Surrey Greenway Art Plan

8/14/2019 Surrey Greenway Art Plan

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repared for the City of

urrey's Public rt Advisory

Committee withthe cooperation of Surrey's

arks, ecreation,

Culture, and ngineering

epartments.

y practice as an interdisciplinary artist and cultural p roducer is ro oted in my ongoing inter est in the rela tionship between urban dwellers and their surrounding landscape. My critique is inheren t in my investig ations and explor ations of the landsca pe through photo graphy, video, archiva l research, and int erviews.

s the Artist in Residence for the Surrey Greenway Art Plan based out of the

Engin eering Department I e x plored maps as documen ts and imag es of different

lanning era's and concer ns. I looked at maps in the Surrey Archive s that show ed early Surrey development through

reemption properties. And as I hotographed and travelled around Surrey

I began to grow fond of certain places, trails, roads, hills, and the magnificent

Focus projects


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Artist Statement, Anne Marie Slater, Continued.

In piecing together concepts and ideas for the Greenway Art Plan, communitymembers, naturalists, archeologists, planners, engineers, and residents revealedtheir special Surrey places to be included in the Greenway Art Plan. Maps were thebeginning reference, the history of the local landscape and its natural heritageshaped by the process of settlement, and the transition to a city expanded theinterrelationships that transect Greenway sites past and present. The Greenwaysites revealed more natural and cultural stories and prompted reflection as starklandscapes and the sounds of electrical corridors generated both connections andquestions.

The Greenway Art Plan and the five master templates began to develop conceptuallyand reveal facets of the relationships and complex systems that exist between theenvironment and the urban landscape. I continued to research and engage a diverserange of participants in questioning and making connections between SurreysGreenways landscape, and identifying art opportunities within that context. Manyideas were generated by participants and then were narrowed down based on co-created site criteria developed in consultation with community members and staff. Ithen refined and developed the final template concepts. The Surrey Greenwaysystem is an opportunity to connect parks to greenways linking fragmented bio-systems, wildlife, neighbourhoods, and neighbours to natural areas. How we

interpret the landscape is reflected in how we preserve and protect the natural areasin our community. Artists can work to create artworks for Surrey Greenways thatengage Surrey residents in making their own connections to the landscape of thenatural and urban world and to the place they live.

Anne Marie Slater, Artist in Residence, Greenway Art Plan.


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Greenway Art Plan

Contents

Artist Statement 1-2Summary Introduction Greenway Art Plan 4-5

Connections and IntersectionsApproach and ProcessMapping Inventory and Visual Resource

Existing Conditions 7Ongoing Funding Strategy

Bringing Artists into the Greenway Process 8Bringing the Artist In at the same time 9

as other Design ProfessionalsAddress Timelines and Construction Plans

Source Documents Reviewed 10Community Consultation 11-14

Findings and ThemesMapping and Visioning

Site Considerations and Criteria 15-16Template Design Introduction 17Greenway Art Plan Themes 18-19Infrastructure Integrated Art and Design Template 20-27Greenways Identity Design Template 28-30Placemaking Connections to Community Template 31-35Interventions & Celebrations 36-38

Intersections 39-40Summary of Recommended Priority Sites and Projects 41Map Appendix 42

Focus Projects 43Greenway Art Plan 10 Year-Map 44Trans Canada Trail Link 45

Heritage Register Houses & BuildingsTopography 46

Blueways 47Greenways and Town Centres 48Green Timbers Pathway Aerial 49


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Contents

Summary Introduction Greenway Art Plan

The Surrey Greenway system connects neighbourhoods and Town Centres through linear green corridors and further links these corridors to park and natural green space. These multi-use recreational

athways connect peo ple to the lan dscape. The pace is slower, there are no cars.

BACKGROUND

Greenways are a vast and grow ing web of linear park spaces that serve

as linkages and passages in the form of bikeways and footpaths connecting neighbourhoods, schools, recreation centres, cultural acilities, Town Centres and neighbouring Cities.

Greenway routes offer physical connections between neighbourhood communities and green spaces. Metaphorically, the routes also make connections with natural and cultural history and the invisible layers of ti d g g h t t diff t iti d

icomekl River meets the Pacific Ocean


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Summary Introduction Continued .

CONNECTIONS AND INTERSECTIONSSurrey is the fastest growing Municipality in British Columbias lowermainland. Landuse strategies and land development have changedand shaped the urban landscape in Surrey yet residents point tonature and access to natural areas as their number one value . 1

The Greenway systems 10 year plan (link to 10 year plan map) isshaping future community connections, alternate transportationroutes, and access to natural areas and open space for Surreyresidents. The Greenway system is the new country pathway and arton the Greenways will help define this future heritage.

Based on maintaining and reflecting natures delicate balance theGreenway Art Plan recommends that artworks created for the SurreyGreenways be developed from an ecological perspective. Whenpossible , artworks for Greenways will make natural cycles andrelationships visible and further address societys interaction andstewardship of nature .

Approach and ProcessThe Template Design and Focus Projects identify concepts andthemes drawn from community consultation and public workshops.

As the Greenway Art Plan Artist in Residence, I have workedclosely with City Staff in a design team process to identify existingconditions. I have conducted archival research, and surveyed currentplanning documents. Additional consultation was undertaken withexternal municipal staff, curators, and managers from other PublicArt Programs. These consultations combined with observationsdrawn from my own visual mapping, site visits, and journey into thepast and contemporary landscape of Surrey has provided acontinuing context in developing and gathering the ideas andconcepts for the Surrey Greenway Art Plan.


