PARK AND GARDENS DIRECTORATE – DUTIES

• Monitor the legislation related to the Directorate’s activities and ensure compliance within the required time frame.

• Conduct and finalize the necessary procedures with other administrative bodies.

• Carry out work in accordance with the strategic plan, annual performance program, investment program, and Directorate budget.

• Perform necessary tasks to fulfill responsibilities within the Pendik Municipality Internal Control Action Plan.

• Respond to incoming letters and petitions within the legal period. According to Law No. 3071, provide written information within 30 days and inform the applicant of the results if the process outcome is announced.

• Provide information and documents to applicants under the Right to Information Law No. 4982, except for exceptions, with the knowledge and approval of the Mayor or relevant Deputy Mayor.

• Regulate and finalize the payments for all goods, service procurements, and construction works required by the Directorate within the scope of Public Procurement Law No. 4734.

• Conduct necessary studies to define the municipality’s medium- and long-term strategies and policies.

• Ensure records of the Directorate’s operations are maintained, and archive, protect, and preserve them when necessary.

• Communicate with other municipal units, official institutions, professional chambers, and relevant parties involved in tenders when required.

• Provide necessary data to the Press, Publication, and Public Relations Directorate for announcements and promotions related to the Directorate’s responsibilities.

• Carry out sales-related procedures under State Tender Law No. 2886 according to its provisions.

• Determine the type of areas to be arranged, and prepare or implement the necessary surveys, projects, and detailed plans for parks, recreational and walking areas, intersections, medians, playgrounds, football and basketball fields, etc., in coordination with relevant directorates.

• Prepare or revise projects for previously constructed parks.

• Implement or supervise the necessary modifications for previously built parks.

• Support public sports activities by constructing or facilitating fitness areas, basketball, football, volleyball courts, tennis courts, walking tracks, and bicycle paths not requiring UTK approval.

• Carry out or supervise work in parks, playgrounds, recreational areas, and training fields.

• Prepare and implement urban design and landscape application projects through research and development teams or consultancy organizations.

• Provide opinions and surveys for physical and architectural structures in parks, gardens, groves, and green areas.

• Request the Metropolitan Municipality’s Park and Gardens Directorate to work on planting and organizing green areas within municipal boundaries.

• Construct, operate, or maintain greenhouses, nurseries, or facilities to meet the needs of parks and gardens assigned to the district municipality.

• Organize events such as festivals, exhibitions, entertainment, and competitions to promote public interest in trees and flowers.

• Review and respond to public petitions, requests, and complaints regarding parks and gardens after conducting the necessary investigations.

• Identify the needs of the Park and Gardens Directorate and procure necessary materials.

• Coordinate and cooperate with relevant institutions regarding the Directorate’s work.

• Supply plant soil, fertilizers, seeds, saplings, etc., for green space arrangement projects.

• Grow saplings in municipal nurseries.

• Manage the planting, mowing, and maintenance of lawns.

• Clear and clean weeds from vacant lots across the district.

• Organize community activities and plant memorial forests as part of the afforestation program, and plant trees on sidewalks, medians, and green spaces.

• Ensure seasonal planting of flowers and plant arrangements in parks, green areas, and medians.

• Collect pruned or cut tree and lawn waste throughout the district.

• Ensure irrigation of all green areas and prepare periodic watering programs for trees.

• Conduct pruning, removal of dead trees, and maintenance of fallen trees.

• Carry out pest and plant disease control measures.

• Procure and install urban furniture such as playground equipment, fitness devices, benches, decorative pots, trash bins, picnic tables, pergolas, and gazebos according to landscape projects.

• Prepare, transport, install, and repair playground equipment, benches, and picnic tables in parks.

• Conduct maintenance works in parks and green areas such as painting, welding, mowing, and irrigation.

• Inspect and renew the electrical systems in municipal parks, including installation of LED projectors.

• Provide technical agricultural guidance to the public and official institutions when requested.

• Supervise contractors working on Directorate projects.

• Identify, procure, and maintain tools, equipment, and machinery required for Directorate operations.

• Prepare the annual budget and investment plans.

• Notify relevant directorates about issues outside the Directorate’s responsibility that could cause problems if implemented.

• Implement the decisions of the Municipal Council and Municipal Executive Committee related to Directorate operations according to relevant laws.

• Prepare proposals related to Directorate operations for the Municipal Council and Executive Committee and submit them for approval.

Address: Güllübağlar Mah. Muhsin Yazcıoğlu Cad. No: 132 (Pendik Municipality Disaster Coordination Center)
Fax: 0216 585 14 64