Lachine: Marina users resist park plan
Boat owners plan to fight the city’s intention to turn the Lachine marina into a public park.
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Er 09:13 on 2020-08-01 Permalink
The report was kinda painful to watch… really felt like « oh no, these poor rich people won’t be able to enjoy their boats »
Honestly 16 000 000$ just so 450 people can keep their boat parking spot screams 1% entitlement.
John B 11:32 on 2020-08-01 Permalink
Turning the marina into a park fits the current political trends, but we live on an island, and having the ability to use boats should increase our awareness of the river, and by extension the local environnement.
I would question some of the numbers: 16 million is a lot, but I question the management. For example::
1. Why does a marina need a sewer system, beyond maybe toilet for someone who works there. Make people who need pump-out facilites go elsewhere to do it.
2. Should a gas station be something that makes a profit, not something that is a cost? If selling gas doesn’t make enough money to maintain the gas-selling facility you’re doing something wrong. If there’s really no way to make it work eliminate it and boaters will have to go elsewhere to fill up.
3. If it’s running at a deficit then raise the prices. For someone with a boat large enough that it needs a mooring like at Lachine an extra $600 per year, (enough to make the marina break-even), barely changes the annual cost of boat ownership. Heck, raise the price even more. If there’s really $16M of work to do, that’s $35k per boat. Maybe make it cost $2500/year to park your boat there for the next 20 years. If there’s really as much demand as it seems it’ll get paid.
4. Erosion happen whether it’s a marina or a park. Maybe there’s more without mosquito-producing, maybe not.
Boating is a pretty 1% activity, but it doesn’t have to happen in a way that 100% excludes the other 99%. If renovations are going to happen maybe find a way to fit more boats, (thus increasing the amount of money coming from private pockets), and find a way to incorporate some non-motorized activities in the area.
The bit about the rowing club is a bit rich. Saying “if it’s a park maybe the rowing club can have some space to store more boats indoors.” That means other people are already eying the park as a place to put their buildings. And rowing clubs are maybe even more 1% than marinas.