A $1.67 million renovation has transformed a former grassy field at Merced Heights Playground into a paradise for neighborhood recreation, with areas for people to picnic or exercise, dogs to frolic, and hummingbirds and butterflies to feed.
The San Franc...
Merced Heights Playground Lower Lawn Terrace Gets Its Finishing Touches
Rec & Park Operations staff and our contractor are putting finishing touches on the Lower Lawn Terrace of Merced Heights Playground, in preparation for our re-opening celebration a...
Join us on Friday, May 19, from 12 to 1 pm, for a re-opening celebration of the Merced Heights Playground Lower Lawn Terrace.
We will be honoring community members who have made significant contributions to the park over the years at this event. The terrac...
Thank you for your patience through some project delays, first due to bird nesting and, more recently, due to all this rain!
The contractor should be reaching substantial completion on the project within the next 1-2 weeks. A portion of the curb ...
Trees and plants are in the ground and contractor will be completing installation of mulch by early next week.
The sod lawn is also installed.
We’ll be keeping the lowest terrace closed for a couple more months, to allow the lawn and pla...
Construction is progressing and the lower terrace of Merced Heights Playground is starting to look like a park!
Concrete plaza and pathways within the park are poured and the dog play area is installed. Irrigation and drainage improvements have also been m...
You may have noticed a pause in construction recently. Work stopped as we discovered some infrastructure below ground that we had not anticipated.
The landscape architect has issued updated direction to the contractor, who has been back on site a...
Today our contractor began work demolishing sections of the sidewalk along Byxbee, from the main playground entrance to the corner of Byxbee and Shields Streets.
Please note that the contractor is currently providing temporary pedestrian access around this...
We are excited to report that, as of early June, the contractor’s certified consulting biologist has confirmed that bird nesting activity on site has been completed. Thank you for your patience as we waited for the eggs to hatch and th...
We are excited to announce Notice to Proceed was issued to the Contractor, Cazadoro Construction, Inc, on April 20. Here are some specific updates:
We are excited to announce that we are on track to issue Notice to Proceed to the Contractor, Cazadoro Construction, Inc, by early April. Here are some specific updates:
We are happy to report that we will be presenting award of construction contract to the Recreation and Park Commission for approval this Thursday, February 17.
We received 10 bids from contractors on January 25. We have confirmed the co...
We are happy to report that the project has been advertised to contractors!
Bids are due on January 25. If you know any contractors who may be interested in bidding on the project, please direct them to this page.
Thanks to all who took our online...
As we work on that, we’re reaching back out to solicit input from the community.
As discussed during an online community meeting in February 2021, we are exploring including adult exercise equipment if budget allows.
If you have preferen...
The Arts Commission Civic Design Review Committee approved the design in April, under their “Small Project Review” category.
Our team is moving forward to flesh out details of the approved concept design. We are expecting a 50% construc...
Following Rec and Park Commission of concept design in March, we are moving forward! The Arts Commission Civic Design Review Committee will be reviewing the project this Monday, April 19, under their “Small Project Review” category.
Mem...
The Recreation and Park Commission approved a concept design for the Merced Heights Playground Lower Lawn Terrace Renovation on March 18, 2021. Please see the final design here. You can view more background information in the staff report, as well as the...
Staff will be presenting the proposed concept design to the Full Recreation and Park Commission this week. Please find details below:
Full Recreation and Park Commission Hearing
Thursday, March 18, 10 am
Call in number for members of the public:
1.415.655.000...
We have received great input to help us finalize a proposed concept design for the Merced Heights Playground Lower Lawn Terrace Renovation Project, during an online community meeting on Thursday, February 18 with over 20 members of the public attending, a...
Dear Community Member,
Thank you for your patience as some important preparations were made over the last several months since my last update to you.
I’m excited to report that we will be convening an online community meeting for 2 weeks from toda...
A community meeting was held in November 2019 to review preliminary designs for a transformation of the lowest terrace of Merced Heights Playground. A second community meeting was planned for March 2020 but was cancelled due to the onset of COVID 19 virus...