Langdon School Council Playground Committee

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Langdon School Council Playground Committee

• Master Plan Architecture Proposal

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THANKS

• Scott Mahan for getting the ball rolling
• Bill Phelps for leading the cause
• Greencor for lending expertise
• Simflo Systems for completing the as-built plan
• Daphne Halvorsen Architectural Technologist
• Brent Apsland - Engineer
• Colleen Dwight Seminuk for attending all
  meetings and providing a list of 200 companies
  for potential funding
• Heather Allan, Jeanette Dame, Chantelle Everette
  Tracy (community member) for grant research
• Ira Stroh for keeping the ball rolling
• Teachers for all your support and feedback
• Students for your willingness and appreciation
  for the project
• Everyone who has taken a minute out of their day
  to help the cause

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Overview

• Redesign Outdoor Master Plan

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Background

• School opened in 2003 with an enrollment of 363
  students
• No outdoor plan was in place
• 2004 RVSD installed baseball diamond, soccer
  field, trees and seeded grounds
• 2005 installed irrigation system
• 2006 LSC implemented 45 child play area
• 2008 enrollment 650 students with insufficient
  outdoor activities

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Purpose

• Redesign plan to accommodate the projected
  population of 800 students in the 2010/2011
  school year
• Complete the plan in the 2009/2010 school year

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Objectives - Prioritized

• Install playground for K 1 and special needs
  students
• Install playground for Grade 2 8 students
• Complete asphalt/concrete path system on south
  perimeter of property
• Fill ditch on east side of the soccer field to
  allow the installation of 3 amphitheaters and 2
  berms with gazebos and trees
• Remediate the soccer field to the Calgary Minor
  Soccer Associations regulations

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Approvals / Stakeholders

• Playground Committee Coordinator
• Langdon School Council
• Langdon School
• RVSD 41
• MD of Rocky View

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Assumptions

• Remediation of the soccer field will be endorsed
  by the RVSD
• Requirements gathering is complete
• Final structures, materials and vendors will be
  finalized in the coming months
• Parking and traffic issues/concerns are out of
  scope

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IssuesResolved by this plan

• Kindergarten Area has a drainage issue
• Soccer field surface is in disrepair
• Soccer field is not graded in a manner consistent
  with Calgary Minor Soccer Association regulations
• Path system is not complete
• Proposed playground area exceeds RVSD guidelines

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Risks

• Irrigation system damage
• RVSD grading requirement of 2-3 may not allow
  the field to ever meet Calgary Minor Soccer
  Regulations
• Kindergarten Grade 1 Area will become obsolete
  in 5 years
• Vandalism

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Constraints

• RVSD does not support field surface remediation
• RVSD does not support field grading changes

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Business Volumes

• Student enrollment currently 650, with
  anticipated increase of 10 per year
• Kindergarten Grade 1 currently 180 students
• Grade 1 Grade 8 currently 570 students
• Hamlet population 3000
• Langdon Minor Soccer 200 children

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Products in Scope

• Tot Play Structure
• Tot Play Surface
• Main Play Structure
• Path SE
• Path SW
• Asphalt/Concrete Ditch
• Soccer Field East Ditch
• Irrigation Control Boxes
• Small/Medium/Large Amphitheatres
• 2 Berms with a gazebo and tree on each
• Sports Field Surface
• Sports Field Grading

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Tot Play Structures
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Tot Play Structures
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Tot Play Structures
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Senior Play Structures
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Senior Play Structures
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Senior Play Structures
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Senior Play Structures
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Amphitheatre - Small
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Amphitheatre - Medium
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Amphitheatre - Large
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Gazebos
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Functional Scope
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Questions
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Suggested Motion

• The LSC approves the project as detailed in the
  "Langdon School Council Playground Committee
  Master Plan Architecture Document version lt1.0gt "
  and requests the Langdon School and RVS develop
  and sign a memorandum of understanding regarding
  this project to enable the Playground Committee
  to commence grant application activities.