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.Isabella Palmost 5 years agoFacility design and requirements are too focused on team sports
Soccer, tennis, basketball, and hockey are great, but many people prefer cultivating individual sports such as track and field, dance, yoga, parkour, gymnastics, or martial arts. It is difficult to find safe, open spaces (even just an outdoor track or an empty room somewhere) to practice these sports by yourself and not in a class. When you can't find space for the sports you want to do, it's frustrating to see so many group sports facilities (rinks, pitches, etc.) that sit empty when not used by teams. Please take this into consideration when designing new facilities, and leave some open spaces for people who like to move but don't play on a team.
4 comments0qwertyover 4 years agoMore badminton facilities
A lot more badminton courts would be nice. It's something that can't be played outdoors/in parks/on school yards, and is cheap to set up and maintain. All you need is a net and court markings. With it being a sport for 2-4 players, it also allows families or small group of friends or a couple to go be active without having to organize teams or leagues. It's also very affordable unlike other sports. A cheap raquet and birdie is all that is needed.
1 comment0DavidOttawaalmost 5 years agoVaried/diverse facilities to encourage Ottawa-ans on the go
I'd be interested in facilities and classes that accommodate Ottawa residents' varied schedules, and maybe even encourage them to take up new sports. I've always thought stuff like yoga and parkour looked cool, but have either been to busy to take a class or haven't had facilities to try safely. Weight-training facilities are always a plus, too.
1 comment1mecha3almost 5 years agoToo many parking spots
Less parking/more expensive would be better. - Self driving technology, if possible, won't need parking as badly - parking can interfere with things like bike lanes - parklets would be a better use, the visually appealing nature benefits human health - more expensive parking / less parking decreases societies dependence on cars, which is environmentally friendly. Even if one doesn't believe in global warming, smog can still happen obvious some parking must continue to exist Citations: i don't want to be flagged as spam for posting external links, so here's just 1: look up: "the high cost of free parking" by vox.
2 comments0groupstooover 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.
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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.
OCRStrongalmost 5 years agoobstacle course type apparatuses
Make obstacle course race type apparatuses....rings to swing on, rope climbs, long monkey bars or rig structures with grip features like rings/pipes/t-bars. 6/7/8 foot walls and Irish tables to climb over. Tree stump mazes to manouevre through...up/down and side to side. No sport is like OCR which encourages speed, power, endurance, agility, grip strength and technical skill. If you want to promote physical fitness and overall health, these types of structures appeal to children, teens and adults and work on so many muscle groups while actually having FUN too. If you want more examples/pictures, just PM me back. Go to any playground now and you don't see a lot of kids using the structures as they are designed to be used...instead they are climbing/hanging/swinging like apes and trying to stay as high off the ground as they can (including me! :) The nice thing about these is that they are accessible by the public any time of the day for many months of the year in Ottawa.... with no booking or fees necessary. THAT is what makes a great option for the city as far as accessibility is concerned! You also wouldn't need tons of land to make them happen. And if you make them high enough off the snow/ground then many WOULD be used year round. Take a look at the structures you can find on beaches in California like Santa Monica where they even have long ring swings and huge rope climbs.
7 comments6polarburr007over 4 years agoAny new pool in East end should have platform diving capability. Currently only available at Nepean or UofO.
Platform diving pool
2 comments0EngagedinOttawaalmost 5 years agoRec. facilities need to be nearby, easy to access and offer elements that are otherwise not available to a population, ie. pools and arenas.
If we want to promote a healthy and active society while working to protect our environment, we need to maintain small, community-based, easily accessible recreation facilities that offer elements that appeal to nearby families, residents and schools. Learning to swim and skate are essential skills and important to Ottawa citizens, both young and old. (Elements such as parking, storage, canteens, and fitness, less so, as they are available through other/private options). I will work to see that the City keep small, local facilities like Tom Brown arena open, and continue to add facilities such as pools, field-houses and gyms, as deemed necessary by growth and densification in the city of Ottawa. We must not close these small, local facilities thinking that fewer / larger "super-facilities" will serve as replacements.
3 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.
5 comments3K1Nalmost 5 years agoIncl more than one bldg at the rec site to house diff. sports, like in Montreal with P Charbonneau and M Richard arenas flanking the Big O.
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Timeline
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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.