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Master Plan Deliverables

1. Master Plan Deliverables. Project Requirements. RFP outlined key deliverables: Condition Assessment of the Simmons Complex; Assessment of utilization, user profiles and needs; A City-wide assessment of ice and/or outdoor pool needs was not within the brief/requirements for this project.

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Master Plan Deliverables

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  1. 1 Master Plan Deliverables

  2. Project Requirements RFP outlined key deliverables: Condition Assessment of the Simmons Complex; Assessment of utilization, user profiles and needs; • A City-wide assessment of ice and/or outdoor pool needs was not within the brief/requirements for this project. 1 2

  3. Project Requirements 3 • Establish vision for the future of the Complex based on: • Assessment of community and user needs via market research, extensive stakeholder and public consultations; • Projected demographic changes and trends in sports participation. • Establish short to medium-term (1-5 yrs.) and long-term (6-10 yrs.) strategic directions for development of the Complex inclusive of capital project priorities. 4

  4. 2 State of the Complex

  5. 2012 Condition Audit: The Arena • Arena building generally well maintained (40 yrs. old); • Lacks many modern amenities that would be included in a new building; • With the same level of maintenance and equipment replacement, building systems should perform satisfactorily over the next 5 years +; • But, significant maintenance/repair issues exist (movement of the rink slab, building envelope issues).

  6. 2012 Condition Audit: The Arena • Investment will maintain the facility at a progressively lower (relative) level of quality compared to a state of the art efficient modern facility; • Significant Investment in facility as a single-pad venue should not be an option.

  7. 2012 Condition Audit: The Pool • Pool and related systems in poor condition; • Exterior slab-on-grade outside the canteen and pool change rooms is extensively cracked; • Pool mechanical equipment is 38-years-old and should all be replaced; • Pool is beyond functional life; patching should not be an option; in-situ replacement of pool and mechanical system required.

  8. 2012 Condition Audit: The Sports Fields • Wear of sports fields is worse in the normal high use areas. Some fields are operating at or over capacity (e.g. Simmons Main and Colonel Gray); • Fields appear to drain well with the exception of some localized water ponding; • The grass is in fair condition, with the best turf being on Simmons Main Field; • There are no changing or washroom facilities for the sports fields.

  9. 3 The Vision

  10. Simmons as a Complex: • Simmons Sport Centre and fields considered part of a broader Community campus; • Functionally integrated into the activities and facilities of the surrounding schools; • Design options look holistically at the improved functionality of the entire campus.

  11. What We Heard Breakdown of Consultation Process: Stage 1: Over 24 In‐depth Interviews w/ Key Stakeholders (e.g. User Groups) Stage 2: Public Input Session to Guide Master Plan Vision Online Public Survey (promoted on City website and via news release) – 69 Respondents Stage 3: Public Meeting to Review Draft Master Plan (Option) Advertised via hand delivered flyer to all households within 100 m. Almost 50% of online respondents indicated they were little to moderately satisfied with the current Simmons facility (ranking from 3-5) .

  12. What We Heard • Wide range of needs/aspirations voiced; • Yet, consensus on several key aspects of future vision: • Enhance its community focus; • Maintain/enhance opportunities for active recreation and intensive field use (e.g. investing in artificial field turf); and • Expanding opportunities for passive recreation on-site. 1 2 3

  13. What We Heard • Result: • Ambitious; • Somewhat conflicting (or at least challenges concept of complementarity); • Nevertheless clear.

  14. Concepts & Related Capital Costs 4 Preamble: An iterative process followed whereby a range of options responding to community vision are balanced with capital cost implications of the suite of desired changes. The Result: A likely sustainable framework for long-term planning.

  15. Option 1: Maintain Status Quo • No new initiatives on-site; • Maintenance/enhancement of current facilities; • Includes a rebuilt pool in-situ and moderate capital enhancements to arena in years 1-5; • Does not address long-term viability of arena building (i.e. 10-15 years from now); • Does not offer realistic solution to long-term ice needs in City.

  16. Option 2: Traditional Recreation Footprint • Short-term (1-5 yrs.) investment in required and desirable capital repairs and upgrades to arena and fields; • Pool rebuilt in-situ; • Longer-term (6-10 years) upgrades to existing arena to significantly extend useful life coupled with additional ice-pad (i.e. twinning).

  17. Option 3: Investing in First Class Complex • Emphasis on sports infrastructure at community level; • New Pool in-situ; note in all scenarios, option for alternatives to finalize pool should be investigated (for example a wading pool/splash-pad structure); • Development of Simmons Main Field with artificial turf, appropriate fencing; • Arena decommissioned pursuant to a presumed future policy strategy of ice replacement in City; and • Multi-use community centre.

  18. Option 3: Investing in First Class Complex • Investment in integrated trails and pick-up use sport courts; and • Network of active loops/trails and social spaces (gazebos).

  19. The 5-year Plan 5 • In the short-term (1-5 years), Option 1 represents an immediate actionable strategyfocused on maintaining the status quo. • Option 3 (minimal costs years 1-5) only relevant if decommission of Simmons is planned. We do not recommend adopting Option 3 for expediency in years 1-5 without making a policy decision on the future of Simmons Arena. Arena should receive some $2.5 M minimum investment in the next 5 years if plan is to retain it for next 10 years.

  20. The 5-year Plan • The 5-year plan assumes arena is retained, for which needed repairs and upgrades must be undertaken to extend its life, and improve its quality markedly in the short-term. • Minimum investment of $3.5 millionestimated. • Further investment over the longer-term (totaling $4 million) could ensure its life for a further 20+ years (not recommended).

  21. The Longer-term Plan 6 • Options 2 and 3 represent the longer-term plan for the development of Simmons; • Immediate Action: A decision between these two options will be dependent on the results of City-wide recreation planning exercise inclusive of an ice needs and open-air pool needs assessment; • Option 2 (retaining and twinning the arena over the longer-term) totals $12 million in additional investment over years 6-10 yrs.; • Option 3 achievable over the long-term at a cost of $5.1 million. However, cost of replacing decommissioned ice elsewhere in City should be recognized, but not ascribed to this project.

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