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The Greenway Art Plan draws on research and the creation of theme mapsthat describe the Greenway System as it relates to built heritage, planning

districts (Neighbourhood and Town Centres), transportation, topography, and Greenway intersections with habitat as illustrated in the Salmon in the City Map

The maps in the Greenway Art Plan Appendix provide a rich anddiverse picture of Surrey and act as visual text to be explored andreferred to throughout the creation of art projects for SurreyGreenways.

The Master Templates are designed to function as flags and

indicators fo r developing art projects by City Staff. Template projects inthe Greenway Art Plan were created drawing on information andresearch gained in community consultation workshops. Thetemplates provide show me examples of approaches, projects, andsites that are models for the future implementation of Greenway ArtProjects.


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EXISTING CONDITIONS

The 10 year conceptual, Greenways Plan is constructed in stages asbudgets , land acquisition, timing, and resources converge. The Cityof Surrey, Engineering, together with Parks, Recreation, and Cultureare regularly involved with partners like Trans Link, BC Hydro, andthe GVRD to lever funds and create the most effective public worksprojects. There is a spirit of collaboration in the public realm and acommitment to retain Surrey's natural areas while protectingenvironmentally sensitive sites that promote biodiversity, salmon

spawning, and bird nesting .

The Public Art and Community Art Program rising from the City'sPublic Art Policy (adopted in May 1998), represents a growingcommitment to the Arts In Surrey. The City of Surreys, Public ArtPolicy funds the Program through the following: the percentage forPublic Art is a flat rate of 1.25% of the total construction costs of selected capital projects which have been processed through the

Long Term Capital Planning Model, and privately constructed projectsfor which the city has made significant contributions. The Public ArtMaster Plan summarizes the projects supported through the policyand is updated by the Public Art Advisory Committee on an annualbasis.

The ongoing funding strategy for art on Greenways includes the1.25 % for art program. Additional funding may be explored with

corporate partners and community based agencies for communityarts development projects.

This report recommends a budget approach that builds on the % forart allocation by including artists in the infrastructure planningprocess for each Greenway. The inclusion of an artist during thedesign phase would expand artistic possibilities by utilizingGreenway construction budgets to enhance typical features with

artistic treatments in a revenue neutral way.

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BRINGING ARTISTS INTO THE GREENWAY PROCESS

The Greenway Art Plan Templates present the followingconsiderations and points of entry for involving artists in producingpublic art for Greenways. First lets differentiate the timing of bringing an artist into the Greenway Process with particularreference to infrastructure templates (Infrastructure Art & Design,Greenways Identity Design)

Infrastructure items such as pedestrian bridges, landscaping,retention ponds, bollards, entry plazas and log rails are all regularconsiderations of a Greenway design tender package. Reviewingtender packages for Greenway construction revealed the designprocess, typical project timelines, and opportunities for artistinvolvement in the implementation of a Greenway. Two points of entry for artist involvement in infrastructure related projects areidentified.

1. Pre-Tender Package .Artist engaged recommends design criteria for site.Incorporating art into design of site. Artist design includedin tender package. I.e. Treatment pertaining to entry plazaand construction specs. Add to tender package, included ininfrastructure budget.

2. Post Construction .Artist engaged in site appraisal, retrofit art treatment,project draws on 1.25% for art budget. I.e. excavationdesign not applicable as construction is completed and wasnot included in infrastructure budgets.

Artist fees in line with other design professionals as specified for

infrastructure projects in design tenders averages for preliminaryanalysis and proposal design an hourly rate or a design feedependant on the design scope of between $6,000 and $10,000 and


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Bringing the artist in at the same time as other design professionalsduring the design and planning phase of a Greenway Project

accomplishes aesthetic advantages and budget opportunities as theartist can specify some overall site solutions in the tender packageand design these based on utilizing overall construction budgets.Example: Depending on the size, the plaza entry feature typicallycosts between $5,000 and $10,000. If the site is designed,excavated, and prepared to artist specifications the Artist, City Staff,and Contractor are working to address the site collaboratively. Thepublic works budget then is working to optimize public art works

being produced. The artist engaged during the planning and designphase will ensure an integrated approach to designing art forinfrastructure projects.

The process for artist selection needs to address the timelinesassociated with the Greenway construction process and the powerfulopportunity of integrating art into infrastructure projects and

budgets. It is recommended that when possible artists be engaged inthe design process for infrastructure projects that appear asconsistent components of Greenway design and construction i.e.pedestrian bridges, entry plazas, pathway design, drainage retentionponds, fencing, bollards .

Timelines and construction plans are dependant on planning cyclesand budgets that are influenced by internal and external conditionssuch as funding year-ends. Change is inherent in factors thatinfluence planning, and engineering concerns and the lead-timerequired to select an artist for Greenway projects.

