Recreation Facility Infrastructure Standards and Strategy
Consultation has concluded
We need your help to:
- Create Recreation Facility Infrastructure Standards
- Develop a Recreation Facility Strategy
- Meet several objectives of the Municipal Sport Strategy
The project will:
1. Establish municipal recreation facility infrastructure standards and its critical elements. These standards will be included in designs for major renovation or newly built municipal recreation facilities.
2. Create the Vision and Guiding Principles for the City of Ottawa's Recreation Facility Strategy
3. Learn about who is using City of Ottawa recreation facilities and barriers for users and non-users
4. Develop a Recreation Facility Strategy, consistent with growth in the City of Ottawa, that recommends renovation, repurposing, decommissioning or the development of new facilities.
We need your help to:
- Create Recreation Facility Infrastructure Standards
- Develop a Recreation Facility Strategy
- Meet several objectives of the Municipal Sport Strategy
The project will:
1. Establish municipal recreation facility infrastructure standards and its critical elements. These standards will be included in designs for major renovation or newly built municipal recreation facilities.
2. Create the Vision and Guiding Principles for the City of Ottawa's Recreation Facility Strategy
3. Learn about who is using City of Ottawa recreation facilities and barriers for users and non-users
4. Develop a Recreation Facility Strategy, consistent with growth in the City of Ottawa, that recommends renovation, repurposing, decommissioning or the development of new facilities.
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What is not working in Recreation Facilities?
over 4 years agoCLOSED: This brainstormer has concluded.What would you suggest the City avoid in any future builds or major renovation designs? What elements of our Recreation Facilities do not work well? Please post your ideas and vote for the other suggestions you like the most.Some examples of facilities are multi-sport complexes, community centres, field houses and arenas. Within these facility types there are elements that vary between sites. For example, an element may be a parking area, pool, fitness facility, storage, canteen, arena, gymnasium or multi-purpose room.At this time, we are looking for your ideas on the physical structures and how they are laid out within the facility. This project is not focused on programming or reviewing fees / allocations.Sandyalmost 5 years agoIndoor soccer fields
1 comment1Clarendonover 4 years agoImprove access for diverse communities
At some City facilities the contrast between the neighbourhood and the centre users is quite stark. Sometimes it looks like you have to be white to use the pool or the gym even when there’s lots of other folks in the area
0 comment0groupstooover 4 years agoshelving storage
Hello again Elizabeth.. shelving inside the room would be best as it is sometimes difficult to carry lots of heavy books. Perhaps there could be one or more walls which are a series of lockable cupboards. I think this is really important to support adult activities other than sports.
0 comment0Waterman extraordinaireover 4 years ago50m pool swimming is non-existent in our Capital City in the summer time.
Ottawa's only municipal 50m pool is not available for 50m lap / training swimming from may 1st to Sept. 15. This is absurd!
1 comment0Tony Housealmost 5 years agoIn need of gymnasium facilities to accommodate the growing demand of basketball. Participation at all youth levels is growing exponentially
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What do you like about City of Ottawa Recreation Facilities?
over 4 years agoCLOSED: This brainstormer has concluded.What would you suggest the City include in any future builds or major renovation designs? What building elements in our Recreation Facilities work well? Please post your ideas and vote for the other suggestions you like the most.
Some examples of facilities are multi-sport complexes, community centres, field houses and arenas. Within these facility types there are elements that vary between sites. For example, an element may be a parking area, pool, fitness facility, storage, canteen, arena, gymnasium or multi-purpose room.
At this time, we are looking for your ideas on the physical structures and how they are laid out within the facility. This project is not focussed on programming or reviewing fees / allocations.
vega152over 4 years agoMeaningful safety and access for all
Review city corporate security processes to make them evidence-based and move towards no surveillance cameras in public recreation spaces. The very premise that video surveillance and CCTV can deter violent behaviours is highly doubtful. The evidence gathered from numerous jurisdictions clearly indicates that CCTV video surveillance does not reduce incidences of violence. Instead of amplifying the prison industrial complex through creepy surveillance, our city infrastructure should invest those same funds and energies in trainings and co-creation of spaces that foster belonging and inclusion for communities that are otherwise already over surveilled and criminalized.
