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Recreation Facility Allocation: Opportunities for Play
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The City of St. Catharines prides itself as the city where everyone can play.
Be it a youth soccer team hitting the pitch, old-timer hockey leagues taking to the ice, or even the Olympians of tomorrow diving into a pool to train, we want to continue our long-standing tradition of providing recreation facilities for all ages, needs and abilities.
To further that goal the City is currently developing an new Recreation Facility Allocation Policy, to create a uniform process to ensure facility use is equitable for all our users.
Striking a balance
Ensuring a fair and equitable distribution of access isn’t as easy as it may sound. There are a lot of factors to consider in determining allocation priorities. A sound policy will consider numerous factors such as:
Non-profit versus for-profit use
Adult use versus opportunities for seniors and youth
Local versus non-local use
Competitive versus non-competitive use
Public programming versus private leagues / organizations
Primetime versus non-primetime use
New versus existing user groups
There’s a lot to weigh, and to get it right, we want to hear from you. Help us understand how our facilities are used, and how priorities should be directed. It’s your City, help us ensure everyone has a chance to play for years to come by completing the survey below before March 1.
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The City of St. Catharines prides itself as the city where everyone can play.
Be it a youth soccer team hitting the pitch, old-timer hockey leagues taking to the ice, or even the Olympians of tomorrow diving into a pool to train, we want to continue our long-standing tradition of providing recreation facilities for all ages, needs and abilities.
To further that goal the City is currently developing an new Recreation Facility Allocation Policy, to create a uniform process to ensure facility use is equitable for all our users.
Striking a balance
Ensuring a fair and equitable distribution of access isn’t as easy as it may sound. There are a lot of factors to consider in determining allocation priorities. A sound policy will consider numerous factors such as:
Non-profit versus for-profit use
Adult use versus opportunities for seniors and youth
Local versus non-local use
Competitive versus non-competitive use
Public programming versus private leagues / organizations
Primetime versus non-primetime use
New versus existing user groups
There’s a lot to weigh, and to get it right, we want to hear from you. Help us understand how our facilities are used, and how priorities should be directed. It’s your City, help us ensure everyone has a chance to play for years to come by completing the survey below before March 1.
Recreation Facility Allocation: Opportunities for Play has finished this stage
Consultation with recreation facility user groups and stakeholders
Public consultation
Recreation Facility Allocation: Opportunities for Play is currently at this stage
Public consultation via online survey, Jan. 27, 2021 to March 1, 2021
Staff review and policy development
this is an upcoming stage for Recreation Facility Allocation: Opportunities for Play
Staff will review the findings of public consultation and develop a draft of the new Recreation Facility Allocation Policy for presentation to the public and City Council.
Policy presentation / Council approval
this is an upcoming stage for Recreation Facility Allocation: Opportunities for Play
The policy will be presented to City Council for final approval