Park Maintenance

Park Trail

Arvada Parks, Trails and Open Space Maintenance performs routine maintenance for City-owned parks, trails, sports facilities, landscaped medians, City facilities, and Apex Park and Recreation District-owned parks.

Maintenance Philosophy

The goal of the City's Parks Maintenance team is to maintain the highest parks and open space standards possible making the best use of City resources in a sustainable, equitable and consistent fashion.

Safety is always the top priority for our Parks team. That includes the safety of our community and the safety of our staff.

Park Maintenance Requests 

To submit a basic park maintenance request, email the Park Maintenance team. Basic park maintenance requests include tasks such as:

  • Fixing broken sprinklers 
  • Graffiti cleanup
  • Light outages 
  • Playground repairs.

In your email to our Parks Maintenance team, please provide the name and location of the park, maintenance needed, and location within the park.   

For all other requests, problems, or questions related to park maintenance, please submit a request through Ask Arvada. That includes inquiries about our mowing schedules and maintenance standards. 

Team Profile

The City of Arvada's Parks Maintenance Team is made up of 55 skilled professionals who are dedicated to delivering superior services to enhance the lives of everyone in our community.

In order to provide these services, team members must maintain certain certifications, depending on their area of expertise. These certifications include:

  • Pesticide Applicators License from the Department of Agriculture
  • Certified Cross Connection and Backflow Device Tester from the Department of Public Health
  • Certified Arborist from the International Society of Arboriculture
  • Certified Playground Safety Inspector from the National Recreation and Park Association

Each of these certifications require hours of classroom training and testing to ensure that our team is qualified to properly maintain and provide such amazing areas for our community to recreate. Maintenance team members are routinely required to complete recertification to ensure they are knowledgeable and trained on the latest industry standards.

Maintenance Tasks Overview

Parks team members maintain more than 220 sites and 4,200 acres of parks and open space, which includes:

  • 70 playgrounds
  • 40 median and streetscape locations
  • 9 sports complexes
  • 32 multi-use fields
  • 80+ courts for basketball, tennis and pickleball
  • 41 pavilions
  • 15,000+ trees

Quarterly Breakdown of Parks Tasks 2020 (PDF)

Maintenance Standards

The City of Arvada's Parks Maintenance Professionals conduct their maintenance based on a set of clearly defined standards.

2022 Parks Maintenance Standards (PDF)

Frequently Asked Questions

Arvada residents often contact our Parks staff with questions related to the maintenance of our parks and open space. Visit our Parks/Trails FAQ page for answers to some of our most frequently asked questions. If don't find what you're looking for on the FAQ page, the best way to connect with our Parks team is to submit a request through Ask Arvada.

Stewardship: Your Role toward the Goal

Our open space areas are bordered by hundreds of private properties, and it can be tempting for residents to plant things in those areas. It is against City Code to do so. Please do not plant trees, gardens, or place fence supports, refuse or other items in open space areas. Help keep our open space areas beautiful and maintainable.