenity that draws many nonresidents (staff reported 36% of daily admissions and 21% of season-pass scans from people who live outside Cedar Hill), supports community programs and raises safety and staffing questions for future budgets.

Parks presenter JT (first name not provided in the transcript) said the 2025 season emphasized safety and staff development: all lifeguards are American Red Cross certified, staff completed roughly 900 cumulative hours of training, and the department added staff roles (head lifeguard and head of guest experience) and a team-based incentives program called "Lagoon Games." JT highlighted a response in which a lifeguard reached a sliding-pool victim within the American Red Cross standard response time; the presenter said improved paperwork practices and training increased recorded saves and first-aid incidents without indicating a decline in overall safety.

Attendance and revenue details: staff reported 28,322 visitors for the season (Memorial Day weekend through Aug. 10, with pop-up hours afterward), a slight uptick from 2024. Membership sales rose (more than 2,000 memberships sold over two seasons), while overall revenue was slightly down because more users purchased season passes rather than daily admissions. The department reported 12 pavilion rentals in 2025 and seven special events, including a senior splash, inclusion swim time, and a Polar Plunge that raised more than $4,000 for local Special Olympics athletes.

JT said retention of seasonal staff improved: 56% of staff returned from 2023 to 2024, and retention rose to 66% from 2024 to 2025. The presenter said the department had 34 team members and conducted more than 50 hiring interviews from 100+ applicants.

Council members asked questions about capacity and programming. Councilmember Hayden asked what percentage of season-pass scans came from nonresidents; staff replied 21%. Hayden and others asked about swim lessons: JT said lessons sell out quickly and that the primary limiting factor is staff hours; the departments priority for future budgets is additional swim-instructor hours or positions to expand lessons and safety programming. Councilmember McCurdy asked whether grants exist for special-needs swim instruction; JT said grants do exist but that the main barrier is staffing to deliver expanded programs, and that grant funding would need to be paired with budgeted staffing capacity.

Staff also noted operational changes that improved guest experience, such as retitling cashiers as "guest experience agents," opening a new pavilion for rentals and offering programs like Aquazumba and Float & Sound that sold out. No formal council action or budget vote occurred during the briefing; staff requested council consideration of safety-related staffing in future budget cycles.