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The motion to approve the minutes was made during the consent portion of the meeting; board members Chris Chastain, Susan Barela, Holly Royer, Rick Kenyon, Ashish Burry and Chair Mashewski all voted in favor when roll was called. No discussion or amendments were recorded.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Flower Mound - Parks Board Meeting - Jun 05, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Flower Mound Parks Board unanimously approved the minutes from its May 1 meeting during the June 5 consent agenda.","taxTitle","Flower Mound, Denton County, Texas","taxId",2790,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6526878,"Flower Mound parks board approves five-year parks CIP recommendation; bond funds to cover major projects",2337,5198000,7535000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3684258-cf684d49c48fe33df1277ebb25960aae&start=5198&end=7535","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3684258-cf684d49c48fe33df1277ebb25960aae/thumbnail_5198000.jpg","/articles/6526878/Flower-Mound/Denton-County/Texas/Flower-Mound-parks-board-approves-five-year-parks-CIP-recommendation-bond-funds-to-cover-major-projects","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6526878-6ef5e940a79ce296ff438bd2d6ebe251/orig.mp4?Expires=1771123634&Signature=LUvjJWXxNK66xgCa8iY1Npp8TkiKWgm5hfGyClCng3HlJLF8o37s17Lj6FLQMJga05qmmUNjUyDZ~rjiN7M-QuoVJy01AR3QFr0K44tzC6s1ElVzcwG6AKEBqbYj6kAXaxS~6islvz8xX9lC5MyTiaHBXNZUiJfSOqBnlJU9Cq11tiTeKTtzWspTvO03fzZ47Rq302PIZAEtpq03i2j6RSEtn6Dhr9Nb8SFWB1ETtJvKOz30wQPN2snGc6CDFldSpECb7ATrEROLZOAquRpukPjsm3DPjWtOgurYG~--CqZX3R8koA-hbOshMANRkgpupqXY0Pb0sVqCkZ8UhBr02Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Flower Mound Parks Board on June 5 voted unanimously to recommend a five-year capital improvement program for parks projects that allocates bond proceeds and 4B sales tax revenue to multiple projects, including design work for a Community Activity Center (CAC) renovation, Leonard and Helen Johns Community Park design, trail segments, and Trotter Park improvements.

The board's recommendation will be forwarded to the Community Development Corporation and ultimately incorporated into the town budget process. The vote came after a lengthy staff presentation of the proposed five-year plan and a detailed explanation from the town CFO of why more sales-tax funds must be allocated to operations and maintenance.

The plan steers significant bond funds to design and initial construction across several priorities: CAC expansion and renovation; design and construction funding for Leonard and Helen Johns Community Park; Twin Coves Park phase 2 design; trail projects divided across the five-year period; and synthetic turf fields at Bakersfield Park. The staff presentation estimated year-one needs, soft costs for design and engineering, and an ongoing annual allocation for park-and-trail amenities and playground replacements.

John Zagorski, the town chief financial officer, told the board the town changed its financial approach because legislative caps on operating revenue growth and a lower outlook for sales-tax growth have squeezed the general fund. The town used cash financing heavily in prior years; with inflationary pressures and a more constrained revenue environment, Zagorski said bond financing and a shift of certain costs to debt service will preserve services while letting capital projects proceed. \"We need a more balanced approach and one that focuses on planning for the future,\" he said, describing the shift in funding.

Board members asked staff to prioritize some projects for faster delivery, notably the CAC renovation and Chinn Chapel turf conversion; staff said design work and procurement steps would begin in fiscal year 2026 and that reimbursement resolutions and the timing of bond issuances could allow some early work to proceed.

The formal motion was moved \"as presented in the agenda caption\" and passed unanimously on roll call. The board then confirmed the July 3 meeting is canceled and set the next regular meeting for August 7, 2025.

The vote recorded on June 5 demonstrates the board's support for a multi-year plan to use recently voter-approved bonds and 4B sales-tax revenue while setting aside funds for increased operations and maintenance costs now expected to be paid from sales-tax revenues rather than the general fund.

