"In August of 2023, after three years of planning and many thousands of dollars, City Council was forced to scrap its comprehensive Zilker Park Vision Plan, amid a bitter battle waged by detractors and the park's surrounding residents. But the million or so visitors to the park have not flagged in the years since, and many of the issues identified with the vision plan have only persisted: principally, severe erosion stemming from overflow parking and recreational trail use."
""Our current plans, in terms of short- and midterm efforts, are a lighter touch and doing what we can with the limited resources we have," explained Janna Renfro, managing engineer with watershed protection. She added that PARD and Watershed Protection have a "limited ability to make larger term plans and decisions about the area," so the plan is "keeping with the maintenance and making improvements within those constraints that we have.""
City Council abandoned a comprehensive Zilker Park vision plan in August 2023 after three years of planning and significant expense. Zilker Park continues to attract roughly one million annual visitors while longstanding problems remain, most notably severe erosion caused by overflow parking and heavy recreational trail use. Parks and Recreation (PARD) and Watershed Protection presented mitigation projects focused on short- and midterm efforts but reported inadequate funding to pursue larger-scale solutions. PARD is referencing prior guiding documents, including the 2009 Barton Springs Pool Master Plan, the 2019 Zilker Park Working Group report, and the 2021 natural resources inventory by Siglo Group. Other capital improvements include a Zilker Park Clubhouse rehabilitation.
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