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PARK OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT TEAM MEETING NOTES

ACCOMPLISHMENTS: September 23 – 29, 2024


Community Parks (Andrew Lauritzen)
Grass Lawn:
Shrub bed maintenance and weed burning at 148th entry, Old Redmond crosswalk, fields 1 and 2, and tot lot
Repaired fence locking pole on field 2 outfield
Built a ramp to move trash cans in and out of utility cart
Assisted Facilities Repair crew with concrete pour
Began blowing leaves into shrub beds
Hartman:
Bike Park work parties
Mowed all fields and plaza
Turf renovation on Les Dow field
Began taking down Dow field batting cages
Perrigo:
Turf renovation on the big meadow and near shelter
Fertilized all turf
Mowed park and trail
Blew synthetic field
Shrub bed maintenance
Other:
Purchase requisition for garage door at Perrigo
Ordered materials for Grass Lawn re-lamp project


Preventative Maintenance & Water Management (Heath Uncapher)
Preventative Maintenance:
HVAC filter replacement
Hartman and Teen Center – striped lines
MOC Entrance – temporarily marked fire line, pending approval before permanent striping
Bear Creek and Skate Park – repaired fencing
Assisted Facilities Repair crew with removing art box
Grass Lawn - assisted Facilities Repair crew with concrete pour
Water Management:
Reactivated zones for Cleveland and Hartman pots and sign bed at Municipal Campus
Systemwide –
Locates
Continued going through systems making repairs, adjustments, and mapping zones in IQ4


Horticulture & Downtown Park (Ian McFeron)
Horticulture:
Luke McRedmond
Edged turf/shrub bed border and hand weeded
Beds next to condos on the east side of the park and large perennial bed on north side
Hand weeded bed along Redmond Way
Mulched all hand weeded beds
DRAW Event Break Down
Removed and discarded hard surface protection under Mural Box 
Pressure washed area next to decomposed granite plaza where paint bucket was spilled; washed off incidental paint drips and tape residue left from hard surface protection edging
Assisted Repair and Preventative Maintenance crews with removing Mural Box
Public Safety Building – trimmed vegetation back from automatic gate, pedestrian entrance gate, and perimeter fence line surrounding the secured parking lot area
Flagpole – spot weeded and edged all maintained beds
Farrel-McWhirter – repaired climbing structure in the goat pen
Teen Center – began edging and hand weeding all maintained beds
Sunset Gardens – mulched bed along Avondale and large fir tree bed along the border of the turf
Downtown Park:
Checked park, Cleveland Street, and O’Leary Plaza for garbage
Facilities support
Mowed, trimmed, and edged
Shrub bed and tree ring maintenance (ongoing)
Leaf cleanup at park and O’Leary Plaza
Completed winterization of splash pad
Coordinated with Aquatics Specialty Services to schedule end of season pulsar chemical feeder cleaning
Redmond Central Connector:
Hand weeded high visibility trail edges around Signals Art and RCC core (ongoing)
Hand weeded turf edges on RCC from Erratic to west of 161st (ongoing)
Leaf cleanup at Signals Art
Site visit to Arthur Johnson Park regarding rewilding opportunities and trail improvements
Urban Forestry (Chris Tolonen)
Watershed Preserve:
Routine facilities support
Installed extra “No Foraging” signs
Street Trees:
Chris worked on Street Tree Inventory updates (ongoing)
Removed dead or hazardous trees, various locations
Chris worked on construction impacts on street trees at 80th Street and 164th intersection
Parks: Idylwood – pruned up blue atlas cedar
Trails:
Johnson – supported volunteer trail project; delivered tools and surfacing material
Viewpoint Open Space – conducted brush control
Blew hard surface trails
Green Redmond Partnership: placed plant order for fall/winter planting


Facilities Support & Turf Maintenance (Scott Van De Vanter)
Facility Support:
Systemwide facilities support
Idylwood
groomed beach and volleyball court
topsoil added to low turf areas and around barbecue areas
Returned DRAW Recreation items to Perrigo and Martin – tents, tables, weights
Hartman, Downtown Park, Anderson – fire extinguisher contract services
Gravely 48” and 60” electric mower arrived
Turf Maintenance: 
Systemwide mowing
Rotary Park hillside 


Facilities Repair & Farrel-McWhirter (Alan Reznick)
Farrel-McWhirter - support
Grass Lawn – repaired sidewalk
Watershed – repaired women’s restroom door
Other:
Jamie performed kitchen steward duties
Quinten completed retreat planning 


Facilities: (Scott Anderson)
Fire Station 11: 
Replaced four sets of dorm room blinds
Hung a picture in the kitchen
Fire Station 18:  
Troubleshot apparatus bay door laser sensor; ordered parts
Repaired urinal
ORSH:
Cleaned out clay trap
Coordinated HVAC repair with Lake Washington School District
Pool:  
Wave Electrical replaced defender control board
Fire extinguisher service
Public Safety Building:  
ESCO walkthrough with McKinstry
Replaced faucet in 2nd floor west men’s restroom
Project planning for executive suite furniture replacement
Completed fire extinguisher service 
Redmond Community Center @ Marymoor Village: project scheduling for duct detector replacement
Redmond Senior & Community Center:
Stocked on-site tool box
Roller shade training
Installed first aid kit and AED signage
Teen Center:
Fire extinguisher inspections
Disabled refrigerator icemaker water line
Systemwide:  
Processed key check outs and returns
Janitorial transition planning
First aid kit service


Meetings:
Retreat attended by all fulltime staff
Community Garden attended by Jessica and Andrew



Training:
Certified Arborist Exam Prep attended by Jamie
Electrical Safety attended by all staff
Online trainings attended by Urban Forestry crew
Bloodborne Pathogens attended by Ian
Marketing and Communications attended by Quinn, Meg, Kevin Se, Sharyn, and Valerie