Title
Parks Workforce and Asset Management Program Update
Recommended Action
City Manager Recommendation:
Receive information and provide feedback.
Report
Issue:
Staff will update the Finance Committee on the progress of Workforce and Asset Management Programs since the last presentation on January 14, 2015.
Staff Contact:
David Hanna, Associate Director, Parks, Arts and Recreation, 360.753.8020
Gary Franks, Parks Maintenance Manager, Parks, Arts and Recreation, 360.753.8367
Presenter(s):
David Hanna, Associate Director
Sam Baker, Supervisor III
Background and Analysis:
The Olympia Parks, Arts and Recreation Department (OPARD) has been steadily working to create a data driven approach to maintaining parks facilities and the workforce responsible for the work. At the Finance Committee meeting we will share the progress made in the following areas:
1. Asset Management - the continuation of rating the condition of park facilities and in turn developing projects under the CAMMP program to raise the Facility Condition Index.
2. Workforce Management - the continuation of managing park maintenance operations in a system-based approach utilizing the City’s investment in VueWorks software. This update will include work on maintenance plans for individual parks and setting future service levels.
3. Public Art Maintenance - beginning efforts to employ asset management principles to the City’s art collection.
Neighborhood/Community Interests (if known):
The survey conducted for the “Parks Plan” clearly emphasized the need for the City to “take care of what we have.” The efforts in asset and workforce management demonstrate the Department’s commitment to efficiently maintain the public’s investment.
Options:
1. Receive the presentation on Parks Workforce and Asset Management.
2. Provide feedback or recommendations to staff.
Financial Impact:
As work progresses in both areas of asset and workforce management, there will likely be impacts on the Capital and Operating Budgets in the future. These impacts will be based on deliberate decisions on CAMMP funding and park maintenance service levels, which will drive the operations costs for maintaining parks. These choices will be brought forward as part of the Business Plan which will be an integral part of the 2016 Parks, Arts and Recreation Plan.