April 10, 2012 Council Rpeort 11.1
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Council Meeting Date: April 10, 2012 Agenda Item #: 11.1 ARTIFICIAL TURF PROJECT - EMERALD HILLS REGIONAL PARK SITE ASSESSMENT Report Purpose To provide Council with a traffic, parking and outdoor programming overview of the Emerald Hills Regional Park site. Recommendation THAT Council receive the report “Artificial Turf Project - Emerald Hills Regional Park Site Assessment” as information. Council History December 15, 2009 - 2010 Municipal Capital Budget was approved with indoor and outdoor OSRFS projects. June 22, 2010 - the Sportsfield Strategy was approved by Council as a long-term strategic document that will guide outdoor sportsfield re-development, development and management. January 25, 2011 - Open Space and Recreation Facility Strategy (OSRFS) - Update was received by Council as information. July 5, 2011 – Council received the report “Synthetic Field Phase 1 Update” as information and approved proceeding with selecting a site for the synthetic field including preparation of Traffic Impact, Parking Lot Impact and Land Use Assessments for Emerald Hills and Strathcona Athletic Park. This Motion was amended by removing “with selecting a site for the synthetic field including” and “and Strathcona Athletic Park” and adding a “synthetic field at” prior to Emerald Hills”. Council also approved proceeding to Phase 2 to prepare working drawings and tender documents to construct at the selected location. March 6, 2012 – Council approved funds to proceed with construction of a Pee Wee and Bantam baseball diamond on the Emerald Hills Regional Park site. Background/Justification Strategic Plan: Governance Community Well Being Community Sustainability X Economic Viability Service Delivery X Stakeholder Communication X Resource Management X X X Policy: N/A Legislative/Legal: N/A Economic: In the 2009 annual budget process, Council approved funding to retain a consultant to provide recommendations for site selection (Phase 1), preparation of construction drawings (Phase 2), and construction supervision (Phase 3) of an artificial turf field. Social: Healthy lifestyles include use of open space areas. This facility will become the premier community hub for field sports for school, league and general public use. Environmental: Open space areas provide recreational opportunities. An artificial turf field over time will help with rest and rotation of existing turf fields and extend service life. Less water, fertilizer and up-keep are required for an artificial turf field. Doc. #LLS.4775.2626584 Page 2 Stakeholder: Meetings have taken place with the vested user groups for the Emerald Hills Regional Park site. Interdepartmental: Departments who provided feedback are Capital Planning and Construction; Planning and Development Services; and Recreation, Parks and Culture. Summary In June 2008, Council approved the OSRFS that included a project to explore the potential for an artificial turf field in Strathcona County. The Sportsfield Strategy approved in June 2010 included in the Summary of Findings the desire for the addition of an artificial turf field. In June 2009, Stantec Consulting was retained to assist with the artificial turf field project. The contract is divided into three phases. Phase 1 evaluated a number of sites provided by Administration based on a set of criteria (completed). Phase 2 of the project includes: conceptual costs for development to accommodate the field with optional amenities (completed), completion of the construction drawings and tender documents to construct at the Emerald Hills Regional Park site. Phase 3 is to assist with construction management through to project completion. Each phase requires approval and direction to proceed to the next. In July 2011, the Emerald Hills Regional Park site was chosen by Council as the site for the artificial turf facility. In addition to this, administration was to review parking, traffic and land use programming of the site. Following this, administration was directed to proceed with completion of the working drawings and tender documents to construct this facility. Parking The proposed uses of the Emerald Hills Regional Park site (one soccer pitch, one artificial turf field, two baseball diamonds, and the high school) will generate parking demand as follows: 320 stalls for late spring / early summer recreational activities 400 stalls for regular season high school football in the fall 600 stalls for playoff high school playoff football in the late fall Currently there are 288 stalls at the high school. If an indoor wellness centre is built, an additional 73 stalls could be added to the existing high school parking lot, this would total 361 available stalls. Of the 361 stalls, 119 are required for the wellness centre users and staff. This leaves 242 stalls available in the high school parking lot for sportsfield users. It is estimated that there are an additional 118 on street parking stalls available, bringing the total parking supply up to 360 spaces. Therefore, we require an additional 40 stalls to accommodate regular season peak demand of 400 stalls. To accommodate high school playoff football without parking demand management (bussing or parking levies), the requirement is 240 stalls. Traffic The "Emerald Drive Catholic High School Parking and Traffic Study" document was provided to Strathcona County by Bunt and Associates in February 2010. Our retained traffic engineer has determined that the results of this document support the programming of the anticipated activities on the Emerald Hills Regional Park site. No further action is required. Document #: LLS.4775.2626584 Page 3 Land Use Programming The seasonal patterns, as well as the daytime vs. evening patterns, have been reviewed to determine the ideal number of parking stalls, efficient traffic flow, as well as user conflicts. The Emerald Hills Regional Park site has been designed to accommodate the following: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Two minor baseball diamonds – seasonal use May and June One full size soccer pitch – seasonal use May and June One artificial turf field – seasonal use May and June (soccer), August to November (football) Proposed Indoor Wellness Centre with parking High school with parking Communications Plan Communication with: Method of Communication: Letter News Release Website Newspaper Advertisement Meeting (s) Other: open houses, meetings X Enclosures Enclosure I Parking Assessment - Emerald Hills Regional Park Site Development Final Report - #LLS.4775.2720934 Enclosure II Emerald Hills Planting Plan - #LLS.4775.2664126 Enclosure III PowerPoint presentation - #LLS.4775.2624292 Author: Leslee Laing, Environmental and Open Space Planning Director: Larry Laverty, Planning and Development Services Associate Commissioner, Division: Peter Vana, Infrastructure and Planning Services Document #: LLS.4775.2626584 Date: March 6, 2012 Enclosure I Parking Assessment Emerald Hills Regional Park Site Development FINAL REPORT Prepared for: Strathcona County Environmental & Open Space Planning Branch March 2012 Parking Assessment Emerald Hills Regional Park Site Development Table of Contents ~ Introduction ....................................................................................................1 1.1 Background ................