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O ibiliti t th f t Our responsibilities to the future

A presentation by the M N di Ski Cl b t M T C il Mono Nordic Ski Club to Mono Town Council July 28th 2009

• In 1984 Town council showed an interest

in establishing a nordic ski facility and

• ffered Monora

24th f ti ith l t 1 000

• 24th year of operation with almost 1,000

members Fi i ll lf t i i d

• Financially self-sustaining and

unsubsidized Hundreds of thousands of member dollars

• Hundreds of thousands of member dollars

and volunteer hours to provide Mono with a cross country ski facility and enviable a cross country ski facility and enviable year-round trail system

A thriving community asset g y

• About 1,000 Mono residents hike, dog walk, cycle, orienteer, engage in

martial arts & running in the summer on the trails

• 900 elementary school students and 150 secondary school students cross
• 900 elementary school students and 150 secondary school students cross

country ski through partnership programs with the Upper Grand and Peel School Boards.

• 3 schools, 1 university and 7 elementary schools train at Monora

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• ODSS and Mayfield have won close to 50% of the Ontario Secondary

School championships in the past 28 years.

• Elementary School program with 60 class/year
• Each year, over 60 children participate in an Optimist Club run Jack Rabbit

cross-country ski program which introduces children from age 5 to 14 to XC skiing 14 ti l l l ki h t i d th t il I th id 80' 4

• 14 national level skiers have trained on these trails. In the mid 80's 4

students from ODSS were on the national team with 3 of them participating in the 88 Olympics

• Currently there are 4 members trying for a spot on the 2010 Olympic team

Currently there are 4 members trying for a spot on the 2010 Olympic team and 2 national level master skiers.

The trail system today The trail system today

What will be lost and What will be lost and not recoverable in the near future the near future

Eventually this entire area will be lost to Mono residents

These trails run on geography with g g p y elevations that make it a world-class ski facility

Assessing the true cost of the Town’s aggregate Town s aggregate

Valuing the Town of Mono lands at Monora P k Park

• Direct use value:

– Extractive use: the aggregate extracted from the pit; versus – Non-extractive use value: Recreation, sport, health and wellness, educational value, tourism and local economic activity by skiers and summer users of the trail system.

• Indirect use value:
• Indirect use value:

– Environmental benefits of the forest stand and the local ecosystem it is part of in terms of less travel to recreation (less transport related GHG), carbon storage by trees, watershed attenuation etc. – Increased property values associated with the local amenity of the trail system

• 3 non-use values:

– Option value is the current value of potential future direct and indirect uses of the t il h th h lth d ll b i f th th t i i f th t trails such as the health and well being of youths or the training of the next generation of Olympians. Loss of this value is an opportunity cost; – Bequest value is the value the land will have to future generations of Mono residents; and – Existence value is the value to humans of an ecosystem irrespective of whether it is used or not

The lands have great value so let’s find t th a way to preserve them

• We are seeking grants to preserve rather

We are seeking grants to preserve rather than have to recreate trails;

• We are prepared to put together a

We are prepared to put together a program to survey the year-round use of the facility and to quantify its benefits to y q y local recreation and its contribution to the local economy;

• Explore new opportunities to generate

revenues to offset any incremental costs f t

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Preserving these lands is important for the legacy of our town for the legacy of our town