[1] FICP partnered with the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Washington (led by Professor Jeff Hou)[9] and the Wilderness Inner-city Leadership Development (WILD) program for a collaborative exploration of potential designs.

[9] The draft design concepts for International Children's Park were finished by the landscape architect Karen Kiest.

[11] Several design workshops were held in 2009 to present three concepts for community review and comment; Kiest planned to retain most of the existing trees along the north and east edges of the park and expand the southwest corner as a curb extension.

[16][17][18] Chin provided first responder services through IDEC on a volunteer basis for decades until he was shot and killed during a suspected gun battle between two rival groups in the early morning of July 23, 2015.

[21] Spontaneous tributes to Chin following his death included a "crossed-ladder" salute from the Seattle Fire Department and flowers left at his family's shop in Canton Alley.

Mayor Ed Murray, Governor Jay Inslee, and former King County Executive Ron Sims also paid tribute to Chin.