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Lake access

Centre-ville

Indicateurs de gestion

Page #2 Date:7-Apr-2012

Lake Access


The Town Plan and Lake Access

Strong emphasis on environmental concerns and protection

of the lake

Seen as a beautiful body of water for swimming and nautical

activities like water skiing, sailing, canoeing, kayaking,

fishing, ice-fishing, kite-skiing

Helps give TBL a dominant and recognized recreational-

tourism side

Code of conduct for recreational use of the lake

Preservation of the lake panoramas

Very limited additional housing around the lake itself

Better management of access to the lake: control of public or

collective accesses

Access to the lake is very limited, both

physically and visually

Source: TBL Master Plan


Public Lake Access:

Benoit: 8.92 m

Bondville: 12.29 m

Tiffany Beach: 230.97m

Douglass Beach: 142.00m

Total: 422.89m

Trestle Path:

South side: +/- 1.2km

North side: +/- 1.2km

Brome Lake:

Circumference: = 20.6km

Public access < 2%

of the waterfront

Public Lake Access

Limited Public Access


Other Lake Access

Commercial access:

Marina Knowlton: boat launch, mooring 50 boats

Domaine des érables: campground, boat ramps

Auberge Quilliams: guest access

Cyprès Motel: guest access

Private access:

Brome Lake Boat Club: residents/visitors day camp, club

facilities, swimming, tennis, sailing lessons

Opportunities for the Town:

Make the Douglass Beach House Four-Season

Purchase land around the lake as appropriate

Publicise other existing access points

Coldbrook Stream at Victoria Street (parking?)

Pearson Stream at Centre Street

Viability determined by strong leadership

Source: Peter Wade


Source: Town of Brome Lake

Survey of Lots for Sale (opposite Information Bureau)

Yamaska

Page #7 Date:7-Apr-2012 Source: Town of Brome Lake

Aerial View of Lots for Sale (opposite Information Bureau)


Centre-ville


Planning and the Budget

Land Use (Planning Program) Town Budget (Financial Plan)

Improve Knowlton

town centre

Coldbrook Dam,

Coldbrook Park,

Hydro Wires: $?

Bridge: $?

Sidewalk: $?

Municipal Garage: $?

Heritage area $?

Improve the villages

Paths/linear parks

Development /

growth

expectations

Redesign heritage

area

Residential /

commercial /

industrial land use

Potable Water $?

(LEK 40-50%

decrease usage in

2012?)

Traffic

Water quality lakes,

streams

Sewage W. Brome $?

Sewage Foster

Park

Beach House $?

Linear Park $?

What is the value? What is the cost/benefit?


The Town Plan and Downtown Knowlton

Source: Peter Wade

Above all, make it first-class for the

residents of TBL – the rest will follow


Number of visitors interviewed 3,000

Montreal 57%

Townships 10%

Quebec (other) 20%

USA 2%

General attractiveness 65%

Nature (beauty, tranquillity, walk, cycle, camping) 34%

Lake-related 30%

Shopping 11%

Attractions (theatre, arts tour, house/garden tour) 11% Source: Peter Wade/Tourist Office (1995)

Day trippers 43%

1-2 days 48%

3 days plus 9%

The TBL Master Plan states:

Holidaying is our most important economic activity

It is estimated that seasonal vacationers make up 31% of the

population as compared to 16.2% in the rest of the MRC

Weekenders dominate our local economy, followed by tourists in terms

of economic activity. Tourists may become temporary residents and

eventually permanent ones. According to a survey conducted by the

Chamber of Commerce, the age of tourists is between 46 and 55 years

of age.

Background: Planning Stats


Improving Knowlton Centre

Mill Pond (and the Blackwood Dam): no shortage of studies, in fact all the

analysis has been done in these studies – a few examples:

1985: Sandra Donaldson, Landscape Architect

1988: “Knowlton 2000” – co-ordinate the downtown, develop a cross-town

linear path, make Mill Pond more than a drainage system

1989: Imaginaction

2003/4: Town Plan

2005: Restore Mill pond recognizing the wildlife and a bird sanctuary

2009: Restore the dam with improvements to it and adjacent parkland

2010: Knowlton Core Development Committee proposed a redevelopment of

the downtown area with paths around the Pond

2011: Nicholas Stahl in “Tempo” suggests installing a boardwalk loop and

gazebos in the pond itself, and integrating the Pond with downtown Knowlton.