Recommendation: In order to realize and implement opportunitiesfor artists to be involved in Greenway Infrastructure Projects, areview of processes that involve bringing artists into Greenwayplanning and implementation needs to be addressed in an inter-departmental municipal workshop that includes decision makers andstaff from the departments of Engineering, Planning, and Public Art.Recommendations to facilitate bringing artists into the Greenway


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Source Documents Reviewed:City of Surrey

Green Timbers Tynehead, Multi-Use Pathway: Urban Systems, March1996 Proposed Alignment for the Trans Canada Trail South for the Fraser

River Between Tsawwassen and Fort Langley, Quadra PlanningConsultants Ltd. And Legacy Heritage Consultants, April 1999

British Columbia Parkway Preliminary Study Document, October 1991Aplin & Martin Consultants Ltd

Tender Proposal for Wildflower Greenway, Civic Consultants, January

2000. British Columbia Parkway, Preliminary Study Document, Aplin & Martin, October, 1991

City of Surrey Official Community Plan, 1996 City of Surrey, Parks,Recreation, Culture, Master Plan 1996-2006. A Look at Four Neighbourhoods 1980-2001, Greenway Proximity

Study, City of Surrey Parks, Recreation, and Culture

Maps.City of Surrey Engineering, and Planning Maps, Greenways Art Plan,Appendix

External Source Documents & Books The Stewardship Series, Community Greenways; Canada, Province of

British Columbia Green Timbers Urban Forest Heritage Society: A Nature Guide To The

Green Timbers Urban Forest in Surrey, British Columbia, 1998 Green Links, Connecting Ecosystems in the City Volume 1. February,1997, Institute of Urban Ecology, Douglas College

The Institute of Urban Ecology: Green Links: Ecosystem Fragments inthe City, Volume 5 Surrey-Delta Demonstration Project, 1997

Semiahmoo First Nation, A Bioregional Resource Atlas, Students of theSchool of Community and Regional Planning, UBC.

Anthropology in British Columbia, Memoir No. 3, 1955, The Faith of a

Coast Salish Indian by Diamond Jenness, British Columbia ProvincialMuseum Rivers Roads and Railways, 100 Years of Transportation, G. Fern

T l 1981 S M d Hi t i l S i t

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Community Consultation

The Greenway Art Plan was developed within a four-monthtimeframe and was organized based on informal and formalconsultations with community members and representatives of civiccommittees and community groups.

Two workshops were held to gather resources, input, and ideas forthe Greenway Art Plan : a City of Surrey inter - departmental workshop,and a public workshop. Participants utilized mapping techniques inthe workshops to identify special places and themes for theGreenway Art Plan .


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Community Consultation Some of the findings and themes

Surrey is the largest community at low tide Ed Milaney, Workshop Participant

Special Places 1001 steps, views of Semiahmoo Bay Hillcrest Drive In Crescent Beach, marine life, Elgin Park, heron rookery, Brownsville Bar, historic, Gateway to Surrey Clayton Bridge & Ravine Fraser River Access, Surrey Bend Park, Barnston Island Cornfield Maze.com Peace Arch Park, International Border and Pacific Ocean
http://www.cornfieldmaze.com/http://www.cornfieldmaze.com/


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Community ConsultationT h e m e s c o n t in u e d .

Art in Community Gardens along Greenways Youth Voices Ethnic transition, immigrant communities Earthworks Berms Surrey has a high traffic UFO corridor

History First Nations, 5,000 years Brick plant on 140St. made from local clay West of 160St. Puff Wheat Factory Paddle Boats used to run up the Serpentine River Heritage Trails Semiahmoo Telegraph Trail to New

Westminster/Royal Engineers Trail to Fort Langley Hazelmere, Clover Valley Farming history Cloverdale Logging trains Strawberry Hill, History of Japanese Community

Many thanks to the following people who were contacted or participated in walks, talks, and workshops that have helped shape,inform, and direct the development of the Greenways Art Plan.Karen Henry, Curator, Consultant, City of Vancouver, Art onGreenwaysBryan Newson, Public Art Coordinator, City of VancouverDon Welsh, Anthropologist, Semiahmoo First NationsDebbie Miller, Katzie First NationsMina Singh, Surrey, Delta, Immigrant Services SocietyDr. Val Schaefer, Executive Director, Institute of Urban Ecology,Douglas College, New WestminsterBrenda Clark, City Architect, City of Surrey


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COMMUNITY CONSULTATION , October 24, 2001 Focus GroupMapping and Visioning the Surrey Greenway Art Plan

Pamela McKeown, Community Arts CoordinatorMarge Kaye , Clayton Community AssociationLianne Payne, Public Art Coordinator, City of SurreyElena Middlecamp, Environmental Coordinator, City of Surrey, Parks,Recreation, and CultureTony ORegan, Community Member

Mike Bose, City of Surrey, Agricultural CommissionEd Milaney, Member, Public Art Advisory, CommitteeElaine Wismer, Green Timbers Urban Forest Society, Coordinator, TrailGuidesGerry de la Garza, Diversity Advisory Committee, City of SurreyPeter Maarsman, Green Timbers Society, Surrey Community PolicingOfficeDonna Roach, Surrey Aboriginal Cultural SocietyAlan Clegg, City of Surrey, Heritage Advisory CommitteeDr. Roy Strang, Environmental Advisory Committee, City of Surrey& Sunnyside Acres Urban Forest Park and Heritage Society.Bob Paterson, Manager Park Development Services, City of Surrey,Parks, and Recreation, and CultureNicole Lee, Institute of Urban Ecology, Douglas College, NewWestminsterMabel Bishop, Tynehead PioneersBrad Fisher, City of Surrey, Engineering, Transportation DivisionAnne Marie Slater, Artist in Residence, City of Surrey,Greenway Art Plan

City of Surrey, Interdepartmental Workshop, September, 2001Bev Sommers, Manager, Heritage Services, City of Surrey

Hernan Bello, Senior Planner, City of Surrey, Area Planning, andDevelopment DivisionFrancisco Molina, Senior Planner, City of Surrey, Area Planning, and


