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Headwaters Community in Action Presentation

Headwaters Community in Action Presentation. Prepared and Presented by Patrick Connor CAE November 13, 2010. Purpose of Session Detail Trail trends To provide a context for trail master-plans • To provide a sense of scope of trail industry

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Headwaters Community in Action Presentation

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  1. Headwaters Community in ActionPresentation PreparedandPresented byPatrickConnorCAE November13,2010

  2. Purpose of Session • Detail Trail trends • Toprovidea context fortrail master-plans • •Toprovideasenseofscopeoftrailindustry • Position HCIA trails in relation to other trails in Ontario • To provide benchmarks on the investments communities make and the rate of return on your trail investment • To provide detail on what has worked to organize trail and • users in other areas

  3. Trail Trends • • • • • • • EcotourismisthefastestgrowingsegmentoftheTourismIndustry.-(FlemingCollege2010) ATVsectorestimates1Bineconomicactivity–(LanarkTrailsBusinessPlan2005) NOTO,Nature&OutdoorTourismOntario,hasremainedanot-for-profitassociation representingover500tourismoperations,industryproviders&publicmembers.(NOTOwebsite) DirectexpendituresofBruceTrailusersannuallynowsupportover1,100full-timeequivalent jobsintheprovinceofOntario,withatleast191ofthesesupportinglocaljobsinthe communitiesalongtheBruceTrail–(GoForGreen2000) TotaleconomicactivitygeneratedinOntariobysnowmobilinginthe1996/97seasonwasover $900MwhiletotalnetcontributiontoprovincialGDP(GrossDomesticProduct)wasestimatedat $300M-(EcologisticsLimited1998). TheannualWellandCanalParkwayconstructionbudgetof$2.5Mwillleadtothecreationof approximately40directjobs,and50indirectjobs(IMCConsultingGroup1996) TransCanadaTrailestimatestheannualtraileconomyalongthe4,400ofcompletedTCTOtobe 2.4Bannuallyofbothhardandsofttourismrelatedexpenditures.–(TCTEconomicImpactStudy 2003)

  4. Trail Trends • • • TheWashington(State)activeoutdoorrecreationeconomycontributes$11.7billionto Washington’seconomy,supports115,000jobs,generates$650millioninannualstate taxrevenue,andproduces$8.5billionannuallyinretailsalesandservicesstatewide, accountingfor3.5%ofthegrossstateproduct.AccordingtotheIMPLANeconomic modelingsystem,thismakestheoutdoorindustryoneofthelargestinthestate.Only theWashingtonsoftwareindustryislarger,contributing$13.2billion.(Universityof WashingtonDepartmentofPoliticalScience.August2007) Cyclistsspendapproximately$90,000eachnightineachhosttownalongtheroute,and atleastone-thirdofthatisclearprofit.Townsinbetweenovernightdestinationsearn upto$5,000inafewhoursbysellingfood,drinksandsouvenirs.–(DenverPost1998) Afterjustoneseason,61businesseslocatedalongthe35-mile-longMissouriRiverState Trailreportedthatthetrailwashavingapositiveeffectontheirbusinesses.Elevenof thebusinessesreportedthattheTrailhadstronglyinfluencedtheirdecisionto establishtheirbusiness,and17(28%)hadincreasedthesizeoftheirinvestmentsince theTrailhadopened.–(AmericanHikingSocietyEconomicBenefitsofTrails(2001)

  5. Trail Facts •Using1,517trailsgatheredtoFebruary11,2009asa baseline •Tracking18usesonalargelymulti-usetrailsystem •<8%aresingleuse–byalluses •Trailsneedadistinctnameandaverifiablelandowner •Multipleusemeansmultipliereffectof2.719:1 •Thisresultsin2719distincttrailsper1,000 •Totalavailable=44,000kmX2.719=118,000kmthusfar •TotalOntario=88,000KM

  6. OntarioTrailsInventory 4X4 DownhillSki IceClimbing Dog Sledding ATV Rock Climbing Motorcycling Snowmobiling Equestrian Cycling Running Camping Cross-country CyclingOff-Road Canoe Snowshoe Hiking 0 200 400 600 800 1000 NumberofTrails

  7. 4X4 DownhillSki IceClimbing Dog ATV Rock Motorcycling Snowmobili Equestrian Cycling Running Camping X-country CyclingOff- Canoe Snowshoe Hiking 0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000 KilometersbyUse

  8. Central South Western Eastern GTA North Eastern North Central Niagara Ottawa 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 North Central North Eastern South Western Ottawa Niagara GTA Eastern Central 32 58 171 171 190 248 401 538 Series1 Number

  9. KilometersofTrailUseOpportunitybyRegion Ottawa GTA Niagara East Central NorthCentral NorthEastern NorthWestern SouthWestern 0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000