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Study Objectives .........................................................................................................1 1.3 Study Scope ................................................................................................................1 1.4 Study Methodology .....................................................................................................2 2. Parking Demand and Supply Evaluation ........................................................3 2.1 Parking Generation .....................................................................................................3 2.1.1 Football ..... ......... .... ........ .......... .... ...... ........... .... .. .... ................ .................................................................... .3 2.1.2 Soccer ........... ... ...... .. .. ... '" ..... ..... ............ .... ............... .............................. ...... ........................ .......... .. ..... ..... .4 2.1.3 Baseball ........ ...... .......... .... .. ... ...... .................... ....................................................... .............. ... ...... ... .. ... .... ... 5 2.2 Parking Accumulation ................................................................................................ 5 2.3 Parking Supply ............................................................................................................6 2.3.1 2.3.2 2.3.3 2.3.4 Off-Site Parking Supply .. ... .... ......................................... ... ............ ...... ............ ................ ..........................6 High School Parking Supply ...................... ...... ....... ... ....... ... ....... ........... ..... .... .. ... .......................... ... ........ 6 Impact of the Potential Indoor Well ness Centre on Parking Supply ... .......................... .. ... ...... ..... ...... 6 Total Parking Supply .... ..... .... ................. .. ........... .. ................ ......... .... ........ ........... ............. .... ......... .. .... .....7 3. Discussion, Conclusions and Recommendations .........................................9 3.1 Discussion ...................................................................................................................9 3.1.1 3.1.2 3.1.3 3.1.4 Parking Parking Parking Options 3.2 Conclusions and Recommendations ....................................................................... 11 Demand .. ........ .................................................................. ...... ............................. ............... .... ... .... 9 Supply ..................... ....... .. .. .. .... .. ... ............. ........ ..... ......................... ......... ........ ..... ....... ....... ......... 9 Supply versus Parking Demand ........................ ... .. .. .... ... ... .................... ... ............. .............. ... 10 to Increase the Parking Supply ................... .... ........ .... ... .... ......................................... ............ 11 3.2.1 Provide Angle Parking on Amberley Way ............. ....................... ............. ............. .. .. ....... ... ....... ... ...... 11 3.2.2 Parking Demand Shortfall for High School Playoff Football Games ................................................ 12 APPENDIX Parking Assessment 1. Introduction 1.1 Background Emerald Hills Regional Park Site Development In June 2008, Council approved the OSRFS that included a project to explore the potential for an artificial turf field in Strathcona County. The Sportsfield Strategy approved in June 2010 included in the Summary of Findings the desire for the addition of an artificial turf field . In June 2009, Stantec Consulting was retained to assist with the artificial turf field project. The contract is divided into three phases. Phase 1 evaluated a number of sites provided by Administration based on a set of criteria (completed). Phase 2 of the project includes: conceptual costs for development to accommodate the field with optional amenities (completed), completion of the construction drawings and tender documents to construct at the Emerald Hills Regional Park site . Phase 3 is to assist with construction management through to project completion . Each phase requires approval and direction to proceed to the next. In July 2011, the Emerald Hills Regional Park site was chosen by Council as the site for the artificial turf facility. In addition to this, administration was to review parking, traffic and land use programming of the site . Following this, administration was directed to proceed with completion of the working drawings and tender documents to construct this facility. This report addresses the parking component of the July 2011 directive which in turn informs the land use programming. The traffic component was thoroughly reviewed in the "Emerald Drive Catho lic High School Parking and Traffic Study" prepared by Bunt Engineering and submitted to Administration in February 2010. 1.2 Study Objectives The objective of the study is to determine if the combination of existing on-site and off-site parking facilities have enough capacity to adequately accommodate the projected parking demand generated by the Regional Park Site and furthermore, to identify mitigating measures should the anticipated demand exceed the existing parking capacity. For clarity, on-site is defined as the combined High School and Regional Park Site lands whi le off­ site refers to available street parking locations on the adjacent roadway network. 