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Salina parks staff report court resurfacing, fountain removed and heavy snow operations
Summary
At a Parks and Recreation Board meeting, staff outlined winter maintenance and facility updates including repainting and resurfacing basketball courts, removal of a nonworking fountain at Kenwood Cove, expanded snow-removal duties across city departments and tree‑recycling sites.
At the Salina Parks and Recreation Board meeting, parks staff reported several maintenance and operations updates, including work to repaint and resurface basketball courts, removal of a long‑inactive fountain and extended snow‑removal duties across city departments.
Parks staff said the city will powder‑coat and repaint backboards and rims on four basketball courts and has contracted to resurface three of the courts at Sunset Park, Centennial Park and Pacific Park. The staff member stated the team will reinstall standards and rims after resurfacing is complete.
Staff also reported removing a fountain that had not operated for several years in front of Kenwood Cove and replacing it with concrete. The parks staff member described that as a completed change to the site.
Winter weather has kept parks crews and other city departments busy, staff said. Parks staff noted teams have been assigned to snow removal for recreation parking lots and park sidewalks and are assisting public works and utilities with large snow piles and ice removal in the public right‑of‑way.
The department described a number of routine seasonal activities: chipping Christmas trees collected at Jerry Ivy, Thomas, Lakewood and Centennial Park for use as mulch; hosting the Audubon Christmas Bird Count at Lakewood Park; and work to refresh exhibits at the Lakewood Discovery Center, including insect and weather displays.
Staff closed the report by summarizing facility maintenance workload, including a high number of work orders in December and ongoing custodial projects such as carpet encapsulation.
Board members asked clarifying questions about snow staging at Kenwood Cove parking and the trade‑offs staff use (temporary parking closures in exchange for spring cleaning and street sweeping).
