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Staff: Park visits rising; playground reopening and new lighting linked to higher use
Summary
Parks staff told the Missouri City Parks Board that park visits rose in January and that McNaughton Park attendance jumped after a playground reopening; staff highlighted a two‑park solar‑lighting pilot and vandalism fixes to protect amenities.
Parks staff presented an operations snapshot showing higher park use and tied the rise to recent reopenings and amenities. "Since we've reopened the playground, the attendance for the park as a whole has been up 86%," said Train, the parks staff presenter, who described monthly increases and noted Buffalo Run, Community and Hunters Glen were the system's highest‑use parks.
Staff said they are piloting solar lights to improve safety and extending maintenance tracking through a new resource management system, Cartograph, to address vandalism and upkeep. Train described a localized approach for the Community Park basketball court where nighttime usage spiked after lighting was installed. He also described a vandalism mitigation step at Quail Green West — replacing playground border stones with concrete to prevent repeated damage.