2011: Council declares dam “safe” with no work contemplated in the near

future; but two weeks later, one side of the dam collapses; the dam is declared

unsafe and uninsurable

2011/2012: Town Plan and Knowlton Centre

Mill Pond is an asset: Quebec poster of the Pond and the Church.

Addressing Knowlton Centre requires leadership: it is two to four of

the six districts of TBL, with 50%+ of the population of the whole.


The Town Plan and Downtown Knowlton (Cont)

Offer permanent or temporary residents an exceptional environment to live and work

in a rural setting

Offrir à ses résidents permanents ou temporaires un environment

exceptionnel pour vivre et travailler dans un cadre rural

Ensure the improvement of areas of identified ecological, recreational

tourism and culture.

Refurbish Coldbrook Park and the heritage area made up of the park, the

Mill Pond and the town centre with particular attention to the museum

area

Preserve heritage buildings

Revitalization measures in the village core area to encourage people to

establish there, install the necessary public infrastructures (sewers,

parks, trails to the water courses); should include plans to preserve the

rural atmosphere of the landscape and the quality of the water.

Densification should support ecological preservation.

The planning challenge for this strategic development area is to establish

an integrated concept of spatial organization and avoid turning this

nucleus into a ghetto for tourism. In addition, renovations, enlargements

and the addition of new constructions should reinforce the village

character of the downtown core. Finally, public interventions should

contribute to encouraging the presence of pedestrians and minimizing

the inconveniences related to the presence of vehicles


Plan for the repair of all sidewalks and pedestrian pathways

Better organization of the intersection at Lakeside and Knowlton Roads

(pedestrian cross-walk, signs on the pavement and regulatory signs)

Addition of a sidewalk on Mount Echo Road

Develop the property surrounding the library as a multi-purpose green

space, rest area, pedestrian pathway, exhibits of painting, floral mosaic,

fountain, atmosphere lighting

Improve the pedestrian path along Coldbrook

Remove the hydro-electric sub-station

Relocate the overhead wires behind buildings or bury them throughout

this zone

Consolidate the Mill Pond park near the dam; plantings, furniture,

atmosphere lighting, the central element to be developed

Review street lighting with the relocation of the overheard wiring

The Town Plan and Downtown Knowlton (Cont)

The Town of Brome Lake has not lacked for plans.

Maybe it lacked the will, or the money, or public

support, or all three


Capital and Operating Budget ($’000) 2012 – 2014

Operating Budget 2011 2012 2013 2014 Operating Expenses $9,876 $10,091

Debt Service (interest + repayments) $1,174 $1,227

Total Expenses (after allocations) $12,352 $12,521

Revenues Taxes, water, sewers, etc $10,329 $10,736

Other (transfer tax, pits, penalties, interest) $1,607 $1,785

Total Revenues $12,352 $12,521

Capital Budget

Blackwood Dam $2,500*

Municipal Garage $1,600*

Lakeside Bridge $550*

Water and Sewer: Knowlton Road $3,000

Water and Sewer: Lakeside $600

Sewer: Foster $2,000

Sewer: West Brome $350

Sewer: West Brome Trailer Park TBD

Linear Path $250 $250 $250

Beach Building $295*

Administration (inc. Town Hall Reno) $195 $265 $245

Equipment and repairs $783 $595 $500

Other $350 $160 $100

Total Capital Budget $7,473 $3,270 $4,095


Comments on the Budget

Issues with the estimates. Project cost estimates need review.

What is not costed in the budget?

Burying the Hydro wires

Brome County Historical Society refurbishment

Mill Pond and downtown refurbishment

Municipal Garage clean-up

West Brome Trailer Park

Improve lake access

...

The Town has made little attempt to apply for grants/subsidies

despite knowing, for the last several years, that significant work

was required.

The great majority of the work is front-end loaded into 2012.

Fixed rates of interest for borrowing are at the

lowest imaginable, and they will not get better.