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The overall Greenway Art Plan template design, themes, focus projectsand site selection address special places, site character and qualities of place as identified through consultations with both city staff andcommunity representatives. The following types of sites, qualities, andthemes were developed in a City of Surrey, inter-departmental, ArtPlan, Visioning, and Resource Workshop held in September of 2001.Participation included representation from Parks Planning, CommunityPublic Art, Heritage, and Planning staff. Input was also gathered fromparticipants in a public mapping workshop held in October of 2001.The overall brainstorming responses and discussions drew on qualitiesassociated with place as well as site related values and criteria.The following categories and qualities combined to create site

Criteria


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Greenways Art Plan

SiteCriteria

SELECTION CRITERIA: PLANNING PRIORITIES, TIMELINES

SITE QUALITIES:RARE, UNIQUE, SECRET GEMSSTORIESJOURNEYCHANGE, PACESOUND

SUGGESTED THEMES:ENVIRONMENT, PLACE, NATURAL RESOURCESGRAPHIC IDENTITY, INFRASTRUCTURE, INTERPRETIVE

PROCESS:COMMUNITY CONSULTATIONCOMMUNITY CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

GREENWAY SITES THAT TRANSECT VISTASCONVERGE (BLUEWAYS)AND HAVE HERITAGE AND CULTURAL STORIES

SITE CONSIDERATIONS:VISIBILITYACCESS

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TEMPLATES: PROJECTS AND CONCEPTS

The five master templates define concepts and themes that viewed as a whole provide an overall template for artist involvement in

roducing public art works for Surrey Greenways.

Template For Artist Involvement

GREENWAY ART PLAN MASTER TEMPLATES

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NTRODUCTION: TEMPLATE DESIGN The following Surrey Greenway Art Plan Master Templates are designed to provide creativity and lexibility in planning Greenway Art Projects with a ocus on actions and long term planning that

maximize opportunities for artist involvement.

The templates take into account the conceptual Greenway development 10-year plan, and the need for artist involvement in specific site related projects to coincide with pre-construction and design timelines. (Link, Greenway, 10-year development map) There

are also many opportunities to engage Artists in retrofit artist treatments that occur post construction and address site specifics, community interests and Greenways identity.

The overall Greenway Art Plan layers themes that rame the templates and encourage artist responses to

invisible and visible aspects of the Surrey landscape.

ajor themes include: a) Habitat and the nvironment b) The Natural and Cultural History of urrey c) Pre-Settlement History, First Nations Roots

d) Land Use and Transportation e) Contemporary

eflections of Surrey Landscapes are referenced visually in the master templates through symbols,

h t g h d i t t titl h I t ti

1. Infrastructure Integrated Art & Design 2. Greenway Identity Design 3. Placemaking Connections to Community 4. Interventions & Celebrations 5. Intersections

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GREENWAY ART PLAN THEMES : Surrey is a City of Parks with morethan 400 parks, and plans through the Greenway System to

interconnect park and open green space for both access by residentsfor recreational purposes and to connect habitats and currentlyfragmented bio-systems. Working to celebrate nature in the City withthe benefits of improving long-term air quality, urban livability, andalternate transportation routes has influenced overall Greenway ArtPlan themes. Template Projects draw on the overall themes whileadding other thematic layers based on overall site criteria and sitespecifics. The Greenway Art Plan aims to connect artists and Surreyresidents in creating public art for Greenways that fosters a moreintimate relationship with nature and place.

a) Habitat and the EnvironmentThe Greenway trails and routes provide connections to Park g reenspace by utilizing right of ways and BC Hydro electricity corridors.Creating artworks on the Greenways from an environmentalperspective provides opportunities to restore and connect urbanecosystems and to engage Surrey residents in the inter-connectedness and understanding that their health and that of theirCity is related to the health of other livingorganisms and natural processes.

Connecting biodiversity, wildlife corridors, aquatic habitat, riparianbuffers, stormwater, water processes, and native vegetation are thesuccess markers of an integrated urban ecosystem in an expandingCity like Surrey. The Greenway Art Plan encourages artists to workin a compatible way with the local areas natural habitat and to bringattention to the ecology of the urban environment through habitatenhancements, infrastructure treatments, installations, andcelebrations. Theme Applied to Templates: Infrastructure, IdentityDesign, Placemaking, Interventions & Celebrations.

b) The Natural and Cultural History of SurreyThe relationship between the built and natural environment is often

witnessed in historic interpretations of cultural milestones and eventsthat shape place. The natural history of the Surrey area includes itsgreat old growth forests, bogs, river estuaries, wildlife, salmon andberries lowland prairies and highland hills Interrelationships


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GREENWAY ART PLAN THEMES, CONTINUEDc) PRE-SETTLEMENT HISTORY, FIRST NATIONS ROOTSThe Greenway Art Plan recommends when possible to reference the richhistory of First Nations in the Surrey area. The Semiahmoo, Royal Kwantlen,and Katzie Nations have had a continuous presence in the area for over5,000 years. 2 Traditional land use favoured seasonal harvesting of nativefood resources and travel to those places for harvesting. An example is theSemiahmoo fishery and summer camp that had continuous use for 5,000years. First Nations foods included five types of Pacific Salmon, Trout,Sturgeon, Eulachon , plus berries, plants, herbs, shellfish, and meat.Mirroring the land, rivers, and waterways were the dominant mode of transportation and canoes made it easy to navigate the intertidal rivers andportage trails when necessary. The cultural symbols, masks, celebrations,markings, and stories of the areas First Nations reflected the natural worldand the roots of this place we now know as Surrey. It is recommendedwhen possible that First Nations culture, place names, stories, and historybe referenced in artist projects by working in collaboration with local FirstNations, Band Offices, and artists.Theme Applied to Templates: Infrastructure, Identity Design, Placemaking,Interventions & Celebrations, Intersections.

d) LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATIONThe land that is Surrey has experienced many changes due to land use andtransportation development. The history of land use and transportation as atheme for Greenway Art Projects provides the opportunity to explore theenvironment and land use as interdependent systems. Greenways are re-linking green space and bio-systems while creating alternativetransportation routes through Surrey. Greenway art projects can investigateand reflect geographic characteristics of the land and how development can

work with these to effect long term sustainability.

