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- Bonsoir et bienvenue à la
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séance ordinaire du conseil
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municipal du lundi 24 février.
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Welcome to the regular meeting
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of the municipal council on
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February 24th. Now, I will pass
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it on to our city clerk to open
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the agenda.
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- Merci. >> Adoption de l'ordre
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du jour de la séance ordinaire
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du Conseil de la Ville de
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Beaconsfield du 24 février 2025.
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- Proposé.
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- En faveur.
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- À l'unanimité.
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- Alors, nous allons passer aux
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questions que nous avons reçues
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par écrit. La première question
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est de monsieur Pound The Sweet
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Bryer. What is the cities
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responsibility in the
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construction of a harbour
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master's office at the -- yacht
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club on the centennial marina
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property. And please justify the
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need. Mr. pounds, in the 2019
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management agreement between the
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city and the lord ready yacht
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club, the city agreed to fund
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the construction of a harbour
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master office to support
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activities appropriate for its
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size. As the existing club
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building is planned for
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demolition. Additionally, a
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small storage facility will be
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provided for equipment and
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winter storage. The plan also
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includes a public restroom
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accessible to all citizens. The
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second question from Mr. pounds
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is
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Why has become field
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administrations and councils
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over the last 39 years failed to
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resolve the highway 20
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environmental issues affecting
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many citizens? There are photo
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radars limiting highway 20
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traffic speed on Île-Perrot and
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a sound wall from Cartier and
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Pointe-Claire. Mr. pounds, you
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have asked these questions and
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topic and they were answered
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numerous times already at
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various municipal council's.
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Over the past years. Successive
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Beaconsfield administrations and
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councils have made various
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efforts to address the highway
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20 environmental issues
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affecting residents as well as
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the speeding on highway 20. The
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city of Beaconsfield is of the
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opinion that if the noise and
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air pollution from Highway 20
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poses a significant health risk
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to Beaconsfield residents, it is
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the government's responsibility
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to take appropriate action
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whether through speed
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reductions, noise barriers or
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other solutions to effectively
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address residents concerns.
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Also, we have contacted
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Baie-D'Urfé, Pointe-Claire and
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Dorval before by letter. Their
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answer was that they do not
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agree with the speed reduction
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on highway 20. The next question
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is from Allison smiley from
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Grosvenor. Good day, I'm
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wondering if you might be able
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to update us as to which roads
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will be undertaken in the
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capital expenditures
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improvements. As I saw a map
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communicated at 1.4 2025.
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However, I did not see Grosvenor
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on the list. I thought they
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would be here speaking with
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someone from public works and I
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thought the governor would be on
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the said list for 2025. This
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relates to a recent council
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update where by the stated
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purpose of bylaw be 163 is to
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authorize capital expenditures
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in a loan of 2,200,000 for the
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structural rehabilitation work
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of water mains and for the
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structural rehabilitation of
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sanitary sewer pipes. Mrs.
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Smiley, the lone bylaw pertains
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to the aqueduct network rehab
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work. As well as the sanitary
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wastewater network rehab. As of
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today, there are no
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interventions planned on the
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aqueduct networks on growth for
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in 2025. However, under bylaw
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b-165 which consists variance
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the improvement of storms were
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networks, an extension of the
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storm drain network on Westcroft
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as been designed. This work is
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planned for 2025. This
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intervention will relieve the
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drainage network in the
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surrounding sector by increasing
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the drainage capacity and
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encouraging surface runoff water
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to infiltrate the network and
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flow toward lake St. Louis.
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There are more interventions
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planned across the city to
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relieve the network. Residents
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can consult and download the
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city's preliminary action plan
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on the Beaconsfield website,
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which addresses the cities
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approach to finding and
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implementing innovative and
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reliable solutions to strengthen
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the resilience of the drainage
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network. The next question is
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from me gonna do on Saint
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Andrew. I will summarize your
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question. -- Next comments and
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suggestions about treating a
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preservation committee for
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creating a preservation
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committee for historic
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buildings. Item 45.2, providing
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feedback as an artistic person
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on the disability emergency
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plan, item 60.4, are we naming
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mental health day to neuro
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affirming day. Item 60.5, and
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her opposition to the rental by
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-- of the -- parking lots as
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they sell meat items. 60.6. I
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have to tell you, Madam, that
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your comments have been noted
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and have been passed on to our
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administration. Now, we are
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ready for the questions from the
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floor. Est-ce qu'il y a des
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questions du plancher?
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>> My name is Diana
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(inaudible)
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.
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>> It's not made for short
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people.
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[Laughter]
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>> Now it's working?
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>> There you go.
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>> Okay, good evening, Mister
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Mayor and councillors. My name
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is --, 205 Lakeview. On behalf
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of my husband, Steven Lloyd, and
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myself, and I'm clearly the
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better half for being here
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tonight
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(applause)
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>> I bet that he's watching the
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debate right now.
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>> No. Actually, he's already on
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the road doing something else.
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But we sincerely want to thank
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you. This is a milestone tonight
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for the concordance bylaw that
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you are adopting. I was
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remembering that it has been 27
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years for me since my daughter
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is 26 years old, since we
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started to get involved in the
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prediction of Angel woods. So my
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question is, since the public
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consultation meeting that we
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had, has there been any changes
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to what you are adopting
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tonight?
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>> I don't believe so. I don't
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believe there was
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(applause)
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There's been no change.
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>> Do I get a second question?
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>> My other question is in
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regards to the work that is
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going to be done on wood limb,
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-- and elm for $287,000. Could
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you describe what kind of work
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that entails? Mister Mayor.
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>> Yes. The idea here is to
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improve the safety of the
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overpass from elm to --. We are
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hiring a consultant to see our
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options to improve the safety
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and mobility of the traffic and
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the possibility of adding a
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sidewalk on east side which is
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probably the big item on the
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east side between the tracks.
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So, this is very important and
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there are safety issues and
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safety regulations with the
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track companies, the CN and the
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CP and Casey are. So, there's a
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lot of things to consider. It is
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not an
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(applause)
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Easy intersection. One of the
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most complicated in Canada I
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believe, so we need to look how
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we can improve that. From time
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to time, people think there are
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changes in the sequences but
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it's not the case. Often when a
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train passes, it creates a
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situation and obviously some
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people have to wait a long time
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so this will all be looked at
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considering the volume of
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traffic we have now, considering
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what are the issues we have, how
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we can improve the safety. So
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that is a mandate that we are
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giving. We have to do a study
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and prepare plans --
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>> Well that involve the sunrise
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lot?
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>> I don't think so. I do not
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see why it would at this point
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in time. We do have studies a
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few years ago if there was going
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to be a development on the north
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side of summarize, what the
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impact would be. My recollection
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was very little impact on
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traffic. It's the closing of the
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tracks that's the problem. It's
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not the traffic per se. But we
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want to improve the environment
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of that location where there is
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a fairly good number of users
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Gary. On elm --
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>> I know. I have to take it
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every day. It's my only access.
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>> People have difficulty
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respecting their own safety with
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jaywalking all over the place.
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Hopefully, we are trying to
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improve that with another
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sidewalk and better signage. New
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devices from the truck companies
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on the sidewalks to stop people
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from walking.
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>> Or dropping their kids off
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not at the departure there.
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>> I know.
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>> That would be very helpful.
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Not at the light.
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>> The solution should have been
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thought about 30 years ago with
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that underpass.
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>> No, no, no, no, Mister Mayor.
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I disagree. But thank you very
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much.
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>> By the way, we spend $307,901
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for the -- what is it called?
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They did the repairs between
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their tracks and the CP level
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and that cost $300,000. We pay
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for that. $307,000. Yes?
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>> Good evening, Council. My
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name is Kate quarter at 132
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Evergreen Drive at Beaconsfield.
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I've come to ask a question,
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first of all to congratulate you
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all in advance when you do adopt
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the bylaw that is coming up this
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evening to protect Angell Woods.
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We've been going at this for 27
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years as she said. So it's a big
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night for us. What I'm wondering
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going forward is what is the
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role of the city of Beaconsfield
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and potentially -- in the
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stewardship of the woods? As far
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as the organization of this
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park. And how much impact can we
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as citizens of Beaconsfield and
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members of -- have on the plans
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for the woods going forward?
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>> Well, most of the woods has
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now been bought is under the
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administration of the City of
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Montréal. The plan is to make a
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great western park that
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Montrealers talking about
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eventually. I think there's
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still a lot of work to be done
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by Montréal to do this. So, we
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are going to be relying on
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Montréal for whatever they need
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to do. And we want to join it
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with the great park at one
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point. To determine what kind of
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activities there would be in the
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woods itself. That is where we
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stand right now.
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>> Okay. We've been working on
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trying to save the switch for 27
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years. I'm just asking if the
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city could have a major role in
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that because it is in our
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territory and I think that we
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have a lot of experience in
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those woods. It would be nice if
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somehow the city of Beaconsfield
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could take a leadership role and
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consider the participation of
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the members of APAW going
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forward. I think it's a unique
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situation as being part of the
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Grand parc de l'Ouest. I
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understand that.
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>> We are taking note of your
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comments, but it will be hundred
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the City of Montréal.
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>> I understand. But we are city
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of Beaconsfield so I think we
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should take part in that
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process.
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>> We couldn't afford to buy all
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of the woods.
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>> I know.
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>> So it has been purchased by
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the City of Montréal. Hopefully,
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they will make it part of the
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western park from Angell Woods
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all the way up to Pierrefonds.
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>> Yeah. Okay, thank you.
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>> Thank you.
