Hello,
This is to let you know that the final report on the
upgrade to China Creek South Park is scheduled for the Park Board meeting on
Monday, January 15th, 2007. The meeting starts at 7 pm, and will be held at
Park Board Administration Building, 2099 Beach Avenue, in Vancouver.
Here's the link to the staff report:
http://vancouver.ca/parks/board/2007/070115/China%20Creek%20South%20Park%20-%20Concept%20Plan%20for%20Park%20Upgrade%20-%202007%20january.pdf
Here's the link to the meeting agenda:
http://vancouver.ca/parks/board/2007/070115/index.htm
Members of the public are invited to attend and make
presentations. If you wish to speak at the meeting, please register with Julie
Casanova at 604-257-8451 or email her at julie.casanova@vancouver.ca
Please contact me should you have any
questions/comments.
China Creek South Park Website: http://vancouver.ca/parks/info/planning/chinacreeksouth/index.htm
Thank you.
Michel Desrochers
Park Planner
City of Vancouver
Tel: 604-257-8529
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Message-----
From: Desrochers, Michel
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006
4:59 PM
To: Desrochers, Michel
Subject: China Creek South
Park - Planning Committee recommendation
Hello,
This is to let you know of the outcome of the Dec.
5th meeting regarding China Creek South Park. This was a meeting of the Park
Board's Planning Committee, which is a sub-committee of the full Park Board
(there are 7 Park Commissioners on the Park Board). There were 3 Park
Commissioners present at the Planning Committee meeting: Korina Houghton,
Spencer Herbert and Loretta Woodcock.
Park Board staff did not recommend Option 3 (as had
been announced at the community meeting in October). Instead, Park Board staff
recommended a phased transition:
- phase 1: implement Option 1 but remove the noisiest
elements from the skateboard area (i.e. wooden ramps and metal
rails);
- phase 2: remove existing skateboard area once a
replacement facility is built at a nearby park OR if the existing skateboard
area needs major financial investment.
A total of 20 citizens spoke at the meeting. Thirteen
spoke in favour of Option 1. Seven spoke in favour of Option 3.
The Park Board's Planning Committee decided to
recommend Option 1 to the full Park Board subject to the following:
- the removal of the noisiest elements (wooden ramps
and metal rails) from the skateboard area;
- the construction of a grassy berm south of the two
skateboarding bowls to buffer noise;
- the addition of extra garbage bins near the
skateboard area;
- the installation of signs near the skateboard area
stating appropriate park etiquette;
- the formation of a park committee, consisting of
residents, skateboarders and Park Board staff, to monitor, assess and act on
operational issues in the park.
What's next?
This
project is scheduled to be discussed by the Park Board (all seven Park
Commissioners) on January 15, 2007. We expect the Park Board to make a final
decision about China Creek South Park at this meeting. Members of the public are
invited to attend the meeting and, if they wish, to speak to the Park
Commissioners. Park Board staff will write a report which will be available
during the week of January 8th. I will send you an email in early January
confirming the date of the meeting, how to register to speak and where you can
find the report on the internet.
Please contact me should you have any
questions/comments.
Website: http://vancouver.ca/parks/info/planning/chinacreeksouth/index.htm
Thank you.
Michel Desrochers
Park Planner
City of Vancouver
Tel: 604-257-8529
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