Flooding in early Surrey was frequent due the combination of inter-tidalrivers, topography, and the clearing of the land. Today Surrey is a leader indrainage and stormwater management, and drainage solutions, dykes, andbarriers form the history of this place. The following additional place - basedthemes and topics inform the current Greenway Art Plan and arerecommended as the basis for creating future projects.

The Surrey area has a long association with railways

Railway logging and its effect on place The topography of Surrey, place names, The 7 hills of Surrey (Woodwards, Shannon, Peterson, Enderby, Strawberry, Clayton, and


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Pedestrian Bridges, Fences, Screens, Landscaping, Ber ms, Nat ive Plants, Buffers, Benches, Pathway Design, Paving Treatments, Stormwater

etention Ponds & Facilities.

1. INFRASTRUCTURE INTEGRATED ART AND DESIGN

NEIGHBOURHOODS as GATEWAYS. Neighbourhoods are symbolic gateways to community and greenway routes

hysically provide passages that

interconnect open green space and nature to neighbourhoods. Within Greenways design, Infrastructure

rojects provide opportunities for artists to utilize design interventions and in

these designs integrate environmental and cultural references that will engage and inform pathway users as they move through Greenway routes.

The Infrastructure and Identity Design templates address design elements that

Quibble Creek, Surrey

Dragonfly, Seattle > Lorna Jordan

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. INFRASTRUCTURE INTEGRATED ART AND DESIGN

Integrated artPEDESTRIAN BRIDGES

Pedestrian bridges are typical features of Greenway Design providingpathway links across water systems, salmon bearing creeks, andcrossings over highways. The high visibility of a bridge and thesymbolic access of connecting pathway users through greenways toother green spaces and linking people to nature ensures that resultingart treatments will mark and identify a greenway. For pathway usersthe pedestrian bridge can be a focus for destination and a site forreflection. Pedestrian bridges are present throughout the Greenwaysystem and provide repeated opportunities for artist involvement.


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FENCING/SCREENSScreens and fencing are specified for residential areas where pathwaydesign may comprise resident privacy. It is recommended when thesituation is applicable that artists be engaged to develop living, plantbased privacy screens, and design fencing that reflects natural formsand references that integrate into the surrounding natural environment

.Heron railing- Seattle

Price Creek NewFleetDale Greenway, Surrey


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PATHWAY DESIGN AND TREATMENTSPathway design expenditures are the greatest cost of Greenwaydesign. Art costs integrated into design and construction budgets provideopportunities to specify particular art treatments for pathway designand surface treatments. A surface treatment could include the use of colour or pattern installed in increments through the pathway and theuse of inlaid paving stones and artist - created markers that focusawareness on the surrounding environment and the often hiddensymbols of natural and cultural history.Rio Salado, Linear Park, Arizona, 1999

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DRAINAGE RETENTION PONDS

Serpentine Greenway, Surrey

Drainage is a constant feature of the overall Surrey landscape bothpast and present and is a key component of Greenway design.Surreys lowland and inter tidal rivers combined with the regionsprecipitation and inherent topography is marked and shaped by landuse and development.

In the development of Surrey early settlers prepare d the use of lowlands for agriculture by buil ding dykes. In contemporary times as a

solution to high runoff and natural topographydrainage retention ponds and stormwater facilities areregular facets of Municipal Engineering. Both the SerpentineGreenway and the about - to - be constructed Wildflower Greenway have wet and dry retention ponds.

(Link to Greenway Map and 10 Year Plan Map)

Focus Project Site - Price Creek - Applicable infrastructure items:pedestrian bridge privacy screening pathway treatment and fencing


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PUBLIC ART PROGRAMS

Infrastructure Examples.

Public Art Programs in Seattle and Olympia, Washington are utilizingthe collaborative design team model for infrastructure and publicworks projects that involve similar trail and greenways systems. InOlympia, Washington, an artist was engaged to work on a designteam that included City engineers, transportation planners,landscape architects, and drainage specialists to design andimplement a 2-acre storm water treatment facility and greenway trailoff Interstate 5. The collaboration was successful and the artistsvision along with other design team members was incorporatedthroughout the site.

Currently the City of Vancouver has created a catalogue of pre-qualified artists for Gateway infrastructure projects. This processwill facilitate bringing the artist in to the public works,infrastructure process at an earlier design stage than the publiccalls for submissions process can provide. This artist selectionprocess also takes into account internal and external variablesbased on construction, funding, and municipal timelines.


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1. INFRASTRUCTURE INTEGRATED ART AND DESIGN

Integrated art

BUDGET

Infrastructure budgets need to include art specifications as part of theoverall construction and design budgets. An example of this is theWildflower Greenway budget that is approximately $600,000 andincludes an entry plaza on 134th Street, a drainage pond, andextensive pathway construction. Addressing art features as part of overall Greenway infrastructure budgets allows for more developedaesthetic treatments over a greater area resulting in a wider visualimpact. Drainage infrastructure budgets can also be included in thisapproach and to allow for artist, designed projects.

