01.11.24 Park Board PacketTHE
PARKS
AND
RECREATION
BOARD
MEETING
January 11, 2024
Call to Order / Roll Call
Consider and act upon approval of
the minutes from the
November 9, 2023
Parks & Recreation Board meetings.
Comments by the Public.
Receive staff updates: Recreation,
Park Development, Park
Operations, and Director.
Recreation: Christmas Festival
•Prosper Christmas Festival
•Over 7,000 event goers
•Major attractions included:
•Santa’s Workshop, Horse-drawn carriage, Sensory Santa
•Kids Christmas Shoppe, Tree Lighting, Drone Show
•Community Stage, Kids Zone with inflatables and games
•Over 90 booth spaces
Merry Christmas Prosper!
Recreation
Recreation
•Spring registration opens January 15
•Summer scheduling underway
•New offerings at 407 for Active Adults
•MFC 2023 Concluded
Recreation
•Prosper Fishing Derby
•Saturday, February 17 9:00a.m. – 11:00a.m.
•Frontier Park Pond
•Stocking 2,000 fish
•Volunteering opportunities available
•Complimentary coffee, hot chocolate and tea available to public
•Prosper Bass Fishing team onsite
Pecan Grove Park
•The project has been fully closed
out and this can be removed from
the list for next month.
•Parviz did an excellent job
managing the project and dealing
with many complex issues.
Park Development:
Park Development:
Lakewood Park
Development
•Ratliff has been busy importing
and grading 50,000 cubic yards of
soil on the site.
•The bore under Coit Rd. for the
water tap was completed
yesterday.
•Grading work for the parking lot
and other site grading work is
underway.
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Park Development:
Raymond
Community Park
•The contractor has installed erosion
control devices and early grading
work is underway.
•Council has awarded the first bid
package, and the second package is
scheduled to go out for bid in
February.
• The Platting and Site Plan review
process with the Town is currently
underway.
Site Work Has Begun
Park Planning:
Parks, Recreation,
and Open Space
Master Plan Update
•Staff will be working on an update
to the 2015 Master plan throughout
2024.
•Staff is working to get Dunaway
under contract and get started
before the end of January.
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PARKS OPERATIONS:
Staff prepping the ball fields for the upcoming season at
Frontier Park, Tucker Park and Folsom Park.
PARKS OPERATIONS:
Staff continuing to prep medians with the new
design which includes new plants, rock and mulch.
2024 Event Calendar Approved
Director:
•Fishing Derby February 17
•Mayor’s Coffee March 20
•P-Town Throwdown March 23
•NRM Spring April 4
•Paws on Broadway April 27
•National Day of Prayer May 2
•Moonlight Movie May 4
•Memorial Day May 27
•Chrome & Coffee June 1
Next Meeting – February 8 @ 6:00pm – Town Council Chambers
•Pride In The Sky July 1 (Monday)*
•Freedom Fest September 14
•NRM Fall September 26
•Celebrate Prosper October 5
•Mayor’s Lunch October 16
•Arbor Day November 1 (Friday)*
•Veterans Day 5K November 9
•Sensory Santa December 2
•Christmas Festival December 7
Request for future agenda items.
Adjourn.