Downtown square: a proposed 10-year interlocal agreement would give the city authority to operate…

Item 8.g asks the council to authorize the City Manager to enter into an Interlocal Agreement with Parker County for the operation, management and maintenance of downtown properties. The staff memo says the city already maintains the stone walls, sidewalks and bollards around the Courthouse Square, plants the median flower beds, maintains the trees and paves and stripes the parking lots, and that the agreement formalizes those responsibilities at all four corners of the square and adds the county parking lots at York Avenue and West Spring Street, which the city does not currently maintain. Under the agreement the city would set parking and pedestrian rules, install signage, and approve license or encroachment agreements for business use; the county retains use of the properties for official county business, including court operations, and county-sponsored special events would go through the city's special event permit process. The city would get a right of first refusal if the county sells the properties. The initial term is ten years with automatic ten-year renewals unless either party gives 180 days notice; the agreement does not transfer ownership. The memo lists the financial impact as N/A.

Source: City of Weatherford Oct. 13, 2026 council agenda, item 8.g, and agenda report 2026-1102-AR (Chad Marbut, Assistant City Manager), read 5:20 a.m. Oct. 8