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Flower Mound CDC approves 4B funding for parks, trails and playground turf upgrade
Summary
The Community Development Corporation voted unanimously to approve 4B sales-tax funding for park operation and maintenance, trail and park amenities and master-plan projects, and approved a $130,000 amendment to add synthetic turf at North Shore Park playground.
The Flower Mound Community Development Corporation voted unanimously Tuesday to approve use of 4B sales-tax revenues for a slate of parks and trails projects and to increase funding for playground replacements by $130,000.
The board approved a fiscal year 2025–26 capital improvement plan amendment to pay for park and trail operation and maintenance, park and trail amenities, debt service for Twin Coves (Twin Coast) Park, Amy Lane Pond improvements, Colony Park work, the parks and recreation master plan update, Post Oak Park improvements, Charter Park improvements and Trails Master Plan implementation using 4B funds. The board also approved a separate amendment to add $130,000 to the current year’s playground-replacement budget to allow synthetic-turf surfacing at the North Shore Park playground.
The measures were presented by Chuck (staff member) and discussed during a staff presentation that explained the projects would be funded from the 4B dedicated sales-tax account. Chuck told the board the town has raised park operations funding in recent years and that the approved program balances capital projects with maintenance needs; he said the parks O&M line was increased to $2,000,000 for the current year. "We have to cover O&M costs and still be able to do cool projects," Chuck said during the presentation.
The playground amendment followed a neighborhood request to replace engineered wood chips with synthetic turf at North Shore Park. Staff said the synthetic turf would reduce ongoing maintenance (for example yearly topping of wood chips), improve accessibility for users with mobility devices and reduce the repeated raking staff now must perform to maintain required safety depths under slides and swings. Staff said the town already uses synthetic turf or poured-in-place surfaces at many playgrounds and that the selected turf product includes trample-zone reinforcement under high-traffic areas and a warranty.
Votes at a glance - G1 (4B funding package for park & trail operation and maintenance, amenities, Twin Coast debt service, Amy Lane Pond improvements, Colony Park and Recreation Master Plan, Post Oak Park improvements, Charter Park improvements, and Trails Master Plan implementation): approved, unanimous. - G2 (amend FY24–25 CIP: increase playground-replacement funding by $130,000 from 4B revenue to add synthetic turf at North Shore Park): approved, unanimous.
No public commenters addressed either item during the two public hearings on the agenda; staff opened and closed both hearings after confirming there were no speakers. The approvals put project funding in place for design, construction and smaller amenity purchases (benches, kiosks, bike racks, dog-waste stations) that staff said are typically paid from the 4B account and used to respond quickly to maintenance and accessibility needs.
Staff said some projects funded by the 4B account will move forward immediately and others will be staged over multiple fiscal years based on available design and construction capacity. Staff also noted that where projects rely on external grants (for example certain Texas Parks and Wildlife grant-funded park work) the town must wait until grant funds are fully awarded before awarding construction contracts.
The motions passed on roll call and were recorded as unanimous approvals by the CDC directors present.