1.3 Study Scope This study explores : • The parking generation characteristics of the Regional Park Site proposed facilities • The potential for sharing the available on-site parking at the High School for use by Regional Park Site patrons • The availability and suitability of off-site parking to meet the overall site parking demand • The impact of constructing an Indoor Well ness Centre currently being considered for the High School site • Opportunities to expand the parking supply. --------------------------------- Pagel Parking Assessment 1.4 Emerald Hills Regional Park Site Development Study Methodology The Parking Assessment was completed using the following methodology: • Examine the study area with respect to existing and future conditions : land use, roadways and parking amenities • Determine parking generation rates : in consultation with Recreation , Parks and Culture staff, estimate the parking generation characteristics of the Regional Park Site proposed facilities • Determine parking demand: calculate the parking demand and estimate the tempora l demand pattern of the Regional Park Site facilities, verify the parking requirements of the High School and potential the Indoor Wellness Centre • Identify parking supply: confirm the on-site parking supply and estimate the off-site supply • Document the findings, conclusions and recommendations. ---------------------------------- PageZ Parking Assessment Emerald Hills Regional Park Site Development 2. Parking Demand and Supply Evaluation 2.1 Parking Generation The information that follows in this section pertaining to probable uses and schedules for the proposed facilities at the Regional Park Site, including typical spectatorship levels and related parking generation rates, represent best estimates by Strathcona County Recreation, Parks and Culture (RPC) staff. Summarized parking generation information is presented in Table 2.1. 2.1.1 Football General Currently, the football season in Strathcona County runs from the end of April to the end of October. This would include practices and games played by four high school teams as well as three community teams. If an artificial turf field were implemented at the Regional Park Site, the football season would be extended to run from the end of March to the end of November. There could be usage of the artificial turf field seven days a week with extended hours since an artificial turf field would include lighting for night-play. On weekdays during the day, the field would typically be used for High School practices. On weekdays in the evening from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM , the field would be available for use by the community teams except when High School games are scheduled. On weekends the field could be used from 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM by either or both . High School Football High school practices are not expected to draw many, if any, spectators. Off-site teams using the field for practice would arrive by bus with the players already dressed for play. Therefore, high school practices will generate very minimal parking demand. High school football games are played on weeknights in the fall. Regular-season games generally draw 500-800 spectators . Games start at 6:30 PM and take approximately three hours to play. Playoff games and high profile regular-season games can draw as many as 1200 spectators and there could be three or four of these types of games per year at the field. Players and coaches typically arrive by bus with the players dressed for play. The Land Use Bylaw requires 3.5 parking spaces per seat for Spectator Sports. To meet that requirement, 343 parking spaces would be needed for a playoff game. However, RPC staff indicate that playoff games and high profile regular-season games at the Strathcona Athletic Park currently fill the SAP and Bev Facey parking lots which equates to a parking demand of approximately 600 parking spaces or 0.5 spaces per spectator. Community Football The community football season currently runs from August through September with playoff games in October. RPC staff indicate that games are well attended and generate parking demand of roughly 2.0 vehicles per player. Therefore, the total parking demand generated by a community game is 120 parking spaces. --------------------------------- Page 3 Parking Assessment Emerald Hills Regional Park Site Development Table 2.1 - Parking Generation Summary Parking Demand Facility Spec­ tators Total Players / Coaches Rate Season Game Start Time Typical Length of Game 400 Fall 6:30 PM 3hr Required Spaces Multi-Use Artificial Turf Field (for HS Football Game) 500-800 60 0.5 spaces /spectator Multi-Use Artificial Turf Field (for HS Playoff Football Game) 1200 60 0.5 spaces / spectator 600 Fall 6:30 PM 3hr Multi-Use Artificial Turf Field (for Comm unity Football) 120-150 60 2.0 spaces / player 120 Fall 6:00 PM 3hr Multi-Use Artificial Turf Field (for Youth Soccer Game 1) 40-50 40 1.5 spaces / player 60 Spring 6 :00 PM 2hr Multi-Use Artificial Turf Field (for Youth Soccer Game 2) 40-50 40 1.5 spaces / player 60 Spring 8:00 PM 2hr Large Soccer Field (for Children's Soccer) 80-100 40 2.0 spaces / player 80 Spring 7:00 PM 2hr Baseball Diamond (Bantam) 60-80 30 2.0 spaces / player 60 Spring 7:00 PM 2hr Baseball Diamond (PeeWee) 60-80 30 2.0 spaces / player 60 Spring 7 :00 PM 2hr 2.1.2 Soccer General Soccer is played on weeknights in the spring and early summer. Typically soccer teams have 20 players and coaches per team. Large-size Soccer Field RPC staff indicate the large-size soccer field will be reserved for use by "little guys" or children . Games are played on weeknights, starting at 7:00 PM and typically taking two hours to play. Children's games are well attended drawing 80-100 spectators per game. RPC staff estimate that games generate a parking demand of roughly 2.0 spaces per player which equates to a total parking demand of 80 parking spaces per game. Soccer on the Multi-Use Artificial Turf Field Since the multi-use artificial turf field will have lighting for night-play, there will likely be two games per night having 6:00 PM and 8:00 PM start times. Given the late start and finish times for the second game, the field will be reserved for use by "older kids" or youth soccer. RPC staff indicate that youth games are not as well attended as children's games but still draw 40-50 spectators per ------------------------------------ Page 4 Parking Assessment Emerald Hills Regional Park Site Development game. It is estimated that youth games will generate a parking demand of roughly 1.5 spaces per player which equates to a total parking demand of 60 parking spaces per game. 2.1.3 Baseball Baseball is played on weeknights in the spring and early summer. Baseball teams typically have 15 players and coaches per team. It is anticipated that games at the two baseball diamonds will start at 7:00 PM and take two hours to play. RPC staff indicate that a baseball game will generate a parking demand of roughly 2.0 spaces per player or 60 parking spaces per game. 2.2 Parking Accumulation Using the parking generation information summarized in Table 2.1, parking accumulation plots have been established and illustrated on Figure 2.1 for both the spring and the fall seasons. These plots are useful for determining peak parking demand, visualizing temporal demand variation and for estimating traffic flow for traffic analysis . Figure 2.1 - Parking Accumulation 700 1/1 r------------------------------------­ 600 ~------_.