BY CODY THORN
The framework
Going forward
Received Keller sales tax revenue
+50.93%
The Keller City Council approved new fee struc- tures for rental of the elds and fees for resident athletes, with a cap on how much a family spends. The fees, which range from $50-$250 per hour, will cover costs like electricity and janitorial services. Rachel Reynolds, Keller’s communication and public engagement manager, said a 15-year debt payment for $28 million of the project started in scal year 2023-24 and will run through the 2037-38 scal year. The remaining $12 million for the park comes from various city funds, including the Keller Development Corp.’s sales tax revenues, water and wastewater, and parks. KDC uses the city’s 0.5% sales tax revenue for park development, part of the 2% city sales tax divided up for general fund, KDC, streets and crime control, according to the city website. The original cost of the project was $30 million, according to previous reporting. The splash pad, replacing playground equipment and adding stor- age increased the overall cost by nearly $11 million.
$20M
The park will debut the Victory Field North and Victory Field South baseball elds this spring after a ribbon-cutting ceremony was pushed back from January to April, Reynolds said. Construction of City Sports is expected to be completed in late 2026, a ling with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation states. Keller Sports Association president Je Burchbach said he sees the renovations and expansion as an opportunity to invest more into coach and player development. The KSA board hired an education director, who will oversee all player and coach development in the organization starting in September. “I’m proud of the investments we’ve made and look forward to seeing how the new park will support and inspire our young athletes,” Mizani said.
$15M
$10M
$5M
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2019
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Keller Sports Park expenditures
Key:
Parks: $32.87M Streets: $2.86M Engineering: $2.71M Maintenance: $2.41M
$40.85M total
SOURCES: ACTING TEXAS COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, CITY OF KELLER COMMUNITY IMPACT
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