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starting in February, and every second Tuesday of each month from March through November.

Park Furniture

Park furniture includes bleachers, benches, picnic tables, trash cans and bike racks. All park furniture is inventoried and inspected annually. The division’s goal is to ensure furniture is in a safe, usable condition at all times. Vandalism removal and routine repairs are done on an as-needed basis.

Park Inspections

Formal park inspections are performed quarterly throughout the park system to ensure safety and address maintenance concerns. Crew supervisors are responsible for the completion of these inspections and issues are addressed accordingly.

Park Landscaping

Maintaining the health and beauty of park landscaping is the responsibility of the Horticulture staff. Park landscaping includes the installation, maintenance and renewal of landscaped areas with City parkland.

Park Lighting

The Grounds Maintenance staff is responsible for ensuring all lighting on ball diamonds,

basketball courts and tennis courts is operational. Lights are inspected annually to ensure proper function and safety. All field and court lamps are replaced on a rotating schedule to ensure the maximum bulb life with no drastic reduction in overall lumens. Additionally, the Grounds Maintenance staff oversees landscape lighting, fountain lighting, bikepath lighting and park feature lighting and performs regular monthly inspections.

Park Tree Inventory

The park tree inventory is all current and accurate information on the diversity and health of trees in the parks and open spaces owned and operated by the City. There are more than 16,000 trees inventoried.

The Horticulture staff installs and maintains all existing park trees. The trees are evaluated and inventoried on a three-year rotation. The information gathered on each tree includes the location (utilizing a GPS handheld unit), family, genus and species diameter at breast height (dbh); height; general health, including any disease; any recommended maintenance; and root zone constriction. Memorial trees are noted with all applicable data. The data gathered is used to effectively manage Dublin’s tree population.