A SAILING ORGANIZATION'S EXPERIENCE 

 WITH A GOODYEAR FTB 



Paul L. Pirie 



BACKGROUND 



In 1979, an advisory committee was formed to report to interested area 

 boaters on the feasibility of installing a floating marina at LaSalle Park in 

 Burlington, Ontario. 



The City of Burlington had previously made application to the Small 

 Craft Harbours Branch of the Federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans for 

 financial and technical assistance in building protection for boat slips in 

 the area. The Small Craft Harbours Branch reported that their engineering 

 study indicated that a wavebreaker would be effective at LaSalle Park but 

 could not commit to the timing of any financial assistance. 



At that time, there were roughly 275 boats kept at LaSalle Park over 

 the summer months. Of these, approximately 75 were on trailers or storage 

 racks in the Burlington Sailing and Boating Club's compound on the dock and 

 about 200 were tied to mooring cans in the Harbour. 



The park itself was an attractive site for recreational boating facili- 

 ties for a number of reasons. 



1. It was an active boating centre with some facilities in place 

 (dock, sailing club, storage compound, launching ramp, and mooring 

 area) . 



2. It had good accessibility to the water with adequate water depth. 



3. Parking facilities were available on the dock and on an upper 

 parking level. 



4. Boating mixes well with other activities that take place in the 

 park. 



During 1980, a plan was formulated to raise funds for the project using 

 a capital contribution per boater covering all boating facilities (slips, 

 walkways, wavebreaker, and the acquisition of waterlots for a one-time cost 

 of $2800 to $3000 per slip). In this manner, the taxpayer was not being 

 asked to finance the initial construction of the facility for boaters. The 

 boater, however, could recover his capital contribution when the slip was 

 permanently relinquished with the proviso that a replacement contribution 

 was available to make the capital contribution required. 



Boaters on existing mooring cans were given first right of refusal for 



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