PARTNERS Overall infrastructure projects can draw on localneighbourhood organizations for support and for budget enhancementthe following potential sponsors and organizations

Friends of the Environment, Environment Canada The BC Real Estate Foundation For specific site related projects including plantings and

restoration habitat The Institute of Urban Ecology at DouglasCollege


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RECOMMENDED PROJECT(S) infrastructure

1. All future Greenway Pedestrian Bridges, Artists to be involved atthe design stage. Greenways Site to be identified by CityEngineering and Public Art Staff notified prior to final tenderpackage. Example: Price Creek Pedestrian Bridge.

2. Trans Canada /Port Kells : Overpass pedestrian bridge, art treatmentfor chain link fence specified as safety requirement for existingbridge that if approved will be installed as link to Trans CanadaTrail system.

Artist designed chain link fence, Laurie Lundquist,

Mountain Pass, Pedestrian Bridge, Phoenix

3. Artist interventions in Landscaping and native plantings.

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.GREENWAYS IDENTITY DESIGN

Bollards, Entry Plazas, Benches, Log Rails, Plantings, Identity Signage (vertical or inlaid)

VISUAL LINKAGESCreating artist inspired Greenway Identity features that draw on thematic links based on nature and the environment will form visual linkages between Greenway corridors and build an overall identity for the Surrey Greenways system. Bollards are highly visible pathway entry

oints and appear throughout the Greenway system.

It is recommended that an art treatment for bollard design reflect habitat symbols such as birds, animals, and First Nations references to nature.

Bollards designed with an art treatment are to replace existing bollards

in priority locations that have high visual impact such as Greenway entrance sites that intersect with high traffic street crossings. Log rails are another consistent design feature that currently identify and link a Greenway. An artist treatment for log rails would visually strengthen and lend character to this type of fencing and build on creating Greenway

Identity. Link to off road pathway Log rails Entrance Green Timbers Pathway


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Greenways Identity Design Entry Plaza

Example -Serpentine Greenway En try Plaza. Identity Treatment: Features;log rails, plaza treatment, bollards, signage, and plantings.

Greenways Identity Design: It is recommended that identity artenhancements remain consistent to strengthen Greenways Identity.This however does not preclude the addition of site related themes andinterpretations to individual Greenways identity features.


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THE GREENWAYS IDENTITY DESIGN Template draws on therich and diverse natural history of early Surrey to convey site

specific references. Greenway Identity Signage can function aseducational and interpretative markers that signify and help visuallydefine and map Greenway routes and neighbourhoods throughpresent and past natural and cultural history. Visual identitysignage could also take the form of vertical symbols such asappears in t he City of Vancouver Greenways Program. Anotherapproach would incorporate text and visuals in markers that couldeither be installed vertically or inlaid in pathway surfaces.

GREENWAYS IDENTITY DESIGN FOCUS PROJECT Wildflower Greenway, Infrastructure Budget: $600,000

Wildflower Greenway: length 1700m from 126St. to 134St. from

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. PLACEMAKING CONNECTIONS TO COMMUNITY

Community Involvement, Cultural Connections, Heritage Context: Natural, Cultural, and Built.

Two recommended priority project concepts are introduced in the lacemaking Connections to Community Template. The projects reference

Community Involvement, Cultural Connections, Heritage Context: Natural, Cultural, and Built. Community Involvement, Cultural Connections, Heritage Context:

Natural, Cultural, and Built.

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CULTURE AND NATUREThis template identifies placemaking by connecting to the community as another approach to creating artwork for neighbourhood Greenways. This approach connects artists and residents in community public art enhancement projects that through art practices such as Community

Cultural Development encourages the community to explore the many actors that influence place and the environment. The opportunity in lacemaking Connections to Community is to facilitate artist and

community investigations of natural and contemporary cultural heritage and to understand the relationships and effects of the human mark. The

experience of working with professional artists offers community members an opportunity to express their experience of the environment,

lace, and nature, and to make these connections in site-specific artwork or their local Greenway.


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. PLACEMAKING CONNECTIONS TO COMMUNITYRECOMMENDED SITE(S ) Based on Site Criteria and Themes.

1. Site: Green Timbers Greenway, The Green Timbers Urban ForestSociety and Community.Specific Project: Giants The Memories of Trees, the history of firstgrowth forests that enabled Surreys initial settlement anddevelopment.

2. Site: Serpentine Greenway, The South Asian CommunitySpecific Project: Cultural Art Walk, Sounds, and Patterns

THIS PLACE

Site 1. The Green Timbers Urban Forest Society currently runs guidedinterpretive walks through this second growth forest andencourages active stewardship of, and lobbying activities for themaintenance, and protection of this substantial and importantSurrey green space.

Green Timbers Urban Forest Society, Open House 2001


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S i t e 1 C o n t . The Green Timbers G reenway cuts through the Green TimbersForest (Link Green Timbers Map & Aerial) The specific priorityproject suggested in this template addresses scale and timethrough the creation of life size markers that visually create thememory of trees that used to be in this place. Particularlypoignant is the notion that within the next twenty years childrenand adults alike may not even know how really big original forestswere as the only visual reference to trees will be the scaleprovided by second growth trees. This template project alsoconnects to the history of this place as a major tourist attractionin the early 20 th Century attracting visitors to see accessible oldgrowth forests and to witness log felling.


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Site 1 PROJECT PARAMETERS Address Scale and time in artworks to be installed in the GreenTimbers Greenway and developed with reference to the naturalheritage and biodiversity of the Green Timbers Forest, past andpresent. To develop this project in collaboration with the GreenTimbers Urban Forest Society. To draw on the history of GreenTimbers as a popular destination to see the big trees of an old

growth forest and the current forest as an outdoor classroom.