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>> Okay. I'm just talking more
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-- sorry. I'm just going to talk
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more about Angell Woods and
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20.2. First of all, thank you
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for saving Angell Woods. I hope
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you do vote yes on the proposed
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by law to protect it. I
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understand why the City of
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Montréal would have it because
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it's not actually the City of
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Montréal running at, it's the
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agglomeration of Montréal. So
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it's the same way as how police
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services and paramedics services
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are run. It's similar to
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regional municipalities in other
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provinces.
[15:16]
>> You are right. It is the
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agglomeration of Montréal.
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>> So 20.2, what I was going to
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say about the building, I think
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building an underpass or
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something?
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>> No, no, no. We are not going
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to build an underpass at
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Woodland. It would cost anywhere
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between 15 to $75 million.
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>> That's a lot.
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>> It could have been done 30 or
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35 years ago. At that point, I
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think that basically the Council
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at the time was looking at elm
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as not being a very important in
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terms of access. They turned it
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down and it would cost probably
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the city of Beaconsfield around
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two to $300 million for
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expropriation. Right now though,
[16:14]
it's out of the question. 15 to
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75 million.
[16:18]
>> I'm wondering if you could
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even have a small underpass or
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overpass for animals.
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>> There will be no underpass
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period.
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>> What about an overpass?
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>> There will not be an overpass
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at woodland either.
[16:31]
>> Okay. Again, back to Angell
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Woods. I was going to say I
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absolutely love Angell Woods.
[16:38]
Being a person on the autism
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spectrum, I find it very calming
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to walk in Angell Woods.
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>> Thank you very much.
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>> It's very therapeutic and
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it's one of the things I like
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about Beaconsfield.
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>> Thank you very much.
[16:49]
>> Thank you for saving it.
[16:50]
>> Thank you.
[16:51]
>> One comment, Mister Mayor.
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Talking about overpasses. You
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know, we have an overpass
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between elm and the HST. That
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overpass is certainly, very
[17:04]
important for the flow of
[17:06]
traffic and students going to
[17:08]
high school, North and South.
[17:09]
But that overpass, to replace
[17:12]
it, I think it could cost maybe
[17:14]
$20 million. We have a project
[17:17]
to do some work on the overpass
[17:19]
because it needs it. But that is
[17:22]
-- everything today is so darn
[17:25]
expensive overpasses certainly,
[17:28]
as much as we might not want,
[17:31]
others are almost prohibitive.
[17:33]
>> 20 years from now, $20
[17:36]
million might look like a real
[17:37]
bargain. But that is what we
[17:38]
have to put up with.
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- Bonjour.
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(---)
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J'avais deux questions...
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j'avais d'autres questions, mais
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elles ont été répondues. 60,2,
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vous avez un mandat à propos de
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la propriété au 254 Ouest Coast.
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C'est quoi, les intérêts de la
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ville?
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- C'est qu'elle...?
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- 60.2.
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- Oui. C'est pour remblayée.
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C'est ça? C'est le remblai du
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terrain.
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- Les gens ont remblayé et il
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faut...
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- Oui, exactement.
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- Puis 60.9, on parle de... je
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ne sais pas si j'ai bien
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compris, on parle de diviser le
[18:26]
territoire de la ville. Est-ce
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que vous allez changer les
[18:28]
divisions de la ville? Division
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en secteur de territoire de la
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ville.
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- C'est la politique
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d'établissement ordinaire...
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- 60.9.
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- C'est quoi?
[18:40]
(inaudible)
[18:43]
Explique-lui.
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- C'est une bonne question.
[18:46]
C'est très technique. C'est le
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projet de loi 39 qui a été
[18:51]
adoptée le 8 décembre 2023. Il a
[18:54]
donné aux municipalités une
[18:56]
nouvelle approche en termes de
[18:59]
fiscalité municipale. Donc, on
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est habitué avec certaines
[19:03]
catégories de taxation. Par
[19:05]
exemple, le tarif résiduel, qui
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pourrait présider
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(---)
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. Et on a un tarif six logements
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et plus. Cette catégorie-là
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n'existe plus. Il n'y a plus de
[19:14]
catégories qui existent. Donc,
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il reste la catégorie des
[19:17]
tarifications résiduelle. Donc,
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les villes, pour le prochain
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rôle, qui va être en
[19:23]
mi-septembre 2025 pour 2026 -
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2027 - 2028, on doit adopter
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quelle catégorie on aimerait
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avoir pour des fins de taxation
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pour l'année budgétaire 2026 en
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fonction du rôle qui va être
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déposé. Et on doit aviser la
[19:42]
direction de l'évaluation de
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Montréal pour qu'ils puissent
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préparer leur rôle en
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conséquence ou en fonction des
[19:47]
sous-catégories qu'on aimerait
[19:48]
créer. On pourrait créer 72
[19:52]
catégories et en utiliser quand
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même un seul taux résiduel, par
[19:56]
exemple. Mais si on ne les a
[19:57]
pas, on ne pourrait pas, pour la
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trois prochaines années, avoir
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des taux de taxation différente
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par catégorie. C'est l'objectif.
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Donc, c'est très technique. Ça
[20:05]
découle de la loi 39, où on doit
[20:09]
réinventer les catégories, par
[20:11]
exemple.
[20:12]
- Donc, la loi 39 n'a pas créé
[20:13]
des catégories.
[20:14]
- Non. Je vais vous donner un
[20:16]
exemple qu'on a mis en place
[20:17]
pour 2024. Pour les terrains
[20:21]
en... terrains vagues desservis,
[20:23]
auparavant, ont accès deux fois
[20:24]
le taux résiduel. La loi a
[20:26]
changé pour qu'on puisse taxer
[20:27]
quatre fois le taux résiduel.
[20:28]
Celle-là était facile à utiliser
[20:30]
et on l'a appliqué dès 2024.
[20:33]
Mais les autres catégories
[20:35]
n'existeront plus. Elles sont
[20:37]
toujours prévues au rôle
[20:38]
d'évaluation. Elles sont encore
[20:39]
là. Mais si on n'informe pas le
[20:41]
service d'évaluation de
[20:43]
Montréal, elle n'existeront plus
[20:44]
pour Beaconsfield. Chacune des
[20:46]
villes doit déterminer, décider
[20:48]
quelles sont les catégories ou
[20:49]
les secteurs de taxation qui
[20:52]
vont prévaloir dans le prochain
[20:53]
rôle d'évaluation. C'est un
[20:55]
exercice qui pourrait être fait
[20:57]
à tous les 3 ans. Et si la
[20:58]
catégorie n'est pas créée au
[21:01]
printemps, elle ne pourra pas
[21:02]
être appliqué pour les trois
[21:03]
prochaines années du rôle
[21:04]
d'évaluation. Donc, les budgets
[21:06]
2026 - 2027 - 2028.
[21:08]
- Donc, ça n'a pas rapport au
[21:10]
secteur strict, des districts.
[21:12]
- Non, ça n'a pas rapport
[21:14]
districts. Ça aurait pu,
[21:15]
effectivement, mais ça n'a pas
[21:16]
rapport. Ce n'est pas des
[21:17]
sous-catégories de territoire,
[21:18]
mais c'est des sous-catégories
[21:19]
de taxation.
[21:20]
- Ma dernière question, c'est à
[21:21]
propos de la neige que vous
[21:22]
faites fondre ici. Ça s'en va
[21:24]
dans les égouts directement au
[21:27]
lac?
[21:28]
- Non. C'est la tête de
[21:31]
l'intercepteur de
[21:33]
l'agglomération. Donc, ça s'en
[21:34]
va à l'usine de
[21:37]
Rivière-des-Prairies. C'est ici
[21:38]
que ça commence, l'intercepteur.
[21:40]
C'est la tête de l'intercepteur.
[21:42]
C'est l'endroit où on peut
[21:44]
l'envoyer en collaboration avec
[21:46]
l'agglomération.
[21:47]
- Merci.
[21:48]
- Merci beaucoup. Merci
[21:51]
beaucoup. Alors, nous allons
[21:53]
maintenant procéder avec
[21:56]
l'agenda du jour. Approval of
[22:01]
the minutes of the City of
[22:02]
Beaconsfield's Public
[22:03]
Consultation of January 20,
[22:04]
2025, at 6:30 p.m..
[22:07]
>> I propose.
[22:08]
>> I second.
[22:09]
>> In favour.
[22:11]
>> Unanimous. - À l'unanimité.
[22:15]
Approbation du procès-verbal de
[22:16]
la séance ordinaire du Conseil
[22:17]
de la Ville de Beaconsfield du
[22:18]
20 janvier 2025.
[22:19]
- Proposé.
[22:20]
- Et j'appuie.
[22:22]
- En faveur.
[22:24]
>> In favour.
[22:25]
- À l'unanimité. >> A warning of
[22:30]
contracts 666-25-GC for street
[22:31]
line and sign-painting work to
[22:32]
the lowest conforming bidder,
[22:33]
Lignes-fit Inc. in the amount of
[22:39]
$149,271.24, all taxes included.
[22:44]
>> Proposed.
[22:45]
>> I second.
[22:46]
>> In favour.
[22:49]
- À l'unanimité. Octroi du
[22:51]
mandat. 25-SP-213 concernant des
[22:55]
services professionnels pour la
[22:59]
reconfigurationsécurisation de
[23:00]
l'intersection
[23:01]
Woodland-Beaurepaire-Elm à
[23:02]
Beaconsfield au soumissionnaire
[23:03]
ayant obtenu le meilleur
[23:04]
pointage final, soit Shellex
[23:05]
Groupe Conseil inc.
