Outdoor Amenity Functional Plan Presented to: Spruce Grove City - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Outdoor Amenity Functional Plan

Presented to: Spruce Grove City Council June 18, 2018

Background

• Continues the planning work that was started in

Playbook 2029

• Provides context to initiatives within the corporate

plan

• Keeps up to date on local, regional and national

trending

Playbook 2029 Spruce Groves Outdoor Facility Strategy Presented 7 strategies

• Maximize use and expand capacity
• Adjust supply to meet current and projected needs
• Enhance/maintain quality, safety and sustainability
• Control operating costs/cost recovery
• Collect/maintain data
• Winter sport and recreation facilities
• Strengthen/pursue partnerships

Outdoor Amenity Functional Plan 2018 Scope included

• Joint use sites
• Henry Singer Ballpark
• Outdoor Ice
• Additional Outdoor Amenities/localized Trends
• Wheeled sports

Joint Use Sights Identified for Enhancements

• Spruce Grove Composite High School
• St Thomas Aquinas and St Marguerite Schools
• Greystone Centennial School
• Brookwood School

Spruce Grove Composite High School

• Move backstop

and infield south

• Reestablish a

100m by 60m field

• Relocate

basketball court

St Thomas Aquinas and St Marguerites Schools

• Upgrade Ball

diamond

• Remove sand

volleyball replace with Junior Soccer

• Rebuild east

Soccer pitch

Greystone Centennial Middle School

• Upgrade Ball

diamond

• Install trail

system

Henry Singer Ball Park

• Install warning tracks
• Fencing upgrades
• Backstop upgrades
• Bleacher pads
• Bull pens

Outdoor Ice

• Where possible

include leisure ice with boarded rinks

• Geographic gaps

in service

• Support

amenities and site adjacanies

• Off season use

Beach Volleyball

• Supports the concept of

a sport and Recreation Campus

• 6 court competition

facility

• Makes use of existing

investments (parking, washrooms, etc)

Wheeled Sports

Challenges

• Negative behavior
• Safety
• Not a beginner park
• Hidden
• Perceptions

Opportunities

• Boarding is an Olympic sport
• High female growth
• Creative/artistic
• Boarders from the 80’s and

90’s are parents

• Self directed
• Spontaneous

Re-Imagined Central Park

Expanded Multi Use Park

• 1. Existing Diamond
• 2. Existing Field
• 3. Existing skate park (Bowel)
• 4. New Skate park Area
• 5. Playground/picnic areas
• 6. Fitness, horseshoes, Adult

uses

• 7. Pump Track
• 8. Mountain Bike skills park
• 9. Existing sledding hill
• 10. Existing Outdoor rink
• 11. Seasonal program space

Skate Park Program

• Supervision
• Security
• Safety
• Training
• Events &

Activities

• Travelling

Skate Park

Pump Tracks

Mountain Bike Skills Park

Additional Operational Work

• Develop minimum outdoor development standards for all major amenity types
• Site prerequisites
• Site preparation requirements
• Surfacing, fencing, barrier standards
• Safety
• Develop standardized maintenance and operational protocols
• Continue to monitor trends
• Beach Volleyball
• Pickleball
• Cricket
• Support spontaneous/self directed recreation

Internal & External Collaboration

• Minor Sport group conversations
• Youth Conversations
• Presented to CAPS Team
• Present to Joint Tech Committee
• Discussed with Engineering, Public Works and Corporate

Communications, Enforcement Services, Recreation

• Presented to SLT
• Future Presentation to COW

Proposed Next Steps – Short Term 2019 to 2021

• Re-Imagined Central Park - $3,300,000
• Business plan 2019
• Design - 2020
• Construction – 2021 to 2022
• Beach Volleyball - $661,000
• Design – 2020
• Construction – 2021
• St Thomas & St Marguerite School - $1,100,000
• Design - 2021
• Construct – 2022 to 2023*

Proposed Next Steps – Long Term 2022 to 2027

• Spruce Grove Comp - $423,000
• Design - 2022
• Construction -2022-2023
• Henry Singer - $463,000
• Design – 2022
• Construction – 2022-2023
• Outdoor Boarded Rink - $1,000,000
• Design - 2022
• Construct – 2023

Greystone Centennial Middle School $730,000

• Design – 2024
• Construct – 2025–2026
• North East Skating Trail - $400,000
• Design – 2024
• Construct - 2025
• Brookwood Field - $990,000
• Design – 2026
• Construct – 2027-2028

Questions?