Salt Lake City is asking the public to help redesign its flag. Again.

Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall wants to revamp the city flag, and her office is calling on the public to submit design ideas.

The current banner came to be in 2006, when it replaced a flag full of pioneer tributes that was created by high school students in the 1960s. The mayor at the time, Rocky Anderson, said it “looked like it was designed by a Sunday school class.” The city’s latest flag has earned its own share of ridicule, mainly because it has too many colors, lettering and just seems a little boring.

“If you have to put ‘Salt Lake City’ on it to let people know what it is,” vexillologist John Hartvigsen told The Tribune in 2018, “that tells you you don’t have a very good design.”

Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski announced her own flag redesign contest two years ago, but nothing came of it. Mendenhall’s office is taking another stab at it and encourages all to apply, including those who submitted ideas in the past. In addition to becoming a new emblem for the city, the winning entry gets a $3,000 prize.

Submissions are open until June 30, then a flag committee (which includes Hartvigsen) will review the designs and submit them for public ranking from July 10 to August 21. Mendenhall plans to have the new flag flying by mid-September.

“A well-done flag can capture the heart and soul of a community and foster a real sense of pride. I’m excited for Salt Lake City to have a flag that better represents this beautiful, unique place and our people,” Mendenhall said in a news release. “With everything happening in the world, a creative, community pursuit like this is a welcome change.”

For more information about the contest, visit slc.gov/flag.