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Home My WebLink About2 - GS Activity Report• (1) TO: FROM: PB&R Comm_ ission Agenda Item No. �'" September 2, 2008 Parks, Beaches and Recreation Commission Parks and Trees Maintenance Superintendent and Operations Support Superintendent SUBJECT. August Parks, Trees, and Operations Division Activity Report Parks Maintenance Division Activities Parks Maintenance Division staff continues working with the Public Works Department on numerous projects in planning and construction phases. Both the Superior Avenue Median and Buck Gully Wetland Mitigation Projects passed final inspection, and the City has now assumed maintenance. Projects currently underway include Upper Bay View Park, Coastal Peak Park, and • the Mariners Park Restroom. Additionally, the Grant Howald Park Tennis Court Renovation will soon be underway. C� Projects that are in planning include Sunset Ridge Park, Marina Park, Oasis Senior Citizen Center, Grant Howald Community Center Renovation, and the MacArthur Median Tree Planting Project from Bonita Canyon Road to San Joaquin Hills Road. 2. The Concrete Crew recently concluded sidewalk repairs at Ensign View Park and the Theatre Arts Center. Approximately 25 tons of damaged concrete was removed and replaced around the park and theatre entrance. Decomposed granite was utilized instead of concrete around two large trees in order to provide the trees a healthy growth space. In addition, the Crew removed an obsolete hand rail and installed new railing near the top of the stairway to ensure public safety. 3. In coordination with the Public Works and Recreation/Senior Services Departments, the Parks Maintenance Crew recently finalized the landscaping around the monument sign at the Newport Coast Community Center. The project • included colorful flower plantings and the installation of an irrigation system to supply separate water to the planter. The flowers are placed around the sign and will be changed out seasonally. • • 4. Parks Maintenance staff, in coordination with the Public Works Department, recently completed a Playground Renovation Project at West Newport Park. The project included developing a new planting scheme in the planter areas, regrading and sodding of the adjacent turf, and installing irrigation. 5. Bonita Canyon Sports Park is being prepared for three upcoming events: the Arts Commission's "Shakespeare in the Park", the Police Department's "National Night Out ", and the Recreation and Senior Services Department's "Sunday Funday". Before L J • • After In preparation for the events, Park Maintenance crews refurbished the Park plaque, polished assorted amenities such as trash receptacle lids, power- washed all hardscape surfaces, and performed other landscape detailing. 6. Two separate incidents of vandalism and graffiti were reported at Arroyo and Castaways Parks. Staff coordinated the clean up and repair of damages with contractors. Arroyo Park - the fiberglass lid, rubber liner and miscellaneous debris was set ablaze inside a concrete trash receptacle. Also, restroom signage was torn from a wall and was damaged, and large branches were ripped off of several trees as well. Castaways Park - an extensive amount of spray - painted graffiti was discovered along the retaining wall leading down to Dover Drive. This is the second such tagging at Castaways Park in the last three weeks. The Police Department was contacted and officers are increasing patrols around parks, particularly in the evening hours. TYees Division Activities During the month of July, 1,648 trees were trimmed, 12 trees removed, 28 trees were • planted and crews responded to 4 emergency tree calls. The City's tree services contractor, West Coast Arborists, recently completed pruning trees within the Westcliff, Airport, Irvine Terrace areas and will begin pruning trees within the Santa Ana Heights area, as part of the City's overall grid trimming schedule. Additionally, 4,200 City palm trees were pruned throughout the City, and are near completion as part of the City's annual tree trimming program. n LJ 1. The attached Tree Activity Report summarizes requests and field activities performed during the past month. Beach Maintenance Activities 1. Earlier in the month, a long term General Services Department employee retired from service. Operation Support Superintendent Rick Greaney retired after 32 years of service. While it is tough to lose over thirty years of experience and knowledge, Jim Auger has been promoted to the Superintendent position. Before the promotion, Jim was the Storm Drain/Street Sweeping Supervisor, and has been employed by the City for 20 years. 