PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION AGENDA PACKET 01112024

Page 5 of 8 Kottinger Community Park - Upper Kottinger Creek: • Staff completed the removal of dead and overgrown vegetation along Upper Kottinger Creek. The project began below Adams Way and finished near Bernal Ave. In total, 56 cubic yards of chipped brush were removed. Main Street: • Eight declining purple robe locust trees were removed on Main Street. Staff ground all eight stumps. Fifteen new trees were planted to replace the trees that were removed and to fill vacant planting locations that were created throughout the year. Museum on Main: • Staff installed lights on the Christmas tree for the annual tree lighting event. The tree looked great. At some point, the tree may get too tall to decorate all the way to the top without specialized equipment. Medians and Trails: • A median infill planting project was completed with new plants being installed in the median at El Charro north of Stoneridge Dr., W. Las Positas east of Santa Rita, Bernal Ave near the 680 underpass, and Stanley Blvd. near Valley Ave. Prior to planting all of the irrigation was checked and repaired. Additional irrigation oversight was required during the plant establishment period • Staff installed new infill plants at the Greentree Court roundabout. In all, 20 1 - gallon Hypericum moserianum shrubs were planted • Staff installed eight large boulders on the northbound 680 exit at Bernal Ave. This spot had become a parking area for semi-trucks. The trucks were damaging the plant material and irrigation • Throughout the summer and fall seasons, staff manually watered 245 young trees throughout the streets and medians. Each tree is watered approximately every two weeks. Trees are typically watered for the first three years after planting to help with establishment • Staff closed Augustin Bernal Park on October 30th for trail and erosion repairs that were carried out by an as-needed contractor. The contractor installed erosion control measures on a landslide near the top of the Valley View Trail. They also cleaned out the culverts that pass below the trail Valley View Trail at two locations and installed jute netting on the hillside to help reduce additional erosion. The areas addressed were damaged in last winter’s storms • During the closure of Augustin Bernal Park Staff performed vegetation management work, which consisted of trimming brush back from a section of the Valley View trail and management of an area of invasive French broom weed • Staff cleared deposited soil from the drainage swales on the Valley View Trail.