This bureau provides for the development and maintenance of the City’s parks, playgrounds, ball fields, trails and greenways; and for the landscape maintenance/vegetation management of other City properties including swimming pools, fire stations, street islands, riparian corridors, detention basins, swales and vacant City property. In addition to assisting with all snow operations, the bureau clears 11 parking lots, 20 miles of sidewalks and 25 bridge sidewalks. The bureau also provides trash removal at more than 225 locations, a graffiti removal program, and various masonry work at city owned properties. In addition to the 40 parks located throughout the city, the bureau maintains 71 additional properties, grass lots and city owned buildings.