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HomeMy WebLinkAbout111825-06.1 MAINTENANCE SERVICES Town Council Report Presented November 18, 2025 2 MAINTENANCE SERVICES OUR MISSION Maintenance Services ensures that Town-owned faciliƟes—buildings, parks, roadsides, streets and street lights —are maintained in a manner that enhances the quality of life for Danville residents. The Town’s Maintenance Services Department consists of five primary divisions: Buildings, Streets, Street Lights, Parks and Roadsides. These divisions work together to ensure that Danville conƟnues to be a great place to live and visit. The Buildings Division maintains approximately 140,000 square feet of buildings, including the Town Offices, Town Service Center, Veterans Memorial Building, Village Theatre, Town MeeƟng Hall, Library, Community Center, Sycamore Day School, the Magee House, Swain House, and CoƩage at Hap Magee Ranch Park, and the Teen Centers at Los Cerros, CharloƩe Wood and Diablo Vista schools. These buildings are maintained by three full-Ɵme staff members, who also complete several hundred service requests each year. Over 250 acres of parks, roadsides and medians throughout the Town are maintained by the Parks and Roadsides divisions. Staff conƟnues to manage the UgMO system and a central irrigaƟon system that are helping combat rising water costs and changing weather condiƟons while maintaining landscaping in the condiƟon our residents have grown to love. AddiƟonally, the Parks Division maintains 30 sports fields, two water features, seven playgrounds and a large and small dog park, helping to provide great recreaƟonal experiences for our residents and their pets. The Streets Division conƟnues to do a phenomenal job of keeping our roadways safe. Street and curb markings are repainted as needed, traffic and street name signs are monitored daily, being repaired or replaced when necessary, potholes are filled, sidewalks are repaired and all efforts are made to keep Danville’s streets as safe as possible. In addiƟon to these duƟes, Maintenance Services maintains Town creeks and drainage systems while complying with permit requirements from the Department of Fish and Wildlife. While striving to exceed service level expectaƟons in the areas described above, the Maintenance Services Department also facilitates special events, responds to traffic accidents, removes graffiƟ, completes extensive safety and specializaƟon trainings, manages 26 Capital Improvement Projects, assists with the Town’s Clean Water Program, coordinates volunteer projects with various organizaƟons and works directly with all sports user groups in Town. 3 MAINTENANCE SERVICES DEPARTMENT HIGHLIGHTS The Maintenance Services Department maintains 60 acres of arterial roadside and median landscaping. A variety of volunteer projects are coordinated each year, including park fence painƟng, refinishing benches and rose bush pruning. Maintenance staff completes extensive safety and specializaƟon trainings each year. MAINTENANCE SERVICES 4 MAINTENANCE SERVICES MAINTENANCE SERVICES DEPARTMENT HIGHLIGHTS The Town maintains and repairs 145 lineal miles of streets and roadways and 6.1 miles of roadside ditches. 30 sports fields are maintained by the Town, facilitaƟng extensive use by sports groups and recreaƟonal users. Special events are a major part of the Danville community and the Maintenance Services Department helps facilitate them by posƟng signs, assisƟng with road closures, delivering equipment and cleaning up aŌer the events. 5 MAINTENANCE SERVICES CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS Veterans Memorial Building Landscaping: AŌer bids to renovate the landscape areas came in higher than hoped, Maintenance staff took on the project and replaced the enƟre irrigaƟon system and installed all new plant material. Veterans Memorial Building PainƟng: The historic side of the building was repainted, including extensive prep work on the windows and to seal the building. Diablo Vista Park Playground Replacement: Maintenance personnel assisted the CIP team throughout the playground project, which is nearly complete. 6 MAINTENANCE SERVICES PARKS Completed annual draining and cleaning of the Sycamore Valley Park pond Assisted CIP team with Diablo Vista Park playground replacement project Renovated plant material near the Diablo Vista Park playground entry in advance of it re-opening Coordinated annual grooming and GMAX tesƟng of syntheƟc turf fields at Diablo Vista Park and Sycamore Valley Park Replaced the pump for the Oak Hill Park pond Coordinated with Sports Alliance to provide the highest quality fields and user experiences possible By the Numbers (2025) Performed irrigaƟon system inspecƟons and completed over 330 repairs Removed approximately 21,000 bags of garbage from parks Pruned 1,839 trees and shrubs Completed 228 hardscape repairs Provided more than 140,000 dog waste bags Planted 59 trees and plants throughout park sites Treated park sites 12 Ɵmes each for weeds and rodents Maintained 30 sports fields 7 MAINTENANCE SERVICES ROADSIDES ConƟnued efforts towards AB1572 compliance, including replacing grass areas on Camino Tassajara between Hill Meadow Drive and Sherburne Hills Road in two phases Responded immediately to a large tree limb failure that closed Danville Boulevard, re- opening the street quickly enough to minimize impacts on traffic Completed extensive safety tree pruning projects along the Sycamore Valley Road/ Camino Tassajara corridor and Downtown