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Site 2: Serpentine Greenway, The South Asian CommunitySpecific Project: Cultural Art Walk, Sounds, and Patterns

Below, Guru Nanak Sikh Temple, 72/Scott Road)

Rich Contributions to Place

The Serpentine Greenway is located near two South Asian Temples.

Everyday elders from a nearby seniors home and people leaving the templewalk the Greenway. Enjoying the green space and a chance to walk and ta lk ,the Serpentine Greenways highest user group originates from the SouthAsian community. The South Asian community has a strong history in thedevelopment of Surreys farming and agriculture and has also made richcontributions to the cultural life of Surrey.

Surrey as it has evolved is home to a diverse range of cultures andimmigrant communities. From the Greek Orthodox and Russian churches to

the sounds of a South Asian Temple, diverse cultures contributeto defining a place. The Serpentine Greenway Project hopes toinvolve the South Asian Community in a Community Cultural Developmentprocess that will explore nature in the Serpentine Greenway and illuminatein public artw orks reflections of South Asian Culture through sounds and patterns.

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Involvement, Cultural Connections, Heritage: Natural, Cultural Native Ecology, Waterway Systems

. INTERVENTIONS & CELEBRATIONS. INTERVENTIONS & CELEBRATIONS. INTERVENTIONS & CELEBRATIONS. INTERVENTIONS & CELEBRATIONS. INTERVENTIONS & CELEBRATIONS

The Interventions and Celebrations Template introduces project concepts that focus on temporary public art on Greenways. There is a solid history in public art of artist interventions like the L.A. River Walk that can take the form of temporary installations that address social and environmental concerns, in this case the pollution of the Los Angeles River.

Interventions, environmental art walks, installations, and community celebrations promote and build Greenway explorations

and offer the community a chance to participate in a site specific experience that actively connects

eople to the landscape through environmental art and events.

These celebrations and installations can reflect the

RIVER WALK THROUGH TIME


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The Greenways Art Plan identifies as a priority sites that embody the convergence of Greenway routeswith blueways/waterways, heritage values, and uniqueenvironmental qualities. This template draws on these criteria.

RECOMMENDED SITE(S )1. ON THE RIVE R, Nikomekl Greenwa y. Elgin Heritage Park2. NATIVE PLANT ECOLOGY, BERRY FESTIVAL , Blueberries , Cranberries,Salmonberries, Salal, Red Elderberry, Native Plants, Non Native Plants,Himalayan Blackberry Ethno botanical theme, Early food systems,Stories, Jam, Jamborees. Boundary Bay GreenwayBlueways Map

Before European settlement the rivers and waterways of Surreyprovided food and transportation for this areas First Nationssettlements, the Katzie, Royal Kwantlen and Semiahmoo.

The rivers continued to be used to transport food, and goods forsettlement. As the land was cleared for agriculture, settlement, andindustry, logs were floated down the river to market as they aretoday. As fish returned to their river spawning grounds, theabundance of this seasonal phenomenon encouraged settlers tocreate large industrial fisheries and shipping yards in contrast tolong established native fisheries that depended on canoes, nets andspecial tools that were developed over 6,000 years of fishing localwaters.

The power and effect of inter-tidal river ecology is woven into theidentity past and present of Surreys landscape, and its residents.The force of natures cycles and the effect on the landscape isevident in floodplain habitat and the current Surrey dyke system thatprotects agricultural land, roads, and housing from natures tides andprecipitation.

The Surrey Blueways system gives access to these historic andenvironmentally sensitive areas. A paddling circuit

the Surrey Floating Trail, the Serpentine Paddling Circuit andthe Fraser River Challenge are planned to give access to Surreysriver waterways


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INTERVENTIONS AND CELEBRATIONSSite 1

On the River Nicomekl Greenway intersecting with the historicElgin Park site and converging with Blueways, Nicomekl River, FloatingNature Trail.

Artists work developed in installations, celebrations, and demonstrations .On the River is an environmental river festival that proposes to bring artiststogether to focus on intertidal river ecology, the history of rivers in Surreyas transportation routes, and current community, prevention/conservation

practices in the care of sensitive river ecosystems. On the River would focuson First Nations history, names of rivers, use of waterways, and the historiclink of trails to rivers. A variety of artists and community would also be invitedto paint and decorate boats and canoes for an annual O n - the -R iver parade thatwould address celebrating and preserving the health of local waterways andwildlife habitat .

Artists work developed in sculpture installations, celebrations, anddemonstrations would reference the rich ecological and cultural history of

the Nicomekl River. (I.e. Boat building, Steam Sternwheelers like the - PortElgin, and biological concerns like k eeping B irds in their N ests) Guidedwalks and river journeys will increase awareness of the Greenways, ElginPark, and Blueways trails while engaging participants in experiences thatwill strengthen their connection to natural processes, aquatic habitat, andthe cultural history of the area. On the River will foster ongoing awareness,stewardship, and long term care of Surreys waterway and greenwayhabitats. Potential Partners: Friends of Boundary Bay, Local First Nations

Site 2

Berry Festival - Native Plant EcologyBoundary Bay Dyke/Greenway a continuation of the SerpentineGreenway and a link to the Trans Canada Trail System.

