Commission approves Brentwood Park redesign with sand play area, art component

The Costa Mesa Parks and Community Services Commission on June 12 approved a conceptual design to replace the playground and other amenities at Brentwood Park, voting 6-0 to accept staff’s amended recommendation to include a small sand play area in the toddler zone and to pursue an art component near the playground.

The decision follows a months-long community outreach process in which staff recorded about 473 survey responses and hosted multiple pop-up events. City staff said the project is in the city’s capital improvement program with $650,000 allocated for the work and staff is applying for a matching equipment grant through a partnership with GameTime and the California Parks and Recreation Society; staff estimated the GameTime-related grant could provide up to about $50,000 in equipment funding and the application is due July 7.

The redesign replaces play equipment installed in 1995 with…