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Executive Summary

In June 1989, the City of Port Coquitlam retained the services of Professional
Environmental Recreation Consultants Ltd. (PERC), to develop a Parks,
Recreation and Cultural Master Plan.

The Master Plan establishes a framework for making decisions about parks,
recreation and cultural services to the year 2004 and beyond, and applies this
framework to contemporary issues. Specific recommendations on key issues
facing the Department over the next five years have been mace in the Plan.

The planning process for the study was carefully designed to determine the
leisure needs of Port Coquitlam residents. This included a goals and objectives
workshop with City Council, a community survey (accurate to a 95% level of
confidence, +/- 4%), and over 50 interviews with special interest groups
representing sports, culture, recreation, the disabled and service clubs in the
community. Based on this research, the Consultants are confident that the
results of the Master Plan accurately reflect the needs of Port Coquitlam.

The Master Plan recommends a variety of new open space and facility
developments to meet the needs of Port Coquitlam for the next 10 to 15 years.
This includes athletic and recreation park development at Reeve Street Park,
completion of PoCo Trail, and neighborhood parks in new developing areas.
Water play facilities are also recommended for Lion’s Park and ‘Citadel Heights.

The Plan recognizes the community’s cultural interests with a recommendation
for a new performing arts centre. Recommendations for new recreation facilities
include expansion of Hyde Creek Centre, a community hall, teen program space, °
and a new arena and completion of the Willson Centre expansion in the long
term.

A summary of the Master Plan recommendations is shown in the following table.
Where costs estimates are not available, costs may be categorized as high
($20,000+), medium ($10,000-$19,000), or low (<$9,000).

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