Temporary art affords the community and artists projects that gatherinformation, stories, and people as a beginning to creating more permanentpublic art works. The Boundary Bay Dyke is a site that is close to the oldColebrook Rail Station and is currently a favourite blackberry-picking site.The project concept of Surrey's history as a berry source is connected to the b og

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5. INTERSECTIONS AND DEVELOPMENT

Transportation, Crossings, Trading, Distribution Networks, Gateway, Municipal Boundaries, Land use, Interchanges, Exits and Entrances

ailway, Junction, Crossroads, Car Culture/Bike Friendly

Farming, and Hydro Tower, Symbols of Urban Growth.

Transportation and the story of getting to Surrey is founded on crossings and interchanges; from urban to rural heritage, from water to roads, by rail

or trail. Exits and entrances typically mark municipal boundaries.

unctions can conjure the past smoke of logging and passenger trains, farmers

markets, and the sound of horses carrying wares to the dock at Brownsville Bar.

From there steamboats crossing the mighty Fraser, chugged along carrying assengers, and farmers goods to their inal destination, the weekly Farmers

Market in New Westminster.

The Intersections Template organizes Greenway Art Plan Projects around the themes of Gateway and Crossing Projects

GATEWAYS TO SURREY


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INTERSECTIONS Focus Projects

Site 1 . Surrey Parkway , Patullo Bridge, South side bicycle/walkway pathGateway to Surrey - Municipal boundary, entrance to Surrey.Patullo Bridge , a major transportation link over the Fraser River , isundergoing an intensive re-design in the near future. Artworks could reveala number of characteristics of this place by reflecting Surreys heritagetrails & crossings, transportation, settlement and development history, themetaphors of crossing and junctions and the physical convergence of bridges, roads, and water, both visible and invisible. This Bridge site is also

above an underdeveloped area and an adjacent urban stream that isshowing some signs of pollution. It is recommended that the Bridgepathway entrance site be looked at as a whole and include these adjacentsite factors. The project can draw on the rich history of this place andreference Fraser River bridge crossings and Patullo Bridge as the first mainthru link to the 49 th parallel. The Patullo Bridge was the first car bridge builtto service increasing traffic and to bring car traffic directly from the U.S. tothe lower mainland following in the history of previous heritage trails(Semiahmoo Trail) that started at Brownsville Bar and continued to the USborder. Boundaries, (m unicipal, international ) , and the juxtaposition andreference to cars as a strong symbol in the landscape with the increase anduse of bikes due to Greenways are just a few considerations for thedevelopment of this Intersection Focus Project. Potential Partners: Translink, BC Hydro.

Site 2. Brownsville Bar Park, Connection to Surrey Parkway and link toCrossing the River - Fraser River Boardwalk, Waterfront Park.This project will focus on the history of Brownsville Bar as the firstsettlement community in Surrey and an early gateway port into Surrey fromNew Westminster prior to rail and road bridges. This project will modelGreenways (Surrey Parkway) as connectors as a visual connection will becreated to link the Brownsville Bar Park, Fraser River BoardwalkWaterfront Park, and the Surrey Parkway Greenway. These connectionsfollow the original water/trail link of the Semiahmoo Heritage Trail that ranfrom Brownsville Bar, South to the Serpentine River and beyond to theBorder. Infrastructure identity treatments for the new Greenway link can beextended to these parks creating physical as well as symbolic links. Projectresearch needs to include reference to the use of this site by the RoyalKwantlen First Nations Potential Partners: First Nations Surrey Museum Rivtow

Greenway Art Plan TemplatesSUMMARY OF RECOMMENDED PRIORITY SITES & PROJECTS


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SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDED PRIORITY SITES & PROJECTS1) Infrastructure Integrated Art & Design p. 20 -2 7

PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES - Priority Sites throughoutGreenway System as they are identified during site

analysis. Focus Project: Price Creek Pedestrian Bridge(Greenway 10-year Map)

TRANS CANADA LINK Priority Site Port Kells Greenway .Overpass pedestrian bridge, Highway 1 - art application.Example of artist working with structural engineer todesign safety fencing.

DRAINAGE RETENTION PONDS

Applies to whole Greenways system.Priority Sites Wildflower Greenway, Serpentine Greenway,future Bothwell Park, Green Timbers Greenway link.

2) Greenway Identity Design p. 28-30Template to be applied throughout Greenway System.

BOLLARDS throughout Greenway system. Priority sites atmajor intersections, interchange existing bollards with artones at high traffic and street crossings.

APPLY GREENWAY IDENTITY DESIGN FEATURESPriority Sites Wildflower Greenway, Serpentine Greenway,Surrey Parkway , new construction and retro fit: bollards,retention pond, entry plaza, log rails, vertical sculptures,berms, and identity signage.Boundary Bay Greenway , pathway treatment, bollards, lograils, entry treatment, identity signage.

3) Placemaking Connections to Community p. 31-35 Focus Projects: GIANTS: MEMORIES OF TREESGreen Timbers Greenway

SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY, SOUND SCULPTURESerpentine Greenway

4) Interventions & Celebrations, Art on Greenways p. 36-38 Focus Projects: ON THE RIVER , Nicomekl Greenway .

Waterways, Elgin Heritage Park NATIVE PLANT ECOLOGY, BERRY FESTIVAL , Blueberries ,

Cranberries, Salal, Blackberries Ethno botanical theme,


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Greenway Art Plan

Appendix Summary of Maps

Focus Projects Map

Greenways Art Plan 10 Year-Map

Trans Canada Trail LinkHeritage Register Houses & Buildings

Topography

Blueways

Green Timbers Pathway

Green Timbers Pathway through Green Timbers Forest

Boundary Bay Dyke

Mapping Special Places, Community Public Comments, Map

City of Surrey, Aerial Photo with Greenway Routes

Population Density

Salmon in the City


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