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PARK OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT TEAM MEETING NOTES

ACCOMPLISHMENTS: March 18 – 24, 2024


Community Parks (Andrew Lauritzen for Kevin Jeffries)
All Community Parks: facility support and litter
Grass Lawn:
Shrub bed maintenance
Began cutting back the ferns
Blew tennis courts and 70th parking lot
Took out all the trash cans and replaced some of the broken lids 
Hartman:
Mowed Little League and Dow fields
Edged along fence line on all Little League fields
Switched out batteries in game cameras
Blew fields 5 and 6
Replaced 1st base concrete base plug on Little League 4
Perrigo:
Cleaned and organized all buildings on site
Began pressure washing hard surfaces around tot lot
Helped fix water issues in restroom
Shrub bed maintenance
Met with Ian onsite to go over vegetation management

Preventative Maintenance & Water Management (Kevin Sehner)
Preventative Maintenance:
MOC – worked on getting quotes for engineered wood fibers to blow into some of our playgrounds
Farrel-McWhirter – changed the HEPA filters in the preschool air purifiers
Downtown Park – installed insulation wrap-around exposed copper tubing on the heat pump units
Perrigo – met with representative from Union Hill Water to have our water flow tested to the restroom building
Systemwide – Mac and Jessica assisted the mowing crew 2 days
Juel – completed the handrail and ramp to the shed at the lower community garden
Water Management:
Systemwide:
Locates
Began going through irrigation systems making repairs and adjustments as needed
Hartman – began reinstalling irrigation to the flowerpots in the Little League Plaza
Community Center/Senior Center – met with contractor to discuss irrigation impacts and supply sleeving material
SR 202 – met with various groups to discuss new irrigation being installed for the light rail projects



Horticulture & Downtown Park (Ian McFeron)
Horticulture:
Heron Rookery – applied deer and rabbit repellent to newly planted shrubs
RCCMV - completed foamstreaming and mulched all beds
Cleveland Street – litter control
Municipal Campus –
Planted three Pacific Fire vine maples on west side of building to complete tree mitigation work for RSCC
Pruned roses on the west side of the building
Farrel-McWhirter – located and removed Yellow Archangel reported along Perimeter Trail
Perrigo – watered pots by restroom
Spray List –
76th Street ROW, and Perrigo (Creeping Thistle)
Avondale Triangle (Horsetail)
Municipal Campus, 172nd Street Trail Entrance at 104th and 172nd, and Sunset Gardens (Poison Hemlock)
RCC Phases 1 and 2 (Poison Hemlock, Creeping Thistle)
Downtown Park, Clocktower, Teen Center, Anderson, Watershed – cut down Fern
Downtown Park: responded to QAlert regarding decomposed granite
Other:
RSCC – landscape installation and building walkthrough
Municipal Campus – 160th Street sign bed design brainstorm with crew
Mulch delivery and mineral bin clean up



Urban Forestry (Chris Tolonen)
Watershed Preserve:
Routine facilities support
Pipeline Trail north of Novelty Hill Rd – removed big dead fir behind neighbor’s house (previously agreed upon)
Street Trees:
151st Avenue between 90th and 95th – cut ivy from base of three trees
154th Avenue between 85th and 90th – removed dead maple tree
Greenbelts: East Valley Heights – Chris assessed trees behind neighbor’s house per request; no action required at this time
Parks: Skate Park – pruned singed fir branches from Sani-can fire
Trails: blew hard surface trails as needed, various locations
Green Redmond Partnership:
Injected or pulled holly trees at various locations
Chris attended Green Redmond touch-base meeting with Meg
Bear-Evans Trail – conducted site maintenance


Facilities Support & Turf Maintenance (Scott Van De Vanter)
Facility Support:
Systemwide facilities support
Toro EV Mower demonstration
Turf Maintenance: 
Systemwide mowing
Met with Leadership to discuss areas to implement changes based on the Climate Resiliency and Sustainable Vegetation Management Plan



Facilities Repair & Farrel-McWhirter (Alan Reznick)
Farrel-McWhirter:
Blew parking lot
Turf maintenance
Completed hydrant repair
Regraded service road
Pressure washed
Turned on trough sink 
Grass Lawn: removed graffiti from signage
Reservoir: removed fountain
Perrigo:
Repaired restroom
Repaired pathway lighting
Repaired restroom building door security
Flow check with Union Hill Water 
Other
Dog Park meeting and preparation
Space reutilization meeting
Seasonal preparation
Equipment demonstrations
Hartman building maintenance meeting
Turned on fountains systemwide and worked on associated problems 


Facilities: (Scott Anderson)
Fire Station 11: 
Bunker gear locker installation
Patched and painted around light fixtures
MIH roofing replacement by Allied Roof
Fire Station 13: men’s restroom - installed towel hooks and curtain bar in new Bath Fitter 
Fire Station 14: repaired kitchen faucet
Fire Station 16: MacDonald Miller installed water heater
MOCPK: cleaned and organized building 3 Facilities warehouse (ongoing)
MOCPW: 
Repaired wash bay pressure washer
Sprayed wasp nest on MOC 1
MOC 5 - completed LED conversion 
Pool:  
Boiler 1 combustion analysis and troubleshooting
Replaced condensate neutralizer in boilers 1 and 2
Public Safety Building:   
Unclogged urinal in 1st floor men’s restroom
Adjusted paper towel dispensers in 2nd floor men’s and women’s restrooms
Removed furniture and patched and painted in Brian Coats’ office
Changed outside air filters
Sound deadening in Prosecutor’s office
Changed rooftop HVAC filters
Removed “no flip phone” sign
Installed whiteboard in Mauvic’s office
Installed whiteboard in Marty Fuller’s office
Completed pressure washing south ledge
Installed two fire extinguisher mounts
Cabled drug analyzer to the wall in Evidence
Installed TV in Records area
Landscape lighting LED conversion
Installed T-Grid in Briefing
Redmond Community Center @ Marymoor Village: reset boiler
Senior Center: sliding door training
Municipal Campus: pressure washed monument
Systemwide:  
Retired keys
Hartman Park lock assistance


Meetings:
Project Overviews and Updates attended by all Park Operations staff (facilitated by Dave)
Mayor’s Town Hall attended by all staff
Toro Electric Mower Demonstration attended by all interested staff


Training:
Fall Protection and Ladder Safety completed by Urban Forestry crew, and Patrick and Kevin Sw