CITY OF , PARKS AND RECREATION DIVISION – OPERATING STANDARDS GENERAL MAINTENANCE TYPE OF INDICATOR TO DETERMINE PROPOSED LEVEL/FREQUENCY EXAMPLES OF AREA IMPACT AREA TYPE OF AREA OF MAINTENANCE SERVICE FINANCIAL (FROM 2000) Highly Maintained These areas require a high Paper picking – daily S - Village of Yorkville NO IMPACT NO IMPACT Areas frequency of maintenance due Garbage can emptying – daily Music Gardens to high level of use (e.g. Washroom cleaning – daily (2 times per day) N – Bayview Village regional parks, subway lands, Playground maintenance E – McLellan Park Toronto Island), the visibility of Wading pool/splash pad maintenance – daily W – Eglinton Flats the area (civic centres) or inspection Etiene Brule Park partner expectations (e.g. Park patrol –daily duty (2 x per day) business improvement areas). Winter maintenance Areas within a park could be Waterfront maintenance (beach grooming) 1 x W– NO IMPACT NO IMPACT designated, not necessarily the per week May through September. S – Western Beaches entire park. Eastern Beaches Ashbridges Bay

Dedicated staff at some locations S – NO IMPACT NO IMPACT The main categories of highly Allen Gardens maintained areas are: N – - Feature Parks - Civic Centres Hendon Park - Subway lands E - Miliken Park - B.I.A. W – Centenial Park - Waterfront and Island Parks *Most South District Parks - Spray pads/Splash pads are in this category due to intensity of use.

Revised Jan 14, 02

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TYPE OF INDICATOR TO DETERMINE PROPOSED LEVEL/FREQUENCY EXAMPLES OF AREA IMPACT AREA TYPE OF AREA OF MAINTENANCE SERVICE FINANCIAL (FROM 2000) Generally These areas require a lower Paper picking N – Brookbanks NO IMPACT NO IMPACT Maintained frequency of maintenance than – once every 7-10 working days, with S – Chorley Park Areas highly maintained areas. grass cutting E – Hupfield Park Used by fewer people – areas of intensive use 1 ~ 2 x per week W – Keelesdale Park Lower visibility than highly Garbage can emptying – 1~ 3 times per week, Weston Lions Park maintained areas depending on location and intensity of use Buttonwood Park This includes: neighbourhood Graffiti removal as required Summerlea Park parks, parkettes, boulevards, Paved pathways, patios and trails municipal service centres - maintained or inspected 1 ~ 2 x per (ambulance, fire stations, week (cleared of snow and ice in operations yards). Winter) Parking Lots • Vegetation removal as required. Walkways (connect to TTC routes, schools , neighbourhood access, etc.) Pedestrian, vehicular bridge No on-site staff; maintained by flying squad

Beaches • Groomed once every 3 weeks. E - Bluffers Park NO IMPACT NO IMPACT Sports Courts • Clean up, permanent lining as required. Spring W- Bocce cleanup • Normal maintenance done by players W- Charles Bereton Park Spring clean up, Grooming, a lime top up, Woodborough Park vegetation control, carpentry work, fence repairs, Kingsview Park lighting. S- Wallace Emerson Bickford Park Fred Hamilton Runnymede N- Ranee Park

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TYPE OF INDICATOR TO DETERMINE PROPOSED LEVEL/FREQUENCY EXAMPLES OF AREA IMPACT AREA TYPE OF AREA OF MAINTENANCE SERVICE FINANCIAL (FROM 2000) Natural Areas Stand alone areas (e.g. ravines) • Litter pick-up Spring/Fall clean up N - Portions of: NO IMPACT NO IMPACT Transitional areas abutting • Mowing-could have 1 Fall cut, depending on Sunnybrook generally maintained or highly location Brookbanks maintained areas • Noxious weed control-as required Betty Sutherland Low level of use • Forestry work-hazard removal Trail Compliance with legislative • Other Hazard removal-as required E - Rouge requirements • Selected use of herbicide (poison ivy control) S - Portions of: Unstructured Sherwood • No preventative maintenance High Park • No regular park patrol Rosedale Valley • Natural Environment committee projects: W - Humber Bay Marshes - planning, planting, maintenance and Albion Gardens community events. Westonwood - interpretive signage developed • No winter maintenance Pilot Sites Portions of: Public Education Minimal Financial: N - Sunnybrook (Check with Winnie Li for new signage Recommendation: Glendon Forest Arthur Beauregard) Initiate Pilot Project-Help Protect this Bluehaven “Environmentally Sensitive Area” Emery Creek Pedestrians only, please. No pets. S - Rosehill Valley Cycling in this area prohibited. Glen Stewart Ravine Carry litter in. Carry litter out. W- Smythe Park No waste receptacles provided Cedarvale Park E - Rouge NO IMPACT NO IMPACT Camp Grass cutting 1x per week Grounds • Showers provided E – Glen Rouge Daily washroom cleaning Camp Ground • Barbeques 7am – 11pm / Staff coverage • Picnic Tables Fees: • Firewood for Sale 8 - Hikers site $14/day • Tents and Trailers 30- Unserviced site $22/day • Season: May 18 – Sept.3/01 $138.60/Week $526/month 70 - Serviced site $30/day Camp $189/week E – Glen Rouge

