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PARK OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT TEAM MEETING NOTES

ACCOMPLISHMENTS: September 11 – 17, 2023


Community Parks (Kevin Jeffries)
Grass Lawn:
shrub bed maintenance – front kiosk bed, 70th lot shrub bed, wetland area in 70th, pruned dogwood near soccer field entrance
blew all sports fields, tennis courts and pathways
Kevin had a meeting for the field 2 turf renovation
Hartman:
Turf renovation on the Dow field
removed the Dow batting cages
completed putting all the windscreens away for the winter
dealt with central restroom vandalism
shut down upper restrooms for the winter
added soil and seed to a few areas of the Little League outfields
Kevin is working with the baseball field users on getting buildings cleaned and organized before the winter
Perrigo:
edged turf along shrub beds in parking lot by barn
weeded upper bed in parking lot
watered tree bags along trail
installed camera at barn
blew perimeter of field and sidewalk


Preventative Maintenance & Water Management (Kevin Sehner)
Preventative Maintenance:
Grass Lawn – installed new clatter bridge at the upper playground
Juel – repaired fencing
Teen Center – repaired chain link fence on the north perimeter
Water Management:
City Hall – capped mainline along 85th to stop leak
Cascade – repaired broken lateral line
Farrel-McWhirter – took down the water feature installed for camp season
161st and Bear Creek Parkway – updated the radio on the modem
Redmond Community Center @ Marymoor Village – replaced damaged 1800’s after vehicle damage
Redmond Way & 170th – repaired broken lateral line along sidewalk
MOC – assisted Urban Forestry crew with street tree inventory
Systemwide –
locates
continued going through systems making repairs and adjustments as needed
cored heads as needed
flagged heads for the Horticulture crew as they perform turf renovations



Horticulture & Downtown Park (Ian McFeron)
Horticulture:
Clocktower – picked up leaves
Heron Rookery – cleaned up encampment
Redmond Community Center @ Marymoor Village – cut back lavender, spent day lilies and spot weeded
MOC – brush control between Trinity and decant area
Municipal Campus – cut down crocosmia at the back side of Public Safety building
Reservoir – line trimmed pavement cracks around perimeter of sport court fencing
Spiritbrook – spot weeded
Teen Center – 
brush control around back parking lot
dug out blackberries
cut down locust suckers
parking strip maintenance next to Shalimar
185th – cut down spent day lilies
Luke McRedmond – cut down dead euonymus and mulched
Juel – mulched berm (completed)
Viewpoint – mulched stump bed
Anderson – fertilized, over-seeded and aerated
Sunset and Nike – over-seeded and aerated
Meadow – fertilized
Various locations – hand watered
Downtown Park:
facilities support
hard surface maintenance
mowed, edged, line trimmed
shrub bed maintenance and hand weeded
deep cleaned under the eaves, windowsills, exhaust fans, etc.
Splash Pad: twice daily water quality checks and maintenance
Redmond Central Connector:
removed graffiti
hand weeded and edged shrub bed around Erratic
pruned back lonicera around Erratic


Urban Forestry (Chris Tolonen)
Watershed Preserve:
routine facilities support
inspected all trails and cleaned all signs
Street Trees:
worked on street tree inventory updates
conducted maintenance pruning, various locations
watered street trees; last time for the year
Trails: sprayed various bee’s nests throughout the system; one per QAlert on Bear Creek Trail
Green Redmond Partnership:
Viewpoint Park – removed brush around planted trees to provide growing space and reduce competition (completed)
Bear Creek Park, Smith Woods, Nike, Viewpoint Open Space – watered trees; brought back and stored barrels and hoses at MOCPK
Other: 
various admin duties including submitted purchase requisition for Cadman/Heidelburg
worked on updating CEDAR, Green Redmond online platform


Facilities Support & Turf Maintenance (Scott Van De Vanter)
Facility Support:
Systemwide:
facilities support
cleaned ash cans
SE Redmond – delivered goal posts, picnic tables, red chairs for Parks Planning event
Skate Park – pressure washed
Turf Maintenance: 
Systemwide:
mowed
mole eradication
brush control and edged


Facilities Repair & Farrel-McWhirter (Jessica Missel for Alan Reznick)
Farrel-McWhirter:
routine facility support and blowing
arena maintenance
repaired plumbing in feed area
repaired fence
began ADA ramp project
replaced supporting posts on the operations building
repaired barnyard fountain
repaired Innovation arena
assisted with WeGo reservation
flower maintenance
repaired hydrant
made gate adjustments 
Downtown Park: electrical enhancement
Perrigo: repaired asphalt concrete transition at the basketball court
Viewpoint Open Space: completed bridge installation
Other:
ordered park furnishings
retreat planning (Heath)
cleaned truck
cleaned yard 


Contract Administration (Eric O’Neal)
Grass Lawn Synthetic Turf Replacement – Ongoing oversight of the construction phase of this project.
Contracted Landscape Maintenance – The project to resolve sight line issues at two crosswalks on Bear Creek Parkway has been scheduled.
Perrigo Security – The purchase order for the FPI Burglar Alarm has been issued and the project is being scheduled.  
Security Contract – The Idylwood overflow lot will be closed for the season on Monday, 9/18.
Fire Inspections – Cooking hood inspection at Hartman concession stand has been scheduled for next week.


Facilities: (Scott Anderson)
Fire Station 11: Cressy Door repaired cable on aid roll up door
Fire Station 12: repaired kitchen sink supply line
Fire Station 18: investigated adding a disconnect switch for new HVAC unit
MOCPW:
ran conduit and wire in lunchroom
duct work / air line revisions in Fleet for new lifts  
Public Safety Building: 
repaired Evidence chain-link gate
patched drywall in sergeant’s office  
Redmond Community Center @ Marymoor Village: brought boilers back on line for heating season
Systemwide:  
water department employee lost key with badge attached. Massive effort to switch out cores at wells, booster stations and treatment buildings; including new key checkouts, knox box key replacement, caustic fill keys switched out and other user lock boxes updates. Keystone updates were completed
FPI confidence testing (sites, decant, etc.)
key checkouts and check ins


Meetings:
Hearing Tests attended by all staff
Electrical safety attended by all staff


Training:
Mobile Elevated Work Platform (MEWP) attended by all Leads, Facilities crew, Jose, Jamie, Andrew, Matt, Heath, Sandy, and Drew
Electrical License CEU’s (10 hours) attended by Kevin Sw
Hearing Conservation attended by Sharon, Martin, Cayla, Ian
Lock Out/Tag Out attended by Sharon