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Parks operations managers describe workload, ADA upgrades and capital needs
Summary
Grounds and structural operations managers told the Parks & Community Services Board that Bellevue maintains about 800 acres of developed parkland at 78 in-house-maintained sites and that workload planning, ADA upgrades and capital renewal are top priorities.
Grounds Operations Manager Justin Wilkinson and Structural Operations Manager Tom Purcell briefed the Parks & Community Services Board on maintenance operations, workload planning and capital projects needed to sustain Bellevue’s park network.
“We provide efficient, cost-effective, pleasant, safe parks,” Wilkinson said, summarizing maintenance goals and the division’s public-facing work. He told the board the city maintains roughly 800 acres of developed parkland across about 78 in-house-maintained sites; other open-space parcels are managed in natural-resources divisions, bringing the city’s total park and open-space acreage to roughly 2,700 acres.
Purcell described structural responsibilities — nearly 400,000 square feet of building space…
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