South Bonson Community Center Public Input

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South Bonson Community Center Public Input
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Background Context

• The Sawyers Landing Waterfront Development
  project in Pitt Meadows combines residential,
  commercial and public amenity spaces including
  parks, walkways and a community centre.

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Amenity Building Site Location
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Design Principles

• The Design Principles adopted by Council will
  ensure that the new community centre
• Is a resource for the neighborhood as well as for
  the whole community
• Relates to the history of the area
• Engages the arts village concept
• Is designed to fit and complement the
  surrounding area.
• Is designed to have multiple functions
• Is functional in relation to the plaza (events),
  park/riverfront
• Is unique and attractive to draw a variety of
  community and economic uses.
• Incorporates sustainability principles in
  construction and is efficient to operate.

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• The community centre will be approximately 10,440
  square feet of floor area
• Development of this building is
• consistent with the 2008
• City of Pitt Meadows Capital Plan.

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Our Community Today

• Population 15,625 - 7615 Female, 8010 Male
• Median Age 38
• 26 are under 19 yrs of age, 62 are between 20
  and 64 yrs of age, 15 are 65
• Total Number of Families 4,565
• Average Number of persons in families 3

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Ethnicity and Language

• Citizens in Pitt Meadows represent 62 different
  ethnic origins. English, Canadian, Scottish,
  Irish, German and French are the most frequent.
• While the majority of residents identify English
  as their mother tongue, 35 other languages are
  identified as their first language. Next to
  English, Punjabi, French, German and Dutch are
  the most prevalent.

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Parents of young children have told us

• In a recent neighbourhood survey parents
  identified the following assets in Pitt Meadows
• The pool and water park
• Numerous parks,
• The library,
• The recreation centre,
• The dikes,
• The playgrounds,
• Various playgroups
• Accessibility to walking and bicycling and
• A sense of watching out for one anothers children

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Parents of young children would like more

• group activities
• baby swings and park benches
• getting together in the neighbourhood
• Classes for children under 3
• Preschool and daycare
• Playtime at the recreation centre
• Dance classes

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School age children have told us

• Grade 67 students have indicated that
• They feel optimistic and good about themselves
• They feel safe in their neighbourhood and in
  their school,
• They feel supported and cared about by their
  school and community,
• They care about their school and want to do well
  in it
• 74 of children are meeting the 30 minutes or
  more of exercise most days recommendation from
  Health Canada
• The same children have indicated that
• They need to find ways to be useful in their own
  community and
• They need to find ways to feel connected and
  valued in their neighbourhoods

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• What benefits can
• a community centre provide for
• the people of
• Pitt Meadows?

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Benefits to you

• Our commitment is to ensure that
• Parks and Leisure Services are
• designed in such a way as to ensure
• that there are social, individual,
• environmental, and economic
• benefits to everyone who
• lives, works and plays
• in our communities.

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• Recreation
• Enhances personal health
• Builds strong families and communities
• Builds self-esteem and positive self-image
• Contributes to the development of future capacity
• Opens pathways for kids to make a contribution
• Helps combat the growing obesity and disease
  trends

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Consultation

• Phase one of the planning process involved
  consultation with over 40 stakeholder groups to
  gather information on community needs and design
  priorities.
• Phase two of the process includes a public open
  house and displays to gather further feed back on
  the design.

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What We Have Heard So Far

• A resource for the entire community.
• Fits with the surrounding area.
• Reflects the history of the area (past use)
• Is functional in relation to the surrounding
  plaza, park and river front (events).
• Unique and attractive (workshops, weddings).
• Sustainable green building.

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What We Have Heard so Far

• Multi use / flexible space
• Fully Accessible elevator
• Safety and security
• Take advantage of the view
• Deck
• Main hall on second floor
• Large glass windows

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What We Have Heard So Far

• Meeting room (boardroom style)
• Noise issues
• Main hall should accommodate 150 -200

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Site Plan
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Concept Design Elements
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Concept Front Elevation
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Building Section
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Main Floor Plan
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Upper Floor Plan
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Time to hear from you

• We want to get your ideas on
• the use of
• and
• the design of
• the new community centre

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Cities have the capability of providing
something for everyone, only because, and only
when, they are created by everybody. Jane
JacobsThank you!