This section is responsible for The City’s 12 parks, landscape medians, street trees, and misc. landscape areas such as along freeway sound walls, and in public rights-of-way.

1. Park Maintenance: is currently contracted out to a private landscape company for all routine maintenance such as mowing, weed removal, trash pick up and irrigation system monitoring. City Staff is responsible for renovating the ball diamonds, overseeing athletic fields, performing irrigation system repairs and completing any special project work in preparation of special events held in the parks such as "kids day", summer concerts and youth sport activities. This crew has also been responsible for major park improvements such as recent renovations at Crawford, Golden and the Library entrance.

   This crew is also responsible for removing litter and cleaning up the bus benches and trash receptacles throughout the City.

2. Accomplishments during the last year include:

• Installed a new irrigation system on the softball field at Columbus School,.

• Leveled and renovated the playing fields at Rio San Gabriel Park.

• Trimmed 4,027 parkway trees.

• Planted 212 parkway trees.

• Renovated the baseball diamonds at Furman Park.

• Renovated the entrance planters around the parking lot at Dennis the Menace Park.

• Replaced 26 damaged BBQs in park facilities.

• Renovated the turf area between the tennis courts and basketball court at Furman Park.

• Installed new landscaping and irrigation along a portion of the Adoree Sound wall.

• Installed expanded metal trash receptacles around the shelters at park facilities.

3. Received certification as a "Tree City ".

For additional information or any inquiries, please contact:

BY TELEPHONE
Tel: (562) 904 - 7192     

BY FACSIMILE
Fax: (562) 869-7365

BY MAIL
City of Downey
Public Works Department  -  Parks Maintenance
P.O.Box 7016
Downey, CA 90241-7016

IN PERSON
City of Downey
Public Works Department     - Parks Maintenance
12324 Bellflower Blvd.
Downey, CA 90241-7016