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BACKGROUND The City conducts an annual review of all playground equipment to determine which equipment is in need of maintenance or replacement. The evaluations are performed by the Parks Division's certified playground safety inspectors. As part of the review, the inspectors consider the physical condition and age of the equipment, safety and accessibility concerns, and the availability of replacement parts. Based on the 2017/18 fiscal year evaluation, the inspectors determined that the playground at Hansen Park and the hillside slide at Mission Hills Park should be replaced. The Landscape Architecture Division worked with the Parks Division and the Library and Recreation Department on a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for the renovations at Hansen Park and Mission Hills Park. The RFQ was advertised on July 24, 2018, and the City received five proposals on August 16, 2018. Upon review of the proposals, the City moved forward with interviewing three of the five playground companies. Interviews were held on September 24, 2018, by a selection committee made up of representatives from the Parks Division and the Library and Recreation Department, as well as Landscape Architecture staff. Based on the interviews, the selection committee chose SPEC for the Hansen Park playground renovation and Miracle Play Systems for the Mission Hills Park hillside slide replacement. Staff determined to move forward with the Hansen Park playground renovation first. A separate agenda report will be presented to the City Council for the Mission Hills Park hillside slide replacement at a later date. As public input is a critical component of the success of a playground renovation, the City advertised for a public meeting to be held at the Hansen Park playground on Saturday October 27, 2018. Signs were posted at the playground and notifications were sent to all residents within 1,000 feet of the park on October 10, 2018. City staff, along with a representative from the playground manufacturer, attended the meeting. The two- hour outreach event was attended by eight children and about twice as many adults. DISCUSSION The public input and revised design incorporating the input (shown in Attachment 1) was presented at the Parks and Recreation Commission meeting on November 8, 2018. The revised design elements include additional shade structures, retention of a bucket swing with the addition of a connection swing, retention of the sandbox with the addition of new diggers, four slides (three of which face north), a natural-looking boulder, a bouncing bridge, a spinner, and an imagination station. The design maintained linking equipment to allow for the ability to play the "hot lava monster" game (a game where the wood fiber is "lava" and children playing must travel around the playground without touching the imagined lava). Additionally, the design includes some 2-to 5-year-old play apparatus so the playground accommodates children of all ages. Based on the public input and corresponding revised design, the Parks and Recreation Commission provided a recommendation to proceed with the design as proposed. Page 2 of 3