The Little Lake Master Plan aims to - City of Peterborough
The Little Lake Master Plan aims to - City of Peterborough
The Little Lake Master Plan aims to - City of Peterborough
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<strong>Little</strong> <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Master</strong> <strong>Plan</strong><br />
March 15, 2010 Presentation <strong>to</strong> Council<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Plan</strong>ning Partnership • PLAN B Natural Heritage • Baird + Associates • TCI Management<br />
Consultants Ltd. • Wills Consulting Engineers
DESIGN STRATEGIES<br />
Res<strong>to</strong>re the environment<br />
Nine public parks<br />
Six cultural and heritage<br />
hubs<br />
Complete the 7 km loop<br />
trail<br />
Create links<br />
Four gateways<br />
Two areas <strong>of</strong> intensification<br />
Dispersed facilities an<br />
amenities<br />
Eleven locations <strong>to</strong> get in<strong>to</strong><br />
the water
<strong>The</strong> Land Quadrants<br />
East <strong>City</strong><br />
Down<strong>to</strong>wn<br />
<strong>The</strong> Park/<br />
TSW<br />
South Shore
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Lake</strong><br />
Balance<br />
• Minimize the disturbance <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Lake</strong> bed<br />
• Balance activities and uses<br />
• Environmental education<br />
• Improve water quality<br />
• Maintain enhance habitat for fish and wildlife
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Lake</strong><br />
•<br />
naturalized buffer strips along the shorelines<br />
and riparian edge<br />
•<br />
create <strong>of</strong> bio-swales (wetlands) at<br />
s<strong>to</strong>rmwater outlets <strong>to</strong> mediate run<strong>of</strong>f;<br />
•<br />
limit or avoid use <strong>of</strong> fertilizer, herbicide and<br />
pesticide within manicured park areas;<br />
•<br />
promote environmental stewardship through<br />
public education/awareness<br />
•<br />
install <strong>of</strong> s<strong>to</strong>rmcep<strong>to</strong>r or equivalent oil/grit<br />
separa<strong>to</strong>rs above the s<strong>to</strong>rm sewer outlets
<strong>The</strong> Environment<br />
1. removal <strong>of</strong> non-native,<br />
invasive plants<br />
2. native planting<br />
3. creation <strong>of</strong> specific habitat
<strong>The</strong> Park/TSW<br />
Ecology First<br />
• Pedestrian Links<br />
• Environmental res<strong>to</strong>ration<br />
and enhancement<br />
• <strong>Little</strong> <strong>Lake</strong> Cemetery<br />
• Cluster <strong>of</strong> activities<br />
• Museum<br />
• Lift Lock Visi<strong>to</strong>r Centre<br />
• TSW cultural heritage centre<br />
• Beavermead<br />
• Ecology Centre
Walkways through<br />
naturalized landscapes<br />
Lynde shores, Whitby
Establish habitat and anchored wetlands<br />
Lasalle Park, Burling<strong>to</strong>n<br />
Lynde shores, Whitby
Incorporate more signage <strong>to</strong> tell the s<strong>to</strong>ry and <strong>to</strong><br />
enhance awareness <strong>of</strong> a new approach <strong>to</strong> landscape<br />
management
TSW<br />
• Collaboration with TSW: protect<br />
canal, enhance visi<strong>to</strong>r experience,<br />
education and community outreach<br />
• Upgrade canal wall <strong>to</strong> enable boats<br />
<strong>to</strong> tie up at Lift<br />
• Opportunity <strong>to</strong> <strong>of</strong>fer variety <strong>of</strong><br />
activities at Lift Lock in association<br />
with Visi<strong>to</strong>r Centre; focus for year<br />
round activities<br />
• Maintain <strong>of</strong>fice building and<br />
maintenance building and naturalize<br />
the landscape<br />
• Expand interpretation <strong>of</strong> world<br />
class iconic site in a new building
2. Campground<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>City</strong> provides camping:<br />
1. Affordable camping experience<br />
for visi<strong>to</strong>rs <strong>to</strong> <strong>Peterborough</strong><br />
2. Generate a positive economic<br />
impact<br />
BUT….<br />
competes with the private sec<strong>to</strong>r<br />
many campers are<br />
<strong>Peterborough</strong> residents who<br />
do not necessarily contribute<br />
<strong>to</strong> the economic impact <strong>of</strong> the<br />
city
• Maintain the Campground in<br />
the short <strong>to</strong> medium term.<br />
• Recommend a User and<br />
Economic Impact Study <strong>to</strong><br />
determine:<br />
•visi<strong>to</strong>r characteristics<br />
•return-on-investment<br />
• Reassess the campground<br />
operation.
