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Tyler council accepts $100,000 tennis donation, awards Rose Garden curbing and approves $195,675 water-plant amendment

Tyler City Council · January 14, 2026

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Summary

Council accepted a $100,000 donation for Faulkner Tennis Center, authorized a Rose Garden curbing contract and approved a $195,675 contract amendment related to Golden Road/Lake Palestine filters; all items passed by voice vote. No action was taken on the Lake Tyler Master Plan after extensive public comment.

Tyler — At its Jan. 14 meeting the Tyler City Council approved several agenda items by voice vote and received a status update on the Lake Tyler Master Plan (no action taken).

Donation to Faulkner Tennis Center: The council unanimously approved acceptance of a $100,000 donation to the Faulkner Tennis Center from Pellet Chevrolet via the Friends of the Faulkner Tennis Center. Leanne Robinette, director of Parks and Recreation, said the donation brings fundraising to about $189,000 for master-plan work (motion by Nichols; second by Haney; voice vote carried).

Rose Garden concrete curbing: Parks manager Jose Paraga reported bids for the Tyler Municipal Rose Garden concrete curbing project had a single bidder, Cowboy Custom Curbing. Staff recommended awarding bid #26 to Cowboy Custom Curbing based on prior work; the council authorized the city manager to award the contract (motion by Curtis; second by Nichols; voice vote carried).

Golden Road / Lake Palestine filter rehabilitation: Nikki Ingram presented an amendment to the contract for rehabilitation of filters 11–14 at Golden Road and related repairs at Lake Palestine. Staff described recent underdrain failures and a flooded pipe gallery at Lake Palestine that reduced its operating output to about 8–12 million gallons per day (MGD) from a 30 MGD design capacity. Grakon is to replace underdrains and media (projected cost reported in the presentation at about $4.2 million) and HDR will evaluate the air scour system ($49,000). The council authorized the city manager to execute a $195,675 amendment for KSA engineers to provide construction administration and testing oversight for the rehabilitation (motion by Nichols; second by Curtis; voice vote carried). Staff said filters 2 and 5 are targeted to be back online by April 2026 and the remaining filters expected by October 2026.

Consent agenda and other business: The council approved the consent agenda by voice vote and received a city-manager report with project updates including a new online public-information request portal, progress on an Old Jacksonville Highway traffic signal, and the opening of a portion of the Legacy Trail (state grant-funded).

Vote method and counts: Votes on these items were voice votes; specific vote counts were not recorded in the public transcript.

What’s next: Staff said the Lake Tyler Master Plan item will return to council for possible adoption in coming weeks after additional outreach and refinements.