Project upDATE Parks & Recreation

Deer Park Nature PreservePhase one of the Deer Park Nature Preserve Project that the City of Deer Park worked with Texas Parks and Wildlife and the Army Corps of Engineers was completed. Within this beautiful preserve, you will find a 17-acre Wetland, decomposed granite walking trail, Texas native wildlife, many plants and vegetation and a boardwalk on the trail to assist with saturated and to elevate our visitors. The Nature Preserve is a wonderful asset to the City of Deer Park and we ask all citizens to visit.

New Soccer Complex - The new Deer Park soccer complex is completed. The two-sodded fields have full growth with grass and the remaining four fields consisting of sprigging and hydro mulch will be ready in spring and fall respectfully. The complex has a concession area and restrooms for usage. We have added picnic tables and trashcans to the complex as well. In the near future, we will adding a decomposed granite trails form the concession to the fields on the east side. We hope to one day add more parking and light the two hydro mulch fields.

New Recreation Center and Aquatic Center Study – The City of Deer Park has contracted with Brinkley Sargent Wiginton Architects to develop a needs assessment for a New Community Center and indoor pool, conceptual site plan, project budgets and an Operational cost analysis of proposed building. City Council along with the Parks and Recreation Commission, Deer Park Community Development Corporation and City Administration plus staff have met several times to discuss these aspects for a future facility.

Repair to the Truss of the Historic Bridge at the Battleground Golf Course– Architectural Consultant RPS, Gibson & Associates, Inc, City of Deer Park Staff and Touchstone

Golf have met several times including a preliminary and pre-construction meeting to discuss logistics and discuss relevant items to the project. The Notice to Proceed Letter was sent on June 19, 2019. Battleground Historic Bridge Repair will consist of mobilization of materials and labor, replacing steel members, repair section loss with steel members, filling voids with metal repair composite, cleaning, abrasive blasting, and painting steel. Construction on the bridge has been completed and Golfers have access to the entire course.

Hike and Bike Trails – This is one of the seven projects that was approved at a Special Election for Type B Economic Development Sales and Use Tax Proposition in May 2015. Burditt Consultants LLC has been contracted to administer architectural services for the construction phase. The initial trail will be a 1.04-mile trail that connects East X Street to East P Street and connects Tiffany Amber Park, Wynfield Park, and Running Brook Park by way of existing sidewalks.

North East Hike and Bike Trail Project – The City of Deer Park has begun work on design and layout for the Northeast Hike and Bike trail. The City has received a grant from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to fund the future trail. RVi Planning was selected as the landscape architecture firm to complete the design work and layout of the trail. Preliminary conceptual design has the trail beginning in Park Green Park and extending south to Runningbrook Park with several trail and path connections along the way. Surveyors have been gathering data from the trail site and that information will soon be utilized to complete the final design and construction documents.

New Projects – The Department will be working on in 2019-2020 FY Phase 1 Bridge Replacement in Dow Park, Recrowning Multipurpose Field at Adult Sports Complex, Repaving Pony Field Parking Lot, and New Concession Stand for Pony/Colt Baseball Fields,

Dow Park Soccer drainage and more.

Spencerview Complex –As one of the seven projects that was approved at a Special Election for Type B Economic Development Sales and Use Tax Proposition in May 2015. TF Harper was contracted to complete the renovation of Baseball Fields at Spencerview Park. Although the fields was renovated, we are still working on the bridge to access Glendale Park to add additional parking. We have hired CobbFendley to prepare and submit a conveyance analysis for review to Harris County Flood Control District and the City of Deer Park. We are moving on this project to construct a pedestrian bridge across HCFCD Unit# B114-00-).

Deer Park Wayfinding Program Signs – Phase one of the Wayfinding Program has been completed with fifteen signs and four monuments in City Parks erected that will assist with wayfinding to various facilities in Deer Park and name the Parks. We are currently working on Phase two of this project with City Staff and National Signs Plaza to locate an additional twenty-five wayfinding signs and two large monuments to be placed at City Hall and the Deer Park Police Department.

Girls Softball Complex - This is one of the seven projects that was approved at a Special Election for Type B Economic Development Sales and Use Tax Proposition in May 2015. The fields has been completed in summer of 2019. The facility has six softball fields, a concession stand along with restrooms. In addition a maintenance facility to store supplies and equipment. The Department in the future is considering the addition of additional parking and add lights to the two fields w/o lights.