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Finance committee reviews $55,100 contract for Veil Family Park concept plan; committee to take time and return in November
Summary
The finance committee reviewed Resolution 2025‑R46 to contract GPD Group for a $55,100 concept and site‑improvement plan for Veil Family Park, funded from a Roehl family donation; staff described a passive, neighborhood‑oriented design and a roughly six‑month timeline for the concept phase.
The Finance Committee on Tuesday considered Resolution 2025‑R46, which would authorize the city to enter a contract with GPD Group for concept and site‑improvement plans for Veil Family Park and make a related appropriation.
Finance Committee Chair Neugebauer said the proposed contract with GPD Group is for $55,100 and that the city used a request‑for‑qualifications process that produced three proposals. Planning staff described the parcel as roughly three acres donated by the Roehl family and said the family also provided about $85,000 to seed work on the project.
"So there's about a 3‑point‑some acre parcel that the Roehl family donated," the planning director said, describing an adjacent acre the city bought and other nearby open space. Planning staff said the park is intended to be a "very passive" space, emphasizing boardwalks, low‑impact trails, a bird blind and a butterfly garden rather than large athletic fields. "We would have a meeting with that local area," the planner said, describing focused community engagement rather than a broad series of public meetings.
Committee members asked about timing, parking and long‑term maintenance. One member pressed whether the work funded by the donation had any time limits; planning staff said there are no timing restrictions on the gift but that the land deed requires it be used as a park. Staff estimated the concept plan could be completed in about six months and said construction timing would depend on grant opportunities and the city’s capital‑budget priorities. "We might be planning something, maybe by the end of the year, but the time frame is not totally solidified depending on what the people say they want," a planner said.
Members also compared the new park’s priority with ongoing projects such as Creekbomb Park, where staff said restroom construction is under way and a playground and parking are planned within the next five years. One councilmember urged that Creekbomb be advanced as funds permit.
The committee treated R‑46 as a second reading and signaled it would take time on the item and likely consider passage at the next meeting in November. No final appropriation or contract award was made at Tuesday’s committee meeting.
Votes and formal actions recorded earlier in the evening included approval of the Oct. 14 committee minutes; the minutes motion was seconded and carried with one abstention recorded.
