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REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the City Manager March 12, 2018 SUBJECT Amendment No. 2 to the professional services agreement with S.S.A. Landscape Architects, Inc. (SSA) for playground and landscape architecture design services for the Magical Bridge Playground (Westside Red Morton Park Renovation Project) RECOMMENDATION By motion, approve and authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 2 to the agreement with SSA for additional time and scope for playground and landscape architectural design services for the Magical Bridge Playground (Westside Red Morton Park Renovation Project) in the amount of $180,909 for a total agreement amount of $868,283 and find that the project is categorically exempt from CEQA pursuant to Sections 15302, 15304, and 15311 of the CEQA guidelines BACKGROUND For the past two fiscal years, the City Council has appropriated $2.1 million towards the complete renovation of the large playground within Red Morton Park. The budget funded hiring of the landscape consultant firm, traffic study, master planning, design and construction drawings, and playground improvement. On April 11, 2016, the City Council approved a professional services agreement with SSA for the “Red Morton Westside Park Renovation Project.” The project primarily focused on improvements to the main pedestrian entrance into the park from Valota Road, street crossings surrounding the park to improve pedestrian safety, pathway improvement, improved sport field viewing, and the reconstruction of the large playground near Valota Road. When the opportunity to work with the Magical Bridge Foundation presented itself, City staff envisioned a new direction to leverage partnerships, sponsors, funders, stakeholders, and the community at large to create a fully inclusive playground for everyone regardless of ability. City staff met with the co-founders of the Magical Bridge Foundation and learned about their vision, the concepts for the specially designed zones to allow people of all abilities to use the park, their community engagement process, donor outreach, and learnings from their initial project. We found that building a caring and accepting community benefits everyone, and a park and playground is a powerful place to start. When given the chance to play side by side inclusively, children with disabilities enjoy a lifetime of 6.1.A. - Page 1