No more waiting for Kinsmen Park fixes, mayor urges

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“We’re also using 2015 to plan for future improvements,” Baker said. She told the executive committee that plans for future improvements would be made after survey conducted this year is complete.

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A report would then go to city council with future improvement recommendations once the department has more information about the extent and cost of drainage-related upgrades.

“Drainage improvements are going to be a future priority in order to mitigate any standing water that we get in the park, usually at the beginning of the season,” she said. Following drainage improvements, Baker said the City can then prioritize pathway repairs.

Future park improvements could also include a possible washroom replacement or a playground upgrade to make the equipment more accessible.

She said the community services department would be submitting an application to the Canada 150 community infrastructure program for funding.

The overarching concern is about the flooded pathways and large pools of water that gather in low-lying parts of the park after the snow melts in the spring.

Baker said the survey data will indicate where the low points are in the park. She said the department is looking to find out where the high and low points are to determine where to divert the water to out of the park.

Dionne, however, suggested that the department presents a figure to “fix the park” at the 2016 budget negotiations.

“And then let us decide as politicians if we’re going to phase it in. If it’s $150,000, you may be shocked and [we] say ‘you’ve got it,’ just for that problem to go away, because we do have some park reserve money.”

Some of those reserve funds were used this year towards the construction of the West Hill Spray Park, which is expected to be complete by the end of the summer.

Community services director Jody Boulet said the department will have a full package of proposals ready for 2016.

tjames@panow.com

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