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Consultants recommend Southside recreation center; council hears two delivery options and $58M concept budget
Summary
A consultant team presented two systemwide options for Mesquite’s recreation network and recommended a Phase 1 Southside recreation center with a conceptual budget of $58,000,000; council members discussed equity, phasing, site constraints and bond strategy but took no action.
Elizabeth Harrell, Mesquite’s parks and recreation director, opened a consultant presentation on a recreation‑center feasibility study, saying the work began from the city’s 2022 parks, recreation and open‑space master plan and that consultants Barker Rinker Seacat would present a systemwide needs assessment and cost considerations.
Consultant Craig, speaking for Barker Rinker Seacat, summarized a months‑long public process — workshops, surveys and an executive steering committee — and framed the study around three linked factors: program (facility spaces), budget and schedule. He said Mesquite currently has about 102,000 square feet of indoor recreation space and that planners used a level‑of‑service target of roughly 1–2 square feet…
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