From the cover
Tomball unveils priority projects for next five years
Strategic plan focus areas, fiscal years 2024-26
Diving in deeper
Livable A Complete Phase 1 of alley project • Make alleys more walkable, add a public restroom to downtown • Cost: $1.88 million • Timeline: September 2023-2024 B Construct Louie’s Together Playground at Juergens Park • Cost: $850,000 • Timeline: late spring 2024-TBD C Improve Matheson Park • Add pickleball courts, splash pad, updated playground, loop trail • Cost: $2.4 million • Timeline: January 2023-early 2024 Create parks, trails, recreation master plan • Cost: $149,600 • Timeline: draft to be shared this fall Connected D Work with the Texas Department of Transportation on FM 2920 • Minimize medians, update sidewalks and crosswalks, replace trees • Cost: $28.61 million • Timeline: construction to start in 2027 Create thoroughfare plans • Cost: $450,000 • Timeline: Briefing with council Oct. 9 Plan for additional water wells
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The city’s strategic plan serves as Tomball’s guiding document for all of City Council’s major priorities and projects, such as updating several master plans and standardizing city street signs, Assistant City Manager Jessica Rogers said. “This is a way for us to build the map of how we’re going to accomplish all of those things,” Rogers said. “I think it’s always great for the departments to have from an operational perspective because they know what’s important, but it’s also a good reminder to the council of what we’re working towards.” In regard to capital improvements, Tomball has, for the most part, relied on cash funding, City Manager David Esquivel said. “The difference now is we’re looking at all of the different capital projects and looking at it more as a rolling program so we can implement those instead of choosing one or two at a time because the needs become much greater, especially since we’re a growing community,” Esquivel said. Esquivel also said by doing a capital improvement plan, or CIP, instead of calling for a bond election, increases to the city’s tax rate will be minimized because the debt issuances to fund projects will be spread out over several fiscal years. Planned for fiscal year 2023-24 is $53 million in capital projects, such as: • Creating an inclusive playground at Juergens Park • Funding the Grand Parkway elevated storage tank as part of water infrastructure improvements • Adding pickleball courts and a splash pad to Matheson Park
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Effective • Update and maintain city’s website • Complete the 2023 utility rate study
Safe • Grow police department’s community relations division • Participate in annual census of homeless population
Fun • Enhance Wayne Stovall Park • Develop new festival, event or program ideas
SOURCE: CITY OF TOMBALL/COMMUNITY IMPACT
$53M
Allocated funds for capital improvements, FYs 2024-28 Police Water Parks Streets Wastewater Other*
FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26 FY 2026-27 FY 2027-28
$44.72M
$48.24M
$16.93M
$9.39M
SOURCE: CITY OF TOMBALL/COMMUNITY IMPACT *OTHER IS COMBINED UTILITY AND GAS EXPENDITURES
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