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Mansfield parks board hears midyear master‑plan review and debates a large recreation center and funding options
Summary
Staff presented a midyear review of Mansfield’s 2020 parks master plan on Oct. 16, highlighting acreage and trail shortfalls, recent project progress and the possibility of a 125,000‑sq‑ft recreation and aquatics center estimated at about $94 million; board discussed funding paths including sales‑tax financing and a future bond referendum.
Director Anne led a midyear review of Mansfield’s 2020 Parks Master Plan at the Oct. 16 meeting, laying out inventory shortfalls, survey results and project updates and prompting an extended discussion about whether to pursue a large multi‑generation recreation and aquatics center.
Anne told the board staff had completed a statistically valid resident survey (April–May 2024) and reviewed benchmarking against peer cities, concluding Mansfield remains behind its adopted standards: the city is short roughly 83 acres of neighborhood parks and 50 acres of community parks today and roughly 12 miles of…
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