FY 2425 2526 Recommended Operating Budget

Maintenance Services Division

Parks and Open Space

010.8030

Division Description Under this budget activity, the Public Services Maintenance team is responsible for the maintenance of approximately 60 maintained acres consisting mainly of City parks, bicycle and walking trails, and the Civic Center campus. The team also manages maintenance of over 300 acres of City owned open space, primarily weed abatement for fire prevention. Small projects to beautify facilities and provide amenities to the campuses are also performed by the Division to enhance the public areas used by our Community. FY 2022 - 23 and 2023 - 24 Accomplishments • Worked with Beautiful Day to help beautify Diana Park including adding benches, weeding, and repainting the benches, picnic tables, and trash cans in the park. • Transitioned all hard - wired irrigation controllers to smart irrigation controllers. • Successfully maintained Magical Bridge Playground with a higher level of service. Also resealed the Magical Bridge Playground surface. FY 2024 - 25 and 2025 - 26 Activity Goals • Continue to focus on park safety including repairs to play equipment, irrigation systems, and ballfield maintenance. • Explore alternative options for management of the City ’ s Open Space. • Continue to work with volunteer groups and the Community on park clean - ups. Financial Comments Effective FY 2020 - 21, park maintenance has been funded from the General Fund (010). Available funds in the Park Maintenance Fund (302) are transferred to the General Fund at a set amount annually. The transfer from the Park Maintenance Fund is $650,000 for each of the next two fiscal years. The Park Maintenance Fund is made up of remnant dollars from the City ’ s now eliminated Residential Growth Control System and will eventually be spent leaving the General Fund funding the entirety of parks maintenance. Additionally, the City ’ s Agricultural Preservation and Open Space Fund (306) annually transfers approximately $81,000 to fund open space maintenance and for the payment of property taxes on City - owned agricultural land. The funding source for this transfer will also no longer be available within the next 3 - 4 fiscal years. • Resurfaced four of the tennis courts and installed LED lights.

PUBLIC SERVICES 205