1 comment2Samsalmost 5 years agoShade in greenspaces
Ottawa does a great job of having greenspaces, but it would be nice to enjoy the greenspaces with either simple small wooden gazebo like structures or permanent structures to allow usage over the majority of the day.
1 comment5Isabella Palmost 5 years agoDiversify sports facilities- we need a centrally located indoor running track and a gymnastics facility
An indoor running track is essential for runners during Ottawa's hot summers and cold winters, when running outside is difficult and dangerous, and are more versatile and useful than treadmills. We have only one, located out in Bearbrook, far away from most of the city and difficult to get to. Running is a safe and popular sport, and it is also inexpensive, requiring no special equipment. Similarly, a gymnastics facility with padded floors and foam blocks would be a safe place for people looking to build functional strength, practice gymnastics, or practice parkour, which is an increasingly popular sport among the city's youth and adolescents. I suggest the old tennis court and adjacent empty paved lot in Riverain Park as a potential site for both facilities- it is centrally located and well-served by several transportation options.
5 comments0Tayaalmost 5 years agoSaltwater Pool at Lincoln Fields
We would LOVE easy access to a City pool. There are none in our neighborhood. Acora Village and apartment building pools are private. Dovercourt is small and far, the Nepean Sportsplex is even further (and too big/intimidating), and the Y pool is too small to get in decent laps. There is nothing like Plant Bath, which is ideal - a baby area, a hot tub, a large area for recreational and lap swimming with spacious shallow and deep ends -and located within a community centre. But have saltwater like Alymer where I won't have to cut my hair off if I forget my bathing cap.
6 comments2MMilleralmost 5 years agoIndoor and outdoor skateboard/bike/scooter facilities
These sports are growing exponentially (skateboarding will be at the Olympics in 2020). Often the space at the current parks is taken up by adults, and kids get little time to practice safely themselves without getting in the way. It would be great to see skate-infra built into every rec centre and park plan - to spread people out across the city and allow kids to practice in their neighbourhoods, rather than have to be driven to downtown parks or parks in Orleans, Nepean, and Kanata. A city-run indoor park would also be ideal.
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Open Houses x 4 (June)
Recreation Facility Infrastructure Standards and Strategy has finished this stageNepean Sportsplex, June 10; 9:30 am
Ray Friel Recreation Complex, June 10; 6:30 pm
McNabb Recreation Center, June 11; 7:15 pm
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Engagement Launch (July-Sept)
Recreation Facility Infrastructure Standards and Strategy has finished this stagePublic and user group ideas on the vision for the recreation strategy, the draft "Recreation Facility Infrastructure Standards" and brainstorm ideas for indoor arenas.
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Engagement Close (Sept)
Recreation Facility Infrastructure Standards and Strategy has finished this stageOnline engagement closes for this phase of the project.
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City Council Report (Sept-Oct)
Recreation Facility Infrastructure Standards and Strategy has finished this stageRecreation Facility Infrastructure Standards Final Draft presented to Community and Protective Services Committee and City Council in September or October (subject to agenda priorities).
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Continued public engagement (Nov 2019-March 2020)
Recreation Facility Infrastructure Standards and Strategy has finished this stageContinued public discussion building on the vision and guiding principles developed in the summer of 2019 for the Recreation Facility Strategy for the next 10-20 years.
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City Council Report (Fall 2020)
Recreation Facility Infrastructure Standards and Strategy is currently at this stageRecreation Facility Strategy Final Draft presented to Community and Protective Services Committee on and City Council In September (subject to agenda priorities).
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What we heard
this is an upcoming stage for Recreation Facility Infrastructure Standards and StrategyFollow-up report summarizing the public and user group ideas collected over the past 5 months regarding the strategy. Posted on Engage.Ottawa.ca and to those following the project by email or online.