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Sunderland Arena Project The Township of Brock is paving the way with the expansion and renovation of the Sunderland Arena located at 20 Park Street, Sunderland. 

The Sunderland Arena project is aimed at meeting the needs for the residents of Brock - for today and tomorrow. This project page is intended to provide information on this up-and-coming project. Details will be added as the project progresses. 

Project Plans

New plans will be updated soon, stay tuned!

Project Timeline

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Project Scope  

The Sunderland Arena Project scope is approximately 60% of the building will be renovated and 40% remaining as is. 

 2024 Amendment to the Project Scope ICIP Grant
  • Provision for a range of four (4) to six (6) dressing rooms, with a minimum of two being fully accessible;
  • Inclusion of a community use room and an ice surfacer room;
  • Expand the building to include a storage room, if it can be achieved within budget;
  • Expand the ice surface of the arena to a minimum of 75 x 175 feet and maximum of 80 x 200 feet;
  • Replace the concrete pad in the arena;
  • Update the refrigeration system;
  • Reconfigure seating around the rink;
  • Renovate the existing lobby, dressing rooms and second floor auditorium.

These are the minimum requirements of the project in order to receive the $5.5 million ICIP grant.

2021 Approved Project Scope ICIP Grant

  • 6 new dressing rooms (requested scope change/flexibility- range of 4-6 and keeping 2 as fully accessible)
  • Community use room (required- size not determined and dependant on budget)
  • Storage (required- size not determined and dependant on budget)
  • Ice resurfacer room (required as part of the grant)
  • Replacement of concrete pad (required as part of the grant)
  • Expansion of ice surface to regulation size (requested scope change/flexibility- increase but size to be determined)
  • Updated refrigeration system (required as part of the grant)
  • Reconfigured seating around the ice surface (will be determined by changes to the ice surface size)
  • Renovation of the lobby and current dressing rooms to create a larger lobby (required)
  • New food booth (required as part of grant)
  • Second floor viewing (required)
  • Accessibility (required)

 

Budget

 2025 Updated Budget for project

 

Total Budget

$10,200,000

Less: ICIP Grant

-$5,485,084

Sub-total

$4,714,916

Less: Development Charges

-$3,064,695

Sub-total

$1,650,221

Less: Foster Hewitt Donation

-$25,000

Less: Lions Club Donation

-$1,000,000

Sub-total

$625,221

Draw from Sunderland Arena Reserve

-$625,221

Unfunded

$Nil

 

  • The Sunderland Lions Club has indicated that they would be interested in contributing to this project, based upon a number of expectations for the project.
  • Development Charges (DCs) are one time fees collected from developers at the time a building permit is issued. These fees help pay for infrastructure required to provide municipal services to a new development. The use of DCs is to ensure pressures of increased development doesn’t fall completely on the existing tax base and ensures services keep up with where growth is occurring.  The funds are contributed, however, become Township revenue to be used to support development.  The Township, in accordance with the Development Charges Background Study, determines how the Development Charge contributions will be allocated.
  • The Sunderland project was placed into the 2019 DC study in the event that the grant was not successful.  
  • Even though the grant was approved the Township will be able to use a portion of DCs to assist with this project. Significant time was spent to determine how much of this project was DC eligible. The DC portion is 65% of the net cost after the grant is deducted from the total cost. The amount that can be used must be substantiated by growth. The Township has a long list of underfunded projects and Development Charges are one source of revenue that helps support growth related projects. By using development charges where possible it lessons the tax burden that would result from acquiring new debt for the project. Borrowing costs escalate with inflation. Borrowing from committed reserves results in debt payments even when we borrow from our own reserves. We are working to ensure that we keep borrowing to a minimum on this project.
  • Development Charges are received with each new development (residential, non-residential, etc.) within the Township.  If the Township has low development, the prospects for future Development Charge collections to support growth will be limited.  The Township needs to ensure a balance in their DC projects and focus on projects driven by growth.  
  • In 2024, the Township updated its Development Charge By-Law and the budget for the Sunderland Arena Renovation and Expansion Project was increased.
  • The Lions Club has indicated that they will contribute up to $1,000,000 for this project, however, the confirmed funding level is dependent upon final approved project scope.
Reports

2012 Recreation Master Plan
2016 BARF Committee Report and Minutes
2021 Class C Estimate
2023 Current Arena Status Report and Sunderland Arena Renovation and Expansion Project

2024 Sunderland Arena Timelines and Project Manager Tender  

2025 Update on the Sunderland Arena Renovation Project

 

 
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