Parks & Recreation
Proposition A includes $95,615,000 for the public purpose of constructing, rehabilitating, renovating, improving, upgrading, updating, expanding, enlarging, and equipping the County’s parks and recreational spaces and the acquisition of land, easements, rights-of-way, and other real property interests necessary.
* Please note that some images are conceptual renderings and may not fully represent the final projects.
A1 – Ascarate Park Festival Area Outdoor Stage
Parks and Recreation Proposition: As part of El Paso County's Parks and Recreation Master Plan, improvements at Ascarate Park including a new outdoor stage and covered pavilion, which will feature a canopy to provide shade and shelter for park users.
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A2 – County Park Shelters Modernization
Parks and Recreation Proposition: As part of El Paso County's Parks and Recreation Master Plan, this project will provide new shaded picnic shelters to all County parks and will modernize existing picnic shelters to standardize all picnic areas across County parks.
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A3 – Ascarate Park Pavillion Parking Expansion
Parks and Recreation Proposition: As part of the El Paso County's Parks and Recreation Master Plan, this project involves expanding the asphalt area to create additional parking for the Ascarate Pavilion, increasing parking capacity and improving connectivity between the pavilion and the special events area. Additionally, the project includes enhancements to the surrounding landscaping.
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A4 – Ascarate Park Walking Trail
Parks and Recreation Proposition: As part of the El Paso County's Parks and Recreation Master Plan, this project will construct a three-mile walking trail that will increase connectivity to Ascarate Park and will also include a pedestrian bridge that will connect to the Playa Drain Trail adjacent to Ascarate Park. These trails will connect to a larger trail network.
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A5 – Ascarate Park Overhead Electric
Parks and Recreation Proposition: As part of the El Paso County's Parks and Recreation Master Plan, this project at Ascarate Park will improve park lighting with new overhead electric poles with underground electric lines to minimize power loss due to windstorms and other weather-realted issues.
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A6 – Veteran's Park Improvements in Fabens
Parks and Recreation Proposition: As part of the El Paso County's Parks and Recreation Master Plan, this project aims to enhance Veterans Park, which serves the Fabens community, by constructing a poured-in-place playground surface, adding shade structures, an outdoor basketball court, benches and planting trees throughout the park to provide additional shade for users.
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A7 – County Parks Hike and Bike Trails
Parks and Recreation Proposition: As part of The County's Parks and Recreation Master Plan, this project removes existing sidewalks located at County Parks in Westway and Sparks and builds new 10-foot wide asphalt hike and bike trails which will eventually connect to a larger trail network.
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A8 – Gallegos Park to River Park Trail
Parks and Recreation Proposition: As part of El Paso County's Parks and Recreation Master Plan, this project connects Gallegos Park in Canutillo to the River Park hike and bike trail with a 2.4 mile trail that continues through the perimeter of Gallegos Park.
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A9 – Sparks Park to Mission Ridge Elementary Walking Trail
Parks and Recreation Proposition: As part of El Paso County's Parks and Recreation Master Plan, this project involves constructing a new walking trail connecting Sparks Park to Mission Ridge Elementary.
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A10 – Coyote Park Improvements
Parks and Recreation Proposition: As part of The County's Parks and Recreation Master Plan, this project at Coyote Park will increase the recreational space located in Tornillo, including new main entry signage, refinishing the skatepark surface, and updating the baseball fields to include dugouts and seating areas with shade, irrigation, and lighting.
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A11 – Gallegos Park Improvements
Parks and Recreation Proposition: As part of the El Paso County Parks and Recreation Master Plan, this project would make improvements to Gallegos Park, which serves the Canutillo community. The proposed improvements include the addition of paved parking lots, park signage, benches, bike racks, picnic tables, additional landscaping, and enhancements to youth fields and lighting.
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A12 – Sparks Park Improvements
Parks and Recreation Proposition: As part of the El Paso County Parks and Recreation Master Plan, this project includes park improvements such as reconstruction of the skate park, improvements to the basketball court, addition of sidewalk, park signage, lighting and picnic tables and shelters.
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A13 – Risinger Park Improvements
Parks and Recreation Proposition: As part of the El Paso County's Parks and Recreation Master Plan, this project includes improvements at Risinger Park, including the installation of standard picnic shelters, picnic tables, benches, trash receptacles, LED lighting, and native landscaping.
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A14 – Ruben Estrella Park Improvements
Parks and Recreation Proposition: This project is a as part of The County's Parks and Recreation Master Plan. It will bring improvements to the Ruben Estrella Park in Far East El Paso that will include a newly paved parking lot, park lighting, a new swing set, shade trees, additional amenities, and the addition of a shade structure over the existing basketball court.
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A15 – Agua Dulce Park Improvements
Parks and Recreation Proposition: As part of the El Paso County Parks and Recreation Master Plan, this project includes improvements to Agua Dulce park including paved parking lots, a playground expansion, renovation of trails, additional lighting, and new fencing.
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A16 – San Felipe Park Improvements
Parks and Recreation Proposition: This project includes the construction of new trails at San Felipe Park.
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A17 – Westway Park Improvements
Parks and Recreation Proposition: This project, as part of the El Paso County Parks and Recreation Master Plan, will provide improvements to Westway Park, including upgrades to existing fields, improved park lighting, add picnic areas, and enhance landscaping.
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A18 – Sportspark Field Light Modernization
Parks and Recreation Proposition: As part of The County's Parks and Recreation Master Plan, this project includes upgrading the current field lights at the County's Sportspark to LED lights to increase visibility at the park and reduce operating costs.
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A19 – Ascarate Annex - Build Out
El Paso County Annexes Proposition: This project includes constructing a new courthouse Annex at Ascarate Park to provide administrative office space for various County departments, including County Parks.
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