Leander City Council approved April 21 a contract for $1.86 million with architecture and engineering firm Parkhill for the Leander Municipal Athletic Center at San Gabriel Park, located at 2401 US 183, Leander.
The contract is for master-planning, engineering studies, design and construction at the undeveloped 77-acre park along the north side of the South San Gabriel River. Amenities could include softball fields, multipurpose fields, concessions, parking, trails, picnic shelters and a covered sports court, according to city documents.
Voters approved $26.65 million in funding in 2016 for parks acquisition and development, including San Gabriel Park.
Tony Bettis, the city's capital improvement program project manager, said part of the agreement includes a hydraulic and hydrologic study of the movement of water on the property, which was previously farmland.
