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Park Board approves minutes, hears staff update on budget-funded playground, dock and splash-ground projects
Summary
The Rockwall City Park Board approved minutes from Sept. 8, 2025, and received a staff briefing on capital projects funded in the budget, including Kids Zone playground upgrades, harbor dock repairs with a proposed 650-foot wave attenuator, a $250,000 splash-ground replacement at Harry Myers Park, turf work and master plans for Alma Williams Park and Klutz Farm.
The Rockwall City Park Board approved minutes from the Sept. 8, 2025 meeting and spent the bulk of its session hearing staff updates on capital projects funded in this year's budget.
A staff member told the board the Kids Zone playground 'one of the city's most heavily used play areas' will receive several upgrades: shade structures over the zipline, replacement of the artificial turf beneath the zipline with colored "racing lanes," hopscotch inlays built into the turf and an added slide off the Ninja Warrior warped wall for children who prefer a gentler descent. The staff member said the playground, installed three years ago, endures very high daily use and that the city is evaluating a possible warranty claim for UV damage that…
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