Public Buildings, Parks & Trails & Street Maintenance

City Maintenance Team Responsibilities

City crews, and our contractors work hard every day keep RPV a safe, functional and beautiful place to live and visit. We do this by:

• Caring for the City's public buildings, parks, trails, and street system including:
  • Administration of public street maintenance and/or improvement through the implementation of a Pavement Management Program.
  • Coordination of approximately 13 miles of median maintenance.
  • Coordination of 29 miles of parkway maintenance.
  • Coordination of an annual Citywide street tree maintenance program for approximately 10,000 trees.
  • Monitoring and evaluating storm drain conditions, including coordinating the maintenance of approximately 1,000 storm drain inlets.
  • Administration of the ongoing street sweeping program with sweeping activity on approximately 285 curb-miles.
• Coordination of traffic signal and traffic control device maintenance, including painted traffic striping, and raised pavement markers.
• Oversight of sidewalk, curb, and gutter, as well as weed abatement activities.
• Oversight of the maintenance of 15 City park facilities representing over 325 acres including maintenance of grounds, irrigation systems, play equipment, walkways, trails, and building interiors and exteriors.
• Oversight of the maintenance of 1,500 acres of open space and natural preserve.
• Issuance and inspection of approximately 175 right-of-way permit annually to utility companies working in the public right-of-way, as well as approximately 100 permits annually for driveway approaches, street trees, sewer lines, dumpsters, and curb drains, and approximately 50 cell site construction permits.
• Reviewing of tentative tract maps, tract and parcel maps, soil and geology reports, and grading plans.