Parks board signals support for $17,500 supplemental request to build disc golf at Copperas Branch Park

At a Highland Village Parks and Recreation Board meeting, members expressed support for forwarding a $17,500 supplemental funding request to the City Council to install a proposed disc golf course at Copperas Branch Park.

The request, which staff said will be submitted as a supplemental item for the 2025–26 budget, would pay for signage, nine concrete sleeves and baskets, turf tee pads, trail clearing in limited spots and equipment rentals; project proponents estimated about $822 per hole and an early total estimate of about $17,300 including a 10% contingency. Phil (Parks and Recreation Director) told the board he would bring the supplemental request to council and that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had reviewed the modified layout with no recreation‑use objections so far.

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