Plans, Value, Costs

Conceptual plans are easy

Concrete plans are a little more difficult

How to assess the value against the costs; and choices

The dam

Value: it is not insured

Do the Lakeside bridge, sidewalk at the same time:

Value: avoid additional disruption to all

Bury the Hydro wires

Value: avoid additional disruption to all

Visual quality of the area

Compare to other towns (Ayers Cliff, Sutton)

Water and sewer Lakeside Road

Value: cost/benefit as to when to do it

Municipal Garage

Value: cost/benefit

Plan around Mill Pond/Dam re-development

Beach Building, Linear Park, Lake access

Value: cost/benefit

Usage (get statistics)


Measurement


Costs to the citizen (taxes)?

Level of municipal indebtedness?

State of the roads?

Accomplishments to date?

Complimentary letters to Tempo, Le Guide, BCN, at

council meetings?

Accuracy in project costing?

Responses by council to civic letters?

Why, what, how should you measure?

How well is TBL doing?

Plans, Value, Costs, and Measurement

How do we measure how well the

municipality, the council, the

administration is performing?



The majority of municipalities do not have set objectives

Those measures they have they do not use

Citizens should have in their possession clear

information with which to judge their councils’

objectives attainment

Les indicateurs de gestion (Performance Management

Indicators or Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)) are

mandated by the Quebec government. There are

fourteen of them in five categories: roads, water and

sewerage, finance, and personnel

You can’t manage what you don’t measure.


Town Size 3000+ 5,000-9,999 5,609 3,906

Square km 209.37 243.52

Pop sq km 27 16

Pop Change (2006-11) -0.4 2.7

Quebec 2009 TBL 2010 Sutton 2010

# Km roads 458 391

Cost per lane km $3,128 $4,477 $3,793 $2,889

Snow removal $2,416 $3,085 $2,467 $1,883

Water

Number of km of pipe 46.49 41.20

Number of breaks per 100 km 16.9 14.2 4.3 12.13

Cost of distribution per km of pipe $3,450 $3,836 $6,268 $4,990

Cubic metres of treated water 820,297 429,237

Cost of distribution per cubic meter of water $0.18 $0.17 $0.35 $0.48

Sewerage

Cubic metres of treated sewage 735,849 382,672

Cost of treatment per cubic metre of water used $0.16 $0.17 $0.24 $0.45

Number of km of sewage pipe 47.8 27.5

Cost of sewage per km of pipe $2,343 $2,539 $7,501 Bad calc?

Finance

Cost of debt + repayment of long-term debt $875,342 $1,359,044

Expenses excluding depreciation

+ repayment of long-term debt $10,814,705 $7,765,843

Percentage of debt serviced 10.50% 11.50% 8.09% 17.50%

Total long-term debt $5,265,379 $8,819,609

Total fixed assets $24,116,456 $31,540,492

Percentage of debt 27.30% 34,50% 21.83% 27.96%



Other Indicators

There are some overall measurements and comparisons:

Taxes TBL Sutton Bromont Variation (en %) du compte de taxes: +22,6% +23.6% +15.3% Population en 2011: 5,686 4,047 7,396 Valeur moyenne d'une maison en 2011: $308,143 $274,696 $276,460 Compte de taxes moyen en 2011: $2,749 $2,274 $2,955 Valeur moyenne d'une maison en 2006: $228,673 $204,448 $173,400 Compte de taxes moyen en 2006: $2,243 $1,840 $2,563

Waterloo: +44.6% Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle: 83% Cowansville: 11.1% © La Presse, ltée

Value: are we getting value for our taxes?

What does the community value?

Such measures as we have are not used, nor understood

In other areas we have no agreed measures

Look for Value; Measurement and Compare

what your Council does for TBL


Questions?


Cost of Borrowing $15,000,000 Over 25 Years

Mortgage Calculator Rate = 3.5% Rate = 5.5% Rate = 7.5% P = Principle $15,000,000 $15,000,000 $15,000,000

Rate of interest 3.5 5.5 7.5

Number of years 25 25 25

r = monthly rate (rate of

interest/12/100) 0.002916667 0.004583333 0.00625

N = number of months of loan of

principle

N = 12 * number of years 300 300 300

rP 43750 68750 93750

1 - (1+r) ^ -N 0.582606741 0.746364873 0.84574758

Monthly payments $75,094 $92,113 $110,849

Number of residences in TBL 3300 3300 3300

Yearly payments on $15,000,000 $901,122 $1,105,357 $1,330,184

Average payment per residence/per

year $273 $335 $403

Total payments over 25 years $22,528,060.66 $27,633,937.15 $33,254,603.00

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