Final Report. Community Recreation Inventory Destruction Bay. Capital Management Engineering Limited. April 2016 Project Number

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1 Capital Management Engineering Limited EMPOWERING OUR CLIENTS WITH KNOWLEDGE 5531 Cornwallis Street, Halifax, NS, Canada B3K 1B3 Phone: Fax: Final Report Destruction Bay April 2016 Project Number Prepared for: Prepared by: Marie Cairns Community Recreation Consultant Sport & Recreation Branch Community Services Government of Yukon Capital Management Engineering Limited 5531 Cornwallis Street Halifax, NS, B3K 1B3 (902)

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3 Introduction & Background Destruction Bay Yukon Government, Community Services Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION PURPOSE METHODOLOGY Project Approach General Methodology Supporting Documents COMMUNITY RECREATION INVENTORY Community Centre with Gymnasium and Rink Marina Playground (Abandoned) Outdoor Ice Rink (Abandoned) Playground (Active) SUMMARY OF CHANGES LIMITATIONS... 5 APPENDIX A PHOTO LOG... A 2016 Page 1

4 Yukon Government, Community Services Introduction & Background 1 Introduction Capital Management Engineering Limited (CMEL) was retained by Marie Cairns of the Sport and Recreation Branch, Community Services, Yukon Government to complete an update to the Recreation Inventory for the community of Destruction Bay. 2 Purpose The Kluane Lake Athletic Association owns, and maintains the facilities within the community of Destruction Bay. The Yukon Government has initiated a comprehensive review of the recreation inventory within the community of Destruction Bay and has initiated an update of the 2005 Lorimer & Associates reports. 3 Methodology 3.1 Project Approach The project was broken down into the following phases: Phase I Data Collection & Site Assessment To start the assessments, background information was collected for the community. The information included, when available, floor plan drawings and past reports, Following the collection of background data, a site assessment was scheduled and completed. The site assessment was carried out to update the current recreation inventory, document recreational inventory constructed since 2005 and any major changes or upgrades since The current facilities in the community were documented in order to facilitate the creation of the updated recreation inventory. During the site assessment, additional information was gathered from the site contact and site personnel, where possible, to further support the determination of updates and changes since Phase II The existing recreational inventory has been used as the base template in updating the new recreational inventory for the Government of Yukon. CMEL developed an updated recreational inventory based on collected data and the site assessment findings. The new infrastructure and major changes are documented as well as photos taken to be included as an Appendix. 3.2 General Methodology The analysis for the building(s) consisted of the following: Interviews with the site contact; Page

5 Introduction & Background Destruction Bay Yukon Government, Community Services Review of available background reports & information; On-site assessments of the community with a representative designated by the Yukon Government; Updating of the 2005 Lorimer & Associates report; and Responses to a review of a draft report by Yukon Government. 3.3 Supporting Documents 2005 Lorimer & Associates Destruction Bay Report 2005 Lorimer & Associates Appendix B- Property Ownership Summary 2016 Page 3

6 Yukon Government, Community Services 4 The community of Destruction Bay is located on the Alaska Highway about half way from Whitehorse to Beaver Creek. It was reported to have a population of 51 people. The facilities are currently owned and managed by the Kluane Lake Athletic Association. All facilities were reported to be on Government of Yukon owned land with the exception of the abandoned play ground which is located on lot 8 and owned by Northwestel Inc. The community centre and curling rink are located on Lot 7. The marina is located to the east of lot 7, the abandoned playground is located on lot 8 and the abandoned outdoor ice rink and playground on lot 11. The following facilities were observed and are summarized further below: Community Centre With Gymnasium and Curling Rink Marina Playground (Abandoned) Outdoor Ice Rink (Abandoned) Playground (Active) 4.1 Community Centre with Gymnasium and Rink The community centre and curling rink was constructed in The building contains a gymnasium, lounge, kitchen, viewing area, washrooms, post office, office area and a two pad curling rink (Used as Storage at the time of the site visit). There is a partial basement that contains a mechanical room storage areas and janitorial equipment. The building is in a split level configuration with the gymnasium, post office and office area at mid level, the kitchen, lounge and viewing area on the upper level and storage, mechanical and janitorial closet on the lower level. The building was reported to be a timber structure supported by concrete piles and grade beams. The roof over the gymnasium, post office and office area is asphalt shingle that is showing signs of failure. Curled and missing shingles were observed and an active roof leak in the post office was reported and observed with damaged drywall ceilings in this area. The roof over the remainder of the building is metal and was reported to have been installed approximately twenty years ago. The community centre is clad with wood siding with one small area on the east wall with noted damage. The curling rink is clad with wood siding on west wall and partially clad with wood siding on the east wall. The remainder of the east wall and the north wall are clad with plywood. The building is accessed through two doors on the south side of the building and a door leading to a large patio overlooking Kluane Lake. The rink is accessed by door and stairs from the viewing area of the community centre, a large double door at the north end of the rink and a man door on the east side of the rink. The building is heated by two Hydrotherm boilers that appear to be original to the construction of the building. The boilers are oil fired and supplied fuel from an above grade fuel tank installed in 2008 and located to the west of the community centre. The boilers supply hot water to radiators and two fan coil units. There is no cooling provided in the building. The rink does not have heating or cooling. It was reported that the large wood deck was refurbished in There were no observed smoke detectors or alarm system. Exit signs and emergency lighting was observed. Page

