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2 Parks and Recreation (continued) students, and the fact that heavy use of the parks in summer requires additional maintenance . Rudolph Luca, 820 Vera, suggested that since the parttime maintenance personnel are mostly students, the jobs could be eliminated, since they do not have families to support. MOTION: Councilman Rhodes moved that maintenance of the landscaping of Fair Oaks Community Center be transferred to the Center with a saving of $3,677. Mr. Fales advised that landscaping maintenance of the Center grounds is considered part of general park maintenance, but no saving would be involved if the same amount were charged to the Center, since the funds would have to come from the same place . The motion died for lack of a second. Parkways, Island, Medians and Circles Maintenance City Manager Pales referred to the subject part of the June 2, 1975 report, observing that if the two- man crew which maintains islands, circles and medians throughout the City were eliminated, a minimum of maintenance might be done by existing roving park crews with a significant reduction in the mainte- nance standards, not only of the subject locations, but also of the parks the crews are presently maintaining. MOTION : Councilman Norris moved, seconded by Coun- cilman Rhodes, to eliminate the two-man crew handling maintenance of parkways, islands and circles and that maintenance be made a part of the duties of the roving park crews at a savings of $47,020 . Director of Parks and Recreation Weeks advised that the estimated amount of savings is too large as it includes time of equipment operators who occasion- ally assist, and supervisory time . It was noted that probable saving would be about $29,000 Alice Ogden, 696 Arlington Road, reported she re- cently saw a parked City truck with two workmen sitting in it and two outside, suggesting an excess of personnel being used to do the job. It was sug- gested more would have to be known about the circum- stances than a brief observation. M. L. Tepley, 731 Canyon Road, asked if maintenance of Downtown is included also. Mr. Pales explained that there is nothing in the Budget this year for landscaping maintenance in the Downtown Improvement District and that provision for landscaping is in- cluded in the total project, with the expectation -2- Budget , Study Session 6/7/76