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A new park coming to north Fort Worth will include a shelter and a basketball court.
Fort Worth City Council approved a $2.21 million contract for park improvements at four parks during the April 28 meeting. Other items approved by council were grants for homelessness and spending nearly $1 million on a water line.
What’s happening?
Kingsridge West Park in north Fort Worth, which was approved in the 2022 Fort Worth bond program, is one of four parks that will receive improvements.
Fort Worth-based C. Green Scaping was awarded a contract for $2.2 million, including constructing the yet-to-be-built park located on Golden Triangle Boulevard.
The total cost for the park, with the alternate bid added, is now $950,000.
According to city documents, the base bids include installation of new playground equipment, concrete sidewalks, Americans with Disabilities Act-friendly ramps, drainage systems, safety surface material and turf establishment.
The construction timeline is 270 days with an estimated completion of February 2027.
Kingsridge Park West is located in Council District 4. The city website states it is a 28.4-acre park that was dedicated in 2018 at 5001 Golden Triangle Blvd., according to previous reporting.
Also on the agenda
Council approved two grants and approved rolling over another grant totaling $658,707.58 to help with homeless housing and service programs to reduce chronic and youth homelessness, according to city documents.
My Health, My Resources of Tarrant County will help with rental assistance for at least 40 permanent supportive housing clients for the 2027 term. The nonprofit received a grant for $475,534.
The youth homelessness grant for $161,373 was approved to Transition Resources Action Center. Services include case management, emergency shelter, street outreach and transitional living for young adults aged 18 to 24.
Transition Resources Action Center will provide rental assistance and case management for at least eight people, according to city documents.
In addition, $21,800.58 from a 2024 youth project will roll over to help with the initiative until May 31, according to city documents.
In other news
A community facilities agreement was approved for $925,943 with contractor GPFT HF Alliance for oversizing a 16-inch water main that will help with anticipated future growth in north Fort Worth, according to city documents.
The resolution expresses official intent to reimburse expenditures with proceeds of future enterprise fund debt for the Indco I-35 Eagle project south of Eagle Parkway and east of North Freeway.
GPFT is required to extend the water main to serve the proposed development. The Fort Worth Water Department has requested an oversize of 3,976 linear feet of water main from a 12-inch pipe to a 16-inch pipe for anticipated growth.
The total project will cost the developer $1.17 million and cost the city $998,567, including contingency costs. No timetable was provided for the water line construction, according to city documents.
