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BACKGROUND In 2015, Ponderosa Homes submitted an application to develop single-family homes on a 9 -acre site located within the Valley Trails neighborhood at 6900 Valley Trails Drive (Sycamore at Valley Trails). The Planning Division provided comments regarding the proposal and encouraged Ponderosa to meet with the residents of the Valley Trails neighborhood. Upon completing the outreach, Ponderosa submitted a revised development application, which included proposed improvements to Valley Trails Park. Ponderosa agreed to provide funding to install a new tot lot and perform landscape improvements to implement water conservation measures (i.e., turf removal and replacement with groundcover at specified locations) in Valley Trails Park as part of the proposed development project. During the public outreach process, which included review of the proposal by the Parks and Recreation Commission on September 8, 2016, it was determined that the tot lot would be located within the eastern half of the park between the cul-de-sac ends of Carlsbad Court and Harpers Ferry Court (see Attachment 1). Subsequently, after approval of the development project and upon receiving payment for the park improvements, staff reached out to Ross Recreation, who was selected as part of an Request For Qualifications (RFQ) process, to design the tot lot. In late 2018 staff met with Ross Recreation at the site and obtained a design for the tot lot in the location as approved during the Sycamore at Valley Trails development review process (see Attachment 2). To obtain feedback from the neighborhood regarding the design, staff held a public outreach meeting on-site on Saturday March 2, 2019. Advertising for the outreach event included: • Sending notifications to all residents within 1,000 -feet of the park on February 20, 2019. • Posting one sign at the main park entrance, one at the proposed playground location, and one at the existing playground location on February 22, 2019. • Posting the outreach meeting on,NextDoor, Facebook, and Twitter a week before the outreach meeting. The outreach event was for a two hour time period from 1:00-3:00 pm on Saturday March 2, 2019. Approximately 15-20 people attended the outreach event. DISCUSSION The primary comments received from the residents at the outreach event were in regards to the location of the tot lot. The residents preferred that the tot lot be located in closer proximity to the proposed restroom and playground for 5-12 year olds. This would allow parents to keep an eye on both the younger children (2-5 years old) playing at the tot lot and the older children (5-12 year olds) playing at the existing playground. It would also allow for quicker and more convenient access to the restroom. Residents also requested shade on the tot lot (see Attachment 3 for summary of comments). In response to the public input received at the meeting, the City is proposing to relocate the tot lot in closer proximity to the existing playground and proposed restroom, and add shade to the tot lot play structure (see Attachment 4 for revised location and design). The Cityisrequesting that the Parks and Recreation Commission review the revised tot Page 2 of 3