Gallagher Park CONCEPT PLAN Welcome Photo Credit: Mack Male, mastermaq.ca Concept Plan for Gallagher Park Purpose We’re here to listen! refine We want to obtain your input on Gallagher Park as the first step in Tonight is about listening to what you think about the existing park creating a 20-year Vision and Concept Plan for this park! area – your favourite features and activities as well as what you’d like to see in the future. What’s your vision for Gallagher Park? If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask one of our We want to know how you use Gallagher Park and what you’d like project team members here tonight. to see in the future. Help us by answering the questions using the The project team includes City of Edmonton staff, representatives sticky notes and pens provided. from Cloverdale Community League, The Edmonton Folk Music Festival, the Edmonton Ski Club, and the IBI Group consulting team. We’re here to listen to you – we want to know what you think. Your ideas will shape the development of the Concept Plan! Learn more by going to: edmonton.ca/engagement 1 Concept Plan for Gallagher Park What is a Concept Plan? refine A Concept Plan builds on existing plans, policies and initiatives while identifying public needs and priorities for the park. The Plan also provides direction for environmental protection and recommends civic, cultural and recreational uses that are appropriate to the area. The new Concept Plan for Gallagher Park will provide a 20-year vision for the park. The Concept Plan will be completed by Winter 2019. Gallagher Park has a rich history and is known for its site partners: the Muttart Conservatory; the Edmonton Ski Club, the Edmonton Folk Music Festival and the Cloverdale Community League. Learn more by going to: edmonton.ca/engagement 2 Concept Plan for Gallagher Park It’s Early in the Process! refine We are currently in the Idea Gathering and Visioning phase of engagement for the Gallagher Park Concept Plan. We are asking for input from the public that will have a large influence on the direction of the future park. Feedback we receive will be carried forward into each phase of engagement, all the way to the concept design. Your feedback is important! Our engagement process includes feedback from internal stakeholders, site partners, external stakeholders and the general public. strategy concept design build operate Project Formulation Concept Preferred Concept & Indigenous IDEA GATHERING Design Plan Engagement & VISIONING Options Learn more by going to: edmonton.ca/engagement 3 Concept Plan refine Yellowhead Trail Gallagher Park Mark where you live on the map with a dot. Whitemud Trail N N N Learn more by going to: edmonton.ca/engagement 4 N Elmwood Delton River Valley Parks Park Sherbrooke Newton Blatchford Westwood Eastwood Beacon The North Saskatchewan River Valley in Dovercourt Montrose Heights Edmonton is known as the largest urban Alberta Avenue NAIT Inglewood park in Canada, with more than 160km of Bellevue Woodcroft Highlands Northlands Beverly maintained pathways and 20 major parks. Coliseum Prince Spruce The City of Edmonton takes a different Rupert Avenue approach while planning and maintaining parks in the River Valley. Only certain McCauley activities and developments are allowed to Capilano take place for the protection of the natural Boyle Street Gold Bar ecosystem. refine Riverdale Fulton Grovenor Glenora MacEwan University Place This line of thinking began in 1915 when the City Terrace Oliver of Edmonton adopted a report by Frederick G. Heights Todd, a Landscape Architect from Montreal, to Downtown protect the River Valley for recreation. Cloverdale Strathearn Sixty years later, the North Saskatchewan Rossdale River Valley Area Redevelopment Plan (ARP) Holyrood Otwell Gallagher Park and Bylaw 7188 reinforced the value of the Jasper Place River Valley landscape in City policy. University of Alberta Strathcona Bonnie Doon The ARP, along with Bylaw 7188, seeks to Garneau protect the North Saskatchewan River Valley and Ravine System as part of Edmonton’s valuable open space heritage McKernan Edmonton and establishes the principles for future Valley Zoo implementation plans and programmes for parks development. We want the future park to improve the quality of life for those who visit and enjoy Pleasantview the space. That’s why, along Nwith considering N N existing plans and policies, talking to YOU is so important to this process. N Learn more by going to: edmonton.ca/engagement 5 Access and Legend Circulation: Major Study Boundary Shared-Use Paths Shared Use Path Major Park Tell us how you currently get Entry Points Legend to Gallagher Park. Future LRT Legend Transit Centre PStudyroject Boundary Boundary Existing LRT refine Transit Centre SharedStudy Boundary Use Existing Shared-Use Path or Path Funicular Shared Use SMajorhared- Park Use Lane Path Entry Points MMajorajor ParkPark Entry Points FutureEntry Points LRT Transit Centre FFutureuture LRT Line and Station ExistingTransit Centre LRT Transit Centre Existing LRT Existing LRT Line and Station FunicularTransit Centre EFunicularxisting Funicular Have we missed anything? 