1. The location of the new Skateboard Park, proposed to be in front of the main entrance to the Pickering Recreation Complex, is not supported by Council. As such, staff will investigate other locations within the Pickering City Centre for the new community skateboard park.
2. Prior to implementation, staff will initiate a consultative process with applicable user groups (including but not limited to Tennis members, Tennis pay as you go participants, Golden members, Tennis Pro and 1^st Pickering Pickleball Club) to further discuss recommendation #25 of the Master Plan report (to delineate playing boundaries for pickleball on an existing indoor tennis court at the Recreation Complex). This consultative process would likely take most of 2018 so the project would not come before Council any earlier than 2019.
3. The racquetball player committee will be given the opportunity to increase membership, usage and revenues to reach City established targets over a 2 year period ending December 31, 2019. Subject to the results of this endeavour, staff will initiate a consultative process to implement recommendation #26 of the Master Plan report (repurposing options for the racquetball court) no earlier than 2019. This consultative work will include but is not limited to racquetball members, racquetball pay as you go participants, handball participants, complex members and the general public. The repurposing of the racquetball court will be a budget item which would come before Council for approval prior to implementation, and not before 2020. 

Background

Recreation and parks facilities, programs, and services play a vital role in our community and in the lives of our residents. To provide direction to maintain these important community assets over the next ten years, the City of Pickering is preparing a Recreation & Parks Master Plan as approved at the Council meeting of October 17, 2016. This process will provide the City with up-to-date insight on community needs, and effective ways to provide facilities and deliver programs. The master plan will be an update of the 2002 Recreation & Parks Master Plan; view the Strategic Plan Report and the Technical Plan Report.

The community engagement period is now complete. Thank you to everyone who participated! Over the past few months, residents and user groups provided input to inform the master planning process through a number of opportunities including Open House, Public Input Sessions, Pop-Up Event, Random Household Telephone Survey, and User Group Survey. Written submissions were also received. 

Skateboard Strategy

The City of Pickering has initiated the development of a Skateboard Park Strategy that will guide decision-making on existing and future skateboard park needs. The Skateboard Park Strategy will provide direction on how best to meet needs, including potential locations to consider for future skateboard parks.

Information shared at the June 27 Open House & Design Workshop is available through the links below:

• Open House Information Boards
• Pickering Terrain Priorities