Key financial context provided to the board: the town's park-related 4B sales-tax fund will shoulder higher operations and maintenance charges in fiscal 2026 (staff cited several million dollars of increased O&M/debt-service needs); the town will continue to pursue grants and other revenue sources, but staff asked the board to accept a strategy that uses bonds for capital while preserving service levels through a combination of limited sales-tax allocation and long-term planning.","The parks board unanimously recommended the five-year parks capital improvement plan to be forwarded for funding with 4B sales tax and recent bond proceeds; board members debated priorities and timing for the CAC and park projects.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6526883,"Residents, parks board press Eden Ranch developer to place public park by pond, not inside buffer",3370,1827000,5197000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3684258-cf684d49c48fe33df1277ebb25960aae&start=1827&end=5197","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3684258-cf684d49c48fe33df1277ebb25960aae/thumbnail_1827000.jpg","/articles/6526883/Flower-Mound/Denton-County/Texas/Residents-parks-board-press-Eden-Ranch-developer-to-place-public-park-by-pond-not-inside-buffer","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6526883-90effe50b1ead56e0288f56d45fc1168/orig.mp4?Expires=1771123634&Signature=D3Rfzw-inJLKH73NqozpfdcmbheX~6-YAmYFR33pJRlF4Ae7x0zGJ0g0ZtGrMr4FuA0OVg1vaWlvukJdNYxzf7LEhKe3aEItlfXZYIWdl03ePc7kFd~w1WOj3e0UmkxWIiUaWZ-1sv4NDs6A-5PQN~U0B0qF7xy1lk9z-ZU4AmHqHbk8sMNwbDEWd7eub5SV7bGVmdQCm~naxUu0zULeAt86ztTQ5jYzH18F0qgfe6UvB5JWsETkoq1sFKpzT4sTc6hGH36Ebv9FJa8NWPv02UxXFDr0LP1fIV04BmnlfMZ6wTN2zxL0-1y9ECtGYJAJ60LbOrU8PqH0c1d0DITQ8w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Flower Mound Parks Board on June 5 reviewed park-related plans for the Eden Ranch zoning-plan-development and urged the developer to relocate the proposed public park from a narrow buffer along Shiloh/1171 to a site adjacent to a larger pond or other open space the broader community could access.

Board members, neighbors and the developer discussed the parkland required under the town's parkland dedication ordinance, as well as alternatives including dedication of nearby acreage. The developer said he's willing to pursue acquiring adjacent land and donating it as parkland and asked staff about next steps and timing.

The discussion matters because the property would add to the town's park supply in an area with fewer parks and trails. The developer's plan proposes 168 single-family lots across roughly 334 acres with nearly 150 acres of open space; the current concept shows about 23.35 acres of on-site parkland. Under the town's parkland dedication rules the project would owe roughly 5.65 acres, which can be reduced by up to 50% when large conservation/open-space tracts are preserved.

During the work session, board members repeatedly objected to the developer's placing park facilities inside the required buffer along a busy corridor. Board member Rick Kenyon said, \"I just don't like where you put the park. You put the park basically in an area that you have to leave as a buffer.\" Kenyon and others said a park behind houses and within a buffer on a trunk road would not serve the broader community or be safe for children walking there on their own.

Developer Tyler Radbourne (Eden Ranch) and design consultant Quint Redmond described the project as a low-impact, conservation-focused development with options for how parkland is allocated. Radbourne said the development team was committed to working with the town and neighbors. \"This is where we live... we're doing something that is as a developer, it's not about all money for us at all,\" he told the board.

Board members and staff outlined alternatives: shifting the park closer to one of the site's larger ponds, acquiring and dedicating an adjacent parcel near Red Rock that several members identified as safer and more accessible, or providing a mix of publicly accessible open space inside and outside a gated portion of the development. Staff noted the town can accept parkland as land, fees in lieu, or a mix and described how fees are paid with development phasing.

The developer said a neighboring property to the west could provide roughly 6.5 to 7 acres and that he would follow up with officials and staff. Board members asked staff to vet that parcel's suitability and the timing for any formal recommendation, noting the board's next regular meeting is August 7 and that the board's formal recommendation to council would need to follow town rules and public-notice procedures.

No formal action or vote was taken at the work session; the exchange was advisory feedback to the developer while the zoning-plan-development and master-plan-amendment applications remain under review. Staff encouraged the developer to continue working with planning and parks staff, and board members said they would be willing to view any candidate parcel and meet further with staff to refine options.

Board members emphasized they wanted a park amenity that the wider Flower Mound community could use, not only an internal amenity for a gated neighborhood, and they asked the developer to consider moving lots or reconfiguring the plan so parkland falls outside the 200-foot buffer where it would better serve the public.

The work session closed without a formal parks-board recommendation; staff said the developer can pursue options and return with a proposal that staff can evaluate and, if appropriate, bring back for formal review.","At a June 5 Flower Mound Parks Board work session, board members, neighbors and the Eden Ranch developer debated where required parkland should be located; the developer said he could pursue nearby land donation of about 6.5–7 acres for a town park.","actionData","errors"]

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