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Buda council approves Garrison Park base scope to gain state grant; defers full planting package pending bids
Summary
Council approved proceeding to bid on Garrison Park base elements required by a $750,000 Texas Parks and Wildlife grant and instructed staff to treat enhanced planting as an add‑alternate to consider after bids; council declined to reallocate the full $2.7 million from East Side Park at this time.
The Buda City Council on Tuesday authorized staff to move forward with bidding the Garrison Park project’s base scope — including water‑access improvements and an overlook required by a $750,000 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) grant — and directed that the larger, more expensive “enhanced planting” package be treated as an alternate pending bid results.
The council’s action lets the city accept TPWD grant conditions that require certain water access and canopy/overlook elements to be included in the publicly bid work while postponing a roughly $2 million enhanced planting program so leaders can review firm construction bids before committing additional city funds.
Parks staff presented cost estimates and a set of add alternates prepared by design consultant Tenike; the city currently has an internal…
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