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Residents urge council to reconsider Lundy Park access and potential skate/BMX park placement
Summary
Multiple residents told the council the Parks and Trails Master Plan’s proposal for using El Dorado/Lundy Lane access to a 24-acre Lundy Park parcel would concentrate traffic and activity through a single one-way street and could cause noise, parking and safety concerns if skate/BMX facilities were located there.
During public comment at the March 3 Friendswood City Council meeting, residents urged the council to revisit proposed access and certain program elements in the Parks and Trails Master Plan, especially the proposed Lundy Park site.
Cathy Adler Baugh, who lives on El Dorado Drive, said the tentative plan appears to rely on access through El Dorado — a one-way-in, one-way-out street with limited capacity — and asked the city to consider other access options. Penny Dunn, also an El Dorado resident since 1980, said she values the area’s rural character and said the plan’s proposed uses (including a BMX/skate park and a pool) would create traffic, noise and management challenges for the neighborhood. Dunn expressed concern about safety and the effect of nighttime activity on residents.
Resident Evelyn Timmons said she was previously unaware of the January public meetings and the timeline for public input and encouraged broader outreach. City Manager Murad Kabiri responded in the manager’s report portion of the meeting: he said the city purchased the roughly 24-acre Lundy property in 2015 for about $575,000, that the Harbor Church parcel and FM 528 are among possible access points, and that any major park construction would require future bond funding and additional public engagement before designs were finalized.
City staff noted that the Parks and Trails Master Plan presents priorities and community preferences gathered through surveys and in-person meetings; it does not lock the city into specific designs or construction plans. Staff said the plan is a menu of options for future budgeting and that proposed improvements would move forward only after additional studies, community input and, where necessary, bond elections.
