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Parks board unanimously backs discovery-phase agreement for Blue Hole Nature Center

5806759 · August 13, 2025
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Summary

The Wimberley City Parks Board voted to recommend that City Council approve a reduced-fee discovery-phase agreement to refine design, cost estimates and public engagement for the Blue Hole Nature Center; board members said the first payment would be reimbursed by the county and the agreement will go to council next week.

The Wimberley City Parks Board voted unanimously to recommend that City Council execute a discovery-phase agreement to advance planning for the Blue Hole Nature Center.

The board’s vote on the agreement — which reduces the consultant discovery-phase fee from $122,896 to just over $58,000 — directs the design team to produce conceptual-level cost estimates, targeted public engagement, data collection and programming recommendations before moving into detailed design.

The discovery-phase scope was scaled back from an earlier draft, removing an integrated design workshop and shifting more stakeholder engagement work to city park staff to reduce…

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