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Oak Park in South Vancouver is getting a new layout.

The city’s board of parks and recreation is scheduled to vote on a proposed schematic plan that will accommodate a modern community centre and an outdoor pool in the Marpole neighbourhood.

Based on a staff report to the board, the southern portion of the park at the northeast corner of Oak Street and Park Drive will be the location of a new Marpole-Oakridge Community Centre, and outdoor pool.

The current community centre is located at the northern side of the park at Oak Street and West 59th Avenue.

According to the report included in the board’s agenda Monday (November 4), the new location in the park of the renewed centre will allow uninterrupted service at the present facility while construction is going on.

The Marpole-Oakridge Community Centre was built in 1949.

The report noted that it is the board’s “oldest community centre”.

“Due to its inability to meet current and future programming demands and aging building systems, the building is in need of renewal,” the report stated.

At 40,000 square feet, the new centre will be about 40 percent bigger than the present facility, which has 29,000 square feet.

In addition to a centre and outdoor pool, the Marpole project will include a 10,700-square-foot childcare centre with 69 spaces.

The new centre is estimated to cost $38.6 million. The price tag for the outdoor pool is $15 million.

Construction is expected to start sometime in 2021.