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PARK OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT TEAM MEETING NOTES

ACCOMPLISHMENTS: May 27 – June 2, 2024


Community Parks (Kevin Jeffries)
Grass Lawn:
Pressure washed field 1 dugouts, adjacent pathways, and bleachers
Sprayed practice court with Moss Melt
Cleaned and opened the splash pad
Blew tennis courts
Cleaned tree circles and beds near field 2
Pruned low-hanging branches near the trail for clearance
Hartman:
Moved and pressure washed underneath Little League bleachers between fields 3 and 4
Sprayed moss killer under all Little League bleachers
Sprayed herbicide on Little League field 3 outfield
Line trimmed all weeds behind Little League field 1
Dragged and cleared weeds using the sand pro on the warning track at Dow field
Edged fence line of Dow field
Cleaned and organized upper and lower shops
Shrub bed maintenance on all tree circles in Little League plaza and by the upper shop
Reel mowed all fields
Repaired fence at Bike Park; poured posts in concrete and fastened rails with lumber lock screws (vandalism fix)
Painting contractor began work at the Little League plaza
Perrigo:
Mowed, trimmed, and blew park and trail
Began mowing and trimming around Martin property
Blew and groomed artificial turf fields
Pressure washed hard surfaces and benches on the trail and near the shelter
Completed installation of the garden beds at RSCC
Shrub bed maintenance in parking lots and around the loop
Repairs to green fence (ongoing)
Other:
Began researching temporary fencing and basketball hoops for the Reservoir tennis courts
Kevin and Andrew met to discuss transition into Andrew’s Lead position





Preventative Maintenance & Water Management (Kevin Sehner)
Preventative Maintenance:
Systemwide – began pressure washing playgrounds
Juel – installed new downspouts
Westside – 
discussed fencing needs with Ian
installed new downspouts
Willows Creek – repaired fence around the basketball court
Water Management:
Systemwide – 
locates
continued going through systems coring heads, making repairs, adjustments, and mapping zones in IQ4
168th & Redmond Way – met contractor and landscaper to work on getting irrigation temporarily restored
Old Redmond Road – repaired multiple heads and nozzles along the right-of-way
164th & Cleveland – replaced some broken heads
Heath restocked safety supplies


Horticulture & Downtown Park (Ian McFeron)
Horticulture:
Anderson – completed hand weeding, edged and mulched all beds and tree rings
Juel – delivered 6 cubic yards of play chips to Juel Gardens
Spiritbrook – edged, hand weeded and mulched all shrub beds and tree rings
185th Street Right-of-Way
spot weeded
line trimmed and flame weeded slot between sidewalk and retaining wall
Downtown Park and Redmond Central Connector:
Checked park, RCC, Cleveland Street, and O’Leary Plaza for garbage
Facilities support
Mowed, trimmed, edged
Continued pressure washing hardscapes
Shrub bed maintenance in park and RCC Signals
Brush control RCC Phase 2
Hand weeded west 161st
Splash pad daily water testing and maintenance
Splash pad valve troubleshooting and repair
Other:
Matt S performed mineral bin management
New supplemental employees worked on onboarding trainings
Coordinated mulch delivery
Westside - met with Kevin S and Preventative Maintenance crew to discuss proposed post and rail project bordering pickleball court
Farrel-McWhirter - site visit; looked at rewilding areas and ID spirea in shrub bed at back preschool entrance for future supplemental plantings
Perrigo – site visit; looked at rewilding areas, removed dead Taylor Juniper from pot by restrooms
MOCPK - posted “No Parking” notices in parking lot


Urban Forestry (Chris Tolonen)
Watershed Preserve:
Routine facilities support
Tree Frog Loop – ran Streets department sidewalk sweeper to remove moss buildup
Main parking lots - brush control
Trout Loop Trail – worked on spreading hog fuel on trail surfacing (ongoing)
Removed small dead tree near residence along west boundary
Parks: Redmond Central Connector at Signals – pruned Katsura trees around artwork per request
Trails:
Conducted systemwide brush control (ongoing)
Juel – coordinated National Trails Day volunteer event
Green Redmond Partnership:
Redmond West Wetlands – conducted site maintenance
Bear Creek Park – conducted brush control around all planted trees and around fence line at east side of creek
Idylwood – conducted site maintenance
Other:
Chris worked on assessing trees on Tree Risk Mitigation list
Fire Station 12 – pruned maple tree adjacent to flagpole to allow raising and lowering clearance


Facilities Support & Turf Maintenance (Scott Van De Vanter)
Facility Support:
Systemwide facilities support
Set up and took down stage at RSCC
Inspected fire extinguishers
Contractor inspected and inventoried first aid kits and AEDs 
Idylwood – repaired buoy line
Turf Maintenance: systemwide mowing


Facilities Repair & Farrel-McWhirter (Alan Reznick)
Farrel-McWhirter:
Routine support and mowing
Removed watering station
Extensive horticulture maintenance
Installed hose reels
Service road research
Brush control
Mowed pasture 
Grass Lawn – installed memorial table
Hartman – repaired bollards
Redmond West Wetlands – added photocells
Other:
Jamie performed kitchen steward duties
Completed lift station maintenance 


Facilities: (Scott Anderson)
Fire Station 11: 
Identified leak above deputy chief’s office in hallway; sealed; monitoring
Unplugged drains on roof
Reattached door handle on dorm room 10
Picked up new blinds and installed in MIH main office and Scott’s office
Fire Stations 12, 16, 18, MOCPK, MOCPW Buildings 1 and 5, Teen Center, and Trinity: fire panel issues 
MOCPK: Schindler out to repair elevator (waiting on quote)
MOCPW:  
Upgraded LED lighting in conference room
Upgraded lighting in Water division garage building 4
Pool: Inspector out to assess concrete wall that crumbled 
Public Safety Building: 
Repaired water leak at water tower (ongoing)
Changed out power supply and replaced badge reader for south lobby doors
Power loss to community outreach kitchen; reset breaker  
RSCC:
Assembled four new benches in gym
Changed two cores from construction cores to building cores after Absher repaired handsets
Patched and painted in room 144
Bid for window glazing on room 144 and Red Oak room 
Farrel-McWhirter: Lubed sticky key box and delivered new stock of “key checkout cards”
City Hall: Removed upper bins 
Systemwide: Key checkouts and retrievals


Meetings:
Mayor’s State of the City attended by all staff
All Department Picnic Logistics attended by Dave, Scott V, and Valerie


Training:
Effective Collaboration attended by Joe, Ben, Patrick B, Jamie, Sandy, and Emily
Legal Update and Advanced Electronic Searches attended by Sharyn
National Electrical Codes attended by Ken
Noxious Weeds attended by most staff