William Hawrelak Park Rehabilitation

Use shared use road

Seems more cost-effective from a snow-clearing/maintenance perspective to just reduce speed limit, maybe change the curb ramps, use other traffic calming techniques and then just better use the roadway. Most people were just walking on there this summer.

2 pathways, one for bikes and one for pedestrians need to be made. Also there should be a place for people to lock up their bikes.

I like the connected paths proposed for the park in both options. New paved trail should be on the outside (option B)

The proposed internal paved trail, shown in red, in Option A is not desirable. It would be too disruptive of activities in the park and wildlife near the lake.

Create a protected bike lane pathway seperate from walking pathway to encourage different modes and uses of the park.

B is better. People go the park to feel like they are in nature. Any path beside a road does not do that. 3m is plenty! Save some trees!

Swimmable Lake, keep woodchip/dirt path by the river unpaved

A swimmable Lake would be an excellent resource for Edmontonians, and keep people in the city supporting our local economy during the summer months. Keeping the woodchip/gravel/dirt path by the river unpaved supports joint protection for local long distance runners. Increasing accessibility is important, but please also keep some natural trails in the park.

Annex the Royal Mayfair

Annexing would allow for expansion of the park. Rather than benefit only a select few, the would create a larger green space to be enjoyed by all of Edmonton's citizens.

1. Park access linked to other existing River Valley trails. 2. Swimmable lake & Beach area 3. Cycle road next to vehicle road around park

1. Park access and egress through trail systems currently are not consistent with the trails that lead through the river valley. to stay consistent these trails need to link to each other so that a road cyclist or off road cyclists must go through an off leash trail in order to link up to the same type of trail further down the river valley trail system. if this is the only option then a fenced in off leash areas to separate unpredictable animals from cyclists. no trail system should be off leash unless it is an off leash specific area and is not used to connect commenting or the river valley trail system. connecting paved trails to other paved, and off road to other off road and off leash to other off leash so that a specific user group has a way to travel through the trail system into and out of HP using the appropriate trail system which is safe for there activity. 2. HP is a prime location for water sports and leisure in edmonton as it can accommodate a vast array of people and sports. currently the closest swimmable lake to the residence is over 40min away, and with the short summers, getting away to a public beach easily is not something Edmontonians have much access to like other cities. This is expensive, but is in HUGE DEMAND!! offsetting this cost could be done through restricted access to the "Developed Beach" which can charge admission and be linked to the sport and leisure access like the rest of the city of edmonton sport and rec facilities currently are. The demand for this is so high that I am sure the admission costs and rental groups could easily offset the expenses to accommodate such a transition and upkeep. 3. Year round the largest use of the park is by sport groups. the Uof A uses the park for cross country Run training, Cycle groups use the park for a traffic safe place to train inside the city limits, and Cross country ski groups use the park for skiing, and speed skaters could also use the park for winter training. Swim clubs could use the lake for swimming in the summer and triathlon clubs Love the park as it is the only place in the city that currently come close to accommodating all 3 of these activities. instead of trying to do a one size fits all, please consider minor adjustments that will allow these sport groups to really utilize the facility they are already using without compromising the public leasurers safety in the process. consider that there is much of a demand to use the park for dramatically different reasons and to not consider this would be foolish if we expect these uses to not interfere with each other. leisure walkers, runners cyclists, performance cyclists and dog walkers all use this facility ... separating trails and pavement to target more specific activities will dramatically increase the usefulness efficiency and enjoyment of the park. A paved cycle road next to the vehicle road will be used everyday by a cycle club in the summer time, and potentially provide specific skate trail or even still road cycling or skate skiers in the winter. wood chip or pea gravel trails are great for runners, horses and walkers, and could link to each other outside of the park. paved trails are great for leisure cyclists and wheelchair accessible. lets keep the road cyclists off the trails and on the road, offroad cyclists in the single track trails, leisure cyclists runners and walkers on the paved trails and long distance runners / walkers / horses and environmental or nature enthusiasts on the wood chip trails and everyone can use the park for there specific activity without interfering with the experience of the others. the trails and facilities are there, lets just be tactful in how we develop them. 4. Facilities like the new washroom in wilfred laurier park are great. with a small area for lockers and changing would be great as well as a pump for bikes and beach balls, footballs etc. on the exterior. Drinkable water, air pressure, and windows for safety allow a gender neutral area for people to use the facility safely and provides a safe place in the winter to warm up, fix a stranded cyclists tire, or dehydrated runner. a phone in each facility would really help aswell! -locker, fountain, heat, pump and phone in each facility to accommodate needs and safety for all users in a pinch!

Permanent body of swimable water

I'd love to see city consider making the lake a permanent body of swimable water. There are really no publicly accessible bodies of water in the city available for open water swimmers (other than the river)

Picnic privacy

Option B gives picnic site users in the trees just west of the lake more privacy - a good thing.