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study was completed in the summer of 2006. In August 2006, Council approved the conceptual expansion study. The
proposed building expansion is approximately 13,500 square feet and increases the total “under roof” facility size to
45,500 square feet. Key recommended facility enhancements include: expansion of the fitness (equipment) area;
expansion of the child care area; and addition of office space, an outdoor water park, a teen center, locker room,
aerobics room, and an outdoor skate park. In the 2007-08 the overlay project for the parking area at the Athletic
Complex was completed. In 2008 Chesapeake Energy pledged $500,000 toward the expansion of the critical areas of
the BCC/YMCA; the first of five annual installments of $100,000 was received in 2008, a second payment was received
in 2009, a third payment was received in 2010; the fourth payment was received in 2011. The Benbrook Community
Center/YMCA expansion project was completed in 2010; the Council approved the use of General Fund reserves to
finance this project.

BIKE TRAILS IN BENBROOK

In May 2006, a representative of the Lockheed Martin Bicycle Club requested that the Council establish an on-road
bicycle route network in Benbrook, starting with Winscott Road. Council agreed to designate two sections of Winscott
Road (South Winscott Road – Interstate 20 to Benbrook Boulevard and North Winscott Road – Interstate 20 to the
Benbrook City limits) as a bike route and directed Staff to erect appropriate bike route signs. These improvements
were completed in the summer of 2006. In May 2007, bicycling enthusiasts requested that the bicycle routes be
extended. The program was expanded in 2007-08 through the extension of the bike routes within Benbrook. In March
of 2010, Benbrook entered into an inter-local agreement with Tarrant County and the Tarrant Regional Water District
to construct hike and bike trails along Winscott Road. The City continues to maintain the bike lanes and to promote
bicycle safety.

The Winscott Road/Lakeside Drive Hike and Bike Trail Extension Project was completed in 2012-13 with financing
through the Capital Projects Fund.

In 2013-14, a portion of the overlay program was used to construct a twelve-foot wide asphalt hike and bike trail on the
south side of Winscott Road from Beach Road to the east parking lot of the Benbrook Community Center/YMCA and
to seal the existing trails on both sides of Winscott Road.

PARK IMPROVEMENTS

In 2010, the Council approved the use of General Fund reserves to finance the construction of pedestrian bridges in
Twilight Park and in Timbercreek Park. Council also approved the use of reserves for the construction of sidewalks in
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