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Council weighs food-truck park locations; staff recommends Rotary Park and asks for direction on procurement model

2809737 · March 18, 2025
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Staff presented two potential downtown sites and cost estimates for a food-truck park and recommended the Rotary Park location for lower cost and reduced flood risk; council favored a public-private partnership and asked staff to prepare an RFP.

City staff presented two conceptual locations and cost estimates for a proposed Beaumont food-truck park and asked council for direction on site selection and funding approach.

Kenny Smith, the city's facilities-maintenance director, showed two concepts: a Nature's River/City Hall site near the lower-river parking area and a Rotary Park/events-center site near Crockett Street. Smith's staff-level estimate put the Nature's River option at about $1.22 million because it would require a lift station, force main and a railroad crossing…

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