slip space or if they preferred, their mooring can would be relocated to an 

 alternate area. 



The 219-slip facility was installed in time for the 1981 season. Mainte- 

 nance is funded from a yearly user's fee (approximately $170) with sufficient 

 money being set aside each year to theoretically replace the escalated value 

 of the wavebreaker in 25 years and the slips themselves in 15 years, Funds 

 are also channelled into the maintenance reserve from slip rental and the 

 escalating net proceeds from resold slips. 



The marina is administered by the LaSalle Park Marina Association who 

 present yearly audited statements to the City of Burlington (the legal 

 owner of the facility) . 



FOREGROUND 



The rationale for choosing a floating tire breakwater at LaSalle 

 Park in Burlington, Ontario, fits the pattern of minimal fetch distances, 

 poor seabed foundation and site with a partial deep-water location. These 

 factors combined to economically eliminate a fixed breakwater structure. 

 The breakwater and 219-slip dock facility was installed in the April/May 

 period of 1981 at an overall cost of approximately $660,000. The break- 

 water itself was fabricated by Bermingham Construction Ltd. for $270,000. 

 Modules were assembled in Hamilton and trucked less than 16 km to a lagoon 

 on -Hamilton Harbour for mat assembly during the late winter period of 1981. 



From the owners' point of view, site installation of the breakwater 

 took place on time with no community disruption. 



Performance of the Goodyear design breakwater can be evaluated in 

 numerous ways . 

 Structural Maintenance 



Visual surface inspection is performed twice yearly. After three full 

 years of service and an exceptional April 1984 storm, the anchors, mooring 

 chains, and attachment points showed very little discernible wear. 

 Housekeeping Maintenance 



As the need arises, perhaps twice a year, plus the odd occasion for 

 a localized problem, college students are employed to clean the breakwater 

 of debris. 



This debris typically has minimal visibility from the Marina walkways 

 but can be of some concern if motoring or sailing close to the breakwater. 



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