GRANDVIEW Parks Masterplan
Professional Report (PR) for the City of Surrey Nicola Szibbo Master of City Planning Candidate 2010 UC Berkeley Department of City and Regional Planning August 2009
HEIGHTS
GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS PARKS MASTERPLAN
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This Parks, Recreation and Culture Masterplan analyzes the Grandview Heights neighbourhood in South Surrey, British Columbia. The Masterplan reviews three park options. Option #1 is based on a central community park. Option #2 is based on walking sheds and walking radii, and Option #3 is based on ecological connectivity. It is recommended that Parks, Recreation and Culture combine these three models into an option which will meet the needs for both human and ecological uses. This preferred option will prioritize elements that best fit the Parks, Recreation and Culture and city principles recently established in the Sustainability Charter. The three models are utlimately measured comparatively in terms of their utility in environmental, economic and social sustainability. The outcome is a central community school-park that encourages walkability within the Grandview Heights Neighbourhood. In terms of fiscal feasibility, precedent studies have shown that the benefits of joint-use facilities such as joint school-communitiy parks include reduced land, operation and initial construction costs. Benefit-cost analysis also suggests that each agency involved in the development of a joint-use facility saves approximately $5 million (US), in comparison to costs incurred if they had built stand-alone facilities on separate sites (New Schools, Better Neighbourhoods 2003).
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Option 3: Ecological Connectivity ECOLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY 180 St
HWY #15
170 St
168 St
164 St
160 St
GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS
184 St
32 Ave
168 St
32 Ave
26 Ave
Parks Masterplan
24 Ave
LEGEND NCP open space
20 Ave . No
Proposed Parks -walkable (400m of 10-20 upa), front 2 streets, wildlife corridor
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Proposed Parks- riparian Proposed Parks-wildlife corridor
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16 Ave
Existing Playgrounds School Playgrounds New Playgrounds
12 Ave
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WILDLIFE CORRIDORS
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184 St
180 St
HWY #15
63
170 St
62
168 St
160 St
164 St
32 Ave
156 St
HWY #15
172 St
168 St
156 St
160 St
164 St
32 Ave
26 Ave 65
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Wildlife Corridors Major Barriers Species Movement
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Meters 2,400
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20 Ave Hub Names
Agricultural Hub
Proposed Greenway
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Terrestrial Wildlife Hub
LEGEND Tree-lined boulevard Green Street NCP Boundaries Streets Planned Greenway
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LEGEND
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62-Rosemary Morgan 63-Greenridge 64-Grandview North 65-Grandview Northeast 66-Grandview East 67-Grandview Southeast 68-Grandview South 69-Grandview Southwest 70-Grandview West 71-Upper Fergus 72-Lower Fergus 77-Redwood 79-Kensington North 80-Campbell Heights West 81-Campbell Heights Southwest
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16 Ave 71
12 Ave
Meters 2,400
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