Aquatic Services and Facilities Strategy

The City of Abbotsford is conducting a review and analysis of the Aquatics services and infrastructure in Abbotsford. This research and your feedback will allow the City to effectively plan for and fund current community needs and potential future Aquatic services and facilities.

The outcome of the study is a strategy containing recommended actions for effective aquatic facility planning as well as an implementation plan to guide action implementation to ensure alignment with City priorities. The focus of the study is to:

• Review all relevant historical and background information to guide the process and to ensure recommendations align with City strategic directions.
• Identify how well the current aquatic facilities support community demand.
• Understand how the demand is expected to change in the 30-year future (based on engagement feedback and informed by aquatic, infrastructure, and programming trends. Comparative municipality benchmarking will also inform this analysis).

The study will support the development of a service and facility strategy for the City to ensure that community demand for aquatic facilities is met into the future. The development of the final strategy will be informed by engagement with staff, aquatic user groups and stakeholders, and the public throughout various stages of the project.

We want to hear from you! Please take a couple minutes to fill out the following survey about Abbotsford’s aquatic services and facilities to inform the preliminary key findings report.

Cornerstone Planning Group, a strategic planning consulting firm based in Vancouver, has been contracted to lead the study with support from aquatic planning and design experts, hcma architecture + design.