The playground at Rancho Vista Park has been fenced off since mid-May due to safety concerns, leaving families in the neighborhood without a local gathering spot for children.
The city took over the park from the homeowners association in 2022. After a third-party safety assessment in May determined the playground equipment was unsafe, officials decided to remove the old equipment.
Heather Kiss, a Rancho Vista resident, recalled originally noticing around mid May. “There [was] an orange barricade, one of those orange sheets, that’s around the playground structure.”…