[23:06]
, Pour la somme de 287437,50 $,
[23:10]
toutes taxes incluses.
[23:16]
>> Proposed.
[23:17]
>> Seconded.
[23:20]
- En faveur.
[23:21]
- À l'unanimité. >> Awarding of
[23:25]
mandate 25-SP-214 for
[23:27]
professional services for the
[23:28]
preparation of plans and
[23:29]
specifications to replace the
[23:31]
mechanical units and the
[23:33]
building control system of the
[23:36]
Public Works'building - City of
[23:38]
Beaconsfield to the tender
[23:39]
having obtained the best final
[23:40]
score, Les Services EXP Inc., in
[23:42]
the amount of $219,889.69, all
[23:44]
taxes included.
[23:51]
- Proposé. >> Second.
[23:54]
- En faveur.
[23:56]
- À l'unanimité. Octroi du
[24:01]
contrat TP 2025-01 concernant
[24:03]
l'entretien paysager du Village
[24:04]
Beaurepaire pour l'année 2025
[24:06]
avec quatre
[24:07]
(4)
[24:08]
options de renouvellement au
[24:09]
plus bas soumissionnaire
[24:10]
conforme, soit 7574479 Canada
[24:12]
inc.
[24:13]
(DLC)
[24:14]
, Pour la somme de 34686,54 $,
[24:18]
toutes taxes incluses.
[24:20]
- Proposé.
[24:22]
- Secondé.
[24:24]
>> In favour. - En faveur.
[24:26]
- À l'unanimité. Renewal of
[24:29]
contract TP 2023-07 for bulk
[24:33]
leaf pickup for the year 2025
[24:35]
with GFL Environmental Inc., At
[24:37]
an approximate cost of $57,000,
[24:40]
all taxes included.
[24:42]
>> I propose.
[24:44]
>> I second.
[24:46]
- En faveur.
[24:48]
- À l'unanimité. Renouvellement
[24:51]
du contrat FT 2021-01 pour les
[24:54]
services professionnels de
[24:55]
vérification de l'optimisation
[24:56]
des ressources de la Ville de
[24:58]
Beaconsfield pour l'année 2025
[25:00]
avec Raymond Chabot Grant
[25:01]
Thornton, pour la somme de 29
[25:02]
847,51 $, toutes taxes incluses.
[25:07]
>> Proposed.
[25:09]
>> I second.
[25:11]
- En faveur.
[25:12]
- À l'unanimité. Awarding of a
[25:16]
contract by mutual agreement
[25:19]
(RGC 2025-05)
[25:20]
for professional architecture
[25:21]
services with Lemay CO. For the
[25:26]
preparation of detailed plans
[25:27]
and specifications and the
[25:28]
supervision during construction
[25:30]
of a harbour master's office on
[25:32]
the Centennial Marina property,
[25:34]
for the amount of $87,381.00,
[25:38]
all taxes included.
[25:42]
>> Proposed.
[25:43]
>> Seconded.
[25:44]
>> In favour.
[25:46]
- À l'unanimité. Approbation de
[25:48]
la liste des comptes à payer au
[25:50]
24 février 2025, et de la liste
[25:52]
des paiements préautorisés pour
[25:53]
la période du 9 janvier 2025 au
[25:56]
19 janvier 2025 et du 21 janvier
[26:00]
2025 au 12 février 2025, pour un
[26:01]
déboursé total de 4931311,91 $.
[26:09]
- Voici les montants les plus
[26:12]
importants. 369593 et 64 à
[26:17]
consultations Arcade pour des
[26:19]
comptes progressifs numéro 7
[26:22]
pour la rénovation de la
[26:24]
patinoire. 307900 dollars à la
[26:26]
compagnie de chemins de fer
[26:28]
Canadien Pacifique pour les
[26:29]
travaux de passages à niveau.
[26:35]
231046 et 78, BFL Canada,
[26:37]
risques et assurances pour le
[26:39]
renouvellement des assurances et
[26:41]
dommages 2025 - 2026. Et
[26:48]
177624,30, les entreprises
[26:49]
vantait King, pour des comptes
[26:51]
progressifs numéro 1 pour le
[26:54]
patio et auvent à l'annexe herbe
[26:56]
Lander. Et finalement, à 555065
[27:01]
et 63
[27:02]
(---)
[27:03]
.
[27:04]
- Proposé.
[27:06]
- Secondé.
[27:07]
- En faveur.
[27:13]
>> Approval of a $2,000
[27:14]
contribution to the Toope
[27:15]
Memorial Scholarship for the
[27:16]
year 2025.
[27:19]
>> Proposed.
[27:20]
>> Seconded.
[27:21]
>> In favour.
[27:25]
- À l'unanimité. Participation
[27:27]
du maire au congrès annuel de
[27:28]
l'Union des municipalités du
[27:29]
Québec
[27:30]
(UMQ)
[27:31]
du 14 au 16 mai 2025 à Québec,
[27:32]
au coût approximatif de 845 $,
[27:35]
plus remboursement des frais de
[27:36]
transport, de logement et
[27:37]
d'autres dépenses afférentes.
[27:39]
- Proposé.
[27:41]
- Secondé.
[27:43]
- En faveur.
[27:45]
- À l'unanimité. Participation
[27:47]
of the Mayor at the annual
[27:49]
conference of the Fédération of
[27:50]
Canadian municipalities from May
[27:54]
29 to June 1, 2025, in Ottawa
[27:56]
(Ontario)
[27:57]
, at an approximate cost of
[27:58]
$1,195, plus reimbursement of
[28:01]
travelling and lodging expenses
[28:02]
and other related costs.
[28:08]
- En faveur. >> Proposed.
[28:10]
>> I second.
[28:13]
- À l'unanimité. Participation
[28:17]
du directeur général au congrès
[28:18]
annuel de l'Union des
[28:19]
municipalités du Québec
[28:20]
(UMQ)
[28:21]
du 14 au 16 mai 2025 àQuébec, au
[28:22]
coût approximatif de 845 $, plus
[28:25]
remboursement des frais de
[28:26]
transport, de logement et
[28:27]
d'autres dépenses afférentes.
[28:30]
- Proposé.
[28:31]
- Secondé.
[28:32]
- En faveur.
[28:33]
>> Participation of the Director
[28:34]
General at the annual conference
[28:35]
of the Canadian Association of
[28:36]
Municipal Administrators from
[28:37]
May 26 to 28, 2025, in Mont
[28:38]
Tremblant
[28:39]
(Québec)
[28:40]
, at an approximate cost of
[28:41]
$895, plus reimbursement of
[28:42]
travelling and lodging expenses
[28:43]
and other related costs.
[28:44]
- À l'unanimité.
[28:53]
>> Proposed.
[28:55]
>> Seconded.
[28:56]
>> In favour.
[28:58]
- À l'unanimité. Participation
[29:01]
du directeur général au congrès
[29:02]
annuel de l'Association des
[29:03]
directeurs généraux des
[29:04]
municipalités du Québec
[29:07]
(ADGMQ)
[29:08]
du 4 au 6 juin 2025 à La Malbaie
[29:09]
(Québec)
[29:10]
, au coût approximatif de 880 $,
[29:11]
plus remboursement des frais de
[29:12]
transport, de logement et
[29:13]
d'autres dépenses afférentes.
[29:15]
- Proposé.
[29:17]
- Secondé. >> In favour.
[29:20]
- À l'unanimité. >> Filing and
[29:24]
notice of motion of Draft By-law
[29:25]
BEAC161-1 entitled « By-law
[29:26]
modifying By-law BEAC-161 on
[29:28]
tariffs ».
[29:30]
>> I give notice of motion.
[29:32]
- Merci. Pour les prochains six
[29:38]
règlements, de 40.2 A 40.7, je
[29:41]
vais introduire les
[29:43]
modifications et après ça les
[29:44]
propositions seront faits pour
[29:45]
les adoptions. Donc, l'objectif
[29:47]
des modifications au Règlement
[29:48]
de concordance et du plan
[29:50]
d'urbanisme ainsi que... est que
[29:52]
la Ville de Beaconsfield procède
[29:54]
à la révision de son plan
[29:55]
d'urbanisme et de ces règlements
[29:56]
pour en assurer la concordance
[29:57]
au schéma d'aménagement et de
[30:00]
développement. Le stade de la
[30:01]
dernière action de Montréal, qui
[30:02]
a été adoptée en 2015. Les
[30:04]
modifications entre la vie de
[30:05]
mesurer l'adoption des
[30:06]
règlements sur notamment de
[30:07]
nature cléricales. Cependant,
[30:09]
plus PCP siffler comment pour
[30:10]
les règlements de lotissement,
[30:12]
le point 40.2, qui est des
[30:16]
modifications qui ont été
[30:17]
apportées à l'amendement
[30:20]
BEAC-43-01 pour enlever des
[30:22]
articles qui étaient déjà
[30:23]
concordantes. En ce qui a trait
[30:24]
au plan d'urbanisme, le
[30:27]
BEAC-165, qui est au 40.5, il y
[30:29]
a eu des modifications
[30:31]
additionnelles qui ont été pour
[30:32]
corriger une coquille au niveau
[30:36]
des adresses, le 97 chemins
[30:40]
Lakeshore devient le 597 chemins
[30:43]
Lakeshore. C'est modifié
[30:44]
aujourd'hui à même le règlement.
