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Parks staff lays out CIP priorities, master plan kickoff and rising vandalism costs

Wichita Park Board · September 8, 2025
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Summary

Parks staff reviewed capital projects for 2026 — athletic court replacements, irrigation upgrades, playground rehabs and trail repairs — and outlined an upcoming park master plan contract and steering committee; staff also highlighted rising illegal dumping and vandalism that is diverting maintenance dollars.

Parks staff presented a Capital Improvement Program (CIP) update that mapped major park-system projects for 2026 and highlighted near-term operational pressures from vandalism and illegal dumping.

The CIP presentation (Staff, Speaker 3) listed a range of projects: athletic-court replacements (moving failing asphalt courts to concrete), a roughly $2,000,000 irrigation investment for golf-course irrigation improvements, playground rehabs (Central Riverside under RFP), trail and boardwalk repairs, signage rollout across heavily used parks, and a proposed…

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