In case you missed today’s Austin-American Statesman, the city bond advisory committee has decided to submit their proposed bond package to the city council with the same numbers they had laid out prior to the past round of meetings. No money has been added or taken away from any of the existing projects. This means voters will be given the chance to approve $652,000 for a new skatepark and $612,000 for a BMX park in May or possibly later this year (November) unless the city council mucks around with the numbers.

Smithville Public SkateparkThe builder of Smithville’s new public skatepark, Doug King, has flown out to California to help bowl in one end of the indoor DC vert ramp. He’ll also be under consideration for helping out in Hawaii on Danny Way’s mega ramp / bowl complex. Hopefully he’ll be able to split his time between the pacific ocean and Texas because there are a bunch of cities that have been calling asking for skatepark proposals from him. One such town, Lakeway, supposedly has just signed a contract on their skatepark project and construction should begin within a month. Until I get a confirmation, I’m not publishing the rumored builder’s name, but if it turns out to be true, holy crap! UPDATE- It’s Grindline. They’re taking over Texas.

Oh, Grindline gathered input from Houston’s skatepark advocacy group, PUSH, and has posted the design they’ve created based on that input. Fundraising is still taking place, so if you live in Houston and want to see this get done sooner rather than later… contact Barry or Jason over at the PUSH website.

Mabel Davis now has porta-potties until the public swimming pool opens in the summer and those restrooms become available. The parks and rec director told me that if the bond passes in May, he can pull some money out of the skatepark bond money to drop a prefab restroom out there for a pretty reasonable price. No word yet on when the lights will appear.