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Parks staff report heavy spring maintenance, events and staffing updates
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Parks staff reported extensive spring maintenance and programming activity: new mowing contractor covering about 83 sites, two trout stockings and one catfish stocking at Hall Lake, 10 largemouth bass added to Love Street Park pond, three staff certified as playground safety inspectors, and several events that drew hundreds to more than a thousand visitors.
Jacob, Parks and Recreation staff, told the Weatherford Parks and Recreation Board on April 23 that the department’s quarterly work from January through March included tree trimming, expanded mowing, fish stockings and event support.
"We did 2 trout stockings over at Hall Lake, and we did 1, catfish stocking," Jacob said, and later noted that one scheduled catfish event was rained out but the fish were still stocked. He told the board a new mowing contractor began work in recent weeks and will cover about 83 mowing sites across the city.
Jacob also reported that two staff members recently obtained certified playground safety inspector credentials, bringing the department’s total to three employees qualified to conduct state-required playground inspections. He emphasized that playgrounds must pass inspection under state law and that certified staff allow the department to identify and fix safety issues promptly.
On programming, staff said the arts festival at Shandor Gardens drew roughly 1,500 visitors with about 70 vendors; a March 24 "lounge night" had about 300 attendees. Youth programs showed strong participation, including 90 participants in a blast ball program and several youth softball tournaments. Facility reservation counts included 41 rentals at one building and 29 at Mount Pleasant (as reported in the staff packet), and staff said about 190 work orders were processed citywide during the quarter.
The board asked whether the department tracks how many event attendees come from inside versus outside the city; Jacob said the department does not currently track that metric but has options to do so and will look into it.
The board received the report and moved on to project-specific updates.
