PLANNING COMMITTEE MINUTES

 

Arenas, Parks And Recreation Advisory Committee Minutes

City Of Peterborough

September 20, 2011

 

 

Minutes Of A Meeting Of Arenas, Parks And Recreation Advisory Committee Held On Tuesday, September 20, 2011 In The Sutherland Room, City Hall.

 

The Arenas, Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee meeting was called to order at 5:30 p.m. in the Sutherland Room.

 

Present:

Councillor Beamer

Councillor Parnell, Chair

Gary Baldwin

Bill Juby Jr.

Gary Rabjohn

Randy Turner

 

Absent:

Yvonne Coveney-Boyd

 

 

Staff:

Ken Doherty, Director of Community Services

Rob Anderson, Recreation Co-ordinator

Mary Gallop, Manager of Facilities & Special Projects

Phil Rye, Parks & Forestry Supervisor, Public Works

Sue Warrington, Arena Division Manager

John Kennedy, Deputy City Clerk

 

 

Confirmation of Minutes – June 21, 2011

 

Moved by Councillor Beamer

 

That the minutes of the meeting of the Arenas, Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee held on June 21, 2011 be approved.

 

“CARRIED”

 

 

Disclosure of Pecuniary Interest

 

There were no Disclosures of Pecuniary Interest.

 

 

Consent Agenda

 

No items were considered as part of the Consent Agenda.

 

 

Recreation Division Coordinator

Report APRAC11-032

Sport Kawartha Presentation – Sport Visionaries Summit

 

Bill O’Byrne, Chair of Sport Kawartha made a presentation.

 

Moved by Gary Baldwin

 

That the Arenas Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee approve the recommendation outlined in Report APRAC11-032 dated September 20, 2011, of the Recreation Division Coordinator as follows:

 

That the presentation by Sport Kawartha be received for information.

 

“CARRIED”

 

 

Moved by Gary Rabjohn

 

That the order of the agenda be changed.

 

“LOST”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recreation Division Coordinator

Report APRAC11-031

Off-Leash Dog Park Presentation and Petition

 

Paul Schauber, Executive Director, Allan and Shelia Wood, Peterborough Dog Owners Association Inc. made a presentation.

 

Moved by Randy Turner

 

That the Arenas Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee (APRAC) approve the recommendations outlined in Report APRAC11-031 dated September 20, 2011, of the Recreation Division Coordinator, as follows:

 

a)         That the presentation from the Peterborough Dog Owners Association be     received for information;

 

b)        That the level of support by APRAC for the development of an off-leash dog park    on City owned property be identified;

 

c)         That the Suitable Off-Leash Dog Park Criteria identified in Schedule “A” of this report be endorsed;

 

d)        That Staff be directed to report to Council to:

 

i)          Identify the level of support APRAC is providing for an off-leash dog park; 

 

ii)         Request that Council provide direction to Staff based on its willingness/ability to introduce an off-leash dog          park as a new public service, at this time; and

 

iii)        Seek Council approval of specific criteria to be used in determining      an appropriate location for an off-leash dog park, as identified in Schedule “A” of this report.

 

e)         That pending direction from Council, Staff prepares a list of potential dog park locations to be presented to APRAC, at a future meeting.

 

 

 

 

Moved by Randy Turner

 

That the Off-Leash Exclusions (Schedule A) be amended as follows:

 

That the condition “Immediately adjacent to private residences” be deleted and the following condition inserted; “Where there is an immediate adjacent private resident, mutually acceptable mitigating measures be taken to reduce any impacts, with the final decision resting with Council”.

 

“LOST”

 

 

Moved by Bill Juby Jr.

 

That the exclusion proposed in Schedule “A” of Report APRAC11-031 under Natural Environmental Areas, namely “areas protected by the Otonabee Region Conservation Authority”, be deleted.

 

“CARRIED”

 

 

Moved by Bill Juby Jr.

 

That the level of support mentioned in Recommendation b) of Report APRAC11-031 by the Arenas, Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee be identified to Council as “strong”.

 

“MOTION WITHDRAWN”

 

 

Moved by Gary Rabjohn

 

That the level of support outlined in Recommendation b) of Report APRAC11-031 for the development of an off-leash dog park on City owned property by the Arenas, Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee be identified to Council as, “being in favour of an Off-Leash Dog Park, in principle”.

 

“CARRIED”

 

 

 

 

 

Moved by Randy Turner

 

That the Off-Leash Area Exclusion in Schedule “A” of Report APRAC11-031, “Immediately adjacent to private residences” be deleted and replaced with “Preferably not immediately adjacent to a private residence”.

 

“CARRIED” (2/3 vote achieved)

 

 

Upon the main motion as amended, the motion carried.

 

Committee recessed at 7:18 p.m. and reconvened at 7:22 p.m.

 

 

Recreation Division Coordinator

Report APRAC11-030

Community Bake Oven Presentation

 

Sharron Inward, Tom Calwell, Markus Breuer and Myra Hirschberg of Community Opportunity and Innovation Network (COIN) made a presentation.

 

Moved by Gary Rabjohn

 

That the Arenas Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee approve the recommendations outlined in Report APRAC11-030 dated September 20, 2011, of the Recreation Division Coordinator, as follows:

 

a)         That the presentation by COIN and the Community Bake Oven Working Group be received for information; and

 

b)        That staff be directed to work with COIN and the Community Bake Oven Working    Group to investigate the possibility/viability of creating and operating community bake ovens on City owned property, and to report back to APRAC at a future meeting.

 

“CARRIED”

 

 

 

 

Parks & Forestry Supervisor, Public Works

Report APRAC11-033

Replacement of playground structures at Roper Park, Stenson Park and University Heights Park and relocation of Inverlea Park playground structure.

 

Moved by Gary Baldwin

 

That the Arenas, Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee receive the report outlined in Report APRAC11-033 dated September 20, 2011, by the Parks & Forestry Supervisor, Public Works as follows:

 

a)            That the report be received for information.

 

b)           That staff be directed to provide public notice during the budcget process, prior to removal and installation of playground equipment

 

“CARRIED”

 

 

Other Business

 

There was no Other Business

 

 

Next Meeting

 

The next meeting of the Committee is scheduled for October 18, 2011.

 


 

Adjournment

 

Moved by Randy Turner

 

That this meeting of the Arenas, Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee adjourn at 8:02 p.m.

 

"CARRIED"

 

 

 

John Kennedy

Deputy City Clerk

 

 

 

Councillor Parnell

Chair