CITY COUNCIL LOOKS AT BRENHAM FAMILY PARK PLAN

  

The Brenham City Council got a look at the proposed design of the Brenham Family Park during their meeting today (Thursday).  The proposed park will be located on 107 acres donated to the city by Ed and Evelyn Kruse in 2013.

City staff, BCDC and the Brenham Parks Advisory Board have been working with Jones-Carter Engineers to develop a plan that would complement the other parks in Brenham and not duplicate them.  The proposed park would have longer trails, including bike trails, a 4 acre pond, wildflower areas, a community center, and several multi use fields.  The plan proposes that the park be built in three phases, with the northern section completed first.  That section would include the 4 acre pond with a wide concrete trail around it, a playground, the community center, and a parking area.  The projected cost of phase one is $4.8 million dollars with the total cost of the park estimated at $11 million.  Construction of the park is expected stretch over many years.  The park will be funded by a combination of BCDC grants, city funds, and other state grants. Construction of the pond is expected to begin in the fall of 2018.  It will be used as a detention pond for the private development along the extension of South Chappell Hill Street.  Funding for that project has already been set aside by the BCDC and the Kruse family.