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TYPE OF INDICATOR TO DETERMINE PROPOSED LEVEL/FREQUENCY EXAMPLES OF AREA IMPACT AREA TYPE OF AREA OF MAINTENANCE SERVICE FINANCIAL (FROM 2000) Ground $718/month Campground NO IMPACT NO IMPACT continued - Extra Tent or Vehicle $8/day - Wood $8 - Ice $2.75 - Pumpout $10

ORDER OF PRIORITY The snow removal program is Winter based on limiting impact on the Snow and Ice Removal as - Rec. Centres/ South – duty driver, call in Maintenance environment and operational ability required: Facilities & staff as required. to perform snow removal and - salting parking lots related functions. - sanding - Civic Centres North – call in staff as Usage - ploughing - Sidewalk/internal required Safety/risk management - blowing paths considerations - shovelling - Pedestrian Compliance with legislative - hauling Linkages requirements - loading - A.I.R. - Improved service to - Reduce overtime Past practices - recommend 7 day per - N.I.R. public expenditures week operation • South District East District: incorporate - Efficiency gain - consideration for - exception first midnight shift midnight shift where priority, sidewalks, West – Technical services appropriate due to minimum plowing external sidewalks. Internal walkways not - no new walkways amount of parking plowed. added lots. (inner city)

Winter Protection Mid Dec – end of March - snow fencing – South – blocking entrances, High Park NO IMPACT NO IMPACT hills/slopes West - Centennial Park - winter signage – no James Gardens tobogganing, no winter East - Milliken Park maintenance, Gold Hawk washroom closures, North – Broadlands Park & streams/open water C.C. – Ancaster Park post ice unsafe Winter • Access to water Natural Ice Rinks

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TYPE OF INDICATOR TO DETERMINE PROPOSED LEVEL/FREQUENCY EXAMPLES OF AREA IMPACT AREA TYPE OF AREA OF MAINTENANCE SERVICE FINANCIAL (FROM 2000) Maintenance « Built and Maintained by continued…. community. Efficiency gain Overtime savings - Flooding Snow removal A.I.R - scraping - shovelling South - 2001- Parks no Pending - maintenance longer floods. Community Parks & Recreation run rink - boards on hockey cushions only NO IMPACT recommended North - Material and -liability review labour savings reduce - lights at existing number of rink boards locations South – Moorevale, Jean installed - signage Sebelius and Fairmount Honorarium $600 per site, - ploughing – over based on evaluation of rink 4” of snow North – parks provide West - Ice rinks run by season - training directions equipment, set- community volunteers / No up boards, plough over 4” outdoor artificial ice rinks. West – discontinue practice i..e Glendora Park Felt that without the of paying community group to honorarium this area will be Savings West $4,800 left void maintain N.I.R. in York East – Flo Gell Park,

($600 x 8 groups = $4,800 in Merill Park, Lessard Park, Risk of West losing Open Bodies of Water savings) and Humewood South – Savings of • community Groups which Community School $224,735.00 have traditionally provided Skating Ponds the program. - ice testing

- scraping S – Grenadier Pond

- blowing (cancelled)

- shovelling E - Milliken

- ploughing E - L”Amoreaux

- floodling

- maintenance of

- signage

- lights

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TYPE OF INDICATOR TO DETERMINE PROPOSED LEVEL/FREQUENCY EXAMPLES OF AREA IMPACT AREA TYPE OF AREA OF MAINTENANCE SERVICE FINANCIAL (FROM 2000) • Install winter signage. Winter • Playgrounds Playgrounds are inspected maintenance for hazards, but not continued… maintained during the winter. Include contact NO IMPACT NO IMPACT phone number for hazard notification and service.

