Grapevine - Colleyville - Southlake | April 2025

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BY CODY THORN

Southlake moves ahead with $24M Town Hall Park Plaza plan

The next steps for a renovated Town Hall Plaza Park were decided by the Southlake City Council during a meeting March 4. The plans include closing the Fountain Place roadway. Southlake Director of Community Services David Miller made a presentation to council after taking feedback the council provided during the Dec. 3 meeting and brought back updated render- ings and options. Zooming in The changes are to address current wear and tear to the park, according to Southlake ocials. At the Dec. 3 meeting, City Council was pre- sented with three options for updates to the park, with Option C being worth an estimated $24.4 million in present-day costs. It has an estimated 12-month timeline for completion, according to city documents. “I’m fully on board with Option C,” council member Dr. Randy Robbins said. “I think Option C is innitely better than anything else. It gives the most pop. It gives us the best place to have everything. It looks rst-class, top to bottom.” The city budgeted $527,000 for the park design plans in the scal year 2024-25 capital improve- ment program, according to its website. More than $14 million is budgeted in the 2025-26 plan. Additional funding will come in scal year 2026- 27, which will determine the start of construction. Current situation Miller presented a trac study on Fountain Place, the road that separates the park from the gazebo and fountain. There were two options to keep the road open, another to close it fully and a hybrid model that

A rendering shows what the Town Hall Park Plaza area would look like in Southlake. Fountain Place would be closed to vehicle trac and the lawn area would be expanded from Southlake Town Hall to the gazebo near Southlake Boulevard.

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used bollards that could close the road for trac. With the 16 parking spots on Fountain Place removed there are still 2,453 city-owned parking spots in Southlake Town Square. The consensus from council was to forge ahead with closing Fountain Place. That would eliminate the 16 parking spots, but three angled parking spots would be added on Grand Avenue and three more on State Street, Miller said. The closure would provide a lawn area that stretches from the water fountain near Southlake Town Hall to the gazebo. Stay tuned Miller said the sta will work on the design

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proposal with infrastructure, minus the overlook/ gazebo area. Council will have to look into adding restrooms during construction or make it a second phase of construction.

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