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Parks board recommends against installing restroom at Prairie Park after neighborhood concerns and cost questions
Summary
The Prosper Parks and Recreation Board voted unanimously to recommend not installing a restroom at Prairie Park, after staff outlined limited complaints, high costs for permanent facilities and porta-potty maintenance, and board members raised precedent and vandalism concerns.
The Parks and Recreation Board of Directors voted unanimously Aug. 14 to recommend not installing a restroom at Prairie Park.
Parks staff presented the item as a response to a homeowner complaint that a child had been seen urinating behind a bush, a concern documented on a doorbell camera. Parks and Recreation staff member Dan Baker said the department has received “one or two” such complaints and asked the board for a recommendation on whether to pursue a temporary porta‑potty, a screened porta‑potty structure, or a plumbed restroom building.
The board’s decision reflected three recurring concerns raised during the discussion: cost, maintenance and vandalism risk, and setting a…
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