| No.13 |
Wednesday, November 7, 2001 |
- Commissioner
Stern speaks at the Donellan Square Groundbreaking
at 11 AM today. Donellan Square is located at 150th
Street and St. Nicholas in northern Manhattan. more
info>>
- The groundbreaking
at Donnellan Square marks the beginning of a $450,000
capital reconstruction project. The new square will
include new benches, fencing, and lighting as well
as four new large planting beds. Funding for this
project came, in large part, from Council Member
Stanley Michels. more
info>>
- Bronx Operations
processes 120 Parks Opportunities Program (POP)
participants for employment with Parks.
- Staten Island plants 15,000
daffodil
bulbs in an area adjacent to Snug Harbor on Richmond
Terrace.
- Brooklyn's Technical
Shops is producing signage for the 2001 Daffodil
Project. This citywide initiative is a way for New
Yorkers to help create a recurring memorial by planting
one million daffodil bulbs in parks, along highways,
in community gardens, and schools around the city.
more
info>>
- Operations Management
and Planning (OMP) performs an inspection of a Brooklyn
recreation center. Center inspections are a key
part of the Recreation Scorecard program, which
began in 1999 as an attempt to extend Parks Inspection
Program (PIP) style accountability to the Recreation
Centers. OMP performs
at least 1 inspection per week; each is conducted
by a team of 2 or more analysts. Center inspections,
like PIP inspections, are unannounced and take place
about 2 times a year.
more
info>>
- Bid documents are available
for the reconstruction of the tennis courts in Fred
Johnson Park in Manhattan. Bids are due from contractors
on November 28. The bid documents are located at
the Olmsted Center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park,
Flushing, New York 11368.
more info>>
- This month, Parks
is sending 7 Bronx employees to a 30-hour NYS DEC-approved
training course to become licensed exterminators.
Participants will review label interpretation, safety,
environmental protection, pest identification, pesticide
types and uses, application techniques, and New
York State laws and regulations.
- Telecommunications technicians
set up lines for fire and burglar systems at Hunts
Point Recreation Center. Hunts Point RC is located
at 765 Menida Street (at Lafayette Ave.) in the
Bronx.
- Parks has installed 694 historical
signs throughout the city. A total of 2122 signs
have been drafted. more
info>>
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