~--------------~r_-------- fl [ 500 f---------*-------------------+-- - F a l l : for HighSchool Playoff Football II) en - to ~ 300 -Spring: wHh Youth Soccer ~ 400 Fa !: for High School Regular Season Football on the Mufti-Use Field .!!! c. B 200~----~~_.~----------~.__fl~------ tJ o 100 ~----_4IL-~--------------~~\~------ O+---~,L----.-----._----._----~~--,_ 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 9:00 PM 10:00 PM 11 :00 PM In the fall, the main activities at the Regional Park Site will be high school football and community football. Since a high school football generates more parking demand than community football, community football is not critical for evaluating parking demand . The Fall parking accumulation plot shown on Figure 2.1 for a high school playoff game simply represents the arrival of 600 spectator vehicles in the half hour prior to kick-off, followed by three hours of those same spectator vehicles parked, followed by a half-hour of the spectators departing. The half-hour of arrival and departure time has been assumed for all uses at the Regional Park Site. The Spring accumulation plot consists of a children's soccer game on the large-size soccer field, plus a baseball game on each of the two ball diamonds, plus two soccer games with start times of 6:00 PM and 8:00 PM on the multi-use artificial turf field . ---------------------------------- PageS Parking Assessment 2.3 Emerald Hills Regional Park Site Development Parking Supply Parking supply is defined herein as the number of parking spaces available for use by the Regional Park Site. Parking supply consists of off-site street parking and on-site parking. For the purpose of this evaluation, the High School parking lot is considered on-site. 2.3.1 Off-Site Parking Supply The potential limits for off-site parking are illustrated on Figure 2.2 and have been established by: • first, determining the distance from the centroid of the available on-site parking (the High School lot), to the various Regional Park Site facilities • then delineating the limits for off-site parking on the assumption that Regional Park Site users may elect to park at on-street locations if the walking distance to Park Site facilities is less than to the on-site parking. Off-site locations that meet that distance criteria are: 1. the Ellesmere Neighborhood 2. Essex Road 3. the proposed residential neighborhood located directly south of the Regional Park Site 4. Ebony Boulevard 5. Amberley Way The first three locations and Amberley Way, east of the Regional Park Site, feature residential development where driveways dominate the majority of the curb length and limit opportunities for on-street parking. It is expected that the majority of the available parking spaces will be occupied by residents, thereby further limiting the viability of those parking by Regional Park Site users. small lot therefore on-street areas for 2.3.2 High School Parking Supply According to the Land Use Bylaw, the High School requires either five parking spaces per class room or one parking space per five students, whichever is higher. The school will have 59 classrooms and is anticipated to accommodate approximately 1,400 students at its peak. Accordingly, 295 parking spaces would be required for the 59 class rooms or 280 spaces for 1,400 students. To conform to the Land Use Bylaw, the school would require 295 parking spaces. In 2009 at the preliminary planning stage for the High School, a 13,000 ft2 Indoor Well ness Centre was being considered at the west end of the school. To accommodate the Indoor We ll ness Centre , an additional 66 parking spaces were provided in the site design plan for a total of 361 spaces (295 for the High School and 66 for the Indoor Well ness Centre). The preliminary parking plan is attached in the Appendix for reference . Subsequent to the preliminary planning stage, the Indoor Well ness Centre was deferred indefinitely and in 2010 a building permit was issued for the High School which also deferred construction of 73 parking spaces at the west end of the site . The as-built parking lot provides 288 parking spaces. 2.3.3 Impact of the Potential Indoor Wellness Centre on Parking Supply The High School is one of four sites currently being considered for an indoor well ness facility. The proposed facility will be similar to the existing Kinsmen Leisure Centre on Oak Street and is expected to generate similar parking demand. --------------------------------- Page 6 Parking Assessment Emerald Hills Regional Park Site Development ------------------------------------------------------ A weekday parking survey of the existing Kinsmen facility on Oak Street in combination with indoor user counts was conducted in February 2012 and yielded the following information: Peak parking demand is fairly consistent at approximately 110 occupied parking spaces between 4:30 PM and 7:30 PM on weekdays Use of the facility is low on weekday mornings, building throughout the day until the peaking pattern begins at approximately 4:30 PM. At the typical High School dismissal time of 3:30 PM , the parking demand was about 50 spaces. For the purpose of the Regional Park Site parking evaluation, it is assumed that the existing High School parking lot will be expanded to its full potential of 361 parking spaces if the High School is selected as the site for the Indoor Well ness Centre. The full complement of 361 spaces will adequately accommodate the parking demand of the combined High School and Indoor Wellness Centre uses during school hours. 2.3.4 Total Parking Supply Total existing parking opportunities, during the Regional Park Site peak period on a weekday evening , are summarized in Table 2.2 and illustrated on Figure 2.2 . Table 2.2 - Parking Supply Summary Total Parking Spaces Location Spaces Occupied by Other Uses Pct Spaces Available Number Off-Site Parking Supply Ellesmere Neighborhood 33 80% 26 7 Essex Road 6 80% 5 1 Proposed Residential South of the Regional Park Site 17 80% 14 3 Ebony Boulevard 4 5% 0 4 Amberley Way West of PUL 109 5% 6 103 Amberley Way East of PUL 10 80% 8 2 Off-Site SubTotal 118 On-Site and Total Parking Supply High School - Wi thout the Indoor Wellness Centre 288 Hig h School - With the Indoor Well ness Centre 361 3% 9 TOTAL Regional Park Site Supply - 119 TOTAL Regional Park Site Supply 279 397 242 360 Note: Spaces Occupied by Other Uses at the High School with the Indoor Wellness Centre consist of 110 spaces for the Indoor W ell ness Cen tre plus 9 spaces for miscellaneous. ---­-------­-----------­-----­-­-- Page 7 HIGHWAY 16 HIGH SCHOOL PARKING LOT FUTURE 361 PARKING SPACES 21 PICK UP AND DROP OFF SPACES ~ HIGH SCHOOL PARKING LOT EXISTING 288 PARKING SPACES 21 PICK UP AND DROP OFF SPACES NORTH EllESMERE NEIGHBORHOOD = 33 SPACES rn w > ii: o o ~ng L.Dc:.mon o Spa~ ~w OIl-Sit. Piorking Supply 8 1"""""" ~ood I Vl . , . , ~ 2ise,Road .. 