BY MICHAEL CROUCHLEY & ISABELLA ZEFF
What’s next
The approach
The context
Council is set to have discussions on specific propositions through the end of the year, with the final proposition discussion planned for January. The last day to call a bond for the May 2 election is Feb. 9. Projects that didn’t make the cut for the bond package, including Apollo Park and proposed pickleball courts at Point North Park, could be included in future bonds.
Bond funding could be used to replace 10 playgrounds, built between 2005 and 2015.
The proposed package does not include funding for several possible projects, including the second phase of Apollo Park construction, which is set to add soccer fields. The first phase was completed in 2024. Council member Joe Corcoran said the city’s Parks and Recreation commission prefers funding for Apollo over Breckinridge Park. Corcoran said some members suggested the soccer fields would provide citywide benefits, while the Breckinridge upgrades would offer a narrower benefit in the panhandle. “But if we take that approach to every single bond program in perpetuity, then the infrastructure projects at Breckinridge will just never get done,” Corcoran said. Mayor Pro Tem Ken Hutchenrider supported prioritizing the Breckinridge bridge over Apollo during a previous council meeting. The bridge would be the park’s second, with the first finished in 2012.
2005
Creek Hollow Park
Huffhines Park Breckinridge Complex C
2006
Richland Park Crowley South
2009
Heights Park
“One of our guiding principles was to build on projects and plans that had been launched.” DON MAGNER, RICHARDSON CITY MANAGER
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McKamy Springs Park
2013
Durham Park
Northrich Park Glenville Park SOURCE: CITY OF RICHARDSON/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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