7 Destruction Bay Yukon Government, Community Services 4.2 Marina The marina is located to the east of the community centre and consists of breakwater to the north and south constructed of rubble. There is a concrete boat launch ramp that appears to be functional. It was reported that the water within the breakwaters is shallow and requires dredging. The docks were replaced in 2003 and the Kluane Lake Athletic Association who operates and maintains the marina reports that the floats are constantly coming apart from the structure. 4.3 Playground (Abandoned) The abandoned playground is located on lot 8 to the north and west of the community centre and has two set of swings that appear to be in excess of fifty years in age. It is recommended that they be removed for safety reasons. 4.4 Outdoor Ice Rink (Abandoned) The outdoor rink is located on lot 11. It is not covered, but does have a building that appears to be in poor condition. The building is being used as storage at the present time. The rinks dasher board system is incomplete and falling down with some sections completely missing. Light poles were observed at the time of the site visit. The ground was snow covered at the time of the site visit however it was reported that there is a crushed gravel pad within the dasher board area. 4.5 Playground (Active) The playground is located to the south of the school on lot It consists of various pieces of playground equipment including a monkey bar set, two slides, timber jungle gym, wood and metal parallel bar set and a wood and metal chin up set. The playground was snow covered at the time of the site visit. It was further reported that the Kluane Lake Athletic Association does not maintain this equipment. 5 Summary of Changes Facility Changes since 2005 Community Centre, Gymnasium, Post office and Curling Rink Marina Ball Field Outdoor ice rink Playground Refurbished deck 2008 New oil tank 2008 Reconfigured library to office space 2010 (Estimated) No changes No changes No changes No changes 6 Limitations This report may not be relied upon by any other person or entity without the expressed written consent of Capital Management Engineering Limited and the Yukon Government Page 5

8 Yukon Government, Community Services Any other parties that rely or make decisions based on this report do so solely at their own risk. Capital Management Engineering makes no warranties, whether written or oral, statutory, expressed or implied, in connection with the services provided, including, without limitation, any warranty of fitness for any particular purpose or use with respect to the property or buildings or community. Capital Management Engineering s cumulative liability for all claims relating to this report or the services provided shall not exceed the total amount of all fees actually paid for this report. During the site assessment the assessor will attempt to verify any additional information provided by the site contact. However, in many cases the information will be relied upon and presented without field verification. Page

9 Appendix A Destruction Bay Yukon Government, Community Services Appendix A - Photo Log 2016 Page A

10 Capital Management Engineering Limited Photo 1: Destruction Bay Community Centre, Gymnasium and Curling Rink Photo 2: Gymnasium

11 Capital Management Engineering Limited Photo 3: Office Area Photo 4: Lounge Area

12 Capital Management Engineering Limited Photo 5: Kitchen Photo 6: Viewing Area

13 Capital Management Engineering Limited Photo 7: Basement Photo 8: Curling Rink

14 Capital Management Engineering Limited Photo 9: Large Wood Deck Photo 10: Marina

15 Capital Management Engineering Limited Photo 11: Docks Photo 12: Abandoned Playground

16 Capital Management Engineering Limited Photo 13: Abandoned Arena Photo 14: Abandoned Arena