PARK MASTER PLAN - SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS REPORT - July 2009

Galloway  &  Associates  Ecoplans  Limited  PMA  Landscape  Architects      City  of  Kitchener     Park  Master  Plan  –  Situation  Analysis  Report  TABLE  OF  CONTENTS    1.0   INTRODUCTION                   1   1.1   Overview                  1    1.2   Park  Master  Plan                1    1.3   Master  Plan  Work  Program               2    2.0   POPULATION  DEMOGRAPHICS  AND  COMMUNITY . [...]    Many   of   the  woodland   trails   are   informal,   and   have   developed   over   time   through   persistent   pedestrian   use.    Kitchener   has   approximately   82   kilometres   of  woodland   trails,   on   boardwalks,   footpaths,   bridges,   and   natural   ground   connecting   parks,   woodlots,  environmental  features,  natural  areas,  and  conservation  authority  lands. [...]   They   also  have   different  levels  of   park   and   facility   quality   and  capacity   requirements.  These   range   from   the   amount   of   seating  for   competitive  and   tournament   oriented  activities  to  the   fact  that   unorganized  recreational  baseball   can   occur   on   school   board  or   other   less   developed  and   maintained  baseball  fields. [...]    Playgrounds    41   33%   18   15%   20   16%   18   15%   26   21%   123   Sportsfields    55   46%   18   15%   15   13%   9   8%   22   18%   119   Reflective/quiet  areas    39   29%   20   15%   33   25%   24   18%   17   13%   133   Areas  to  play  informal   games,  walking   35   27%   34   26%   25   19%   18   14%   20   15%   132   Outdoor  natural  ice  rinks   14   14%   19   20%. [...]   49   Appendix  D   Benchmarking  Survey     Appendix  D:  Identification  of  Emerging  Trends/Comparative  Analysis                                   City  of  Kitchener  Park  Master  Plan      Kitchener   Barrie St.  Catharines London   COMMENTS   Respondent  Identification   1.  a.