  10. Trails Industry in Ontario • • Accordingtoarecenteconomicimpactstudy,thetrailsystembringsinan averageof$7.2millionperyearintothelocaleconomy,resultingin$670,000 worthoftaxrevenuesthathavebeenaddedtotheState’scoffers.(Hatfield McCoyMulti-useTrail,fromNOHHV2006) TheOntarioMinistryofTourism,TourismCompetitivenessStudy2009, indicatesthat– – – – Onaverage,anoverseasvisitortoOntariospendsover$1,200whileinthe province.” Nearly200,000peoplearedirectlyemployedinthisindustry. every$1millionspentbyvisitorstoOntario,createsabout14jobsand generates$553,400inwagesandsalariesintheprovince

  11. Operating Amount #ofProjects HealthyCommunitiesFund-Local HealthyCommunitiesFund-Provincial $ $ 46,000.00 59,000.00 2 1 TotalOperating Capital NationalTrailCoalition RecreationalInfrastructureCanada(RInC) BuildingCanadaFund:CommunitiesComponentIntake2 InfrastructureStimulusFund TotalCapital $105,000.00 Amount $16.4M $12.7M $.0.11M $47M $76.21M 3 #ofProjects 83 48 1 135 171

  12. Active Living/Transportation • •Two dominant uses, hiking (walking) and cycling • Total kilometers in Ontario – • Hiking - 13,860 • On-Road Cycling- 12,780 • Total construction value avg@km $44,000 = $2.4 billion • .45cents saved from health care per km walked (NZ 1997) • 10,000 people walk 5.92Km X.45 = $26,640 • need 9000 occurrances, or more people or more km

  13. Estimated Expenditure of Trail Tripper by Activity Forsingletripsonlynofixedlength,rankedbyreturn $157.13 $122.00 $92.82 $78.5 $46.00 $43.00 $39.05 $22-25.00 $10.30 • • • • • • • • • Snowmobiling- Motorcycle- Equestrian– Running- Canoeing– ATV– Snowshoeing- Cycling– HikingandWalking- UniversityofMaine1997-98 UniversityofOregon2008 BackcountryHorsemenofAmerica2008 RunnersWorldSurvey2009 UniversityofVermont2006 UniversityofMinnesota2006 UniversityofWashington&WashingtonHikingSociety2007 VeloQuebec1996 AmericanHikingSociety2003

  14. Potential Returns •BasedontrailsidentifiedintheHaliburtonarea: -Snowmobiling:2trailsequaling615km@1persontrip(157.00)or.26$perkm -Motorcycling:6trailsequaling129.4km@1persontrip($122.00)or.942$perkm -Equestrian:2trailsequaling90.6km@1persontrip($92.82)or1.02$perkm -Running:6trailsequaling104.9km@1persontrip($10.30)or.357$perkm -Canoeing:8trailsequaling121.8km@1persontrip($46.00)or.377$perkm -ATV:1trailequaling35km@1persontrip(43.00)or1.22$perkm -Cycling(On-Road):13trailsequaling377.9km@1persontrip($7.50)or.019$perkm -Cycling(Off-Road):7trailsequaling480.6km@1persontrip($7.50)or.019$perkm -Snowshoeing:21trailsequaling178.8km@1persontrip($39.05)or.218$perkm -HikingWalking:35trailsequaling274.6km@1persontrip($10.30)or.357$perkm -Cross-CountrySkiing:4trailsequaling44km=Nostudiesfound -DogSledding:1trailsequaling300km=Nostudiesfound

  15. Potential Returns – Ranked by return @km @trip ATV Equestrian Motorcycling Canoeing Running/Hiking/Walking Snowmobiling Cycling Cross-Country/Dog-Sledding $1.22 $1.02 $.942 $.377 $.357 $.26 $.19 N/A

  16. Six Steps to Effective Trail Building – OTC 1998 • • • CONCEPTUAL Optimum/desirablerouteidentifiedthroughpreliminaryplanningexercise CONFIRMED – Routeconfirmedwithowner/operatorthroughmeetings/presentations • • REGISTERED -Formalregistrationwiththelandmanagementauthority,ownerand/orlessee DEVELOPMENT – Phasedupgradingandimprovementoftrailcorridor,includingfacilities,structures,signs,accordingtoan approvedmasterplan,topermitsafeandenjoyablesharedusefor3-5approvedcoreuses CONSTRUCTED&OPENFORUSE • – Developmentoftrailfacilitiesissufficientlycompletetopermitsafeandenjoyablepublicuseofthetrail DEVELOPMENT/MANAGEMENTandMAINTENANCE • – Continuousimprovements/upkeeptothetrailcorridorensuringongoingsafe,enjoyableexperience

  17. Capturing the Potential How to Incorporate Trails? • • • • Politicalwill Publicinvolvement Professionalknowledge Adequatefunding Involve the Public • • Advisorycommitteesshapepolicyandplannewfacilities CommunityChampionspromote,fundraiseandsupplyvolunteers. Enable trails through everyday operations • • Shareresponsibilities Enablegooddecisionstohappennaturally Kara Van Myall, Planner, Bruce County at Trailhead Ontario, June 2010

  18. Capturing the Potential Municipalities need to: • • • Learnfromothers Craftastrategy Implementstrategyacrossmunicipalactivitieslike •Landuseplanning; •Economicdevelopment; •Transportation&ParkPlanning; •Roaddesign; •Healthpromotion; •Budgeting;and •Stafftraining. Kara Van Myall, Planner, Bruce County at Trailhead Ontario, June 2010

