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Parks maintenance manager outlines playground, irrigation and fencing projects across wards
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Parks and grounds maintenance manager Steve Glenn reported new playground and surfacing work, irrigation upgrades at the Healing Garden, perimeter fencing replacement at Heritage Park to limit overnight use, and upcoming soft-surface replacement at Centennial Hills amphitheater.
Steve Glenn, parks and grounds maintenance manager, briefed the commission on April 7 about completed and upcoming maintenance projects across the city’s six wards.
Glenn listed recent work: a new playground and surfacing at Onsen Park (Ward 1) with a damaged shade being replaced; bike racks at Wallopai Trailhead and an impending fitness-court installation near Kellogg’s area (Ward 2); a complete upgrade from homeowner-grade to commercial-grade irrigation at the Healing Garden in Ward 3 that staff expect to last decades; restroom and concession-painting plans at JC Levitt; a replacement playground shade at Buckskin Park (Ward 4); perimeter-fencing replacement at Heritage Park (Ward 5) to address overnight unauthorized use; and an amphitheater paint job with planned soft-surface playground replacement at Centennial Hills in Ward 6.
When commissioners raised site-specific concerns — for example, compost and maintenance needs at Floyd Lam Park — Glenn said he would coordinate with on-site staff to address those areas.
Commissioner Cornwell praised the Healing Garden improvements: “the plants look fabulous… everything’s blooming,” she said. Glenn answered technical and scheduling questions and offered to follow up on maintenance items raised by commissioners.