2. The Operations Support Division's, Beach Maintenance staff were involved in picking up after the many visitors who visited our beaches and surrounding commercial districts during the summer months, thus ensuring a clean, safe, and aesthetically pleasing environment to recreate. 3. In addition to normal work hours, members of the General Services Department staff worked in excess of 800 scheduled overtime hours on weekends and evening hours. The work consisted of street sweeping, trash collection, hand sweeping, and beach cleaning in the early morning hours, or operating and monitoring the City's 86 tidal valves. 4. The supplemental restroom cleaning program for beach area restroom facilities completed its eighth successful summer. The program entails having contract attendants on site to assure that the beach area facilities are repeatedly cleaned and stocked with paper products during periods of heavy usage. This supplemental restroom cleaning in conjunction with City staff ensures that beach area facilities • will be clean and presentable from the early morning hours until the late evening. 5. The third extreme high tide series of the summer season occurred earlier in the month without incident. On July 31, 2008, we achieved the highest tide recorded for the year reaching 8.0 at 9:05 p.m., which was nine inches above what was . predicted in the tide charts. As a precaution against street flooding and damage to public facilities, crews built energy - dissipating grader ditches and sand berms at the usual trouble spots along the oceanfront. These preventative measures by the Storm Drain and Beach Maintenance Crews keep the Newport Peninsula and Balboa Island dry. 6. Along Marine Avenue on Balboa Island, 38 Jatoba (Brazilian Cherrywood) benches were refinished during the summer months. The benches were showing signs of wear and weathering, as a result of heavy use and exposure to the marine environment. The contractor performed the work in stages by cleaning, sanding, prepping, and applying two coast of sealant. See attached General Services Department, Activities Report for July 2008. • V respectfully, c Dan P. Sereno Parks and Trees Maintenance Superintendent Jim Auger Operations Support Superintendent Attachments: (A) Tree Activity Report 2007 -2008 (C) General Services Department July 2008 Activities Report • 0 9 � CII C*4 o � 0 Alp, IIII 9� � logo lose m loss c' a �r w \ \ � Dog ) \ � � # e u § 4 son loss oil § CII C*4 o o 0 IIII logo lose loss son long loss loss son loss oil - & g .) & > 2 \ k ° (D \ § ( ® 7 b § k / k \ k w & 0 w a cm \ § � � � kill loss IIII logo lose loss son long loss loss son loss oil r :3 ) � k 0 r`Eµ'POk� c ��T i U 0 n U Parks and Trees Division Fiscal Year 2008 -2009 Claim Removals Problem Tree Removals • • July 2008 General Services Department Activities Report THIS MONTH THIS MONTH LAST YEAR TOTAL TO DATE TTD LAST YEAR ASPHALT /CONCRETE Street Patching (Tons of Blacktop) 465 247 465 247 Sidewalk Repaired (sq. ft.) 3,460 8,085 3,460 8,085 Curb & Gutter Replacement (lin. ft.) 242 143 242 143 Sweeping, Beach Cleaning, Demo Materials (tons) 404 338 404 338 Asphalt/Concrete Recycled (tons) 404 425 404 425 SIGNS & TRAFFIC 1viARKiN S Signs Made 2,003 41 2,003 41 Signs Installed 448 218 448 218 Decals 300 200 300 200 Special Purpose Signs /Banners 100 52 100 52 Street Striping (lin. ft.) Added /Replaced 5,424 703 5,424 703 Pavement Markings (including reflective) 36 18 36 18 Parking Stalls 0 0 0 0 Curb Painting (lin. ft.) 10,364 18,870 j 10,364 18,870 Thermoplastic (lin. ft.) 0 4 0 4 Sign Posts Installed 35 17 35 17 GRAFFPt9 Graffiti Incidents Removed by Staff 7 447 7 447 Graffiti Incidents Removed by Contractor 118 83 118 83 REFUSE COLLEGT]ON Residential (tons) 3,645 3,375 3,645 3,375 Liquid HazMat Incidents 7 6 7 6 E -Waste Incidents 24 40 24 40 U -Waste Incidents 6 13 6 13 Recyclables (tons) 1,041 1,018 1,041 1,018 TREES Trimmed by Staff 156 133 156 133 Trimmed by Contractor 1,648 727 1,648 727 Removed 12 14 12 14 Planted 28 6 28 6 Roots Pruned by Contractor 0 0 0 0 Roots Pruned by Staff 20 66 20 1 56 AUTOMOTR+E Repairs 299 262 299 262 Preventive Maintenance Completed 80 68 80 68 PM Labor Hours 195 143 195 143