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RE -QUEST FOR COUNCIL.AC T ION Meeting Date February 21, 1991 GEN DA SECTION City Council Reports T EM : Creation of Parks Department 4NC: 3C DE=ARTMEN T EY: APPROVED* FCR AGENDA EY: Councilman Johnson proposed this to the council earlier this year, and I do not believe there was any comment, at that time, from the council. The Parks Commission discussed this at its February 11 meeting, and its 'recommendation is, attached. From the staff's point of view, I never looked at this in terms of creating a new department, but rather splitting a larger existing department. With the number of parks that we have, and the pride the City has taken in maintaining these parks, along with t! the fact that.we now have the opportunity to use a city -owned building for city -related purposes, I thought it the onn.ortune time to look at this option. Just as. important is the fact that we have about 50 miles of city streets, with more to come with the passing of our Comprehensive Plan and RE zoning district. Street maintenance, such as Patching is a summertime job which keeps our maintenance forman busy. The majority of parks maintenance is also done in the summer (except for the maintenance of skating . rinks) so we have two very time-consuming projects, both demanding an equal amount of time. In the winter time, the number one priority of both'of these departments should be to keep our roads cleared and sanded. For those of you that have not been over to the building, I would suggest that you do check it out. There is a pretty good sized bay area that could hold most, if not all, of the parks equipment. There is a very nice "meeting room" area that could be used by not only the Parks Department, but possibly ReAPP (we still have the old copy machine that could be moved over there), and also by the VBWD (they could use our council chambers if they ever need more room for such things as public hearings etc.) as could ReAPP. (OVER)