Katy City Park - Turf and Pickleball

The City of Katy is renovating Katy City Park at 5850 Franz Road, a 102,000-square-foot site in Harris County. The project involves a multipurpose synthetic turf field retrofit, pickleball court improvements, tennis courts, new sidewalks, fencing, site furnishings, and detention facilities. The estimated cost is $2,500,000.

Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. is the design firm of record, and George A Patterson is the registered accessibility specialist. The work is classified as a renovation or alteration. TDLR completed plan review in October 2025, and the filing scheduled construction to start in January 2026 with a completion date of May 2026.

Project Scope and Cost

The scope includes increased impervious cover associated with the improvements. This project involves public funds and public land. The estimated cost of $2,500,000 places the project in the top quarter of Harris County renovation filings, which have a median estimated cost of $250,000. The scheduled build window of 120 days is longer than the county median of 92 days. The cost per square foot is $25, which is below the county median of $80.

Local coverage on myneighborhoodnews.com reported that construction on the long-anticipated project was slated to begin in January. Another article noted that reservations for the synthetic turf field opened for teams as part of the broader improvement project. The City of Katy has six other TDLR-registered projects totaling $1,532,400, including work on Katy Hockley Road and Katy City Hall.

TDLR has not yet recorded a final inspection for this project. Therefore, the current state of the site is not confirmed in the public record. The registration status is Review Complete. The project was registered with TDLR in October 2025. The area profile for ZIP 77493 indicates a population of about 62,264 and a median household income of $113,388, according to U.S. Census ACS 2023 five-year estimates.