1. Operations
Update – November 14th, 2018

2. Council’s Special Acquisition
GPS – Winter Maintenance Vehicle Tracking
System acquired from BSM Technologies
Installed in six pieces of equipment, two more this coming week and two new vehicles being added upon delivery (Loader & Single Axle Dump)
Mechanic’s Service Vehicle Completed
Other equipment (Snow blowers, backpack blowers, steam pressure washer) Generator & sump pump still to come 2018
Traffic Control – Directional boards, industrial bush mower and rototiller to be acquire in early 2019
Additional Operations staff hired and working weekends

3. Accomplishments to Date - Parks
Community In Bloom
Town was awarded five blooms
Operations is working with Planning and Development to address noted deficiencies in the judging report.
Replaced Wheeler Park playground equipment
Removed old Pumphouse on Kinsmen Lake
Will be replacing it with a handicap accessible dock
Deployed 10 new multiple dog bag stations
Planted 77 trees (64 in Strathmore Lakes)

4. Accomplishments to Date - Parks
Have already put up the Christmas lights at the welcome sign (west), Town Hall and Kinsmen Park
Have ordered 57 new Christmas Light displays for light standards
2nd & 3rd Avenue & Lakeside Blvd
Deployed 15 more ‘bear proof’ garbage cans
Relocation of one disc golf hole to address resident’s concerns
Rehabbed approximately 2-3 kms of pathways in Town (Kinsmen & Grand Point Estates)

5. Accomplishments to Date - Parks
Repainted the bowl in the Skate Park to reduce graffiti
Major clean-up in Gray’s Park and completion of the gravel pathway
Deployed pathway marker for snow removal program
Deployed Old Train Station sign in Lambert Park
New notifications sign Kinsmen & Strathmore Lake

6. Accomplishments to Date – Public Works
Since February 2018 – repaired or replaced 365 Black Carts
Deployed over 200 Large Green Carts
Filled over 175 pot holes throughout the Town
Crack sealing majority of major Town roads
Since May 1st, 924 Alberta One Call Locates (7.3 per day)

7. Accomplishments to Date – Public Works
Begin storm ditch maintenance program in Orchard Park
Dust controlled gravel roads throughout the Town (Approx 6 kms)
Sidewalk repairs/replacements (51) and grinding (126)throughout the Town
Multiple coloured school crosswalks, reflectors & RRFB deployment
Replaced barriers at Center and Centennial intersection
Since June 1st, completed over 350 work orders

8. Objectives for the end of 2018 & 2019
New Cityworks software deployment – internally December 15, 2018
Strathmore Lake
Rock Wall stabilization
Lake shoreline stabilization due to erosion
Trees
Plant trees along side the two “Welcome to Strathmore” signs on Highway 1
Plant an additional trees throughout the Town
Arrival of new Loader and Single Axle Dump
Address flooding in Strathmore Lakes Bend Park
Street & Traffic Sign standardize program in 2019