San Angelo parks staff lay out 2025 projects, events and maintenance priorities

San Angelo Parks and Recreation staff presented a yearlong work plan and program calendar for 2025 to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, outlining facility repairs, new installations, and seasonal programming that will affect sports complexes, neighborhood parks and riverfront trails.

The plan emphasizes maintenance and infrastructure work — including a storage building and shade structure at the Texas Bank Sports Complex, replacement of three aging irrigation controllers that manage roughly 96 zones at the sports complex, and phased resurfacing and repairs at several park sites — alongside a calendar of recreation programs such as youth basketball, summer track and senior activities.

The board heard the highlights at length. Roger, a parks staff member, described the Texas Bank Sports Complex project: “we're going to be working on constructing a storage building that's already been purchased,” and said staff will contract for a shade structure near the playground. He also called 2025 “the year of the garden,” noting an expanded effort to mulch and plant native garden beds across city parks.

Al Torres, the city’s construction manager, updated the board on the youth sports practice area work tied to the East 29th Sports Complex. “We signed contracts with the contractor in December,” Torres said, and explained that the site permit issues were resolved with development staff; the restroom building requires an engineer seal that the manufacturer issues later in the build process.

Major park and facility items identified by staff include:

- Texas Bank Sports Complex: build an in‑house storage building (equipment…