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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 could result in replacement turf at no cost.
On lake infrastructure, staff said bids will be solicited to repair an outer dock finger damaged by wave action and to install roughly a 650-foot wave attenuator beyond the docks to reduce future wave and wind damage. "Now that we know that TML insurance is not going to cover the damage in the future, we are going to install a 650 foot long wave attenuator out in the lake further beyond our docks to protect the docks moving forward," the staff member said on the record. The briefing said staff hopes to have bids awarded by the start of the year and the attenuator functional by April 1.
Staff described a planned replacement of the Harry Myers splash ground, noting the surface has heaved and equipment is aging. The project was described in the briefing as a $250,000 project that the city anticipates awarding in January and opening for the splash-ground season on April 1.
Other capital projects discussed included laser grading and new TifTough turf at Chandlers Park to create a sports-practice surface, and a Stone Creek Park improvement to add a fishing pier and a trail system to improve lake access. The board was told these improvements are intended to increase seating, walking loops and safe fishing access similar to existing amenities at Breezy Hill.
Staff also outlined master-plan kickoffs for Alma Williams Park (near the water tower on North Country Lane) and Klutz Farm (a newly acquired 50-acre site). Alma Williams is being studied initially as a more active park with possible skate-park or all-wheels pump track, pickleball and multiple fields; Klutz Farm is tentatively envisioned as a more passive park with pavilions, walking trails, meadows and fishing piers. "These directions could change based on what council requests, what y'all request, what the citizens request," the staff member said, noting the master-plan processes will be public and take about six to eight months.
Votes at a glance: the meeting record shows the board approved the minutes considered at the start of the session; the mover and seconder and a roll-call tally were not specified in the transcript.
The meeting concluded after brief discussion of minor items and event planning.
