City Council Approves Additional Parks Funding
Additionally, City Council voted to move ahead with the completion of $16.5 million of projects which will include expanding the Central Park area to include an amphitheater, a stream walk, trails and bridges around the newly created lakes, a linear park adjacent to the location of the new sculpture called The Awakening in our new downtown area, and a riparian trail connecting the area of Monarch Trace to Wild Horse Creek Road. At the Chesterfield Valley Athletic Complex (CVAC) you can expect to see the completion of a 700-space parking lot, a loop road connecting to the north of the fields to improve access, improvements to existing buildings, and the addition of four baseball/softball fields and concession areas.
"The City is in a strong financial condition to be able to continue to deliver on the projects promised with the passage of Proposition P in 2004," stated Mayor Nations. "I am proud that we have created one of the premier park systems in the country in a relatively short amount of time." Proposition P is a half-cent sales tax dedicated to parks.