Cedar Park Type B board approves FY2026 project list and budget, adds rec-center space study

The Cedar Park Community Development Type B Corporation on July 8 approved a list of FY2026 projects and a proposed FY2026 budget recommendation, adding a $150,000 Recreation Center space-needs study and approving a separate $1,646,617.64 budget amendment to repurchase about 5.15 acres from CP North Shore.

The move-setting action will send the Type B budget recommendation to city staff for inclusion in the city budget process and on to the City Council for final adoption, with staff noting a target final adoption date of Sept. 11. The board voted to approve the projects list and the budget recommendation during the same meeting; it also approved the FY2025 budget amendment related to the North Shore settlement.

Finance staff said the Type B half-cent sales tax and conservative interest projections support the proposed spending. “For every purchase at a brick-and-mortar store or for online purchases shipped to an address within Cedar Park, our businesses, residents, and visitors pay sales tax of 8.25% ... Of that amount,…