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Fremont parks staff issue RFP for Christensen Field fencing; board discusses Johnson Park design committee
Summary
The Fremont Parks & Recreation Board discussed a recently issued RFP to replace fencing, backstops and dugouts at Christensen Field and said council retreat discussion led to plans for a Johnson Park design-and-construction committee composed of P&R board members, council representatives and community members.
The Fremont Parks & Recreation Board on Feb. 2, 2026 advanced plans for a Christensen Field renovation and discussed forming a committee to oversee design and construction of Johnson Park.
Staff member Nate Schwanke said the city issued a request for proposals to replace the aging fencing, backstops and cinder-block dugouts at Christensen Field; the project would install new fencing around all four fields, new backstops and fenced dugouts. Schwanke said three contractors have already expressed interest in the RFP and that CivicRec features such as garden listings, pool point-of-sale and ballfield registration have been expanded to support seasonal operations.
Nick Hansen, director of parks & recreation, reported additional capital updates and planning items that frame the projects. Hansen said the Christensen Field RFP has been published and that related parks and cemetery equipment purchases are under way. He said the Van Anda restroom unit is expected to arrive in March. Hansen also noted that the EDA grant for Hormel and Wildwood is effectively complete pending one reimbursement check and that a grant-extension request for the JCF Park project was accepted with a new deadline of June 2026.
Hansen described a recent city council retreat discussion of the Parks & Recreation Master Plan, where outside guests described how Papillion Landing was built and councilors participated in an exercise to rank master-plan priorities. That discussion, Hansen said, led to plans to form a Johnson Park design-and-construction committee that would include Parks & Recreation Board members, council representatives and two to three at-large community members to guide next steps on the Johnson Park renovation effort.
There were no formal votes recorded on the Christensen Field RFP or on committee formation during the meeting; procedural business included a motion to suspend reading of the Jan. 5, 2026 minutes and a later motion to adjourn, both of which carried. The board set its next regular meeting for March 2, 2026.