1:5000 50 0 50 100 200m N Gallagher Park Major Shared Use Path Routes February 26, 2019 Learn more by going to: edmonton.ca/engagementC:\Users\Kira.hunt\appdata\local\temp\AcPublish_8028\ 113178-CONTEXT - use 2016 CAD.dwg Feb 26, 2019 - 12:46pm kira.hunt 6 EO: 113178 1:5000 50 0 50 100 200m N 1:5000 50 0 50 100 200m N Gallagher Park Major Shared Use Path Routes February 26, 2019 C:\Users\Kira.hunt\appdata\local\temp\AcPublish_8028\Gallagher Park 113178-CONTEXT - use 2016 CAD.dwg Feb 26, 2019 - 12:46pm kira.hunt Major Shared Use Path RoutesEO: 113178 February 26, 2019 C:\Users\Kira.hunt\appdata\local\temp\AcPublish_8028\ 113178-CONTEXT - use 2016 CAD.dwg Feb 26, 2019 - 12:46pm kira.hunt EO: 113178 Access and Legend Circulation: Study Boundary Walking Distances Within 0.5 km walking distance Greater than 1 km Tell us how you currently get walking distance toLegend Gallagher Park. Major Park Entry Points Existing LRT refine PStudyroject Boundary Boundary Transit Centre Within 0.5 km Future LRT Wwalkingithin 0.5 distance km walking distance Transit Centre Greater than 1 km Funicular 0walking.5-1 km distance walking distance The Average person can walk Major Park 1km in about 10 minutes. MEntryajor PointsPark Entry Points Existing LRT ETransitxisting Centre LRT Line and Station Future LRT FTransituture LRT Centre Line and Station EFunicularxisting Funicular The Average person can walk 1km in about 10 minutes. Have we missed anything? 1:5000 50 0 50 100 200m N Gallagher Park Walking Distances February 26, 2019 Learn more by going to: edmonton.ca/engagementC:\Users\Kira.hunt\appdata\local\temp\AcPublish_8028\ 113178-CONTEXT - use 2016 CAD.dwg Feb 26, 2019 - 12:46pm kira.hunt 7 EO: 113178 1:5000 50 0 50 100 200m N Gallagher Park Walking Distances February 26, 2019 C:\Users\Kira.hunt\appdata\local\temp\AcPublish_8028\ 113178-CONTEXT - use 2016 CAD.dwg Feb 26, 2019 - 12:46pm kira.hunt EO: 113178 Site History Indigenous Settlement along the North Saskatchewan River (1871) Indigenous Settlements in Rossdale (1919) View of Cloverdale and future Gallagher Park site from North Ski Jump Structure at Connors Ski Hill (1978). The Tell us what you know [EA-10-130] [EA-160-165] [EA-20-6444] Edmonton Ski Club was established in 1911. The structure was removed in 1978. about Gallagher Park. A few significant points in Gallagher Connors Road Park’s history: Scona Road + Indigenous settlements Hardstone Brick Company (1912) [PAA B-1352] View of Cloverdale and Gallagher Park atop Connors Ski Hill refine were common along the North [NA-1328-64240] Saskatchewan River. Cornelius Gallagher was the mayor of Edmonton between October and December 1896 and was an investor in Pressed Bricks + Gallagher Park was created Ltd., a brick-making operation at the east end of Scona Road and named in 1958 after Cornelius the Cloverdale flat in 1908. Gallagher Park was created and named in 1958. Gallagher. Connors Road [EA-10-1542] Pressed Bricks Ltd. (1908) Gallagher Park Area with Historical Context [Map copied from Heart of the City] Aerial Views of the Future Gallagher Park Site + The Edmonton Ski Club was [PAA B-1351] View of Low Level Bridge, Connors Road and Future established in 1911. Gallagher Park Site [EA-600-5027a] + Cloverdale Community League was established in 1920. + The Muttart Conservatory was built in Gallagher park in 1976. The Muttart conservatory was built in Gallagher Park Edmonton Folk Music Festival was first in 1976. [EA-20-5506] held in Gallagher Park in 1981. The Edmonton Folk Music festival [Credit: Frank Gasparik] + 96 Avenue 95 Street was first held in Gallagher Park in 1981. Have we missed Cloverdale Community League was established in 1920. anything? [Credit: Cloverdale Community League Facebook Page] The Peace Dove was built in Gallagher Park in 1984 to recognize the Pope’s visit. Louise Lattimore Photo Learn more by going to: edmonton.ca/engagement 8 Character Areas Future LRT and Pedestrian Bridge Tell us what you know about Gallagher Park. Legend 1 Cloverdale Community League: Existing playground Study Boundary refine and spray park along with half court basketball and 98 Avenue Cloverdale Community Community League building and skating rink. The League Area area is landscaped and partially enclosed with a Gallagher Park wrought iron fence. Parkland Use Area 92 Street 93 Street93 Muttart 94 Street Street 94 95 Street 2 Muttart Conservatory: The scale and the placement 96 Street Conservatory Area Future Muttart 96A Street Strathearn Forested of the Conservatory building and its ancillary Station 4 Area and Strathearn Park/Camel Camel Humps buildings separates the northwest corner of 97 Avenue humps Forested Area Gallagher Park.