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City of Fredericton Recreation Master Plan
City Council Receives Final Draft of Recreation Master Plan Fredericton, N.B. (February 2, 2009) - At tonight's Council-in-Committee meeting, Fredericton City Council received the final draft of the new City of Fredericton Recreation Master Plan. The document, which provides a roadmap for the provision of recreation programs, services and facilities for the next decade and beyond, will now proceed to the regular Council meeting of February 9 for formal adoption. The Recreation Master Plan establishes the overall framework for future decisions, resource allocation, and community services that support the health, wellness and vibrancy of the City of Fredericton. The Plan, prepared by dmA Planning & Management Services, with The Terrain Group and BDA Ltd, was completed after a year-long process involving extensive consultation with the public, key stakeholder groups and City staff.
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For more information, please contact the City of Fredericton Recreation Division at 460-2230 or by email.
Background
The Recreation Master Plan will address current as well as future recreation infrastructure and programming needs for the municipality. Work will include consultation with user groups and the public, an analysis of demographic data, a review of current recreation programming and infrastructure, and a look at recreation trends. The total project cost is $77,190, plus HST and the plan is expected to be complete by September 2008.
The need to develop a comprehensive Recreation Master Plan was identified in 2007, with funding being approved in the 2008 budget. The plan will tie into the broader City of Fredericton Municipal Plan, which will guide the general direction of development in the city over the coming decade.
A request for proposals seeking the services of qualified recreation and urban planning consultants was released in November 2007, with a closing date of December 20. Four submissions were received and evaluated, with the highest scored proposal coming from dmA Planning and Management Services Inc., in partnership with the Terrain Group and BDA Ltd.
In general terms, the main objectives of the study will include, but not be limited to:
- Obtaining input from community groups, program participants, special interest groups, facility users/non-users and the general public to identify short, medium and long-term recreation and leisure needs and priorities.
- Incorporating demographic data and current recreation and leisure trends to identify existing, as well as anticipated recreation and leisure facility and programming requirements.
- Undertaking an inventory and assessment of all existing City owned recreation facility and parkland infrastructure, identifying strengths and weaknesses as compared to industry standards.
- Identifying acceptable standards for municipal, community and neighbourhood facilities (location, type, physical condition/age) and determining within each of these three areas, what recreation infrastructure will be required in the years to come.
- Examining the suitability of existing and proposed recreation and parkland infrastructure based upon current and projected local demographics, related community life-cycling, and industry norms.
The consulting team will include Wendy Donovan with dmA Planning and Management Services, who will serve as project manager, Barb Adderley, also with dmA, Kate Greene with the urban planning firm Terrain Group, and Jim Sackville, a landscape architect with BDA, Ltd. All have extensive experience in recreation and facility planning. The consultants will work with the Recreation Master Plan Steering Committee. The plan will come back to Council for formal adoption.
