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BACKGROUND The City conducts an annual review of all playground equipment to determine which play equipment is in need of maintenance or replacement. The evaluations are performed by the Parks Division's Certified Playground Safety Inspectors (CPSIs). As part of the review, the CPSI's 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 Parks CPSIs determined that the hillside slide at Mission Hills Park and the playground at Hansen Park should be renovated. The Landscape Architecture Division worked with the Parks Division and 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 chose to interview three of the five playground companies. Interviews were held on September 24, 2018, by a selection committee made up of representatives from Parks, Library and Recreation, and Landscape Architecture staff. Based on the interviews, the selection committee chose Specified Play Equipment Company for the Hansen Park playground renovation construction (completed in May 2019) and Miracle Playsystems for the Mission Hills Park big slide renovation. The 30-year-old slide at Mission Hills Park was determined to be in need of renovation due to its increasingly challenging maintenance requirements. Considering the iconic nature of the big slide and the importance of public input for any potential renovations, the City conducted significant advertisement of the public outreach for the slide, which included: • Sending notifications to all residents within 1,000 feet of the park on November 30, 2018. • Posting one sign at the main park entrance and one at the slide in early December. • Sending out a media advisory on December 6, 2018, which was advertised in the local newspapers. • Posting the public outreach meeting on the City's website. • Posting the outreach meeting on NextDoor and Facebook the week before and the week of the outreach meeting. The public outreach event was for a two-hour period from 1-3 p.m. on Saturday December 15, 2018. About 50 people attended the outreach, with about a quarter to a third of attendees being children. DISCUSSION The City presented two concepts to the public at the public outreach meeting and on the City's website and social media. (See Attachment 1 for the options.) The voting results received at the outreach meeting, indicated by the amount of stickers placed on each Page 2 of 4