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We have added a few more spots to the virtual workshop taking place this Thursday, April 25 from 7 - 9 p.m.
If you missed the workshops, please note that there will still be opportunities to share your input and ask questions about the North Peace Leisure Facility project at upcoming open houses taking place in May, as well as a community survey. We will be posting details about the survey and the open house schedule soon.
The workshops have capacity limits as they are designed to provide participants with time to ask questions and share their input. To enable this type of comprehensive engagement, participants work with a facilitator in virtual breakout rooms and the capacity limits respect the number of facilitators on hand.
If residents are unable to attend a workshop, the Regional District has ensured that several participation opportunities are available for residents to provide feedback
- The open houses are happening in May along with a community survey, which will provide additional opportunities for input.
- The presentation for the virtual workshops is being recorded and will be posted on the Have Your Say project page.
- Residents can provide feedback at any time by submitting questions via the project page, or by emailing a member of the project team.
The costs being presented for this community engagement are rough estimates based on the best available information given the current stage of planning. As this project would require borrowing money, it would be subject to a voting process through a referendum; if even one jurisdiction votes against the project, it would be paused and reassessed.
No final decisions on taxation have been made at this point in time.
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The Peace River Regional District (PRRD), City of Fort St. John and District of Taylor have partnered to determine the future of the North Peace Leisure Pool and how best to address regional aquatic and other recreational service needs going forward.
The pool has served our region for generations. It provides fun, recreational activities for all ages. Generally, the pool hosts more than 100,000 individual visits annually, primarily from Fort St John, Taylor and the neighbouring PRRD communities (Electoral Areas B and C). That’s about 3.5 visits for every resident in the North Peace region.
Over the past decade, the North Peace Leisure Pool has been plagued with a variety of maintenance issues. Continual, repeated shutdowns of various pool features and shutdowns of the entire facility have negatively impacted community use of the pool. Ongoing capital and operating costs continue to increase due to these problems. We are also a growing community and the pool is no longer able to meet emerging community needs.
Working together, the four partners have started a planning process that included asking residents what they want in a new facility, and we have used this input to develop a mix of options for a new facility that reflect community priorities.
To date, there have been two rounds of community engagement to help determine the types of amenities residents in the partner jurisdictions want to see at a new facility. Results of the engagement were consistent across all participating communities. We heard strong support for a multi-use facility featuring both aquatic amenities and indoor recreation spaces. The following is an overview of some of the combined input from residents:
For more information on previous engagements, please refer to the public engagement reports available in the sidebar.
Project Timeline
- 2018: Public engagement – define vision
- 2019-2021: Project paused due to pandemic
- 2022: Public engagement – amenity priorities
- 2023: Feasibility study to develop options and assess costs completed and presented to project partners
- 2024: Public engagement – Input on best mix of amenities and cost
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