The Public Works Department operates and maintains the public facilities within the City of Woodland, including streets, parks, drainage systems and public buildings. They also manage the design, construction, operation and maintenance of all City-owned public infrastructures.
Other services handled by Public Works crews include mowing, irrigation and weed control.
The department is also responsible for the Water Treatment Plant which provides the city and its residents with clean drinking water as well as the Waste Water Treatment Plant that handles the sanitary sewer water.
City Standards and Specifications
Adopted Water Standards
Adopted Sewer Standards
Transportation Standards
Right of Way Permit
Erosion Standards
Drainage Standards
Hydrant Meter Rental
Hydrant Meters are required for all temporary connections to fire hydrants. Customers can request a hydrant meter by calling the public works office at (360) 225-7999, or by seeing them in person at 219 Davidson St. You can also fax in your request (by printing the form off from this page). Please call to confirm reciept of the request. The meter will be installed upon payment of all required fees. (Payments are taken by the Clerk/Treasurer's office at 230 Davidson Ave.) Once the payment, as well as all the information is received, the Public Works deparment will install the temporary meter. The meter will then be read and billed on a monthly basis. The minimum charge is $28.70 + $4.00 a day. Upon determining that the meter is no longer needed, the customer must make a request to the Public Works Department that the meter be removed. Staff will then do a final read on the meter and remove it from service. OTHERWISE, the city will charge at the $4.00/day rate as long as the meter is available even if it is not being used.
Street Sweeping
The City of Woodland 's street sweeping program provides a semi-annual sweeping of all city streets. The cities budget provides for the contracted expense of about $5,000 every 6 months. Additional requests for sweeping due to leaf or other debris problems typically require services of a contractor at about $500 - $800. per occurance. If you feel your street needs additional attention, a request should be made to the Public Works office for review.
Small Works Roster
The small works roster is a list of qualified contractors. Tthe city reviews the list before beginning projects on the cities real property budgeted at $200,000 or less. The city contacts the qualified company(s) and requests bids for the project. Work is awarded to the lowest responsible bid. To be added to the Small Works Roster please click on the link to sign up through the MRSC website provided in the drop down menu at the top of this page. Once you have completed the registration process, you will remain on the list until you request to be removed.
Downtown Woodland Retivalization
A committee of downtown business owners and interested citizens have joined together to form the Downtown Woodland Revitalization Committee. The goals of the committee are to: improve the image of downtown, to attract business owners, and to foster economic development. To date the committee has applied for grant funding for a revitalization study, they have begun work on a project to renovate Hoffman Plaza at the corner of Davidson Avenue and Goerig Street, and they are working to acquire decorations for the downtown streets. For more information please see the Downtown Revitalization web site.
Transportation Issues
The Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Council of Governments has recently begun work for the "Woodland Transportation Infrastructure Strategic Plan." This work is funded by thte Federal Highway Administration & Washington State Department of Transportation. Its focus is on a long term plan for local transportation needs. Public meetings are scheduled for August 16th 2007, January & May of 2008. Further details about the project goals or actual steps in the study should be directed to the CWCOG project manager, Jerry Sorrell, at (360) 577-3041 or via e-mail at jsorrel@cwcog.org Click HERE to view study details.
COG Transportation information Links
GEM
The City of Woodland is a participating member of GEM, which stands for Grounds (and Buildings), Equipment (fleet management), and Maintenance (all street/utility activities). "GEM" is a Southwest Washington Interagency Cooperative network of public agency employees who meet regularly to exchange successes, concepts and general information to promote efficiency in government. As a member of GEM the City is able to participate in the Northwest Regional Training Center (NWRTC). The NWRTC is a new, state of the art training Center located in Vancouver, Washington. They offer classes in Occupational Safety and Heath as well as Emergency Medical Services. At the NWRTC you can receive training in trenching & shoring, respiratory or fall protection, become a certified Flagger or forklift operator.
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