1:1...-: --";.....1 ­ Spxes by Other Uses Pct I Av~:ila~ I 33 Brr;~ 6 Serf, 5 17 Ber!, 14 :> 5% !) 4 2fl 7 __ aa, _""",Ttl I -4 ArTb!f'Ipy Way West<JfPU­ 1(.13 Arrbe<ley Way 2 EastO:PUL lIB On-s iI2 ;md T.",. ParI<ing Supply = Hilt> Schoo - Wi1hout 11'1. Irdoor Wellness ~ 397 351 ALLENDALE COVE ,~ 242 JGl) L~~ DENSrfi' ll .. I I ~BIDENT1~ ! I AMBERLY WA Y WE5TOF PUL = I09SPACES : ! I~ 1~0Cr4*:d'll'j~1.J~·~I:iG"lscn:xx)l,lf.",ft:nDr'l.'·tt~~~1111D~~ 'n!l"$lI:D"l'-,=~~~!t~tr .~~tE.. PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL = 17 SPACES Parking Assessment Emerald Hills Regional Park Site Development 3. Discussion, Conclusions and Recommendations 3.1 Discussion 3.1.1 Parking Demand The Regional Park Site as currently envisioned will have: 1. Large-size soccer field 2. Multi-purpose artificial turf field 3. Bantam baseball diamond 4. PeeWee baseball diamond. In the spring and early summer season , a peak parking demand of 320 spaces will be generated on a weekday evening when all the facilities are being utilized. Activities would include: • Children's soccer on the large-size soccer field • Two youth soccer games on the multi-purpose artificial turf field having start times of 6:00 PM and 8:00 PM with the second game utilizing the field lighting • Children's baseball on the two baseball diamonds. In the fall, assuming artificial turf and field lighting are provided for the multi-purpose field, peak parking demand will be generated on a weekday evening by high school football games. No other sports activities are expected at the Regional Park Site when high school football games are being played. Regular-season high school football games typically draw 500-800 spectators and generate parking demand of 400 spaces. Playoff games and high profile regular-season games can draw as many as 1200 spectators generating parking demand of 600 spaces . There could be three or four of these types of games per year. 3.1.2 Parking Supply Parking supply consists of parking available for use by Regional Park Site patrons. The High School parking lot is considered on-site, off-site refers to street parking within a reasonable walking distance of the Regional Park Site facilities. Off-Site Parking Supply The limits for potential off-site parking have been estimated by determining the distance from the centroid of the available on-site parking (the High School lot), to the various Regional Park Site facilities. It is assumed that Regional Park Site users may elect to park at off-site locations if the walking distance is to the Park Site facilities is less than to the on-site parking. Off-site locations that meet that distance criteria are: 1. the Ellesmere neighborhood 2. Essex Road 3. the proposed residential neighborhood located directly south of the Regional Park Site 4. Ebony Boulevard 5. Amberley Way --------------------------------- Page 9 Parking Assessment Emerald Hills Regional Park Site Developm ent The total available off-site parking supply within a reasonable walking distance is estimated at 118 parking spaces. Existing On-Site Parking Supply The High School parking lot was designed for 361 parking spaces composed of 295 spaces for the High School to meet the Land Use Bylaw requirements and 66 spaces for a proposed Indoor Well ness Facility. Subsequent to the preliminary planning phase for the High School, the Wellness Centre was deferred indefinitely. Accordingly, a building permit was issued in 2010 for the High School with 73 parking spaces deferred at the west end of the site. The as-built parking lot provides 288 parking spaces . Assuming that 3% of those spaces (or 9 spaces) will be occupied by school uses during the Regional Park Site parking peak, the total on­ site parking supply available to the Regional Park Site is 279 parking spaces . On-Site Parking Supply with the Proposed Indoor Wellness Centre If the High School is selected as the site for the Indoor Wellness Centre, the existing parking lot will be expanded to its full potential of 361 parking spaces. Based on a parking and trip generation study conducted at the existing Kinsmen Leisure Centre on Oak Street in February 2012, the Indoor Well ness Centre is expected to generate a peak parking demand 110 spaces coinciding with the Regional Park Site peak demand. Therefore, the total on-site parking supply available to the Regional Park Site is 242 spaces, calculated as the total of 361 spaces, less 110 spaces required for the Indoor WeI/ness Centre and less 9 spaces for other High School uses. 3.1.3 Parking Supply versus Parking Demand Table 3.1 summarizes the peak parking demand scenarios for the Regional Park Site, on a weekday evening , with and without the Indoor WeI/ness Centre . Table 3.1 - Parking Demand vs Supply Matrix Parking Demand On-Site Off-Site Total No. of Excess Spaces Sprin g 320 279 118 397 77 Fa ll (HS regu lar season football) 400 279 118 397 -3 Fall (HS playoff football) 600 279 118 397 -203 ~ Spring 320 242 118 360 40 CIJ CIJ Fa ll (HS regular season football) 400 242 118 360 -40 Fall (HS playoH football) 600 242 118 360 -240 Parking Supply Regional Park Site Scenario o~ o '0 ~ C ~ Q) .sU ~ ::J o CIJ CIJ Q) .c c ~ = ~~ ~ C o Q) ~U c - .c ~ Q) c ~~ ~ ---------------------------------- Page 10 Parking Assessment Emerald Hills Regional Park Site Development --------------------------------------------------~~ As illustrated in Table 3.1, the existing parking supply is expected to just fall short of accommodating the demand for High School football. With the Indoor Well ness Centre, the existing parking supply is short 40 spaces for regular season football and 240 spaces for playoff football. 3.1.4 Options to Increase the Parking Supply Two options to increase the parking supply are illustrated on Figure 3.1. These options include: Option 1. - Provide Angle Parking on the North Side of Amberley Way Current concept plans provide for parallel parking on Amberley Way. On the north side of the street, in the area fronting the Regional Park Site, there is 245m of curb length which will accommodate 35 parallel-parked vehicles at 7.0m per vehicle. Changing the parking configuration to 60 degree angle parking provides an additional 43 spaces for a total of 78 parking spaces. Since there are no proposed fronting lots on Amberley Way between Ebony Boulevard and the PUL at the east side of the Regional Park Site, introducing angle parking does not create any driveway conflicts and shouldn't raise any concern from the adjacent residents since the lots back towards the roadway. Option 2. - Construct an On-Site Parking Lot at the North End of the Regional Park Site The site grading plan for the Regional Park Site incorporates the option of providing an on-site parking lot located immediately south of Emerald Drive at the north end of the Regional Park Site. Storm piping and manholes were installed with the construction of Emerald Drive. The concept illustrated on Figure 3.1 provides for 242 parking spaces, however the design can be modified to accommodate more spaces than shown by extending the lot further eastward . 