Public Works Department
DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW
The Public Works Department provides a wide variety of services to the citizens of Lake Forest Park and to the City of Kenmore through a contract. The Public Works Department is responsible for the maintenance, operation and repair of the City’s streets, surface water infrastructure, buildings & grounds facilities, parks, sanitary sewer, and 24/7 emergency response. Four separate funds provide the resources for these activities: the General Fund the City Street Fund, the Surface Water Utility Fund, and the Sewer Utility Fund. The City of Kenmore pays the City of Lake Forest Park for their share of public works services. Working together, both cities are able to provide more employee response and better fleet capital investment, overall service provision at less cost than either city could provide individually.
Frank Zenk administers the Public Works department. Public Works maintains the City's infrastructure — roads, parks, drainage, and the sanitary sewer system. He can be reached at 206-368-5440.
Request for Service
The City of Lake Forest Park needs your help in identifying areas within the City that are hazardous or need attention. We will respond to your requests, investigate your concerns and address any issues brought to our attention. You can fill out an online form or print out a paper form and return to City Hall:
Online Request for Service
Request for Service Form (Download)
Facility Maintenance
The Public Works Department works to preserve all of the City’s buildings through a preventive maintenance, repair and operating program in order to provide a safe, pleasant and productive work environment for City customers and staff. For 2009 -2010, the work is located in three facilities; City Hall, Public Works Office, and Public Works Maintenance Shop.
Parks Maintenance
The Parks Team is responsible for landscape maintenance services to preserve and improve the quality of each City outdoor facility. These maintenance services cover 34.58 acres of park and open space. A broad range of equipment and skilled workers are needed to maintain and improve the great variety of trees, shrubs, annuals, grass areas, irrigation systems, pathways (30,000 feet), park structures (drinking fountains, tennis courts, etc.), and outdoor play equipment. The Public Works Department oversees the asset including structures and landscape maintenance.
Streets
The Street Fund is used to fund maintenance and operations that includes pothole patching, skin patching, shoulder maintenance, guard rail repair, snowplowing/sanding, and contract work from King County, the annual road overlay program. Funds are used for engineering service, road maintenance, traffic maintenance, and road and sidewalk construction projects.
Surface Water Utility
Surface Water Utility - The Surface Water Utility program provides for the maintenance and operations of the City’s surface water/drainage infrastructure. This includes the inspection, maintenance, protection, and operation of the City’s network of pipelines, ditches, detention facilities, and streams.
Sewer Utility
The Public Works Department operates and maintains a City sewer utility to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens and visitors of Lake Forest Park.
The Sewer Utility is responsible for the maintenance of approximately 225,000 feet of gravity sewer main, 11,000 feet of pressure main and the operation and maintenance of two lift stations. The City maintains relationships with adjoining jurisdictions, cities, water districts, sewer districts, King County Metro, the State Department of Ecology (DOE), and the Seattle - King County Health Department in the operation of this utility.
Emergency Response
Emergency Sandbag Depots
The City of Lake Forest Park has sandbag depots at strategic locations throughout the City for use by residents in the event of flooding. The sandbags are for emergencies only, please do not take them unless a flood is imminent and your property is in danger.
Please notify the City of Lake Forest Park if you are interested in using the emergency sandbags. In your notification please provide your name, address, contact phone number, location the sandbags were taken from and number of sandbags taken. Notify City Hall by phone at 206-368-5440 or email.
Click here to open a form you can use to notify the City of Lake Forest Park.
Click here for a map that provides the locations of sandbag depots in Lake Forest Park
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Do not rely on the sandbags provided by the City as your only flood mitigation strategy. Use this opportunity to prepare your own sandbags. The emergency sandbags will be available October-May each year.
Click here for a link to ESAC press release on location of sandbags.
Emergency Numbers
- Power outage: Seattle City Light power outage hotline:
206-684-7400 or 206-625-4448. Use these numbers to report downed lines. - Natural Gas: Puget Sound Energy 425-452-1234
- Comcast Service: 1-877-824-2288
- Public Works emergency: call City Hall at 206-368-5440.
The after-hours number is 206-296-8100. - More Emergency Contacts: www.cityoflfp.com/news/emergency.html.
Public Works Snow and Ice Response Plan
Planning for a winter storm event can be difficult. Each storm event is unique.
The public works crews of the City of Lake Forest Park are charged with maintaining 112 lane miles of streets during inclement weather. It is our goal to provide a reasonably safe driving condition.
Prepare Your Home and Family for Snow, Winds, Rain and Floods
Be prepared for heavy rainfall. Now is the time to prepare for winds, rain and snow.
For other preparedness tips, click here.
In power outages, stay safe and avoid carbon monoxide poisoning.
