{"id":22732,"date":"2019-01-18T15:16:11","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T20:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=22732"},"modified":"2019-01-18T15:16:11","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T20:16:11","slug":"project-manager-will-oversee-development-of-hallmark-lands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/project-manager-will-oversee-development-of-hallmark-lands\/","title":{"rendered":"Project manager will oversee development of Hallmark Lands"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n

The transformation of Aurora\u2019s Hallmark Lands into a hub for baseball will be overseen by a project manager, staff have assured Council.
\nThe confirmation came from Al Downey, Aurora\u2019s Director of Operational Services, who also said planning for the two senior baseball diamonds approved for the site near Industrial Parkway South and Vandorf Road was soon set to begin.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re in the process of acquiring a landscape architect through the procurement process, at which point we will get into the design elements of Hallmark and we hope to start construction in the spring,\u201d said Mr. Downey.
\nWith this in mind, Council members questioned the oversight process that will steer the baseball diamond construction to completion.
\nProject management is an issue that plagued the last Council terms when it came to large scale projects, particularly the Joint Operations Centre, as well as renovations at the Aurora Family Leisure Complex.
\n\u201cWe have an oversight process and it is actually multi-departmental at this point because we have implemented a project manager who is also doing oversight on the corporate level with regards to projects, so we\u2019re reporting to that individual on a regular basis,\u201d said Mr. Downey, responding to questions from Councillor Wendy Gaertner on what\u2019s in place \u201cto make sure we don\u2019t get into any trouble.\u201d
\n\u201cOnce the project is commenced,\u201d Mr. Downey continued, \u201cthe administration of that project falls within the landscape architect, or the designer of the project, and it is overseen by our staff. They have been within operations as well as staff within corporate services.\u201d
\nTecha van Leeuwen, Aurora\u2019s Director of Corporate Services, added a project manager has been \u201crecently recruited\u201d on a two-year contract.
\n\u201c[This project manager] is developing a standard methodology for project management and she is reaching out to the individual departments and has oversight of our production management portfolio,\u201d she said, adding that funding for a project manager was taken from capital funds allocated for various projects to make it happen.
\nCouncil decided after a lengthy debate last summer to transform a parcel of land in behind the former Hallmark building into a destination for baseball.
\nAfter striking what many local lawmakers said was a \u201ccompromise\u201d in addressing the needs of both the baseball and soccer communities by building one senior diamond and one multipurpose field on the site, plans were changed to build two diamonds after Parks & Rec staff found a multipurpose field would not fit on the land and still face the ideal direction.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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