CITY OF TORONTO, 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– Marie Curtis NO IMPACT NO IMPACT designated, not necessarily the per week May through September. S – Western Beaches entire park. Cherry Beach Toronto Islands Eastern Beaches Ashbridges Bay Dedicated staff at some locations S – High Park NO IMPACT NO IMPACT The main categories of highly Allen Gardens maintained areas are: N – Sunnybrook Park - Feature Parks Edwards Gardens - Civic Centres Hendon Park - Subway lands E - Miliken Park - B.I.A. W – Centenial Park - Waterfront and Island James Gardens Parks *Most South District Parks - Spray pads/Splash pads are in this category due to intensity of use. Revised Jan 14, 02 Parks – Background (9.2) Page 1 of 11 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- Marie Curtis Park 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 Parks – Background (9.2) Page 2 of 11 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 Cedarvale Park • 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 Parks – Background (9.2) Page 3 of 11 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 – Allan Gardens 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 Parks – Background (9.2) Page 4 of 11 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 $224,735.00 Community School 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 Parks – Background (9.2) Page 5 of 11 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 Parks – Background (9.2) Page 6 of 11 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,