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PARK OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT TEAM MEETING NOTES

ACCOMPLISHMENTS: May 20 – 26, 2024


Community Parks (Joe Kulak for Kevin Jeffries)
All Community Parks:
Fertilized
Various purchases
Grass Lawn:
Pressure washed basketball court and two hoop assemblies
Blew Pavilion playground, basketball courts, and all pathways
Line trimmed 70th Street wetland basin, and around 70th Street end of soccer field
Weeded and mulched tree circles next to soccer field and multi-purpose field and tot lot
Edged all pathways
Cleaned and tested the splash pad
Hartman:
Releveled all infields and added mix
Reel mowed all fields
Edged fence lines and bullpens around all fields
Installed new receiver and remote for scoreboard on field 2
Removed weeds on warning tracks on fields 1 and 3
Added a picnic table to the dog park
Began expanding tree rings of cherry trees at upper shop
Perrigo:
Mowed, blew, and trimmed park and trail
Pressure washed kiosk and continued on hard surfaces
Cleaned exhaust fans in restrooms
Leveled six irrigation boxes and seeded the area surrounding them
Prepped for Green Redmond event
Assembled last garden bed for RSCC


Preventative Maintenance & Water Management (Kevin Sehner)
Preventative Maintenance:
Idylwood –
continued with repairs to the roof of the pump house
alleviated trip hazard at service road entrance
O’Leary Park – replaced rotten retaining wall with brick pavers, and top cap
Cascade View – replaced shackles on overhead rings in playground
Conrad Olson – made repairs to cut fencing on gate and siding of large barn
Water Management:
Systemwide – 
locates
continued going through systems, coring heads, making repairs, adjustments, and mapping zones in IQ4
MOC – picked up new controllers from the Horizon Store in Woodinville
Perrigo – fire suppression backflow testing was completed
Downtown Park – installed new IQ4 enabled irrigation controller
Bear Creek Parkway – made multiple repairs to the tree bubbler system


Horticulture & Downtown Park (Ian McFeron)
Horticulture:
RSCC – set doner pavers at east entrance per QAlert
Idylwood Overflow Lot – sprayed gravel areas and wheel stops with herbicide
Luke McRedmond and Skate Park – edged, hand weeded and mulched all beds and tree rings 
Anderson – began hand weeding, edging and mulching all beds and tree rings
Spiritbrook – brush control and pruned pathway for clearance
Cleveland Street – installed annual hanging baskets
Downtown Park/Redmond Central Connector:
Checked for garbage
Facilities support
Mowed, trimmed, edged
Continued pressure washing hardscapes
Shrub bed maintenance at Signals 
Removed couch dumped on RCC, hauled back to shop, dismantled and disposed
Splash Pad:
Checked calibration of UV filter setting
Repaired 1 multiport valve
Coordinated with Wave Electric to complete VFD low voltage repair
Water testing and daily maintenance training with all horticulture staff
Opened Splash Pad for the season
Other:
Mineral bin management (Matt S)
Coordinated delivery of 1-ton lease vehicle (water truck)
Washed and greased walk-behind spreaders and stand-on aerator/spreader
Various administrative tasks
Ordered mulch


Urban Forestry (Chris Tolonen)
Watershed Preserve:
Routine facilities support
Southwest Powerline Trail access – added rock and conducted brush control
Street Trees:
Redmond Central Connector – cleaned up downed tree
Bicycle Triangle – ground three stumps
Trails:
Conducted systemwide brush control (ongoing)
Bridle Crest Trail – coordinated posting signs and temporarily closing trail for contract tree removal
Farrel-McWhirter – completed spreading hog fuel on trails left over from Overlake School Day of Service
Powerline Trail – added gravel
Green Redmond Partnership:
Redmond West Wetlands – conducted site maintenance
Bear Evans Creek and Farrel-McWhirter – weed wacked brush around planted trees
Other:
Chris worked on assessing trees on Tree Risk Mitigation list
Removed high risk cottonwood tree hanging over West Lake Sammamish
Johnson Property – removed piles of blackberry from last volunteer event
Farrel-McWhirter – met with Andrew to go over scope of work and logistics for Last Saturday event


Facilities Support & Turf Maintenance (Scott Van De Vanter)
Facility Support:
Systemwide facilities support
Set up stage at RSCC with assistance of Facilities crew
Idylwood – 
groomed beach and volleyball
pressure washed shelter, building, and garbage cans
Turf Maintenance: 
Systemwide mowing
EV mower demonstration 



Facilities Repair & Farrel-McWhirter (Kevin Sehner for Alan Reznick)
Farrel-McWhirter:
Support, routine, and mowed
Removed watering station
Innovation Arena material move
Completed repairs at the small arena
Foamstreamed 
Grass Lawn:
Installed memorial table
Repaired (temporary) inground lighting 
Redmond West Wetlands – worked on adding photo cell
Viewpoint Open Space – began bench installation process
Other:
Kitchen steward duties performed by Jamie
Seasonal onboarding performed by Quinten
RSCC electrical outlet upgrade 



Facilities: (Troy Jammerman for Scott Anderson)
Fire Station 11: 
Replaced 11 ceiling tiles in MIH (leak damage from old roof)
Installed whiteboard in MIH in Scott’s office
Replaced lighting to LED in Courtney’s office
Fire Station 14: reattached insulation sheeting on ceiling of apparatus bay and shop
Fire Station 16: repaired frost-free hydrant on north exterior front of building 
Fire Station 17: HVAC mechanical assessment of rooftop equipment
MOCPK: ongoing urinal plumbing treatment
MOCPW:  
Reconnected flag rope to hook
Replaced lighting to LED in the conference room
Trinity: replaced old lock box on west entrance and put in updated key on retractable cord 
Pool:  
Repaired domestic hot water heater #2
HVAC monitoring adjustments
Public Safety Building:  
Roto Rooter cleared lines and blew out blockage for the break room restroom
Unclogged overflow roof drains
Traffic office HVAC investigations and planning 
Outside air and exhaust fans manual adjustments
Disposed of an empty pallet from Evidence
Redmond Community Center @ Marymoor Village: 
Key checkout to supplemental employees
Reset boilers
Teen Center: safety walk (Angie, Mark, Rob, Patrick)
City Hall: moved furniture (four file cabinets) out of Bytes Café and disposed
RSCC:
Changed cores in glass wall
Frosted window discussions with Erica Chua
Stock transmittals with Absher
Organized casework keys for RSCC; labelled and distributed to people and building lock boxes; organized overflow of keys and have stored in MOC lockbox
Moved mauve chairs from City Hall to classroom
Window walk (Scott, window cleaners, Absher, Eric Dawson)
Key checkouts to supplemental employees
Assembled volleyball posts for Recreation
Assisted Park Ops with stage set up in multi-purpose room for mayor meeting
Adjusted dishwasher in kitchen; will need to be anchored
Ongoing door hardware issues throughout building; assisted Absher in communication and core pulling 
Systemwide:  
Built three padlocks for Water department
Purchased and replaced two extension cords for lift and trailer
Other:
Meeting with Dormakaba to discuss switch locks
Troubleshot ten lock cores from RSCC; Dormakaba will rebuild and replace
Checked out keys to Buena Vista for RSCC additional staff











Meetings:
Derby Days attended by Alan


Training:
Air Conditioning & Refrigeration attended by Ben
Boiler Maintenance & Operation attended by Ben
Various trainings were completed by some supplemental employees
HazCom and SDS attended by most staff
Noxious Weeds attended by most staff
Outdoor Heat Exposure Prevention Plan attended by various staff
CEU Course completed by Patrick B