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Parks director launches 32-week condition assessment to rank repairs and guide park budgets
Summary
City parks staff kicked off a multi-month condition-assessment and level-of-service work plan to inventory parks and trails, create a condition rubric and build a multi-year budget for repairs and maintenance.
Interim parks director John Lagarza told the West Linn Parks Advisory Board that staff will carry out a systemwide condition assessment and level-of-service review to identify repairs, set maintenance standards and inform a multi-year budget.
"Going to take about 32 weeks to go through the whole process," Lagarza said, describing a field-based inspection program that will feed a software database and a rubric rating assets from "excellent" to "failed." He said the assessment will include play structures, courts, trails and docks and incorporate visitation data to prioritize work across the system.
The board was shown usage figures that staff will use to set priorities. "We have about 25,000 people that come to Willamette Park and visit every year," Lagarza said, adding that about 5,000 people use the docks annually. He said the data will help tie identified repairs to realistic funding timelines over five, 10 and 15 years.
Board members repeatedly urged that safety risks and deferred maintenance be captured clearly so the city can plan realistic budgets. Lagarza said the assessment will produce a priority matrix and a recommended schedule of repairs that can be brought to council for funding discussions.
Staff also said they will present the proposed field rubric and draft survey to the advisory board before public release so volunteers and neighborhood groups can prepare to help collect data.
