City of University Park, Texas
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January 2023 UPdate.
The Arbor - January 2023.
SMU Gary Weber End Zone Stadium project.
Snider Plaza Surface Improvements Project Mock-Up.
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December 2022 UPdate.
Saturday, January 28 at 10 a.m. - STEAM Station @ the Library.
Tuesday, January 31 at 10:30 a.m. - Baby Story Time @ UPPL.
Tuesday, February 7 - City Council Meeting
Tuesday, February 21 - City Council Meeting
July 20, 2022 Parking, infrastructure, landscaping and other desired improvements to Snider Plaza have been the focus of multiple City Councils for many years. In 2018, the City engaged Paris Rutherford of the Catalyst Group to facilitate a series of public meetings to identify such improvements and make follow-up recommendations to the City. Acting on these recommendations, the City engaged Pacheco Koch civil engineers to design needed water and sewer replacement. In 2019, the City also re-engaged the Catalyst Group to facilitate the detailed design of related landscape and other amenity improvements working with Space Between Landscape Studio. These were brought to the public in a series of virtual public meetings in the Spring of 2020, to bring forward a design recommendation, along with anticipated costs, to City Council in Fall 2020. This multi-phase project involves 1) the replacement of water, sanitary sewer, and storm water utilities in and around Snider Plaza, and 2) surface improvements that will include new pavement, landscaping, pedestrian amenities, and parking enhancements.
The construction to replace existing water and wastewater lines in alleys servicing properties in Snider Plaza, from Daniel to Westminster, and on Hillcrest between Daniel and Lovers Lane is compete. SYB Contracting began construction in mid-May of 2021, with construction originally scheduled to continue through Fall of 2022. SYB finished the project about 6 months ahead of schedule.. Click here to view the neighborhood meeting. Click here to view the presentation from the neighborhood meeting. Click here to view a schedule of current project phasing.
The City is moving forward with construction documents from the approved conceptual design of Fall 2020. Additionally, the City brought on Teague Nall and Perkins to prepare plans, specifications, and estimates for this full design project, to incorporate the landscape plans and take the project through construction. Construction for the roadway, landscape and other surface improvements is slated for 2023. A work session with City Council was held on April 12, 2022 to provide an update on the status of plans and gain input on various design elements. Video of that meeting can be viewed by clicking here. City staff provided the City Council and community with another update on plans and design components during the Council's July 19, 2022 Meeting. View the presentation by clicking here.