Staff:
- Displayed a PowerPoint Presentation.
- Will speak to the process and where things are today.
- A number of Council touch ins on how this will be delivered.
- A facility tour to understand how recreational facilities are being delivered in other cities and provinces.
- Great Opportunity for Kelowna to show their leadership.
- Spoke to the history of the PRC; it is more than recreation is a community hub built in 1972.
- New building would be a better investment. the area will be the fast growing area in the city.
- Central location within proximity of many
- Spoke to the Guiding Principles Framework and how to move forward with the PRC site.
- people-focused amenities (will become a community hub with healthy living component) opportunity for sport tourism.
- good stewards of public resources - optimizing program while being fiscally responsible.
- Innovative design leadership.
- displayed photo of other cities community centre.
- Spoke to Cultivating Partnerships, such as with SD23
- Spoke to Sustainability, and want to show leadership on this create
- Process to date:
1. PARK redevelopment identified in 10 YCP 2. Sport and Recreation Infrastructure report 3. Space Feasibility Study 4. SD23 Partnership considerations 5. Functional program, survey and staekholder engagement 6. Confirmatino of building location, guiding principles and public engagement completed.
- Strong public support for new PRC.
- Jim going thru public engagements; and displayed a short video. viewed 34000 on You Tube, 3rd most video seen on city website
- More strategic and cost effective to build a new Recreation Centre.
- 9 fields 3 gyms in this facility,
- Spoke to community engagement and data examined to date from 2021 to 2022.
- Spoke to the Public Survey - providing ranking and guiding principles - residents place a great value of the site,
- Made comment on support for building new recreation facility to replace PRC 51% support strongly
- Spoke to results showing support for property tax increase to help fund construction of new recreation faiclity to replace PRC
- 2021 community engagement
-Vancouver recreation centres - connection
- Spoke to aquatic centre with health and wellness focus
- spoke to athletic components and general program spaces.
- Showed a conceptual sketch, Spoke to conceptual site and foot print - In January staff will discuss with Council the site.
- want to connect this site to our pedestrian cycling and transportation networks.
- playfields most prominent use of the site, 9 playfields, new sites
- create strong relationships between PRC and SD23 - spoke to how buildings can be integrated to their surroundings.
- Spoke to Sustainability with zero carbon - reduce carbon footprint.
- Spoke to Next Steps ,to consider to taking a tour of other recreation facilities; confirm project scope and functional program, then confirm project budget then confirm Method of electoral approval and then loan Authorization bylaw and electoral approval/validation phase of design.
- Responded to questions from Council.
- Singh/Hodge - does not want commercial kitchen component to be lost.
- Hodge wants the name of the new facility to have the same name Parkinson Recreation Centre.
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M- Cannan
S - Lovegrove
THAT COUNCIL RECIEVE INFORMATION
AND THAT ANY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR ANY ELECTED MEMBER OF COUNCIL GO TO THE LOWER MAINLAND.BUT AT THEIR OWN COST
AND THAT COUNCIL DIRECT STAFF TO PUT PROPOSAL ON HOLD UNTIL WORKSHOP ON 10 YEAR CAPITAL PLAN AND RECREATIONAL NEEDS THIS TAKES PLACE AND BUDGET PLANNING TAKE PLACE
MAYOR, SINGH, WOODLRIDEGM WEBBER, DEHART AND STACK - DEFEATED
AND ANY WHO HAD NOT GONE PREVOUSLY
OPPOSED CANNAN AND LOVEGROVE
The meeting recessed at 11:48 a.m.
The meeting reconvened at 11:53 a.m.