Zone Expansion Referendum Presented by: Faisal Hejazi
Outline 1. Background 2. Zone Expansion 3. Cost 4. Referendum 5. Case Studies 6. Questions
Background • The largest platform point that I ran on last year was to run a referendum to expand the zone (our fitness facility). • My platform was constructed last year by the student body after conducting nearly a thousand surveys. • The number one complaint/concern that was voiced by the student population was that the zone is too small and students are resorting to paying for the student life fee (which gives all students access to the zone) as well as a gym membership elsewhere which costs anywhere between $350.00-$550.00 for an 8 month cycle ( ie: Goodlife, Anytime Fitness, Fultons, LA Fitness etc.)
Background • I believe that it is unfortunate that students are paying for a service that they can’t utilize due to the space allowance. • Over the past 9 months my team and I have had dozens of meetings with Architects, Engineers, University Administrators, Students and other various stakeholders from Brock to come up with a plan and design. • I have travelled to a number of campuses that have had similar student run referendums.
Background • University population has grown significantly since the Zone was built (Population at Brock has grown by over 45% since then and at that time students only could use the zone if they paid for the membership). • Zone capacity is frequently being exceeded. Many students including myself go to the fitness centre as a mechanism of coping with stress and BUSU believes that it should be a students right to be able to use a resource that helps with a students’ well being. • I happy to say that we have made a lot of progress and that upon approval of BUSAC we will be running the referendum late March.
Current Zone Size: 4,300Sq.Ft Expansion project will add: 11,200 Sq.Ft (Total Size of New Fitness Facility: 15,500 Sq.Ft)
Putting the Numbers into Perspective Square Feet Per Institution Size (Square Feet) Institution Undergraduate McMaster 80,000 Algoma 6.25 Queen's 24,500 McMaster 3.13 Guelph 22,000 Trent 1.55 Western 19,000 Windsor 1.52 Waterloo 17,000 Queen's 1.50 Windsor 16,000 UOIT 1.15 Guelph 1.07 Trent 12,000 Laurentian 0.80 Wilfrid Laurier 11,000 Wilfrid Carleton 11,000 Laurier 0.65 Ottawa 11,000 Western 0.60 York 11,000 Waterloo 0.54 Algoma 10,000 Carleton 0.39 UOIT 10,000 Ottawa 0.31 Laurentian 7,200 Brock 0.29 Brock 4,300 York 0.24
Algoma University -Population: ~1800 students -10,000 Square Feet -Fitness Studios x 2 -Cycling Studio -Opened in 2015.
University of Guelph -22,000 Square Feet -Multipurpose Studios -Climbing Wall -Lounge
University of Windsor 16,000 Square Feet Construction to Begin in 2018
Queen’s University -24,500 Square Feet -Divided into Zones -Spin Studio - Women’s Only Space -Televisions -Opened in 2009.
Zone Expansion(similar models)
Cost Breakdown Estimate $6 - $6.8 million $17 per credit for 5 years ($85 annually, assuming 5 credits)
Referendum • BUSU to hold March 27 to 29, 2018 • BUSU question to include: • Per credit fee of $17 for 5 years. • After 5 years a $1.25 equipment replacement fee (increasing at CPI) will remain after the five year period for equipment repair. • Any unused funding will be deposited into BUSUs capital reserve and/or the fee will be stopped early, if possible • Fee will not start until the Zone expansion is complete (forecasted September 2020) • Brock’s contribution – internally finance the build, interest free
Case Study: University of Guelph -Opened September 2016 -Student population: approx. 22,000 -New size of Fitness Facility 22,000 sq. ft. (previous size: ~10,000 sq. ft) -Membership increase: from 4,000 to 9,000 -Student Participation increase of 82%
Case Study: Carleton University • 2013 expansion from 5,000 sq. ft. to 11,000 sq. ft Pre- Post- Percent Expansion Expansion Increase Visits Visits Sept 47,624 62,105 30.4% Jan 56,574 74,008 30.8%
What will it look like? Old Zone: 4,300 sq.ft New Zone: 15,500 sq.ft
QUESTIONS?
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