3.2 Conclusions and Recommendations 3.2.1 Provide Angle Parking on Amberley Way Angle parking on the north side of Amberley Way fronting the Regional Park Site provides 43 more parking spaces than the current parallel parking concept. These additional parking spaces will address the anticipated shortfall in parking supply for regular-season high school football and will also improve the supply distribution by adding parking at the south side of the Regional Park Site. Recommendation: Require that the Developer, as a condition of a Development Permit, construct angle parking on the north side of Amberley Way adjacent to the Regional Park Site. --------------------------------- Page 11 Parking Assessment 3.2.2 Em erald Hills Regional Park Site Development Parking Demand Shortfall for High School Playoff Football Games The existing parking supply is 240 spaces short of the demand created by a high school playoff football game or a high profile regular-season game . The shortfall is expected to occur three to four times per year. There is potential to address the shortfall by working with the schools to introduce parking demand management strategies that employ bussing and/or parking levies. Recommendation: 1. Investigate the feasibility of introducing parking demand management strateg ies in lieu of building more parking to accommodate high school football playoff games 2. Should it prove unfeasible or undesirable to introduce parking demand management strategies, construct an on-site parking lot at the north end of the Regional Park Site to accommodate an additional 240 parking spaces. --------------------------------- Page 12 :::::::::~~~*titEEillii~,~,.\ I I \ \ -- I \I '':::::.--=:::'-­ --_ \ \ \ \ \ =- = I I ___ =-- _ ~ ::::- I _ ___ APPENDIX Stalls Required School 295 Stalls Well ness Centre 66 Stalls Total 361 Stalls _~ _ ____ P.......... ~p..i::Io:::fton N _ _ 1~_~~ _ ____________ Stalls Supplied --~"=~ ---~ l -~ IWIIc:nI!IotloDltll Aa:IIlmI'llOdlllll P-*'G ~j."~ ..':C' • PREFERRED OPTION .~"'- Sherwood Pari< Catholic High School Exhibit 4-1 Scale 1 :1000 Updated February 9, 2010 EHW - Emerald Hills Wellness PROPOSED SCHEME STRATHCONA COUNTY AQUATICS STUDY 06 MAY lOll BoIIdlngElllnollCe ChM'!l~ Room Ttltlic Flow Pot lloiColll1lll • W!tlI llf:uProgrllm INIS) Wd rwa~ Oo.lInge IWm.5 (HIS I ~ \.OruIJCh"IlQ~FDoml EHW - Emerald Hills Wellness SECOND FLOOR EXISTING & PROPOSED ~ 1kI ~dfng WldlliuCmdlIXlrI • MKtwll!o t(Pltlpo~ EXISTING SECOND FLOOR MJMA MJM ARCHITECTS marshall Uttomor. archlteoLa PROPOSED SECOND FLOOR Kinsmen Leisure Centre Survey Tuesday February 14,2012 Driveway Counts Entering Time Occupied Parking Stalls North Access South Acess 3:00:00-3:15 PM 44 2 6 3:15:00-3:30 PM 46 5 3:30:00-3:45 PM 57 Exiting Head Count Total Aquatic Areas NonAquatic Areas Total 33 51 71 122 2 8 48 13 61 3 10 39 21 60 6 60 40 100 102 Total North Access South Acess 8 23 10 7 12 6 6 17 23 7 3:45 :00-4 :00 PM 71 9 15 24 4 2 4:00 :00-4 :15 PM 72 7 2 9 9 6 15 80 22 4: 15:00-4:30 PM 81 9 12 21 8 5 13 101 16 117 4:30 :00-4:45 PM 87 11 12 23 3 2 5 138 30 168 4:45:00-5 :00 PM 96 6 9 15 15 4 19 163 36 199 33 21 7 28 146 51 197 17 11 7 18 162 35 197 5:00:00-5 :15 PM 90 15 18 5: 15:00-5:30 PM 97 8 9 5:30 :00-5:45 PM 90 8 8 16 8 11 19 123 47 170 5:45 :00-6:00 PM 92 19 8 27 16 10 26 149 30 179 6:00:00-6:15 PM 99 7 8 15 8 3 11 169 21 190 6:15:00-6:30 PM 84 3 4 7 15 5 20 175 31 206 6:30:00-6:45 PM 72 3 3 6 17 4 21 117 29 146 6:45:00-7 :00 PM 65 8 3 11 13 4 17 91 24 115 Wednesday February 15, 2012 Driveway Counts Exiting Entering Time Occupied Parking Stalls North Access South Acess 3:00:00-3:15 PM 31 2 3 3:15:00-3:30 PM 28 6 Head Count Total Aquatic Areas NonAquatic Areas Total 9 67 52 119 4 12 43 28 71 Total North Access South Acess 5 7 2 5 11 8 3:30:00-3:45 PM 43 9 11 20 9 1 10 32 22 54 3:45:00-4 :00 PM 56 9 13 22 4 0 4 68 26 94 4:00 :00-4 :15 PM 60 5 10 15 9 3 12 127 20 147 2 13 122 24 146 4:15:00-4:30 PM 67 10 14 24 11 4:30:00-4 :45 PM 104 18 17 35 10 3 13 141 33 174 4:45:00-5 :00 PM 108 11 16 27 14 3 17 178 52 230 5:00:00-5:15 PM 98 11 14 25 20 6 26 171 48 219 56 222 5:15:00-5:30 PM 111 21 7 28 10 5 15 166 5:30:00-5:45 PM 98 9 7 16 6 10 16 174 59 233 5:45:00-6:00 PM 103 13 10 23 25 13 38 149 60 209 6:00:00-6:15 PM 108 16 13 29 8 5 13 192 64 256 6:15:00-6:30 PM 101 9 17 26 31 5 36 192 76 268 6:30:00-6:45 PM 97 14 13 27 24 11 35 181 63 244 6:45 :00-7:00 PM 104 5 19 24 9 6 15 173 45 218 Oregon Department of Transportation Traffic Management Section Traffic Engineering Services Unit March 15,2001 Safety Comparison of Angle and Parallel Parking File Code: TRA 07 -01-05 SUMMARY Recently, the Traffic Engineering Services Unit was asked to review the research on the safety differences between types of on-street parking, specifically parallel and angle parking. This document is a summary of those findings. In general, the study of the safety effects of on-street parking has been focused on the type of parking arrangement since it is clear that anyon-street parking "decreases through capacity, impedes traffic flow, and increases crash potential (1)". Much of the research on the comparison of on-street parking (angle and parallel) was conducted prior to the 1980s with a few more recent studies in the 1990s. Conclusions of the early research were consistent in that urban sections with angle parking had higher crash rates than comparable sections with parallel parking, although they were criticized for failing to account for different levels of parking activity(2). These studies can be divided into two types, before and after comparisons of changes in parking arrangement and cross sectional studies of similar roadway sections with different parking arrangements. The before and after studies found crash rate reductions of 19% to 63% when converting from angle to parallel parking. None of these studies , however, included sites where parking was changed from parallel to angle. Cross sectional studies found differences in crash rates of 50% to 70% lower for parallel than angle. In recent research, McCoy et al conducted a before and after study in Lincoln, Nebraska. The researchers found no statistical evidence in the difference between the crash rate of angle and parallel parking when the increase in parking activity was included in the analysis(3) . The researchers concluded that while angle parking clearly has a higher crash rate and frequency it is more likely due to the increased activity of parking rather than the characteristics of either type of parking and that