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Parks department seeks $664,150 in RAP-tax funding for playgrounds, trail overlay and arena sound
Summary
Cedar City parks officials asked the RAP-tax committee for $620,550 for parks improvements (or $664,150 including the Cross Hollow event center), including Park Discovery Phase 2, temporary mounds/fences and a Coal Creek Trail overlay; the Cross Hollow Arena manager separately requested $43,600 for a sound system for a new addition.
Cedar City parks staff asked the RAP-tax review committee on Oct. 11, 2025, to approve roughly $620,550 in funding for park improvements, and said the department’s total request rises to $664,150 when the Cross Hollow event center is included.
The request covers several projects: $14,550 for replacement temporary mounds and fences at Bicentennial and Hill Complex (with $9,500 committed from the TRCC), a $30,000 replacement of a Main Street rope-and-pole feature, about $360,000 for Park Discovery Phase 2 to provide fully accessible play surfaces, and a $215,000 program to place a 1-inch overlay along 20-plus-year-old sections of the Coal Creek Trail. “For parks and rec, it's 620,550, but that's — that's minusing the Crosshollow Arena total. So total in parks and rec with the Crosshollow Arena, it's 664,150,” Anthony Pearson, Parks Department, told the committee.
Why it matters: Pearson said the Park Discovery Phase 2 is designed to meet ADA requirements the project lacked when a previous grant application was denied and would make playground equipment accessible by ramp and poured-in-place surfacing. He described the Coal Creek Trail as used by commuters, recreators and fundraising events and said the trail has root damage and areas needing road base and overlay.
Cross Hollow event center: Scott Christianson, arena manager, separately requested $43,600 to extend sound and video into a new addition that includes restrooms and a banquet room. “You gotta have sound. If people can't hear what's going on, then it's... unpleasant,” Christianson told the committee, adding the addition is part of roughly $2.3 million in improvements supported by private donations, county and city funds.
Committee questions and clarifications: Committee members asked for a clearer line-item separation between leisure services and the Cross Hollow event center; Pearson said both sit in one department but that the Cross Hollow amount could be footnoted. Pearson also confirmed the TRCC had committed $9,500 toward the mounds and fences and clarified the Park Discovery Phase 2 scope — accessible routes, ramps, a merry-go-round and other accessible play elements.
Next steps: The committee did not take a final vote at the presentation. Staff were asked to supply any requested clarifications to the RAP-tax administrator by the committee’s submission deadline.
The meeting ended with an administrative motion to adjourn approved by voice vote.
