Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Discussion
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDER UPDATES ON PARK MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENTS
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I. SUMMARY
Over the past few years, the Public Works Department and Community Services Departments have each taken the lead on beginning numerous projects intended to improve and enhance the City's facilities. This is illustrated in the vast and varied list of projects listed below that have been worked on over the last 12 months. Many of these endeavors required extensive collaboration between staff in both Departments and completed by either maintenance staff or contractors with assistance of the City's engineers.
This staff report provides a bullet-point update on recent or current improvements underway at the Civic Center and parks; describes the development of an Asset Management Plan; summarizes steps being taken to improve the work order reporting and tracking systems to improve efficiency and responsiveness; Community Services' recent Playground Audit; and improvements in staffing levels.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
RECEIVE and FILE.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
TAKE any other action the City Council deems appropriate.
IV. BACKGROUND
Both individually and in collaboration, the Public Works and Community Services Departments have made strides on resolving the many facility maintenance challenges brought on by over a decade of deferred maintenance. As the City's financial condition has improved in recent years, the City aggressively prioritized across-the-board improvements at all its facilities rather than having to prioritize based on urgent need. The result is a dramatic increase in maintenance improvements as well as more significant capital improvement requests.
The lists compiled by both Departments is based on this philosophy. Even with a better financial position, the City's resources are not unlimited and so prioritization still occurs, and sometimes emergencies occur which take preced...
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