Plainview council approves grant application, YMCA contracts, recycling master plan and sewer repair

The Plainview City Council on May 13 approved a package of agreements and a contract, including an interlocal application for a Texas Parks and Wildlife grant to replace the Kidsville playground, a contract for YMCA pool operations, a master plan for the recycling center, a YMCA license for the baseball and softball complexes, and a sewer pipe relining project intended to avoid a later, costlier replacement.

The actions matter because they affect city facilities and services used by families, volunteers and utility customers: the playground replacement could draw state funds of up to $750,000; the YMCA agreements set this summer’s pool operations and field use; Park Hill Engineering will produce a plan for future recycling-center equipment; and the sewer work addresses a deteriorating asbestos-cement line in an older neighborhood.

Capital improvement manager Tim Crosswhite told the council the playground project, for Running Water Draw regional park, was identified in the city’s comprehensive and parks master plans and that the city has set aside…