2022-2031 FINANCIAL PLAN
APPENDIX 3
APPROVED OPERATING PROJECTS
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Index Department
Project Name
Project Description
Project Justification The Recreation & Culture Department would like to provide programs, services, and a youth leadership development opportunity, which will start at the skate park and could potentially expand out to other outdoor facilities. Youth feedback from the public consultation conducted in 2014 expressed the need for free, drop-in, unstructured activities at outdoor facilities that are well-maintained and safe environments.
Addition of programs, events, and the Youth Ambassador Unfortunately, multiple recorded incidents and anecdotal evidence from parents and youth are indicating 58
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Enhanced Skate park Environment
Program to promote youth leadership development to
that the skate park is not a safe and welcoming environment, with drug smoking, drug selling, and
enhance culture, safety, and security at youth facilities.
aggressive behaviors being the types of incidents most often complained about. A skate park ambassador program would help to alleviate some of the negative behaviours and provide the opportunity for leadership and skill development, both for the ambassadors and for patrons who could benefit from instruction in skateboarding and BMXing from the ambassadors. This is a key step to creating a positive culture, especially prior to the bike skills park being added into the same area.
The PLAY Campbell River working group was formed in early 2018 and the group has been working on a physical literacy strategy for Campbell River. This is an inter59
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PLAY Campbell River
agency group with members from the school, sport, recreation and health sectors. Initially, working with
Funding will provide support for the PLAY Campbell River working group until additional grant funding is obtained.
Pacific Sport, a grant of $30,000 was obtained to get this project off the ground. 91
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Enhanced Cleaning at all City
Twice daily enhanced cleaning at all city facilities -
Facilities
addition of NWEC and Water.
The highly transmissible Delta variant created wave 4 of COVID. With the new MU variant likely to reach Canada in the coming months, all city facilities should be receiving enhanced cleaning, including NWEC and the Water department, to keep staff and the public safe. With the budget cuts to fleet in 2021, Recreation lost one 23 passenger bus and one 8 passenger van. To date, the buses and vans are used daily in July and August to transport 4 camps to off site field trips and the
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Bus Rentals
Rental of two 25 passenger buses to support summer camp transportation.
Summerside Express travelling teen program. Summerside Express is funded through the Ministry of Children and Family and supports youth living with special needs. The contract stipulates that it is specifically funding the Summerside Express travelling teen group; having access to buses are critical to the success of this funding. In the summer of 2021, there were 2,300 passengers transported in the recreation vehicles for summer camps.
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Temporary Weight Room Relocation (Sportsplex Reno)
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Rental Space
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Recruitment/Selection Tools
This project is a temporary relocation of the weight room from the Sportsplex to CRCC during the Sportsplex renovation project.
The Sportsplex will be closed for a minimum of 4 months during 2022 for the renovation and this funding will allow the weight room to be temporarily relocated.
To cover costs of rental spaces to provide programs for
During the temporarily closure of the Sportsplex due to renovations, rental spaces will be required from
the community May- Sept 2022
other facilities to enable Recreation to continue to provide programing for our community.
Explore tools to streamline and enhance recruitment and selection process.
Online solutions to streamline hiring processes, reduce turnover, and increase performance.
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