[30:46]
Et ces règlements ne sont pas
[30:48]
soumis au processus
[30:49]
d'approbation référendaire,
[30:50]
puisqu'ils sont modifiés
[30:52]
exclusivement à des fins de
[30:54]
concordance. Donc, pour le point
[30:57]
40.2, Adoption, avec
[31:01]
modifications, du Règlement
[31:02]
BEAC043-01 intitulé « Règlement
[31:03]
modifiant le règlement de
[31:04]
lotissement BEAC-043 afin de le
[31:05]
rendre conforme au Schéma
[31:06]
d'aménagement et de
[31:08]
développement de l'agglomération
[31:09]
de Montréal
[31:11]
(RCG 14-029)
[31:13]
et au plan d'urbanisme de la
[31:14]
Ville de Beaconsfield ».
[31:15]
- Je propose.
[31:18]
- Appuyé.
[31:19]
>> In favour.
[31:21]
- À l'unanimité. >> Adoption,
[31:23]
with modifications, of By-law
[31:27]
BEAC-045-19 entitled « By-law
[31:28]
amending By-law BEAC-045 on
[31:30]
permits and certificates in
[31:31]
order to render it compliantwith
[31:32]
the Land-Use Planning and
[31:34]
Development Plan for the
[31:35]
Agglomeration of Montreal
[31:37]
(RCG 14-029)
[31:39]
and with the Planning Program of
[31:40]
the City of Beaconsfield ».
[31:45]
>> Proposed.
[31:47]
>> Seconded.
[31:48]
>> In favour.
[31:49]
- À l'unanimité. Adoption, avec
[31:53]
modifications, du Règlement
[31:56]
BEAC098-04 intitulé « Règlement
[31:57]
modifiant le Règlement BEAC-098
[31:59]
sur les plans d'implantation et
[32:00]
d'intégration architecturale
[32:01]
afin de le rendre conforme au
[32:03]
Schéma d'aménagement et de
[32:04]
développement de l'agglomération
[32:05]
de Montréal
[32:07]
(RCG 14-029)
[32:08]
et au plan d'urbanisme de la
[32:09]
Ville de Beaconsfield ».
[32:11]
- Je propose. >> Second.
[32:14]
>> In favour.
[32:17]
- À l'unanimité.
[32:24]
Adoption, with modifications, of
[32:25]
By-law BEAC-165 entitled
[32:26]
« By-law regarding the Planning
[32:27]
Program ».
[32:31]
>> Proposed.
[32:33]
>> Seconded.
[32:34]
>> In favour.
[32:36]
- À l'unanimité. Adoption, avec
[32:39]
modifications, du Règlement
[32:41]
728-01 intitulé « Règlement
[32:43]
modifiant le Règlement sur
[32:44]
projets particuliers de
[32:47]
construction, de modification ou
[32:48]
d'occupation d'un immeuble
[32:49]
(PPCMOI)
[32:50]
afin de le rendre conforme au
[32:51]
Schéma d'aménagement et de
[32:52]
développement de l'agglomération
[32:53]
de Montréal
[32:54]
(RCG 14-029)
[32:55]
et au plan d'urbanisme de la
[32:56]
Ville de Beaconsfield ».
[32:59]
- Proposé.
[33:00]
- J'appuie.
[33:01]
- En faveur.
[33:05]
- À l'unanimité. Adoption, with
[33:08]
modifications, of By-law 720-129
[33:11]
entitled « By-law amending
[33:12]
Zoning By-law 720 in order to
[33:13]
render it compliant with the
[33:16]
Land-Use Planning and
[33:17]
Development Plan for the
[33:19]
Agglomeration of Montreal
[33:22]
(RCG 14-029)
[33:23]
and the Planning Program of the
[33:24]
City of Beaconsfield ».
[33:26]
>> I propose.
[33:27]
>> Seconded.
[33:28]
>> In favour.
[33:30]
- À l'unanimité. Résolution en
[33:35]
vertu de l'article 59.1 de la
[33:36]
Loi sur l'aménagement et
[33:37]
l'urbanisme concernant les
[33:38]
règlements qui n'ont pas à être
[33:39]
modifiés dans le cadre du
[33:40]
processus de concordance
[33:41]
règlementaire. >> Proposed.
[33:46]
>> Seconded.
[33:47]
>> In favour.
[33:49]
- À l'unanimité. Request for
[33:54]
minor exemptions for the
[33:55]
property located at 133
[33:56]
Chartwell. The recommendation is
[33:58]
to approve.
[33:59]
>> Proposed.
[34:01]
>> Seconded.
[34:02]
- En faveur.
[34:03]
- À l'unanimité. Demande
[34:06]
d'approbation du Plan
[34:07]
d'implantation et d'intégration
[34:08]
architecturale
[34:09]
(PIIA)
[34:10]
relatif à la demande d'un permis
[34:11]
de construction pour un nouveau
[34:12]
bâtiment principal situé au 7,
[34:13]
Kirkwood. La recommandation est
[34:15]
de refuser.
[34:16]
- Proposé.
[34:17]
- Secondé.
[34:19]
- En faveur de la
[34:21]
recommandation.
[34:24]
- À l'unanimité. Request for the
[34:28]
approval of the Site Planning
[34:29]
and Architectural Integration
[34:32]
Programme relating to a building
[34:33]
permit application for a new
[34:34]
main building located at 72
[34:35]
St-Louis. The recommendation is
[34:38]
to refuse.
[34:39]
>> Proposed.
[34:42]
>> I can't -- okay. I second.
[34:46]
>> In favour of the
[34:47]
recommendation.
[34:49]
- À l'unanimité. Demande
[34:51]
d'approbation du Plan
[34:52]
d'implantation et d'intégration
[34:54]
architecturale
[34:55]
(PIIA)
[34:56]
relatif à la demande d'un permis
[34:57]
de construction pour la
[34:58]
modification de la façade du
[34:59]
bâtiment principal situé au 168,
[35:00]
Ruskin. La recommandation est
[35:03]
d'approuver.
[35:04]
- C'est proposé.
[35:05]
- Secondé.
[35:06]
- En faveur de la
[35:07]
recommandation.
[35:09]
- À l'unanimité. Request for the
[35:12]
approval of the Site Planning
[35:13]
and Architectural Integration
[35:15]
Programme relating to a building
[35:16]
permit application for a new
[35:17]
main building located at 185
[35:19]
Lakeview. The recommendation is
[35:21]
to refuse.
[35:22]
>> And proposed.
[35:24]
>> Second.
[35:26]
>> In favour of the
[35:27]
recommendation.
[35:29]
- À l'unanimité. Nomination en
[35:33]
vue de permanence à titre
[35:35]
d'Opérateur/Préposé à la
[35:37]
menuiserie au poste 6400 au
[35:38]
Service des travaux publics. >>
[35:43]
I propose.
[35:45]
>> Second.
[35:46]
>> In favour.
[35:48]
- À l'unanimité. Minutes of the
[35:51]
Planning Advisory Committee
[35:52]
meeting of February 5, 2025.
[36:01]
>> Proposed.
[36:04]
>> Seconded.
[36:05]
>> Any comments?
[36:07]
>> No specific comments, but all
[36:09]
the projects we review tonight,
[36:11]
you can call and approve or
[36:14]
disapprove. Those people can
[36:15]
call the urban planning
[36:17]
department tomorrow for next
[36:18]
steps, to know what to do next.
[36:19]
I'm just letting you know. I
[36:20]
think most people do know that,
[36:22]
but just as a reminder. Tonight
[36:24]
on the agenda, if you are one of
[36:25]
those properties, you can call
[36:27]
urban planning for the next
[36:28]
steps. Thank you.
[36:32]
- Proposé. I am proposing.
[36:37]
>> I am seconding.
[36:38]
>> In favour.
[36:41]
- À l'unanimité. Procès-verbal
[36:44]
de la réunion du Comité
[36:45]
consultatif de l'environnement
[36:46]
du 3 décembre 2024.
[36:53]
- Je propose.
[36:54]
- Proposé.
[36:56]
(inaudible)
[36:57]
Faire des commentaires. >> Are
[36:58]
you proposing?
[36:59]
>> Yes.
[37:00]
>> Who is seconding? You are
[37:05]
seconding?
[37:06]
>> I will second the proposal.
[37:07]
>> Okay. Any comments on your
[37:10]
minutes?
[37:11]
>> Yes.
[37:12]
>> Mister Chairman.
[37:13]
>> I will make them short. Pour
[37:15]
commencer, la communauté
[37:17]
d'Environnement reconnaît les
[37:18]
problèmes qu'on peut avoir avec
[37:21]
la respiration de la fumée de
[37:23]
bois sur nos résidents sur leur
[37:27]
santé, la qualité de vie et
[37:29]
l'environnement. Certainly a lot
[37:31]
of science and medical research
[37:33]
on the health effects of wood
[37:36]
burning and wood smoke on our
[37:38]
residents. I want to thank the
[37:40]
city for their continued efforts
[37:42]
to continue to educate our
[37:47]
residents and wood burners on
[37:49]
the problems that smoke causes.
