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-z- In addition to the three atorementiomad reasons, staff also has been meeting•at great lengths with the two park maintenance men assigned to our division, Larry Decheino and Chris Weston, about maximizing our manpowor through the summer season. At this time, both Chris and Larry are amonahle to a flexible schedule which would allow a seven day scheduling an well as twelve to fourteen hour work schedule. This will be accomplished by rescheduling half of our crew to a Wednesday - Sunday shift with the remaining of our staff working on a Monday - Friday shift. By going to a seven day schedule, we will he able to maintain and mow grass on a regular basis rather than heing limited to our standard 40 hour week in the past. In addition, it is staff's proposal to run swing shifts with one crew starting at 6:30 a.m. and the second shift coming in at 10:30 a.m. By making these types of manage- ment changes, we are able to have our equipment utilized to a maximum as well as our limited manpower. Staff would further recommend that we be given the opportunity to maintain Silver View Park on a regular basis with a portion of the monies that were allocated for contract maintenance to be re- ' tained for small park projects such as: ag lime for infields, sand in the tot lots and new park sign construction. Staff feels very confident with the additional manpower, equipment and shift schedule changes, that we will be able to maintain Silver View Park at the same level it was maintained in 1983. In addition, we feel it will give us the opportunity to compare manpower time and costs in more depth to that of retaining a private mainten- ance firm. Staff will be on hand at Monday evening's meeting to discuss this issue in further depth. Should you have any questions prior to that time, feel free to contact myself directly at ext. #41. BKA/sll a J