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Community Programs and Services
Goal: Ensure adequate community centres and programs
Objective: Provide centres for community activities in every distinct Port Moody geographic area.
Action Items:
Þ Conduct public consultation to determine if all areas of the City feel adequately served with the existing five community centre facilities.
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Goal: Ensure adequate recreation facilities and programs
Objective: Ensure residents feel well served with Port Moody’s recreation facilities and programs.
Action Items:
Þ Continue to support the Parks and Recreation Commission.
Þ Continuously review recreation facilities and services to ensure they continue to meet changing community needs.
Þ Continue to support reciprocal arrangements with neighbouring municipalities which provide recreation services that Port Moody does not.
Þ Initiate the process for updating the Parks and Recreation Master Plan.
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Goal: Ensure adequate seniors’ centres and programs
Objective: Provide access to spaces and programs that accommodate the needs of seniors throughout the city.
Action Items:
Þ Continue to support the use of the Galleria as a space available to seniors to meet.
Þ Continue to support the Community Care Committee’s mandate related to seniors.
Þ Continue to maintain seniors’ recreational opportunities at Kyle Centre.
Þ Ensure that recreation facilities accommodate a range of users, including seniors.
Þ Review and address the needs of seniors during the Parks and Recreation Master Plan update.
Þ Anticipate the demographic shift of an older but still active senior population in programming and facility development.
Þ Hold education sessions about caring for aging parents
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Goal: Ensure adequate youth centres and programs
Objective: Provide access to spaces and programs that accommodate the needs of youth throughout the city.
Action Items:
Þ Encourage the Arts Centre to continue to include the SK8 Park facility as a cultural venue.
Þ Include in the Arts and Culture Master Plan a goal to work with youth to create a youth arts festival.
Þ Continue to maintain the SK8 Park facility and Bike Trials Park.
Þ Ensure that recreation facilities accommodate a range of users, including youth.
Þ That the Parks and Recreation Master Plan, when updated, reviews and addresses the needs of youth.
Þ Continue to support the Youth Focus Committee.
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Goal: Provide opportunities for education and literacy
Objective: Support a Public Library that provides a variety of educational and literacy programs.
Action Items:
Þ Support the Library Board's planning and programs for education and literacy.
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