LPMA Presentation Aldershot BIA Organization Profile The LaSalle Park Marina Association (LPMA) was created in 1981, through subscription by a group of area boaters to create, fund and administrate the City of Burlington’s LaSalle Park Marina (The Marina). The Marina was conceived and exists today, as a full season, Open Public Marina funded entirely by the membership and users. No Public Funds were used in its creation or maintenance. LaSalle Park Marina provides the main venue for Burlington’s recreational boating experience. History o The LPMA was incorporated without share capital on April 16 1982 as a Not ‐ for ‐ Profit (NPO) Corporation. LPMA’s corporate identification number is ON 0000507399. o LaSalle Park Marina is owned in title by the City of Burlington (the City). The Marina has 219 slips. o The Marina is operated by LPMA under a Joint Venture Agreement with the City. o No Public Funds are used to subsidize the Marina’s Operation. o The Marina is sustainable from internally generated user and membership fees. o The LPMA have in place sustainable infrastructure renewal and replacement programs for docks; walkways; anchoring systems and a floating wavebreaker system. The funds are internally generated from member and user revenues and assessments. o The City also holds Funds in trust for the Marina derived from Membership purchases of Charter and Senior Members. This is known as the City Held Marina Account and has three components: Transition; Senior Members Depreciating Accounts; and Potential Dismantlement. The City reports the status of the City Held Marina Account Funds to LPMA annually. o LPMA report their annual Financial Statements, prepared on a review and engagement basis by an arms ‐ length and independent accounting firm Becket, Lowden, Read LLP. These financial statements (now Audited to heighten transparency) are presented to LPMA members annually, as well as being reported to the City Director of Parks and Recreation and the City Treasurer. o LPMA has a unique and sustainable membership business model. LPMA maintains an elected Board of Directors, democratically selected from and by the members of the LPMA. The Directors report both to the membership as well as the City. o In 1998 the LPMA took out a 10 year Joint Venture Loan from the City to help pay for a new floating wavebreaker, with a design life of 20 years. The LPMA retired that loan in 2008, on time, on schedule. o The LPMA is debt free.
o The City derives no revenue from the Marina as per the City’s JV Policy. o The City leases the lands and waterlots for the Marina from the Hamilton Port Authority and sublets those lands and waterlots to LPMA. LPMA pays a share of the lease to the City, as does the Burlington Sailing and Boating Club (BSBC ‐ a separate organization). Both LPMA and BSBC work cooperatively together to further mutual objectives related to recreational boating. o BSBC is a private organization that maintains social and boating related programs for its members as well as public educational and accessibility programs. It is a NPO. It is a self ‐ help Club offering affordable access. o LPMA is an infrastructure based organization which administrates the Marina and boat dockage for marina members, as well as for seasonal users. It is also a self ‐ help organization offering more affordable access than other Marina venues using a unique and viable business model. o LaSalle Park Marina was the first Marina anywhere to win the Green Leaf Program’s coveted top 5 Anchor Environmental Award. The Award was personally presented by both the Federal and Ontario Ministers of the Environment in 2005. LPMA holds this enviable 5 Anchor status uninterrupted. o The Marina is fully wheelchair accessible. o LPMA retains a Manager to operate the Marina. The Manager reports to the Board of Directors. o LaSalle Park Marina is Burlington’s only full season Open Public Marina. o The Marina is protected by a floating wavebreaker. As a result of Harbour ice conditions, all infrastructures must be removed and reinstalled seasonally. Known Issues • As defined in the Hall Coastal Canada Ltd’s (HCCL) 2001 Report “A Study of Wave Agitation Levels at LaSalle Park Marina” a City of Burlington / LPMA co ‐ funded arms ‐ length study and report. • Findings: unacceptable wave action occurs within LaSalle Park Marina. Recommended Remediation Options • As defined in the Hall Coastal Canada Ltd’s 2001 Report “A Study of Wave Agitation Levels at LaSalle Park Marina” a City of Burlington / LPMA co ‐ funded arms ‐ length study and report. Findings: recommended remediation options detailed. • Vision 2012 is fully consistent with the City of Burlington’s Future Focus 7 Reference Document “A Study of Wave Agitation Levels at LaSalle Park Marina” Hall Coastal Canada Ltd 2001
Historical – Habitat Lost ‘Hamilton Harbour and Watershed Fisheries Management Plan’, by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources et al ~ February 2009 (excerpt from page 41) “In the late 19th century and early 20th century, significant development occurred in the Hamilton Harbour area. In the past, the harbour was characterized by protected embayments and marsh along the southern shoreline, and by open bluffs with sandy sediments along the northern shoreline. Infilling, has reduced Hamilton Harbour from about 2,770 Ha in 1926 to 2,150 Ha, currently. Most of the infilling was along the south shore marsh lands, currently occupied by the Hamilton waterfront. From 1845 to 1977 over 74% of the marsh lands of Hamilton Harbour and Cootes Paradise were lost (Whillans 1982). Similarly, most of the 3.5 km2 of historic shoal habitat in Hamilton Harbour (Figure 4.25) has been lost. Shoals along the south and west shorelines have been filled in. Development along the northern shore led to erosion of the bluffs and increased sedimentation. Shoals along the northern shoreline have disappeared, and it is unclear if the shoals are covered with fine sediment, or if the shoal material was removed, as was common along the Lake Ontario shoreline.” (Page 41) Habitat Created – Vision 2012 Option B Creating a State ‐ of ‐ the ‐ Art Environmental Fish & Wildlife Habitat The goal of Vision 2012 is to reintroduce lost Habitat and Fish breeding grounds with 1,500 linear feet ( 3,000ft. in circumference ) of an environmentally friendly, state ‐ of ‐ the ‐ art, riparian Rock Island Fish & Wildlife Habitat Wavebreaker at LaSalle Park which will provide all weather protection to the City's Marina. The Vision 2012 project is similar to other island builds found elsewhere in the Harbour, particularly along the north shore, but designed to the latest thinking in Fisheries Management for introduction; reintroduction and sustainability of identified targeted species while providing a protected Safe Harbour.
LaSalle Park Marina today Opportunity Cost Boater Discretionary Spending There is a significant opportunity cost to the Community and area Businesses by having a too small resident marina or no marina at all. DFO built 399 Small Craft Safe Harbours in Ontario alone (846 nationally) – the purpose was to capture the discretionary spending which occurs by boaters in a community, because a marina is located there and not elsewhere.
Current: LaSalle in Winter LaSalle Park Marina – Investing in a Community Value ‐ Added Asset
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