East Shore<br />
•Hunter Street BIA<br />
•Riverside Park/<br />
James Stevenson<br />
Park Improvements<br />
•Shoreline<br />
res<strong>to</strong>ration and<br />
enhancement<br />
•Edgewater Park<br />
walkway<br />
•Rogers Cove<br />
•Reconnected<br />
Trailway link
Rogers Cove<br />
• Focus for launch small<br />
craft<br />
• Water-based activities for<br />
youth<br />
• Children’s water play/<br />
splash pad<br />
• Reconfigure existing<br />
parking<br />
• Improve existing<br />
washroom
Activities for Children
<strong>The</strong> Down<strong>to</strong>wn<br />
People First<br />
Focus for Intensification and<br />
infill development<br />
Extend the urban<br />
streetscape<br />
Live on the Waterfront<br />
Possible location for Canoe<br />
Museum<br />
Rediscover Jackson Creek<br />
Improve Del Crary Park
sherbrooke<br />
dalhousie<br />
• Fill in the gaps<br />
• Make great streets with buildings<br />
that line the street, not parking lots<br />
• Create connections <strong>to</strong> the water<br />
maintain a public edge/face <strong>to</strong> the<br />
water’s edge<br />
• Infill with buildings that are in scale<br />
and character<br />
• Opportunities for special buildings<br />
and uses<br />
• Parks and play facilities<br />
george
Looking north on George Street <strong>to</strong>wards No Frills now
Looking north at infill with a four s<strong>to</strong>rey mixed use building
San Francisco, CA<br />
Denver, Colorado<br />
Port Credit<br />
Portland, Oregon
Jackson Creek now
Possible infill with <strong>to</strong>wnhouses that front, face and feature<br />
Jackson Creek
• Moni<strong>to</strong>r <strong>of</strong> structural conditions as<br />
recommended in the 2008 Structural<br />
Condition Survey.<br />
Marina and Del Crary Park<br />
• Gateway<br />
• Existing docks reserved for day-use;<br />
expand on south east side <strong>of</strong> Park<br />
• Manage the debris: chambers<br />
upstream in sewer system <strong>to</strong> pull out<br />
grit & sediments, debris booms, or<br />
physical collection<br />
• Establish a sediment and debris<br />
management plan (who is<br />
responsible, regularity <strong>of</strong> moni<strong>to</strong>ring,<br />
framework <strong>of</strong> what <strong>to</strong> do if there is a<br />
problem)
Del Crary Park<br />
• Relocate the ampitheatre and<br />
consolidate it with restaurant/marina<br />
<strong>of</strong>fice<br />
• Art Gallery: ideal location; limitations<br />
<strong>to</strong> expand on this site; anticipate<br />
doing a feasibility study <strong>to</strong> explore<br />
options<br />
• Focus on year round activities<br />
• Skating / Winterlude<br />
• Harvest Festival<br />
• Spring garden shows
Existing Del Crary Park waterside
Del Crary Park walk and shoreline res<strong>to</strong>ration: Option 1
Dalhousie University
Concrete walk along the Quebec <strong>City</strong> Waterfront
Asphalt walk along shoreline in Copenhagen
<strong>The</strong> South Shore<br />
Community First<br />
Heritage recognition/HCD<br />
Connections <strong>to</strong> Waterfront<br />
Water’s edge walk<br />
Shoreline res<strong>to</strong>ration<br />
Walkable streets<br />
B&B development and<br />
promotion
<strong>The</strong> Crescent<br />
• Provide the missing link in the waterfront walk<br />
• Perpendicular and parallel parking<br />
• Res<strong>to</strong>ration <strong>of</strong> shoreline<br />
• Informal connection <strong>to</strong> cemetery<br />
• Linkage <strong>to</strong> neighbourhoods
<strong>The</strong> crescent walk now
<strong>The</strong> crescent walk now
Crescent walk and res<strong>to</strong>red shoreline: Boardwalk
Crescent walk and res<strong>to</strong>red shoreline: wider landscape with<br />
only one way travel lane
Current view from Crescent Street
Possible view from Crescent Street
Management Structure<br />
<strong>Little</strong> <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Master</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> Implementation<br />
Task Force<br />
<strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Peterborough</strong><br />
Parks Canada<br />
Greater <strong>Peterborough</strong> Area Economic Development<br />
Corporation<br />
<strong>Peterborough</strong> and the Kawarthas Tourism
Management Structure<br />
<strong>Little</strong> <strong>Lake</strong> Waterfront Users Group<br />
<strong>Little</strong> <strong>Lake</strong> Cemetery<br />
<strong>Peterborough</strong> Art Gallery<br />
<strong>Peterborough</strong> Marina<br />
Holiday Inn<br />
Residents<br />
Brownsea Base<br />
Musicfest<br />
Green Up<br />
<strong>Peterborough</strong> Museum and Archives
Priorities<br />
Trail extension connecting the O<strong>to</strong>nabbee River<br />
Trail through Del Crary Park and along <strong>to</strong><br />
Crescent Street<br />
Upgrade the marina, wharves and launches<br />
Environmental res<strong>to</strong>ration<br />
Coordinated program for interpretive signage<br />
Design study <strong>of</strong> a new building in Del Crary Park<br />
User and cost benefit analysis <strong>of</strong> camping<br />
operations in Beavermead
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Little</strong> <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Master</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> <strong>aims</strong> <strong>to</strong>:<br />
Demonstrate the best in environmental management<br />
Ensure the community understands the imperative, and<br />
participates in, protecting the health <strong>of</strong> this ecosystem<br />
Make this area a showcase for the <strong>City</strong><br />
Accommodate economic development focused<br />
Down<strong>to</strong>wn and along Hunter Street<br />
Enhance the hub <strong>of</strong> arts and cultural facilities<br />
Enhance the hub <strong>of</strong> active and passive recreation<br />
Balance boating activities<br />
Tell the s<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>of</strong> <strong>Peterborough</strong>
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Little</strong> <strong>Lake</strong> <strong>Master</strong><br />
<strong>Plan</strong> is the product <strong>of</strong><br />
collaboration:<br />
5 meetings with the<br />
Steering Committee<br />
5 meetings with the<br />
Technical Committee<br />
Presentations <strong>to</strong> Advisory<br />
Committees<br />
Three workshops<br />
Continuous liaison with<br />
key senior staff
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