Draft Capital Plan 2023-2026 Park Board Priorities
Consultation has concluded
Thank you for your feedback on Park Board priorities in the draft 2023-2026 Capital Plan!
The 2023-2026 Capital Plan has been approved!
We thank everyone for their input and interest in our 2023-2026 Capital Plan engagement process. The final 2023-2026 Capital Plan (PDF, 198 pages) (as presented to Council and Park Board), Park Board meeting minutes and Council meeting minutes are now available to view.
What is the Capital Plan?
It is a four-year financial plan for investments in Vancouver's infrastructure and amenities.
For Vancouver's Board of Parks and Recreation, this plan funds everything from new parks and playgrounds to maintaining the seawall and expanding urban forests.
Part of this process means making some hard choices – there is not enough budget to take on all the projects that the community would like to see. We create the draft plan guided by: what we've heard from community about needs, the state of repair of facilities and spaces, and provincial rules on allocating funding toward new versus renewal projects and other priorities as described in VanPlay, our Parks and Recreation Services Master Plan. This draft Capital Plan tries to strike a balance of priorities for the next four years.
Learn more:
You can read more about the draft 2023-2026 Capital Plan here including how it gets funded through development contributions, partner contributions, fees and property taxes.
How we engaged
Between May 2 and May 29, 2022, we engaged with the public on the Plan in several ways, including a online ideation and community pop-up sessions. Read the summary to learn more about what we heard during this engagement.
The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation acknowledges, with respect, that our parks are located on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples.
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As we plan for the design and delivery of parks and amenities, we want to hear your ideas for improvements or updates.
Add your ideas and feel free to like, comment, and interact with the ideas of others.
We want to hear your ideas on these topics: Park land - Includes projects aimed at growing our parks and public space system
Urban forest and natural areas - Urban forest, including street trees, and natural areas like orchards, meadows, and streams are part of this category
Recreational facilities - Projects and changes that improve or add to our community centres, pools, rinks, and other recreation facilities
Seawall and waterfront areas - The seawall, and other waterfront areas like beaches, riverfront, and intertidal areas
Park amenities - From dog off-leash areas, to sport fields, spray parks, playgrounds and skate parks, these are the fun places to get active outside
Park buildings and infrastructure - Fieldhouses and washrooms are important infrastructure in our spaces, along with water, sewer pipes, roads, etc.
We want to ensure productive, positive, and collaborative idea sharing. Participants will be required to abide by the following participation guidelines:
- Please participate in a manner that supports a safe and respectful environment for all meeting attendees
- We will not tolerate any type of disrespectful language or characterization
- Respect the opinions of others. Every participant brings information, points of view, and ideas to contribute
- Staff will be moderating this tool and posts that do not meet the above criteria will be removed and misinformation will be corrected
Thank you for sharing your ideas and priorities. This ideas space was open May 2 - 29.View All Ideasalmost 2 years ago
Multiple Ice Sheet Arena Facility
Vancouver is a world class destination, but can't host world class events on ice without a facility with multiple sheets available. Lots of cities out there have this already, but we have arenas that are spread out across the city that only host one sheet. Minor sport groups, adult groups, etc... would love to host large tournament, festivals, and more, but can't due to this.
almost 2 years ago
Parklets and bikes
At intersections with beg buttons for cyclists, cars often speed through to make the light once the light has been triggered, making this an unsafe place for cyclists. Could the City build parklets or vegetated areas at the end of streets with beg buttons to direct traffic to streets where cyclists are not crossing?
almost 2 years ago
Improvements at McGill Park
I would love to see some more amenities at McGill Park! Perhaps some seating, or more trees, a community garden space, a chip trail, pollinator meadow... there's a muddy portion that could be a great green infrastructure feature!
almost 2 years ago
Jericho Pier revival
Please fix the beloved Jericho Pier, it is an integral part of the beach experience, is easily accessible and provides great enjoyment for all ages. It also serves its purpose for all the water sports that occur in the Jericho beach area and would have a negative impact creating accessibility issues if ever removed.
almost 2 years ago
Kensignton Community Centre
This centre needs immediate attention. How can we let such a well used facility fall into such disrepair.
