PERIOD REPORT
DATE: September 10, 2019 Report No. P&R-19-009
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Scott Hartman, Director of Parks and Recreation Services
SUBJECT:TITLE Parks and Recreation Services Department - 2019 Second Period Report
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The following is a report on the activities pertaining to the Parks and Recreation Services Department from May 1, 2019 to August 31, 2019.
I. DIVISION ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES
1. Parks Services
* A Branch Out event was held on May 4 at Macaulay Point Park, the focus was invasive plant removal in the upper park around the lookout
* A temporary structural repair to the Sioux Place Bridge was completed
* Changes were made to the bathroom at Lampson Park to make it accessible to the community at all times the park is open
* Two new benches were installed at Memorial Park
* Irrigation emitters were installed at the Esquimalt community garden
* The 2020 tree management plan was created, with focus on the West Bay neighbourhood
* Irrigation was added to the front flower beds at Memorial Park
* All benches and picnic tables in Gorge Park were refurbished
* Preliminary artistic renderings were drafted for the multi-purpose building/ teahouse, dog park, landscaping and pathways at Gorge Park
* Preliminary artistic renderings were drafted for a boardwalk at Saxe Point Park
* New perimeter fencing was installed at the Adventure Park
* New fencing was installed at West Bay/Captain Jacobsen Park
* All playgrounds were "topped up" with new wood fibar surfacing
* 7 Boulevard/ Park trees were removed
* 61 Boulevard/ Park trees were pruned
* 1 Boulevard/ Park trees were planted
* 34 tree removal permit applications were received and approved (total of 62 trees approved for removal); 6 applications were a result of approved development permits (33 of the 62 trees approved for removal)
* 12 tree pruning permit applications were received and approved (total of 38 this year)
* Park bookings May - August 2019:
* Sa...
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