[37:54]
Everybody breathed including
[37:55]
homeowners to. At our December
[37:57]
meeting, we reaffirmed the
[37:58]
November recommendation for the
[38:00]
City Council to modify the
[38:01]
current regulations on wood
[38:03]
burning appliances. The last
[38:06]
thing I would mention is that,
[38:09]
at our December meeting, we were
[38:11]
looking and we will continue to
[38:12]
discuss the priorities and
[38:13]
objectives for the environment
[38:18]
committee. Sorry about that. For
[38:20]
the Environment committee and
[38:24]
certainly what we discussed so
[38:25]
far, we will continue more in
[38:27]
our April meeting. The
[38:29]
importance of trees here in
[38:31]
Beaconsfield. You have seen with
[38:33]
global warming and climate
[38:35]
crisis that we are in, trees
[38:38]
provide important shade but also
[38:40]
in terms of air quality. They
[38:43]
absorb carbon and produce
[38:45]
oxygen. At the same time,
[38:47]
something that my
[38:49]
(applause)
[38:50]
One of my neighbours had
[38:51]
mentioned is a mature tree can
[38:52]
actually absorb 40,000 to 50,000
[38:55]
gallons of water. We are hearing
[38:59]
another subject and topic at our
[39:02]
environment committee, certainly
[39:03]
water drainage and the flooding
[39:04]
situations we've had in the last
[39:05]
two years. It is interesting to
[39:07]
note that a tree can absorb that
[39:10]
40 to 50,000 gallons of water.
[39:13]
That is immense. It is a way to
[39:16]
perhaps dry up part of the land
[39:18]
on a person's property.
[39:20]
Sometimes we hear that the
[39:22]
ground itself is actually
[39:24]
saturated. So, trees might be
[39:27]
another solution for people who
[39:28]
can afford to finalize some
[39:32]
space to have another tree.
[39:36]
Thank you, Mister Mayor.
[39:37]
>> Thank you. Are you proposing?
[39:43]
Yeah.
[39:44]
>> I propose.
[39:47]
>> All in favour?
[39:48]
>> Yes.
[39:53]
>> Minutes of the Finance
[39:54]
Advisory Committee meeting of
[39:55]
February 3, 2025.
[39:59]
>> I will propose.
[40:02]
>> And who is going to second?
[40:05]
>> I will second.
[40:06]
>> Now, any comments from the
[40:09]
finance committee?
[40:10]
>> Yes. Typically, I would, but
[40:13]
I was sick and I did not attend
[40:14]
the finance committee. So, Roger
[40:19]
is co-president and the floor is
[40:21]
yours, Roger.
[40:23]
>> Thank you, Mister Chair.
[40:24]
>> Thank you, Councillor Moss.
[40:27]
[Laughter]
[40:28]
>> At this committee, it was
[40:29]
only six weeks into the fiscal
[40:31]
year. So there was obviously
[40:33]
kind of nothing to report on
[40:35]
with the city's operating
[40:36]
budget. But there was some good
[40:38]
news that came out of that
[40:40]
meeting from our city's finance
[40:44]
department telling us that it
[40:45]
looked like the preliminary
[40:47]
figures that they were looking
[40:50]
for, looking at pretty welcome
[40:52]
tax, was going to end up at
[40:55]
around five point $6 million.
[40:59]
Ça, c'est des nouvelles
[41:01]
excellentes, parce qu'en
[41:02]
réalité, ça nous aide beaucoup,
[41:04]
les finances de la ville. Of
[41:05]
course, the five point $6
[41:08]
million, as with all the
[41:10]
surpluses from the welcome tax,
[41:11]
part of it is used as an
[41:13]
operating surplus for the city's
[41:15]
finances. At the same time, we
[41:17]
take a good part of that chunk
[41:19]
of money and we actually
[41:21]
transfer it into various
[41:23]
reserves funds. Those reserve
[41:25]
funds are used it anytime for
[41:27]
specific projects, but they are
[41:29]
very flexible. So they can
[41:31]
switched from reserve fund to
[41:33]
reserve fund. The other thing
[41:35]
that I would mention is that the
[41:38]
City municipalities are not
[41:40]
allowed to go into a deficit
[41:44]
situation during a fiscal year.
[41:46]
And so it's very important that
[41:48]
a city have reserves so that we
[41:50]
can draw on it. Otherwise, it
[41:53]
would mean a cash call to
[41:55]
taxpayers. I think it's always
[41:57]
important for people to
[41:58]
understand. When we do report a
[41:59]
big reserve, what do we do with
[42:01]
those funds. At the same time,
[42:03]
part of those funds for $5.6
[42:07]
million will go into what we
[42:09]
call a reserve fund called the
[42:10]
balanced budget. Le équilibre
[42:14]
budgétaire That is funding we
[42:15]
will use for next year's tax
[42:17]
increases that residents don't
[42:19]
have to pay. So, what I always
[42:22]
tell residence is $5.6 million
[42:26]
divided by roughly 7000
[42:28]
taxpayers or home owners works
[42:30]
out to $800 on average per
[42:33]
household. That is used to pay
[42:36]
for taxes that otherwise we as
[42:39]
residents might have to pay. So
[42:40]
it's really important we keep
[42:42]
our eye on it, but we are also
[42:44]
very conservative. That was one
[42:46]
thing. The second thing, and our
[42:49]
DG did a good job of answering
[42:51]
your question on the projet de
[42:55]
loi 39. Projet de loi 39. It's a
[43:00]
way of trading categories for
[43:02]
each municipality so they can
[43:03]
actually look at a ways to maybe
[43:07]
tax businesses or residents fare
[43:10]
or make sure that in certain
[43:12]
cases it is used for very
[43:15]
efficient purpose. In this case,
[43:18]
the finance committee did
[43:20]
recommend that we create a
[43:23]
special category four homes in
[43:25]
Beaconsfield that are
[43:26]
intentionally left vacant for
[43:28]
periods of like 12 months or
[43:29]
longer. Generally, it could be
[43:31]
offshore investments. People who
[43:33]
are just letting the house stay
[43:36]
empty for whatever reason. It is
[43:39]
a problem. It's an eyesore in
[43:41]
certain instances. We have seen
[43:43]
that kind of investment up here
[43:48]
across Toronto and Vancouver a
[43:51]
few years ago. It rolled a bit
[43:53]
into Québec. But I think the
[43:55]
important thing is to have
[43:57]
another category that we can
[43:59]
influence any home that is left
[44:01]
for vacant intentionally. If
[44:04]
residents do see that. If you
[44:08]
see homes that are empty in your
[44:09]
own neighbourhood for a very
[44:10]
long time, called municipal
[44:12]
patrol. Contact the city because
[44:14]
we now have a new tax category
[44:18]
coming in with the 2026 real
[44:20]
estate rules to be able to
[44:23]
actually surcharge that empty
[44:25]
property as it is a vacant home.
[44:29]
Again, thank you all the time
[44:30]
for taking an interest in this
[44:32]
city and contacting the city or
[44:35]
municipal patrol whenever there
[44:37]
is something that you notice
[44:38]
that is important. So that is
[44:42]
it.
[44:43]
>> In favour of the minutes.
[44:51]
The next items are two
[44:55]
nominations of the member of the
[44:56]
traffic advisory committee. 53.4
[45:02]
and 53.5. So could we have a
[45:04]
proposal and seconded for both
[45:06]
items?
[45:07]
>> We did not vote on the
[45:09]
minutes of the finance Advisory
[45:12]
Committee.
[45:13]
>> I thought we had. In favour
[45:14]
of the minutes of the finance
[45:16]
committee.
[45:22]
>> Okay.
[45:23]
>> So the next two items are the
[45:28]
nomination at the traffic
[45:29]
committee. 53.4 and 53.5. So
[45:33]
will somebody proposes both
[45:35]
items?
[45:36]
>> I will propose both items.
[45:38]
>> And?
[45:39]
>> I will second them.
[45:41]
>> And will you now talk to the
[45:44]
Nominations?
[45:45]
- Avec plaisir, Monsieur le
[45:46]
Maire. Merci. Alors, le comité
[45:49]
consultatif sur la circulation à
[45:52]
quatre membres citoyens. Nous
[45:54]
avions deux postes à combler et
[46:00]
donc nous allons procéder, si
[46:01]
tout le monde est d'accord, à la
[46:03]
nomination, dans un premier
[46:05]
temps, de madame Lena Zajdel, Et
[46:13]
monsieur Cyril Duclos
[46:56]
Alors, dans le cas présent,
[46:58]
c'était d'abord la candidature
[47:00]
du district du district six qui
[47:02]
devraient être comblés de façon
[47:03]
à ce qu'on ait, soit par
[47:05]
l'entremise des membres du
[47:06]
conseil des résidents, une
[47:10]
personne qui habite à
[47:11]
Beaconsfield dans le plus grand
[47:13]
nombre des districts et de coin
[47:14]
possible afin d'assurer une
[47:15]
bonne représentativité. Alors,
[47:17]
je remercie tout le monde de
[47:19]
leur participation, de leur
[47:21]
désir de participer à notre
[47:24]
communauté. I welcome Madam --
[47:27]
and Mr. -- to our committee.
[47:31]
- En faveur des nominations.
[47:45]
- Nomination d'un membre au
[47:46]
Comité consultatif de
[47:47]
l'environnement.
[47:48]
>> Who is proposing?
[47:49]
- Je propose.
[47:50]
- J'appuie.
[47:53]
>> Okay.
[47:54]
- O.K., La nomination...
[47:55]
- Je suis heureux de nommer
[47:58]
mademoiselle Tiffany Lafleur.
[48:00]
C'est une résidente de
[48:02]
Beaconsfield depuis 6 ans elle a
[48:05]
de l'expérience en travaillant
[48:10]
avec une industrie qui est très
[48:12]
occupé avec l'environnement.
[48:14]
Alors, je pense que c'est une
[48:16]
personne qu'on serait très
[48:22]
heureux d'avoir avec de
[48:23]
nouvelles idées sur notre
[48:24]
comité.
[48:25]
- En faveur.