if ample parking supply exists, parallel parking should be used. While parallel parking is generally preferred for safety and operational considerations, the drawbacks include: 1) driver and passengers may have to exit vehicle into the traveled way; 2) the parking maneuver takes more time than angle; 3) some drivers must execute maneuver multiple times; 4) interruption of through movement depending upon width of cross section. Angle parking is generally less desirable because: 1) the driver leaving the space has limited visibility to the rear; 2) empty spaces are hard to detect by approaching drivers resulting in stop and go movements; 3) through drivers decrease speed in anticipation of conflict movements. However, angle parking is desirable because of 1) less time required for parking maneuver; 2) greater number of stalls; 3) driver and passengers exit vehicle outside of the traveled way. Based upon the review of the research and in agreement with AASHTO A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets (1994) and the OOOT Highway Design Guide (1996) parallel parking is preferable to angle parking whenever possible. 1 TRA -07-01-05 DESIGN GUIDES The AASHTO Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets (1994) recommends that the type of on-street parking selected "should depend on the specific function and width of the street, the adjacent land use, traffic volume, as well as existing and anticipated traffic operations." Parallel parking is pref!'lrred and angle parking is allowable under certain circumstances. The Oregon Department of Transportation Highway Design Guide (1996) states that on-street parking is appropriate for different types of roadways. For example, parking is not appropriate for expressways, suburban arterials, and urban business areas. For special transportation areas, the necessity of on-street parking is recognized but only parallel parking should be used on a state highway and other types of parking requires an exception. Design exceptions should be granted in cooperation with the State Traffic Engineer and Roadway Section. RESEARCH SUMMARIES Safety Evaluation Of Converting On-Street Parking From Parallel To Angle (1991) (3) A case study of converting on-street parking from parallel to angle in Lincoln, Nebraska was conducted by McCoy et al. Beginning in September of 1987, 27 block faces in Lincoln were converted from parallel to angle parking to increase the supply of downtown parking . All of the conversions were to 9 foot stalls with 55 degree parking angle. Four of the sites were two-lane, two-way the rest were three-lane, one-way streets. Because of data concerns, only 11 of these block faces were included in the study. For comparison, 8 block faces that had not been converted were included in the study. All of the study and comparison block faces had posted speed limits of 25 mph. The utilization of the study sites ranged from 2.97 to 8.05 cars per 8 hour day with an average utilization rate of 85-100% per 8 hour parking days on the study sites and 92-94% on the comparison sites. The average daily traffic (ADT) on the study sites ranged from 1,000 to 5,730 vehicles per day (vpd) . and 11,600 to 15,200 (vpd) on the comparison sites. Data on crashes were collected that occurred on weekdays between 9 am and 5 pm for a period from 3 months after the conversion to the end of 1989. The number of crashes in the study sites increased from 2 to 11 but the comparison sites also increased from 3.5 to 6.7 (average) . Given this increase, the expected crashes on the study site should have been from 2 to 4 so the increase over the expected number of crashes that was attributed to the change in parking arrangement was from 4 to 11 (175 percent) Crash rates were calculated for the study sites in crashes per million vehicle miles and in crashes per million space-hours per 1,000 parkers per million vehicle miles as a measure of exposure of parking activity. Adjusted rates were calculated based upon the increase of crashes at the control sites. Before and after rates were compared for the study sites for both rates. In all cases the before and after crash rates were significantly higher at the 5 percent level of confidence. When the before and after rates per million space-hours per 1,000 parkers per million vehicle miles were compared, there was no significant difference at the 5 percent level of confidence. There also was no statistical change in the severity of crashes. The researchers concluded that while angle parking clearly has a higher crash rate and frequency it is more likely due to the increased activity of parking rather than the characteristics of either type of parking. The researchers summary was that "when the supply of parking is sufficient, the conversion of on-street parking from parallel to angle should not be considered because the number of accidents will increase as a result of more parking activity because of more spaces." 2 TRA -07-01-05 Safety Comparisons of Types of Parking on Urban Streets in Nebraska (1990) (4) The objective of the research was to determine the safest type of parking on urban sections of the state highway system in Nebraska. Using the Nebraska Department of Roads's (NDOR) road inventory,491 sections in 126 cities were identified as possible study sites. 260 of the sites were surveyed in a field visit and 162 sites were mailed surveys to answer questions that could not be answered by examining the video log. Altogether, 171 miles of roadway with on-street parking were included in the study. The study sections included 28,886 stalls of which 22,214 were not painted . A majority of the unpainted stalls were for parallel parking. Of the painted stalls, 3,036 were for parallel and 3,636 were for angle parking. Parallel parking was the most common and most of the angle parking occurred on two-way, two-lane roadways. Crash data from 1985 to 1986 were obtained for all sections in the study. Stepwise regression was conducted to determine a relationship between safety and type of parking. Dependent variables of type of parking, parking use, number of stalls, speed limit, ADT, roadway alignment, roadway width, block length, land use type and land-use density were tried in the model but none produced a statistically valid model. Instead of the statistical model, the mean crash rates were used to determine the relationship between highway safety and the type of parking. Crash rates were calculated using only those crashes that included parked vehicles and parking maneuvers. Rates were calculated in terms of crashes per million vehicle-miles of travel and in terms of billions of vehicle-mile-hours per stall. Rates were compared by type of parking (angle, parallel, painted, unpainted) and type of street (major streets, two-way, two-lane streets). In almost all cases, the rates