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Rotary San Angelo wins parks board recommendation to pursue MOU for Mountain View Park
Summary
The San Angelo parks board voted to recommend a Memorandum of Understanding with Rotary San Angelo to adopt Mountain View Park and pursue park improvements; members asked the MOU to include measurable multiyear investment expectations before city council consideration.
Rotary San Angelo presented a proposal to adopt Mountain View Park under a Memorandum of Understanding and asked the parks advisory board on Tuesday to recommend the idea to city council.
Mason Brooks, president of Rotary San Angelo, told the board the club seeks a five-year stewardship arrangement to fund and perform improvements such as signage, restroom repainting, lighting, walking-path work and possibly converting tennis to pickleball. "This is our hundredth year of existence in service to San Angelo," Brooks said, describing the proposal as a centennial gift and a partnership with the city.
Board members pressed for clearer financial commitments and enforcement language in the MOU, saying naming rights should be linked to measurable capital investment. One member suggested a 10-year term with an expectation in the ballpark of $100,000 in committed improvements over the period; Brooks said the Rotary currently has about $9,300 in a charitable fund at the San Angelo Area Foundation and a $5,000 district grant available, totaling roughly $14,000 toward initial work.
Staff told the board that authority to name parks rests with city council and the city attorney would draft the formal MOU. Staff said the board—s role is to recommend whether to forward the proposal to council and that the MOU could include termination and extension language and measurable deliverables.
Members also urged Rotary to coordinate with the temporary skate-group using part of the site so that improvements and any changes to recreational uses work for neighborhood users. Cost examples discussed included a pickleball conversion at roughly $30,000—$40,000 and a park perimeter walkway that could reach into the low hundreds of thousands of dollars, depending on scope.
After discussion the board moved and approved a recommendation to forward the Rotary proposal to city council with the expectation that the MOU will specify an investment scope and term. Staff will provide the city attorney—s draft MOU to the board for review before it goes to council. The parks board did not set specific dollar thresholds; members asked staff to include language making investment expectations explicit in the recommended MOU.
What happens next: staff will circulate the attorney-prepared MOU for tweaks and the city council will have final authority on any renaming or formal agreement.