[48:30]
>> Mandate to the administration
[48:31]
of the City of Beaconsfield to
[48:32]
pay, under protest, the first
[48:33]
payment of the quotes-parts,
[48:34]
invoices and contributions for
[48:35]
the year 2025 to the
[48:36]
Agglomeration of Montréal.
[48:38]
>> Proposed.
[48:40]
>> Second.
[48:43]
- En faveur.
[48:45]
- À l'unanimité.
[48:46]
- Alors, je souligne encore que
[48:49]
le versement des quote-part est
[48:54]
fait sous protêt, encore une
[48:57]
fois. Et maintenant, Monsieur le
[48:59]
Directeur général, on est rendu
[49:00]
à combien pour la poursuite
[49:02]
contre Montréal?
[49:03]
- On est rendu à près de 20
[49:05]
millions de dollars. Évidemment,
[49:06]
ça ne calcule pas les pénalités
[49:10]
et intérêts qui vont s'ajouter
[49:12]
quand on va gagner notre cause.
[49:17]
- Alors, 20 millions de dollars.
[49:19]
C'est quand même beaucoup
[49:20]
d'argent.
[49:21]
- C'est beaucoup de sous.
[49:22]
- Et le compteur augmente à
[49:24]
chaque année. Alors, plus ça va
[49:27]
prendre de temps pour régler
[49:31]
cette poursuite-là, plus le
[49:32]
montant va être élevé. Est-ce
[49:37]
qu'on a approuvé... ces faits,
[49:41]
O.K..
[49:45]
- Mandat donné au cabinet
[49:46]
d'avocats Bélanger Sauvé afin de
[49:47]
représenter les intérêts de la
[49:48]
Ville de Beaconsfield
[49:49]
relativement à la propriété
[49:50]
privée située au 254, Westcroft.
[49:51]
- Proposé.
[49:53]
- Et j'appuie.
[49:54]
- En faveur.
[49:57]
- À l'unanimité. Mandate given
[50:01]
to Bélanger Sauvé law firm to
[50:04]
represent the City of
[50:05]
Beaconsfield's interests
[50:06]
regarding contract 588-22-ME
[50:07]
concerning the replacement of
[50:08]
the rooftops and controls at
[50:09]
City Hall and Library.
[50:12]
>> Proposed.
[50:13]
>> Second.
[50:14]
>> In favour.
[50:16]
- À l'unanimité. Résolution
[50:18]
concernant le besoin de tenir
[50:19]
compte des personnes handicapées
[50:20]
dans la planification des
[50:22]
mesures d'urgence de la Ville de
[50:23]
Beaconsfield.
[50:25]
- Proposé.
[50:26]
- J'appuie.
[50:27]
- En faveur.
[50:30]
- À l'unanimité. Resolution in
[50:32]
support of National Day for the
[50:35]
Promotion of Positive Mental
[50:36]
Health, March 13, 2025.
[50:40]
>> Propose.
[50:41]
>> Seconded.
[50:43]
>> In favour.
[50:46]
- À l'unanimité. Autorisation à
[50:48]
la Ferme Rêveuse d'utiliser deux
[50:50]
espaces de stationnement du parc
[50:52]
Christmas pour la distribution
[50:53]
de produits de la ferme, les
[50:54]
vendredis du 28 février au 30
[50:56]
mai 2025 de 15 h 30 à 19 h.
[51:01]
- Proposé.
[51:02]
- J'appuie.
[51:03]
- En faveur.
[51:05]
- À l'unanimité. Authorization
[51:09]
for street closure for the event
[51:14]
Beau Market, on Fridays between
[51:15]
May 30 and September 12, 2025,
[51:18]
from 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m..
[51:23]
>> Proposed.
[51:24]
>> Seconded.
[51:26]
- En faveur.
[51:28]
- À l'unanimité. Autorisation
[51:30]
pour Les Amis du Village
[51:32]
Beaurepaire d'organiser une
[51:33]
vente de garage communautaire
[51:34]
(Big Beau)
[51:35]
dans le secteur du Village
[51:36]
Beaurepaire le samedi 10 mai
[51:37]
2025 de 10 h 30 à 19 h 30 et
[51:39]
autorisation de fermeture totale
[51:40]
de la rue. >> Proposed.
[51:45]
>> Seconded.
[51:46]
>> In favour.
[51:48]
- À l'unanimité. Adoption of the
[51:53]
Policy on the establishment of
[51:55]
immovable subcategories and
[51:56]
division of the City's territory
[51:57]
into sectors.
[51:59]
>> Proposed.
[52:00]
>> Seconded.
[52:02]
>> In favour.
[52:03]
- À l'unanimité. Rapport du
[52:06]
maire sur les décisions prises
[52:07]
par le Conseil d'agglomération
[52:08]
lors des séances du 23 janvier
[52:09]
et 20 février 2025.
[52:12]
- Comme le conseiller David
[52:16]
Newell m'a remplacé pour cette
[52:18]
réunion du conseil
[52:20]
d'agglomération, je lui ai
[52:21]
demandé de faire les
[52:25]
commentaires qu'il a vécues avec
[52:26]
ce conseil d'agglomération.
[52:27]
- Merci, Monsieur le Maire.
[52:30]
Indeed, I was at the last, to
[52:33]
January and -- January
[52:34]
agglomeration meetings. They
[52:35]
were eventful ones, not without
[52:37]
some controversy. So they were
[52:40]
interesting to say the least.
[52:43]
These were long meetings, a lot
[52:45]
of points being raised, but
[52:46]
there are four point I want to
[52:47]
address tonight that I thought
[52:48]
would be an interest to
[52:49]
Beaconsfield residents in
[52:50]
particular. So I would just like
[52:52]
to cover what those points were.
[52:55]
The first one being fluoride in
[52:57]
our drinking water. I'm sure
[52:59]
that you've all heard about this
[53:01]
over the past few months and so
[53:03]
on. The decision of the -- the
[53:06]
agglomeration was announced in
[53:07]
November. There has been a lot
[53:08]
of discussion in and around it.
[53:10]
I can say that for the past
[53:12]
couple of months this has also
[53:15]
been challenged and questioned
[53:17]
quite a bit at the acclamation
[53:19]
meeting. The questions were
[53:20]
pointed at -- who is basically
[53:23]
the mayor of Lachine, but who is
[53:24]
also responsible for our water
[53:28]
within the Agglo. So the
[53:30]
questions have come up, there is
[53:33]
really I would say three points
[53:34]
that the mayors around
[53:37]
(applause)
[53:38]
From the West Island who have
[53:39]
really been focusing. In
[53:41]
addition to the strong
[53:42]
endorsement from Health Canada,
[53:43]
which is well documented out
[53:45]
there I would say, the three
[53:46]
points that came up were, and
[53:48]
that we are trying to get
[53:49]
answers to as to what
[53:51]
significance or why more
[53:53]
significance were placed on
[53:54]
these documents, was a clear
[53:56]
document that was even
[53:57]
commissioned by the City of
[53:58]
Montréal themselves to look at
[54:00]
the value of fluoride in the
[54:02]
water. And this was coming from
[54:04]
the department -- essentially
[54:07]
from Midland to White, the
[54:09]
regional director of public
[54:10]
health. Directrice régionale de
[54:11]
la santé publique pour la Ville
[54:12]
de Montréal. Essentially, in her
[54:16]
accompanying letter, she also
[54:17]
strongly supported the use of
[54:19]
fluoride. So that was there. It
[54:22]
was seemingly glazed over by the
[54:23]
City of Montréal. To up the ante
[54:25]
one more level, there was a
[54:27]
letter that was provided by Dr.
[54:30]
Boileau. He's basically the
[54:31]
provincial government provincial
[54:33]
director of Public Health right
[54:37]
from our provincial Ministry of
[54:38]
Health. Clearly, in his letter
[54:41]
he was very straightforward and
[54:42]
clear. He also supports the use
[54:44]
of fluoride. He's so convinced
[54:49]
that which really see in these
[54:50]
types of letters, but also
[54:53]
reminding them that there is
[54:55]
financial support for
[54:56]
infrastructure, maintenance,
[54:57]
even the cost of fluoride which
[54:58]
is not a lot overall. So that
[55:00]
gives you a glowing endorsement
[55:01]
for all of these factors. We
[55:03]
have yet to receive any feedback
[55:05]
of any constructive importance,
[55:09]
I would say, which is very
[55:13]
frustrating. Last week, when I
[55:14]
decided to do at the meeting was
[55:16]
actually give more of a case
[55:19]
study, a situation in Calgary.
[55:20]
You can read about it, I will
[55:21]
summarize it very quickly.
[55:23]
Basically, in 2011 Calgary, they
[55:26]
basically stopped fluoride at
[55:27]
that time. Within two years they
[55:31]
saw quite increase in the dental
[55:33]
issues whether it be
[55:35]
hospitalizations for that matter
[55:36]
or just a lot of potential
[55:39]
problems that came up. They
[55:40]
started monitoring this and
[55:41]
doing studies over a ten-year
[55:43]
period about. They had the
[55:44]
benefit of looking before, in
[55:45]
other words with fluoride and
[55:47]
with no fluoride in their
[55:48]
population. They were able to do
[55:49]
some very, very good studies on
[55:51]
this, recent studies as well. In
[55:56]
fact, just recently, not that
[55:58]
long ago, to make a long story
[56:00]
short, they had actually
[56:01]
reintroduced fluoride into their
[56:02]
water based on the learnings
[56:03]
they have learned from their own
[56:05]
city for that matter among
[56:06]
everything else. So I brought
[56:07]
that up as a case study because
[56:09]
at the last meeting, what had
[56:11]
been mentioned by the
[56:14]
acclamation responsible here,
[56:15]
they were saying they looked in
[56:16]
Québec and parts of Europe and I
[56:18]
found it interesting why they
[56:20]
would need to go that far
[56:22]
examples that are in our own
[56:24]
backyard. This was a glaring
[56:25]
case. So I found ourselves
[56:27]
sitting with basically what
[56:28]
Calgary did in 2011. I was
[56:30]
thinking we not learn from this
[56:31]
experience and look at that a
[56:32]
little closer and try to be more
[56:35]
proactive in that? I did not get
[56:36]
much of an answer. They just
[56:37]
said we are not using fluoride
[56:38]
in our water. So, unfortunately
[56:42]
not much success to report with
[56:43]
that. But I will say that the
[56:47]
consensus around the table
[56:48]
pretty much is that we continue
[56:49]
to pose more questions,
[56:50]
different questions, and other
[56:52]
methods to try and get better
[56:53]
answers to support the use of
[56:55]
fluoride in the water. The
[56:57]
evidence seems overwhelming as
[56:59]
well as the more recent
[57:01]
evidence. We are giving you an
[57:02]
update on that. Le deuxième
[57:04]
point, c'était plutôt... j'ai
[57:06]
trouvé un point dans un rapport
[57:07]
de la Ville de Montréal qui
[57:09]
parle d'un plan d'action Vision
[57:13]
0. C'est un plan plutôt pour
[57:15]
réduire l'objectif pour réduire
[57:18]
les décès et les blessures
[57:20]
graves due aux accidents qui
[57:21]
arrivent sur les rues, de
[57:23]
réduire de 50% d'ici 2030 et à 0
[57:26]
d'ici 2020 40. Le contexte
[57:28]
autour de ce plan, c'est
[57:30]
vraiment pour améliorer... je
[57:34]
ces Québec
[57:35]
(---)
[57:36]
artérielle, et particulièrement
[57:37]
des zones scolaires. Nous
[57:38]
autres, on a déjà fait des
[57:39]
démarches depuis quelques années
[57:40]
dans notre zone scolaire. Vous
[57:41]
avez remarqué. Donc, pour notre
[57:44]
part, on a déjà adressé une
[57:46]
grande partie de ces choses-là,
[57:47]
mais la Ville de Montréal a
[57:48]
beaucoup de travail à faire. À
[57:50]
l'intérieur de ce plan, j'ai
[57:51]
noté qu'il y a aussi un plan
[57:57]
pour incorporer l'usage des
[57:59]
appareils de contrôle
[58:01]
automatisé. Donc, autrement dit,
[58:03]
les photos radar. Donc, la Ville
[58:06]
de Montréal est en train de
[58:07]
mettre sur point un plan pour
[58:08]
regarder leur terrain, l'île de
[58:09]
Montréal entière, identifier les
[58:10]
endroits... qu'ils ont déjà
[58:11]
fait, d'ailleurs, dans plusieurs
[58:12]
parties de la ville. Photo
[58:13]
radar.
[58:16]
Il y a une carte qui va
[58:17]
identifier les endroits. C'est
[58:19]
un endroit qui nécessite l'usage
[58:21]
de photos radar, incluant
[58:22]
Beaconsfield aussi. Photo radar
[58:25]
our minister of transport will
[58:26]
decide on where and when these
[58:27]
things get used. Donc, c'est un
[58:28]
plan qui va continuer en 2025,
[58:29]
mais j'ai signalé aussi à notre
[58:31]
administration qu'il y a une
[58:32]
opportunité d'identifier
[58:34]
potentiellement... ce qu'on a
[58:35]
déjà fait auparavant, par
[58:38]
endroits, et peut-être d'autres
[58:39]
pour l'utilisation de cet outil
[58:44]
pour encore l'utiliser
[58:45]
idéalement comme il faut. Le
[58:46]
seul problème, c'est que ce
[58:47]
n'est pas pour demain non plus.
[58:49]
C'est le FTQ qui va décider, Ils
[58:56]
vont décider de l'utilisation et
[58:58]
des endroits spécifiques. En
[58:59]
plus, il y 2500 appareils qui
[59:02]
vont être disponibles pour
[59:04]
l'entièreté de la province....
[59:07]
250, excuse. Excusez-moi, 2500.
[59:10]
- Le 150.
[59:11]
- 250.
[59:20]
250 pour toute la province..
[59:26]
C'est une situation qui...
[59:28]
finalement, aussi, les critères
[59:29]
vont être de minimiser le nombre
[59:31]
de décès ou d'accidents, la
[59:33]
sévérité de ces accidents et le
[59:34]
volume de trafic dans chaque
[59:36]
endroit qui va être évalué pour
[59:38]
déterminer qui mérite d'avoir ce
[59:41]
genre d'appareils dans leur
[59:45]
municipalité ou ailleurs.
[59:46]
Néanmoins, nous sommes là. Nous
[59:49]
nous sommes opposés. Donc, c'est
[59:53]
une opportunité pareille. On va
[59:54]
voir ce qui va arriver avec ça,
[59:56]
mais on peut le temps, on verra.
[59:59]
On envisage probablement...
[1:00:00]
c'est un projet à moyen terme,
[1:00:01]
donc 2027, probablement. Si ce
[1:00:04]
n'est pas plus. On verra avec le
[1:00:07]
temps. Donc, de toute façon, ça
[1:00:09]
reste là. D'autres points... The
[1:00:12]
other one you may also heard a
[1:00:14]
little bit about in some of the
[1:00:15]
media lately wasn't objection by
[1:00:21]
our defused marched cities about
[1:00:23]
a bylaw -- $20 million for the
[1:00:26]
hype a drum number project. Just
[1:00:28]
to provide a little context.
[1:00:30]
Obviously, that area is not
[1:00:31]
within Beaconsfield on the West
[1:00:33]
Island, but why should it matter
[1:00:34]
to us. In short, the project was
[1:00:37]
a big project to develop the
[1:00:39]
Hippodrome. It was always
[1:00:40]
dedicated as a City of Montréal
[1:00:42]
product, not an agglomeration
[1:00:45]
project which we are part of.
[1:00:47]
There was a nearby project
[1:00:49]
called the Cavendish project.
[1:00:50]
You've heard about this
[1:00:52]
probably. It's not necessarily
[1:00:54]
in our backyard again, but it
[1:00:55]
becomes a competence of the
[1:00:57]
glow. So we are committed to
[1:00:58]
supporting that in that way.
[1:01:00]
That was always a separate
[1:01:01]
project which is a much smaller
[1:01:05]
amount of money devoted to
[1:01:07]
opening that area. With the
[1:01:08]
traffic and bike paths and so
[1:01:09]
on. It would seem that with the
[1:01:10]
magic of the Agglo,
[1:01:12]
extrapolating here with my
[1:01:13]
words, but these projects have
[1:01:14]
not been kind of fused together.
[1:01:17]
So the Hippodrome, Charles Talon
[1:01:22]
and Cavendish have been blended
[1:01:24]
together and we packaged as a
[1:01:26]
Agglo project for $20 million.
[1:01:28]
That's only the tip of the
[1:01:30]
iceberg that would be coming for
[1:01:33]
the project. You maybe see where
[1:01:34]
I'm going with this. Obviously,
[1:01:36]
the decision of taking exception
[1:01:37]
to this and we are looking for a
[1:01:38]
lot more information which was
[1:01:41]
not that forthcoming. The
[1:01:42]
concern is what we were agreed
[1:01:44]
to initially for a relatively
[1:01:46]
small amount of money for
[1:01:47]
Cavendish project. It has now
[1:01:49]
been blended into a much larger
[1:01:51]
project. That means a lot more
[1:01:53]
when you consider the part we
[1:01:59]
would be responsible for. This
[1:02:00]
is something we take very
[1:02:02]
seriously. I won't get into it
[1:02:03]
too much further, but the final
[1:02:05]
implications for Beaconsfield,
[1:02:06]
there is the other echo cities.
[1:02:08]
Because this is turning into a
[1:02:09]
legal matter, I'm not going to
[1:02:10]
be commenting further on that.
[1:02:11]
There will be more information
[1:02:12]
coming up from the ASM or what
[1:02:15]
we referred to as a association
[1:02:17]
of suburban municipalities. You
[1:02:19]
will see more about this in the
[1:02:21]
news with official statements
[1:02:23]
coming from that group, above
[1:02:25]
and beyond what has sort of been
[1:02:26]
dropped out there.
[1:02:30]
(inaudible)
[1:02:31]
So we will keep our eyes on this
[1:02:32]
one as well because it's
[1:02:34]
important. The last point to
[1:02:35]
move things along, Mr. the
[1:02:36]
Mayor, is that we've heard in
[1:02:37]
the news, this is not directly
[1:02:38]
related to Beaconsfield, but I
[1:02:39]
think it's an important issue
[1:02:41]
because we hear about it a lot
[1:02:42]
and we to discuss it even here
[1:02:44]
in Beaconsfield to some degree.
[1:02:46]
But there has been, over the
[1:02:47]
past two months, there has been
[1:02:50]
some significant investments in
[1:02:51]
social housing. It's more of an
[1:02:53]
issue downtown than here. I
[1:02:58]
wanted to share that with you
[1:02:59]
because it does become part of
[1:03:02]
our competence is of the Agglo
[1:03:04]
as we call it. There has been
[1:03:05]
100 million dollars that will be
[1:03:06]
invested over ten years to
[1:03:09]
further acquire new property
[1:03:11]
(inaudible)
[1:03:12]
not new properties, but
[1:03:13]
properties that become
[1:03:14]
available. Also to help maintain
[1:03:16]
the current properties and
[1:03:17]
renovate these properties going
[1:03:18]
forward at the same time. There
[1:03:19]
was another 3.2 million that
[1:03:23]
came up to buy essentially
[1:03:26]
prefab modular units which are
[1:03:28]
actually no longer needed by
[1:03:30]
Hydro-Québec up north. So the
[1:03:31]
city was able to get some of
[1:03:35]
those, shall we say, at a very
[1:03:37]
good price overall. And that
[1:03:38]
should provide -- there's a
[1:03:40]
couple of modular sections to
[1:03:41]
it, but overall it should
[1:03:42]
provide 60 housing units, pardon
[1:03:45]
me, more on a temporary basis at
[1:03:47]
two sites that they have set up
[1:03:49]
for that. So I think we can all
[1:03:51]
take a little solace that there
[1:03:52]
has been some movement forward
[1:03:55]
and some concrete action. There
[1:03:56]
are a lot of other details in
[1:03:57]
this, but I think it's
[1:03:58]
encouraging to know that social
[1:04:00]
housing is being addressed also.
[1:04:01]
It gives you some numbers around
[1:04:03]
it and some of the actions. I
[1:04:05]
thought I would share. So that's
[1:04:06]
it. That is quite a bit. More
[1:04:07]
than we usually get out of these
[1:04:08]
Bagot meetings, Mister Mayor.
[1:04:10]
But I just thought these would
[1:04:11]
be pertinent points.
[1:04:12]
>> Well, you were certainly busy
[1:04:14]
at that meeting. All I can say
[1:04:18]
is that you can kick, yell,
[1:04:22]
scream, do anything you want.
[1:04:26]
The merged municipal
[1:04:27]
(applause)
[1:04:28]
The merged municipalities are
[1:04:29]
eight minority and Montréal can
[1:04:31]
do whatever it wants. I think
[1:04:36]
the fluoridation is a good
[1:04:39]
example of exactly that.
[1:04:41]
>> Yes, the fluoridation. But I
[1:04:43]
think our presence is valuable
[1:04:44]
and useful there. As a
[1:04:46]
collective, as I said, whether
[1:04:48]
it be there posing questions and
[1:04:50]
looking for answers or looking
[1:04:52]
for perhaps other means, legal
[1:04:54]
or otherwise, that is also a way
[1:04:56]
of communicating that.
[1:04:57]
>> It seems that illegal action
[1:04:59]
is the only way to contest
[1:05:06]
anything that Montréal wants to
[1:05:07]
do. Thank you very much, David,
[1:05:13]
for replacing me.
[1:05:14]
>> It was a pleasure. Thank you.
[1:05:15]
I wish I had better news.
[1:05:23]
>> Deposit of the Directors
[1:05:24]
reports.
[1:05:25]
- On a les rapports habituels
[1:05:26]
qui ont été déposés au conseil,
[1:05:27]
mais j'aimerais tout d'abord
[1:05:28]
vous remercier, membres du
[1:05:29]
conseil, de me permettre de
[1:05:30]
participer au congrès de la
[1:05:32]
vieille qui est de la Camrose.
[1:05:33]
Celui de la carte c'est un peu
[1:05:35]
exceptionnel. C'est quand même
[1:05:37]
pancanadien. Ils ne viennent pas
[1:05:38]
au Québec très souvent. Donc, je
[1:05:41]
sollicite le conseil quand ils
[1:05:42]
viennent au Québec, sinon je
[1:05:43]
trouve que ça coûte trop cher
[1:05:45]
d'aller à Banff ou Vancouver.
[1:05:49]
Ensuite, juste pour être certain
[1:05:51]
que notre conseiller Moss... Did
[1:05:54]
not create expectations. The
[1:05:56]
welcome tax was higher than we
[1:05:58]
expected. I just want to make
[1:06:00]
sure of what we are seeing. It's
[1:06:01]
not the surplus, the welcome
[1:06:03]
Texas not a surplus. We think we
[1:06:04]
are going to have a surplus
[1:06:06]
around two or 2.5 million. 1.2
[1:06:10]
goes into the -- and that will
[1:06:13]
leave us as 1 million as
[1:06:15]
Councillor Moss mentioned to put
[1:06:16]
into reserves further on.
[1:06:19]
Et le dossier des quote-part,
[1:06:21]
Monsieur le Maire, toutes les
[1:06:22]
villes réunies sur 6 ans, depuis
[1:06:24]
2020 à aujourd'hui, ça 120
[1:06:26]
millions de dollars d'écart,
[1:06:28]
selon les calculs qu'on a
[1:06:30]
présenté à la Cour pour
[1:06:32]
l'ensemble des villes. Nous,
[1:06:33]
c'est 20, mais il y a 120
[1:06:35]
millions pour les 15 villes.
[1:06:37]
- Ça n'inclut pas l'intérêt.
[1:06:39]
- Non, pas encore. On garde ça
[1:06:41]
pour plus tard.
[1:06:42]
- Non, non. 120 millions. Moi,
[1:06:44]
ce qui m'étonne énormément,
[1:06:46]
c'est que les autres villes
[1:06:48]
liées n'ont pas réagi. Elles
[1:06:51]
n'ont pas réagi. Il y a des
[1:06:54]
villes qui laisse 6 millions,
[1:06:59]
même, je pense que dans un cas,
[1:07:00]
c'est 12 millions, qu'elle
[1:07:02]
laisse sur la table. Et les
[1:07:05]
maires n'ont pas réagi. La,
[1:07:08]
leurs résidents n'ont rien dit.
[1:07:11]
Ce
[1:07:12]
- N'est pas un dossier qui est
[1:07:13]
facile. C'est quand même
[1:07:14]
complexe. Mais c'est quand même
[1:07:15]
une somme importante sur
[1:07:16]
laquelle on doit se pencher. Et
[1:07:18]
on s'en est parlé aujourd'hui,
[1:07:19]
Monsieur le Maire. Je sais que
[1:07:20]
vous allez faire dans votre mot
[1:07:22]
citoyen, mais j'ai envoyé une
[1:07:24]
missive à mes collègues des
[1:07:25]
travaux publics aujourd'hui pour
[1:07:27]
les remercier, les féliciter du
[1:07:30]
travail réalisé. Ils ont
[1:07:33]
travaillé d'innombrables heures
[1:07:35]
sur le territoire de la ville
[1:07:36]
pour cette tempête... en tout
[1:07:38]
cas, ce cumul de tempête
[1:07:40]
exceptionnelle qui ont laissé
[1:07:42]
72,4 centimètres de neige en
[1:07:45]
quatre jours. Ça a été un record
[1:07:47]
de 125 années. Donc, je voulais
[1:07:50]
vous laisser... je voulais vous
[1:07:51]
tenir au courant de ça.
[1:07:52]
- Merci beaucoup, au nom du
[1:07:56]
conseil, à tous les employés qui
[1:07:58]
ont contribué à cette tempête-là
[1:08:01]
ou à ces deux tempêtes-là. Je
[1:08:04]
pense que Beaconsfield a été un
[1:08:07]
bon exemple très rapidement. Les
[1:08:11]
rues ont été nettoyés et même
[1:08:14]
les trottoirs ont été nettoyés
[1:08:17]
après un certain temps. Ça a
[1:08:19]
pris presque une semaine pour
[1:08:21]
être capable de tout faire, mes
[1:08:26]
félicitations à l'équipe des
[1:08:27]
Travaux publics pour le travail
[1:08:29]
qui a été fait.
[1:08:30]
- Ça devrait être complétée, le
[1:08:32]
nettoyage des bornes d'incendie,
[1:08:34]
ces jours-ci. On a même de la
[1:08:35]
difficulté à avoir des
[1:08:36]
sous-traitants pour nous aider à
[1:08:38]
les faire. Mais on travaille
[1:08:40]
encore à faire ça. Évidemment,
[1:08:42]
il y a un peu de ramassage de
[1:08:43]
neige, mais 95% est complété.
[1:08:47]
- Merci.
[1:08:50]
- On serait à la levée de la
[1:08:52]
séance.
[1:08:53]
- La levée de l'Assemblée. Qui
[1:08:55]
propose?
[1:08:57]
- Je propose. >> And I second.
[1:09:02]
- Qui
[1:09:03]
(---)
[1:09:04]
? Alors, en faveur.
[1:09:07]
- À l'unanimité.
[1:09:08]
- Alors, c'est unanime. Merci
[1:09:14]
beaucoup. Merci beaucoup à tous
[1:09:17]
les gens qui sont ici dans la
[1:09:18]
salle. Thank you very much for
[1:09:20]
coming to our meeting. And to
[1:09:23]
those of you who are watching us
[1:09:29]
on the webcast, thank you very
[1:09:31]
much for the interest that you
[1:09:32]
are showing to your city. And I
[1:09:36]
want to read a comment because I
[1:09:38]
know that some people will be
[1:09:40]
interested
[1:09:45]
. It is from my son who is in
[1:09:48]
Toronto. He is watching the
[1:09:52]
debate in French. So I am doing
[1:09:54]
my best to watch the debate in
[1:09:56]
French. So I may have missed a
[1:09:58]
few points. Sadly, my take is
[1:10:04]
that they list sounds the most
[1:10:06]
competent. And his odds of
[1:10:08]
winning are not so good.
[1:10:11]
[Laughter]
[1:10:12]
So there you go.