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PARK DIVISION MONTHLY REPORT NOVEMBER 1977 Grounds Maintenance crews continue with the renovation of several turf areas resultant from the drought conditions . This renovation prepares these areas for expected winter rains which it is hoped will provide a strong and vigorous turf with which to enter the expected drought con - ditions of next year . Several changes in the irrigation systems has become necessary in order to better adapt the irrigation system to the reduced water allocations . Better coverage with less gallonage of water used is an objective of this alteration . The water consumption data for the period of October/ November indicate that the total allocation for the park system was 11 , 584 units with total consumption of 10 , 311 units . This resulted in a savings of 1 , 273 units below the allocation . Vandalism at the restroom facilities at Marlin Park and on Marine World Parkway in Redwood Shores again necessitated the repair work of the Building Maintenance crew . There was an attempt to set fire to the restroom at Marlin Park and several of the partitions were damaged at the restroom on Marine World Parkway . Additionally , the Building Maintenance crew initiated the maintenance and repair work at the Hoover Swimming Pool in preparation for next season . This involved the removal , repair and reinstallation of the water pumps at the pool . The Street Tree crews found it necessary to defer some of the normal work requests in order to handle the emergency calls and priority work resulting from the windstorm on the evening of November 21 . There were 48 separate instances of priority storm damage reported during a four-day period . Additionally , the crews worked in coopera - tion with the Department of Public Works ' Street Re- surfacing Project and completed block pruning in advance of and in preparation for the re- surfacing project . A training session dealing with the safe use of and laws pertaining to the use and storage of hazardous pesticides and other agricultural chemicals was conducted at the Municipal Service Center for most of the Park Division employees . Park Foreman Hernandez with the assis - tance of John Smith , the instructor for the Commercial Applicator ' s Pesticide License conducted the workshop . At the end of the course , the participants were given an examination in order to test their knowledge of the subject . This was followed by a discussion of the questions and answers as well as the various points which were covered during the instruction period . -7 -