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By Robert Frank<\/b><\/p>\n

\nwww.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/p>\n

James Bonnell wants to capitalize on Beaconsfield’s shoreline, if he’s elected mayor in November.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnything to do with the water, I’ve always had a passion,\u201d the Nova Scotia native, who has resided here for the last eight years, told The Suburban<\/i> in an interview. \u201cBeaconsfield is a waterfront community but we’re not really promoting it in the way that we could.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA big issue is how the Lord Reading Yacht Club (LRYC) can be included with [adjacent] Centennial Park, which has outhouses where other communities have flush toilets,\u201d Bonnell said. \u201cThe whole park needs to be revamped. Many people using it are not even residents. I would like to see the integration of some services for residents.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLRYC is like a park but a park and basically pays no tax,\u201d he explained. \u201cIt’s a private club run under a management contract [with the city] which is up [for renewal] in 2018.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSeventy-five percent of the people using the club now are definitely not from Beaconsfield,\u201d he added. \u201cI have a boat there, but we need to do more for the citizens of Beaconsfield.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cIt would be nice if individuals from Beaconsfield could use that club,\u201d he said. \u201cBeaconsfield residents should come first.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bonnell advocated connecting an existing bike trail along Elm with the Lac St. Louis shore to form a continuous loop for bikers and hikers.<\/p>\n

He also acknowledged Beaconsfield needs to improve its financial position. \u201cJust building condos will help to increase tax revenue, but not necessarily the tax base in terms of what it means in people’s pockets,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Instead, Bonnell wants to boost Beaconsfield business.<\/div>\n
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\u201cAll [Beaconsfield’s office buildings] are empty and run down,\u201d he contended. \u201cI want to make an intellectual hub for Beaconsfield lawyers, accountants, engineers and architects on the land where the Esso station used to be southeast of Highway 20.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI also want to rebrand Beaurepaire village to make it more like a distinctive waterfront community,\u201d Bonnell continued. \u201cWe have to make sure that you have access to cycle and walking paths and also have a second path into Centennial Park down to the water.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m sensitive to the ecological side of things,\u201d emphasized the McGill biology graduate who went on to complete an MBA degree at Concordia as well as two years of study toward an online doctorate via Minnesota’s Walden University. <\/p>\n

\u201cMost of my supporters are from the business community,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Bonnell is also at odds with the city’s plans for Angell Woods.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeaconsfield is not for sale,\u201d he insisted. \u201cI very much disagree when [Association for the Preservation of Angell Woods president] Stephen Lloyd turned around and said that the city of Montreal can buy it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bonnell instead wants Beaconsfield to buy the green space, valued at $12 million, for $1, \u201cas well as compensate York Development and SEDA, which together own 55 percent of Angell Woods, for a reasonable amount.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the big issues that we have right now is the [lack of a] sense of who we are in Beaconsfield,\u201d he concluded. \u201cWe have six districts that behave as six distinct communities that don’t necessarily have the interests of Beaconsfield at heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPerhaps renaming those districts with something to do with their history would be a better way to manage that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bonnell believes that Beaconsfielders have become inured to their hefty tax bills to the point of fatalism, and that he can make a difference.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the last city council meeting, 30-40 people showed up, compared to 750 who attended a concert at Centennial Park,\u201d he observed. \u201cPeople seem more interested in music than politics.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

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