Nightly park closing and restroom maintenance has been performed by Park Division part-time staff since the early '80s. Two part-time employees work an alternating shift of 18 hours during the week to cover the seven-day-a-week operation. Staff reports nightly for their shift that works independently to clean the parks/restrooms, remove the trash, respond to Dispatch as needed, and interface with user groups at active parks. As the number of parks and restrooms increased over time, the available cleaning time between their 7pm to 11pm shift grew shorter and became less thorough. With the addition of the restroom on segment 3 and the Lagos de Moreno restroom as a part of the 2017-2018 Fiscal Year Budget, two additional part-time staff were added to split the City in half, placing an employee on each side of town to cover the 14 restroom buildings and provide a higher level of service to the park restrooms.
 
In late June of this year, staff lost half of the part-time night cleaning staff. Since the remaining staff could not provide complete and consistent restroom cleaning at the highest level of service, an emergency pilot program using contract services with K-Pro Stone Care was initiated at the start of July for a three-month trial. This contract-based pilot program guarantees nightly restroom cleaning, where with vacations and absences, restroom cleaning is inconsistent and falls on the daytime staff to complete deferred park maintenance. Existing evening staff continue their responsibilities by removing trash and locking park restrooms, responding to Dispatch, and interacting with user groups during the pilot program. To further research the pilot program cost, staff posted an Request for Proposals (RFP) in July on CIPLIST.com for janitorial services at park restrooms. Four proposals were received from 11 companies. Public Works staff read and evaluated the proposals. Evaluating criteria included references, project team/work approach, related experience, and proposed fees. Companies were rated as follows: