Chad, the Davenport parks director, briefed the Davenport Crockett Recreation Advisory Board on the parks department’s FY26 capital-improvement program and several near-term facility updates.

Chad said the department’s CIP includes a $250,000 hard-surface repair allocation to address aging basketball and tennis courts, $150,000 for Credit Island improvements (including lodge window and turf work and possible master-plan work), and several park-development line items that the board approved in the FY26 slate. "Green Acres is $65,000," Chad said, and other line items in the packet included $20,000 for recreation-trail safety improvements, $27,000 for baseball-field repairs, $85,000 for Slattery Park playground replacement and various smaller renovation projects.

Chad told the board the inclusive playground at the eMice (Annie Wyndmeier campus) is under construction and should be complete by mid-June to early July after the vendor corrected an earlier equipment shipment error. He said pools are slated to open the weekend in June (date not specified) and that Annie Witt passed its health-department inspection that day. "Annie Witt had its inspection today from the health department and passed," Chad said. He noted that Fedge pool may be delayed pending shipment of pumps expected to ship May 19, and that at least one splash pad (Centennial) will be delayed until a county inspection can be scheduled after Memorial Day.

Chad also described a planned digital-sign upgrade for two existing signs to enable remote updates, improvements to pickleball courts at Northwest Park, and a Duck Creek Tennis/Pickleball project expected to go out to bid next week with award planned in July and construction likely in early fall; the department intends to keep courts open for summer play. He asked advisory members to review the FY27 project survey next month; final project approvals are planned for August and September per the department’s schedule.

Board members raised location questions for additional pickleball courts and were told West Davenport opportunities could be considered, including EMICE-area tennis courts. Chad shared fundraising postcards for a clubhouse project and asked members to help distribute them.