North - none, but sign/ hay • Do not install fencing as a bales are put up in some • Toboggan Runs barrier. Hay bales around parks (i.e. Havenbrook) trees are acceptable in West- Centennial Park tobogganing areas. Cedarvale Park NO IMPACT NO IMPACT Weston Lions Park East- Adams Park Cedarbrook Park

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TYPE OF INDICATOR TO DETERMINE PROPOSED LEVEL/FREQUENCY EXAMPLES OF AREA IMPACT AREA TYPE OF AREA OF MAINTENANCE SERVICE FINANCIAL (FROM 2000)

Unpaved Type of use (passive recreation) As Required S – Beltline portions of NO IMPACT NO IMPACT Trails and Surface (wood chips, Seasonal – top up of wood chips and screenings. High park Pathways screenings) No winter maintenance N - Bestview Linkage Pedestrian linkages ( connect to Sunnybrook-horse TTC routes, schools, Trail neighbourhood, maintenance W- West Humber bicycle access, etc.) Trail Cedervale Ravine E- Brimley Woods Miliken Park

Specialty • Fitness trails • Exercise stations N- Bestview Park NO IMPACT NO IMPACT Trails - seasonal inspections/repair Windfields - vegetation removal S – High Park - no winter maintenance Eastern Beaches W- Cedarvale Park

West Humber Trail

• South District E – Brimley Woods - Signage and maps - Repairs to paved and unpaved trails • Discovery Walk - No Winter Maintenance E – Brickworks NO IMPACT NO IMPACT • Sweeping or blowing as required, May 1 – Oct. S – South District 31(or as required for events) W- Etienne Brule Park • Designated paved, pedestrian, • Paper pickup & Grass Cutting once every 10 cyclist, trails days S - (22km) • Multi-purpose trails • Daily inspection – May 1 – Oct 31 applies to N - Don Valley Bike Trail NO IMPACT NO IMPACT • Paved multipurpose paths designated paved, pedestrian, cyclist, trails.(i.e. (as required) • Markings, signage Martin Goodman Trail) W- Westhumber Bike • Pruning as required Trail • No Winter Maintenance Etienne Brule

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TYPE OF INDICATOR TO DETERMINE PROPOSED LEVEL/FREQUENCY EXAMPLES OF AREA IMPACT AREA TYPE OF AREA OF MAINTENANCE SERVICE FINANCIAL (FROM 2000)

Life Saving • Creek, ponds North – Wilket Creek Park Financial – No budget $117, 000 Budget Stations/ • Storm water management areas • Existing stations inspected and maintained South/Central (Ward 20 allocated 467 stations to Pressure Flood Plains waste water • Spring, Summer & Fall seasons Downtown 1) maintain and inspect. - • High Risk Area- areas where • High Risk - one inspection per month - Music Gardens Cost – Ringbuoy, poles we invite patrons near to water, - and ladder- $200 per within 5 metres of a maintained path, adjacent to picnic area or West- Etienne Brule Park station plus signage and adjacent to low head dam. Homesmith Park stand. • Low Traffic Areas – all other • Low Traffic – one inspection every 3 months East – Indicated in lifesaving stations map book. • Mark out plots as required W: Jane/Woolner Hydro W- Revenue Increase Allotment Permitted • Standardize permit fee to $53.50 City wide Field – 126 plots Jane/Woolner-$1890 Gardens Perimeter fencing ($50.00 + $3.50 G.S.T.) West Deane & Stouffel Road West Deane-$2820 – 282 plots (combined) North – will no longer North: Revenue Same Irrigation • Provide portable toilet N: Jonesville – 169 plots provide ploughing or (Plots cost already $50.00) • Discontinue ploughing and rototilling Bishop – 122 plots rototilling South: Revenue generated • Provide compost when available Four Winds – 245 plots increase of $10,000 • Provide Garbage pick-up S: High Park – 111 plots • Non –resident fee additional $35.00 Leslie St – 64 plots S.A.D.R.A. – 25 plots E: Daventry –190 plots Givendale – 155 plot East York - 126 plots • Picnics, walkathons, fundraisers Implement cost recovery for services provided Special Over 200 persons in all parks. (Portable toilets, liquor permits, Events/ Include step rates fencing, stakeouts, tents, pay duty police, waste Festivals collection & disposal)

Beer Gardens • Total cost recovery, plus security deposit based on site visit with Park Supervisor. Liquor permit fees applies $150.00 Parks Supervisors must consult with permits for festivals and special events. Permitter to contact Supervisor. Site visit must occur 3 weeks prior to the event.

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TYPE OF INDICATOR TO DETERMINE PROPOSED LEVEL/FREQUENCY EXAMPLES OF AREA IMPACT AREA TYPE OF AREA OF MAINTENANCE SERVICE FINANCIAL (FROM 2000)

Picnics, social gathering Full cost recovery for services provided, which Picnics Permit $50 + G.S.T. = $53.50 includes delivery and pick up of picnic tables, Up to 200 persons. waste receptacles, and staffing. Otherwise, 4 hours maximum group provides their own amenities or holds Any gathering greater than 25 event in a designated picnic area utilizing persons requires a permit. existing amenities.

