Two small trail projects in Celina's Light Farms community are on the list for Collin County parks bond money that commissioners are scheduled to approve Monday, Oct. 12.
The Collin County Parks Foundation Advisory Board recommended paying the full amount requested by the community's municipal utility district, listed as MUD #1-Light Farms, for both projects:
- Cypress-Eastland Trail Connection and Pedestrian Bridge: concrete sidewalk and trail and a low-water bridge. Total cost $43,740.29; request and recommendation $21,870.14.
- Worthington Way Sidewalk Trail Connection: concrete sidewalks and changes to irrigation. Total cost $152,009.56; request and recommendation $76,004.78.
Together the two awards come to $97,874.92, covering half the cost of each project.
How the money is divided
The grants come from the county's Parks and Open Space Project Funding Assistance Program, paid for with Proposition D of the 2023 county bond election. This is the program's third round from that bond. Commissioners set aside $4 million for this year's cycle, according to a memo from Assistant Director of Engineering Tracy Homfeld.
The advisory board reviewed nine applications and recommended eight, for a total of $4,357,732.52. The amount above $4 million would come from savings on completed 2023 open-space projects. Land purchases get first priority, followed by regional trail connectors and other trail projects, and then capital improvements for open space, the memo says.