for angle parking were found to be statistically significantly higher than parallel parking. Additionally, low angle parking may be safer than high angle parking but the difference in crash rates were not statistically significant. The research concluded that "when parking must be allowed on urban sections of the state highway system, parallel parking should be used instead of angle parking whenever feasible." Synthesis of Safety Research Related to Traffic Control and Roadway Elements (1982) (2) Chapter 9 of this research synthesis documented the results of many studies conducted prior to 1982. Many of the studies mentioned are empirical studies. Almost all of the studies summarized do not take into account the increased parking exposure as result of changes from angle to parallel and most included no treatment of crashes on nearby streets. None of the studies included changes from parallel to angle parking. A series of before and after studies found crash reductions from 19% to 63% in a range of years from 1947 to 1967 when changing from angle to parallel parking. One such study was of eight cities in Utah and found a 28% reduction in total crashes, a 57% reduction in parking related crashes, and a 29% reduction in the overall crash rate (5). A series of cross sectional studies reported differences in crash rates between similar sections of roadway with parallel and angle parking in the range of 50% to 71 %. One these studies by the Arizona Highway Department reported a mean crash rate of 4.9 per million vehicle miles for a section of US 101 with angle parking and a rate of 1.4 for a similar section of US 101 with parallel parking (6). Another study of 1,523 urban sites in Maine found an 88% lower crash rate for parallel parking as compared to angle parking (7). 3 TRA -07-01-05 Safety Considerations in the Use of On-Street Parking (1979) (8) and Safety Aspects of Curb Parking (1978) (9) In this comprehensive research published in the Transportation Research Record and as a FHWA Final Technical Report parking data were collected in five states and ten cities for 170 miles of urban streets. The study sites were geographically distributed and generally had consistent land use along each side. Both one and two-way streets were selected for analysis. Field visits were made to each site to determine parking activity in terms of annual space hour use (hours space was occupied per year). Crash data were obtained for two years for all sites. To make safety comparisons between parking types, streets were defined by street classification, parking arrangement, land use and parking use. Six types of parking arrangements (parallel parking, parallel parking with skips, low angle parking, 30 degree angle parking, and high angle parking) were used in the analysis. Land use was classified as retail, office, single-family residential, apartments, motel, industrial, and school/park. Four levels of parking use were assigned. Combinations of the streets, parking, land use, and parking use yielded 2700 potential configurations. Using statistical techniques (ANOVA, Bonferroni, Scheffe) the researchers drew the following conclusions by comparing the data: 1) parking use level is a significant factor for all street categories (crash rate increases with use until 1.5 million space hours per mile per year where the rate is constant); 2) all streets show an increase in crash rate for changes in land use: 1) from single family to apartment; 2) from apartment to office; and 3) from office to retail (again suggesting that increase parking use contributes to increase in crash rate) 3) parking configurations were not found to have any statistical effect on crash rate when land use and type of street were included in the analysis . 4) parking use above 1,000,000 space-hours per mile per year angle parking was no more hazardous than parallel parking given similar land use. Christopher M. Monsere Traffic Investigation Specialist 4 TRA -07-01-05 SOURCES 1 A Policy on the Geometric Design of Highways and Streets. American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), Washington D.C., 1994 . pg 411. 2 Synthesis of Safety Research Related to Traffic Control and Roadway Elements, Vol. 1. Report FHWA-TS-82-232. FHWA, US Department of Transportation. December 1982. 3 McCoy, TA, P.T. McCoy, R.J. Haden , VA Singh. Safety Evaluation of Converting On-Street Parking from Parallel to Angle. In Transportation Research Record 1327, TRB , National research Council , Washington D.C. 1991 , pp 36-41. 4 McCoy, P.T. , M. Ramanujam, M. Moussavi, J. L. Ballard . Safety Comparison of Types of Parking on Urban Streets in Nebraska. In Transportation Research Record 1270, TRB, National research Council , Washington D.C. 1990, pp 28-41 . 5 Community Guide to Parallel Parking. Utah State Department of Highways. June 1966. 6 Downtown Parking Study, Mesa, Arizona. Arizona Highway Department. February 1960. 7 Seagal , M.D., Highway Safety Research Study, Maine State Highway Commission, April 1972 B Humphreys, J., D. J. Wheeler, P.C. Box, TD . Sullivan. Safety Aspects of Curb Parking. Report DOT-FH-11-8879. FHWA, Washington D.C. September 1978. 9 Humphreys, J., D. J. Wheeler, P.C . Box, TD. Sullivan . Safety Considerations in the Use of On­ Street Parking. In Transportation Research Record 722, TRB, National research Council, Washington D.C. 1979, pp 26-35 5 TRA -07-01-05 _Iosure II ~ . f]1 l SITE TREE REQUIREMENT: SITE = 10.97 HECTARES 75 TREES PER HECTARE 822 TREES SUBSTITUTE 5 SHRUBS fOR 1 TREE = TREES PROVIDED = 3 S6 SHRU8S PROVIDED = 2S I TOTAL PLANT MATERIAL PROVIDED = 406 PLANT MATERIAL TO 8E SUPPUED ON OTHER SITES = 4 16 I .+, N EMERALD HILLS PROPOSED PLANTING PLAN o...n 12 MARo. 201Z SCAlE 1.1000 'r I lAR« ,t;hi'I£LD ~r .I ~ l) Enclosure III EMERALD HILLS REG IONAL PARK #LLS.4775.2624292 Council Meeting - April 10,2012 Planning and Development Services - IPS Division Council History July 5, 2011 - Resolutions 485/2011, 486/2011, 490/2011 and 491 12011 March 6, 2012 - Resolution 134/2012 #LLS.4775 .2624292 Council Meeting - April 10, 2012 Planning and Development Services - IPS Division 2 Purpose j To provide Council with a traffic, parking and outdoor programming overview of the Emerald Hills Regional Park site. #LLS.4 775.2624292 Council Meeting - April 10. 2012 3 Artificial Turf Field Project Status of Municipal Reserve Land • Vested stakeholders of site Needs Programming Parking Traffic • Next steps #LLS.4 775.2624292 Council Meeting - April 10, 2012 Planning and Development Services - IPS Division 4 Development Plan ~ ::;;;;;;;:::;~;;;;;;;;:~=;;;;~~~:=:IHil6HYVN~l=-=== ;ti __-=----=---:== ;=; II -=­ =-~- ~~ It i:.~ §f ~ n -: * ~1 .:1. i! =-=--­ ---... ........ v Emerald Hills F_...,. • . 1OO9 C OHOS E VAI1Y ~~!.. ~herwocd I'<YIc. 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