Schools Festivals, picnics Cost recovery Churches Rate based on number of Cost recovery for delivery and pick up of persons amenities. Private Houses and Discontinue – do not provide Private Street services Parties

Memorial Remembrance Day Ceremonies Cost recovery Parades Moving office furniture Councillor Special Events Cost recovery Requests Photography • $50.00 per hour recommended minimum 2 North - Sunnybrook Pk hours. South - High Park NO IMPACT REVENUE INCREASE - Sunny side • Hourly fee - $250.00 (minimum $500.00) Pavillion Conservatories • Professional Use • Daily rate (based on 8 hours max) - $1,000 East - Milliken Park Fees: Staff Costs: - Rossetta Maclean

• $26.00/hour (regular work hours ,charged at

cost)

$32.00/hour(Over time rates ,charged at cost) • • $42.00/hour(Over time-statutory civic holiday • Allan Gardens • Centennial Park rates, charged at cost Conservatories

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TYPE OF INDICATOR TO DETERMINE PROPOSED LEVEL/FREQUENCY EXAMPLES OF AREA IMPACT AREA TYPE OF AREA OF MAINTENANCE SERVICE FINANCIAL (FROM 2000) • Administrative fee - $50.00 Conservatories Damage: Any damage to plant collection or structure charged back at actual replacement/repair cost.

Photo • Recommend the harmonization of photo permits • Allan Gardens Permits • Still photography For a 2-hour period up to $100. Separate pending • Centennial Park on harmonization • Conservatories

Note: The General Maintenance Advisory Committee Recommends: Permanent picnic areas be established in as many parks as suitable to reduce the requirements for Parks Staff to deliver equipment for special events. COST FOR SERVICE - To provide service, the cost to the permit customer is $161.68/hr. WORKER COST 1 Crew Leader 38.73 3 Workers 105.45 1 Truck 9.30 1 Trailer 8.20 TOTAL COST $161.68/HR (includes benefits) *Recommend picnic areas are designated in regional parks and larger neighbourhood Parks with stationary furnishing (i.e.tables, baskets and barbeques) to work towards reducing and eliminating Parks staff from the furniture moving business

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SPECIAL EVENTS COST RECOVERY Picnic Tables & Garbage Baskets 1-5 $325.00 Includes delivery & pick-up Picnic Tables & Garbage Baskets 5-10 $650.00 Includes delivery & pick-up Showmobile – South District events only $250.00 Administrative Fee $1,500.00* Overtime Cost * 1 T.D.., 1 H.E.O., 2 Lab. @ 8 hrs. OT – with extended stage, 4 staff are required as per H & S recommendations. Showmobile – West District $250.00 Rental Fee $75.00 per hour* 2 staff Labour $150.00** Open & Closing Fee * The $75/hr. fee is charged from the time the permit begins until the time it ends. Staff remain on site for the duration of the permit. ** $75 is charged for one hour before the event and $75 for an hour after the permit ends. Barricades- only supplied in South District due to intensity of underground utilities. Replace the 1-10 $325.00 Includes delivery & pick-up installation of snow fence stakes in ground Snowfencing- Recommend that permit holders rent their own (Fast Fence Comp.) 416-751-7877 $150.00 per 100 ft Stakeouts: Company which provides stakeouts services Multiview Locates Inc. / 1091 Brevik Place, Ont, L4W 3R7 Phone # 905-629-8959 / Fax # 905-629-7379 Internal Stakeouts (Technical services) Type A single point-$250.00 Type B 400 sq.ft - $500.00 Type C greater than 400 sq.ft Portable Toilets $150.00 per month Includes cleaning one time per week. Additional cleaning extra Electrical Power – where available $45.00 per day $120.00 (where electrician is required) Tethered hot air balloon $600.00 total cost - $200.00 Administrative Fee - $400.00 Tethered Hot Air Balloon Washroom monitor $28.50 per hour – 4 hour minimum Post Event clean-up $153.48 per hour Portable P.A. System $75.00 per hour / minimum 4 hours Includes driver, labourer and vehicle Supply plants (Plants Production Section) $100.00 Standard delivery & pick-up Fee included in delivery costs Tropical Plants $40-$150/plant -Full replacement cost Lost/Damaged Tropical Plants $7.00-$10.00 each (volume dependant) Flowering Plants Liquor Permits $150.00 *Darrell to contact special events for list of stage supplies. The General Services Advisory Committee is recommending that we NOT supply the following equipment

1. B.B.Q.’s – currently only in East District. Should only have events requiring B.B.Q.’s in designated in picnic areas of Regional Parks. 2. Platforms – currently provided by South, North, East and West Districts. Event organizers should apply their own staging. Mighty Lites Black folding tables from School House Products - $270.00 each. Vico stacking chairs $35.00 each plus Chair dolly for every 10 chairs at $60.00 each. *Staff costs are based on overtime at time and a half.

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