Prepared for several community events Downtown, including tree pruning, landscape cleanups, posƟng of No Parking signs, and liƩer control By the Numbers (2025) Performed irrigaƟon system inspecƟons and completed nearly 350 repairs Removed approximately 8,000 bags of garbage from roadsides Pruned over 640 trees and shrubs Completed 27 hardscape repairs Provided more than 45,000 dog waste bags Planted 134 trees and shrubs FerƟlized and aerated all roadside turf areas twice 8 MAINTENANCE SERVICES BUILDINGS Completed maintenance and repairs of solar equipment at Veterans Memorial Building to restore funcƟonality Assisted the Police Department with installaƟon of security cameras at Town faciliƟes Upgraded flushing mechanisms for Osage StaƟon Park restrooms Completed carpet and furniture cleaning at the Library Repaired Library alarm panel, resulƟng in considerable savings compared to replacement Cleared drain lines at Sycamore Day School in advance of rainy weather By the Numbers (2025) Maintain approximately 140,000 square feet of faciliƟes On pace for nearly 550 service requests this year Maintain 16 faciliƟes and bathroom buildings at five parks 32 total safety inspecƟons of buildings and faciliƟes Nearly 100 fire exƟnguishers inspected monthly 16 building roofs cleared of leaves and debris 9 STREETS & STREET LIGHTING By the Numbers (2025) Performed 29 sidewalk inspecƟons and completed 161 repairs Inspected 715 drain inlets and cleaned as needed Responded to 29 instances of illegal dumping 76 PG&E-maintained and six Town- maintained street lights were repaired Filled 404 potholes Responded to 327 Danville Connect requests Installed or replaced 52 traffic signs Pruned 150 trees for sign visibility Installed new street light on W. El Pintado Road, near Diablo Road Removed and replaced a large secƟon of sidewalk on W. Linda Mesa Avenue, aŌer tree roots caused an uneven surface Collaborated with Fire Department to have evacuaƟon zone signs installed throughout the west side Performed regular street light inspecƟons in the Downtown Coordinated extra street sweeping to facilitate various events within the Downtown area MAINTENANCE SERVICES 10 MAINTENANCE SERVICES MISCELLANEOUS The Maintenance Department is on pace to receive approximately 1,530 requests through Danville Connect this year. Resident feedback conƟnues to be very posiƟve, with an 88% saƟsfacƟon raƟng. LLAD No. 2025-1 was approved by property owners, helping ensure conƟnued high standards of maintenance for parks, roadside landscaping and street lights by parƟally bridging the funding gap to keep pace with rising costs. Assisted with the project to enhance and improve the All Wars Memorial at Oak Hill Park, which included updated displays and renovated landscaping. Awarded new Zone A and B Roadside Landscape Maintenance contracts starƟng in 2025/26. Extensive storm preparaƟon efforts, including inspecƟng private drainage faciliƟes and noƟfying appropriate parƟes of obstrucƟons, have the Town ready for the upcoming storm season. The sand bag staƟon is also open and available to residents. Infrastructure damaged by vehicular accidents was repaired, replaced or removed in a Ɵmely manner, including fencing along the front of Hap Magee Ranch Park. Maintenance conƟnues to administer the Work AlternaƟve Program. This program helps keep Danville’s parks, roadsides and trails free of liƩer and debris. 11 LOOKING AHEAD AB1572 compliance efforts will conƟnue, including an ongoing planƟng project along Camino Tassajara and development of a plan for the remaining grass areas. The Danville South Park playground replacement project is expected to begin in early 2026, upgrading the equipment for the first Ɵme since 2001. The holiday wreaths will soon be installed - this year extending beyond Hartz Avenue to San Ramon Valley Boulevard and Railroad Avenue. The Town will partner with the Sports Alliance to convert the Diablo Vista Park syntheƟc turf mulƟ-use field sports lighƟng to LED. The Village Theatre carpet is scheduled to be replaced in February. The annual Winter Moratorium is nearly here, during which Ɵme the sports fields will be worked on and prepared for the 2026 season and the Hap Magee Ranch Park dog park will be renovated. AddiƟonal landscape replacement projects will conƟnue to be completed, with a focus on replacing aging plant material and maximizing water efficiency. Special events like the LighƟng of the Old Oak Tree are right around the corner and Maintenance will be hard at work planning for and facilitaƟng these great happenings. MAINTENANCE SERVICES 12 PARKS & FACILITIES Danville Library and Community Center 400 & 420 Front Street Town MeeƟng Hall 201 Front Street Village Theatre and Art Gallery 233 Front Street Veterans Memorial Building 400 Hartz Avenue Hap Magee Ranch Park 1025 La Gonda Way Sycamore Valley Park 2101 Holbrook Drive Diablo Vista Park 1000 Tassajara Ranch Drive Oak Hill Park Community Center All Wars’ Memorial 3005 Stone Valley Road Osage StaƟon Park 816 Brookside Drive Danville South Park 1885 Camino Ramon Front Street Park Front Street Baldwin School Park 751 Brookside Drive Green Valley School Park 1001 Diablo Road Greenbrook School Park 1475 Harlan Drive Montair School Park 300 Quinterra Lane Vista Grande School Park 677 Diablo Road Monte Vista Community Pool 3131 Stone Valley Road Los Cerros Community Gym 968 Blemer Road Diablo Vista Community Gym 4100 Camino Tassajara Town Offices 500 La Gonda Way Town Service Center 1000 Sherburne Hills Drive