That City Manager is requested to ensure adequate funding to fully repair the irrigation system in Danehy Park immediately

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Failure to timely repair Danehy Park’s irrigation system last summer (July 2022) caused about 14 trees to be cut down this May (2023), with more severely damaged and in danger of dying; and

The pump system near the Sherman St. entrance has not been completely repaired; and

The controller for the repaired pump system has now failed so that irrigation must be manually operated during the daytime which wastes staff time and also wastes water due to the inefficiency of daytime operation; and

There is a major leak in one of the underground irrigation mains near the Miyawaki Forest which prevents irrigation of some areas; and

The irrigation main was cut during construction work on New St preventing irrigation of that line of trees with one being removed and another likely terminally damaged by last year’s drought; and

Several sprinkler heads have failed which prevents irrigation of some areas; and

There is a major leak in an underground irrigation main under a concrete area in the new Louis D. Pasquale Universal Design Playground which prevents any irrigation at all for that facility; and

Irrigation systems have engineering complexities and underground failures are extremely difficult and time-consuming to diagnose by non-specialists without special equipment; and

More irreversible damage will be done to the tree canopy if the irrigation systems in Danehy Park and throughout our city are not properly maintained and in top working condition heading into to summer dry season; now therefore be it

ORDERED: That City Manager be and hereby is requested to ensure adequate funding to fully repair the irrigation system in Danehy Park immediately and prior to the anticipated summer heat and drought; and be it further

ORDERED: That City Manager be and hereby is requested to report back on this matter to the City Council by June 26, 2023.