College Station city council awards a nearly $1 million dollar contract to design future additions at Thomas Park

This podcast contains comments from the January 23, 2025 College Station city council meeting.Nearly $1 million dollars will be spent to design improvements at College Station's Thomas Park.An amended contract approved by the city council included two timetables.Capital projects director Jennifer Cain they are coordinating the park design with the ongoing reconstruction of Lincoln Avenue.Cain also said they are also coordinating park improvements with the future reconstruction of streets bordering the park.Voters in November 2022 approved $3 million dollars of bond money. Another $1.9 million was previously budgeted in the city's parks capital fund.After the design contract, almost $4 million dollars remains to build what is currently estimated to be $6 million dollars of park improvements. Councilmembers were told they have the options of phasing the improvements and/or using additional funding sources.Click HERE to read and download what was approved at the January 23, 2025 College Station city council meeting.Click HERE to read and download presentation materials at the January 23, 2025 College Station city council meeting.