  19. Capturing the Potential Planning • • Goodplanninginvolvesallaspectsoftransportationandlanduseplanning AbilitytoinfluencecanrangefromGrowthmanagementstrategiestositedesign Strengthen land use plans •AmendOfficialPlansandZoningBy-laws •TrainPlanningStaff Kara Van Myall, Planner, Bruce County at Trailhead Ontario, June 2010

  20. LandUsePlanning–KaraVanMyall, Planner ,Bruce County ProvincialPolicyStatement UpperTierOfficialPlans LowerTierOfficialPlans TrailsMasterplans SubdivisionProcess

  21. Capturing the Potential Bruce County Official Plan (BCOP) 2009 • • CountyCouncilencouragesthedevelopmentofrecreationaltrailsincluding hikingtrails,canoeroutes,theBruceTrail,bikingskiing,snowmobiletrail.” “CountyCouncilencourageslocalmunicipalitiestodetermineiftheprovisionof traillinkages,aspartofanewdevelopment,wouldfacilitatethedevelopmentof acomprehensivetrailsystemthroughouttheCounty” Lanark County Trails Business Plan (LCTBP) 2005 • TheplanningprocessisdirectedandmanagedbytheCounty’sTrailsSub-Committee. FromtheoutsetandunderthedirectionoftheCommittee,theCountyofLanarkhasand continuestoactivelyinvolvethecommunityatallstagesofdevelopingaRecreational TrailsBusinessPlan.

  22. Capturing the Potential Administrative Model–manystudiestrytodefinehowthetrailsystemshouldbemanaged. GordonHarrisoninhis2005LanarkCountyPlandetailednotonlytheoptionsbutthe rationaleforwhyoneshouldbechosen. Six Options: 1. 2. 3. AcommunityTrailsorganization–i.e.BruceTrail-No-noroleformunicipality Atrailscommittee,(asub-committeeofLanarkCountyCouncil)–yesbutthe operationsvarywidely,fromadvisorytoallfunctions. AMunicipalCorporationforTrails–anindependentarms-lengthcorporation establishedbythemunicipalityforthesolepurposeofdevelopingandmanaging itsrecreationaltrails:allowsfortrailspecificmanagementandfinancial independencefromCountyCouncil

  23. Capturing the Potential Six Options continued: 4.ATrailsManagementGroup–anownerofatrail(likeamunicipality)negotiates anagreementwithanotherorganizationtodevelopandmaintainitstrailor trailsnetwork,oftenintheformofleasingthetrailortrailstoa managementgroupsimilartoEOTA–semiautonomousbutlimitedfunction 5.Ajointcommittee,suchastrailsandforests.Inthiscasetwoormoresimilarly functioninggroupsworktomanagetrails,noclearsingularpurposefortrails andthisfailstocapturetrailscomplexity. 6.Noroleforcounty.

  24. Preferred Options – Trend at County Level • • • • • • • • • PrescottRussell–amunicipalcorporation GreaterSudbury–communitytrailsadvisorycommittee LanarkCounty–amunicipalcorporation Chatham-Kent–communitytrailsadvisorycommittee Hastings,Renfrew,Grey–trailsmanagementgroup Niagara-communitytrailsadvisorycommittee Simcoe–communitytrailsadvisorycommittee Dufferin-Peel–communitytrailsadvisorycommittee Bruce–communityadvisoryprocess

  25. Stakeholder Conflict resolution Insurance Networking/Information Access to research Coordination of provincial networks Education Advocacy Provincial Trail User Organizations/Membership Conflict resolution Insurance Networking/Information Access to research Interface with municipal government Research Options for sustainable funding Trail Managers Regional Trail Committee Advocacy Information Provincial Network Education Trail Users/Public Information Provincial Network Project Specific Outcomes Supporter of Process and Initiatives Government Trail Related Businesses Access to markets and dollars Positive corporate image

  26. Capturing the Potential Costs to administer a Trails Network (Annually) AdministrativeBudgetItem CoordinatorsSalaryandBenefits OfficeSpace,EquipmentandSupplies ProfessionalDevelopment ProfessionalServices(accounting,translation,etc.) Webhosting TotalAdministrativeCosts Amount $43,000 11,600 3,000 5,000 1,500 $64,100 Prescott and Russell 2005

  27. For more information see: • • • • • • • • • http://ontariotrails.on.ca http://www.americantrails.org/resources/economics/revitalizeNY.html http://www.tourism.umn.edu/prod/groups/cfans/@pub/@cfans/@tourism/documents/article/cfans_arti cle_122725.pdf http://www.uvm.edu/~snrvtdc/NFCT/ atfiles.org/files/pdf/LanarkTrailsBPlan.pdf http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-238-267--13138-0,00.html http://www.railstotrails.org/resources/documents/resource_docs/Comparison_of_Trail_Users_Surveys_F INAL.pdf http://www.millinocket-maine.net/msa-economic-impact-study.htm http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/jspui/bitstream/1957/16621/1/2009%20Oregon%20Economic%20Impact s%20of%20OHV%20Study.pdf

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