[0:28] Good evening. So -- we'll start

[0:34] with council member reports.

[0:36] We'll start with council member

[0:39] stork.

[0:40] Bonsoir. >> Actually, not much

[0:43] to say. Just mentioned at a town

[0:44] hall is with coming. I will

[0:47] announce it in the next couple

[0:49] of days. It will be by Zoom. The

[0:51] agenda will be set by the City

[0:53] since. Keep on the lookout, and

[0:55] we will take it from there. I am

[0:57] good.

[0:59] >> Councillor Tremblay?

[1:00] >> Same here, not too much to

[1:02] report tonight. I will also be

[1:03] holding another town hall in

[1:05] march at some point.

[1:21] Alors, je n'est pas grand chose

[1:22] à dire au sujet de ce qui se

[1:23] passe dans le district ce soir

[1:24] (inaudible)

[1:25] . Councillor Holman?

[1:26] >> I don't have a lot to say,

[1:27] actually -- finally, it feels

[1:29] like spring. Finally have hockey

[1:32] rinks, outdoor rinks up and

[1:33] runny, please enjoy them. I know

[1:35] that sunnyside is at the games.

[1:38] People are excited about the

[1:44] --

[1:45] >> Councillor Tremblay --

[1:50] >> I will be holding another

[1:52] town hall.

[2:13] >> Thank you very much to all

[2:14] the residents that came out to

[2:16] the meet and greets. Anyone's

[2:18] questions marked answered, they

[2:19] have all been submitted. Ça me

[2:20] fait plaisir de vous rencontrer

[2:21] et les réponses aux questions

[2:22] viendront sous peu. The

[2:23] questions should be answered

[2:24] soon. Thank you.

[2:30] >> Councillor Cousineau?

[2:47] - Pas grand-chose à dire. Je

[2:50] vais peut-être tenir un mitaines

[2:52] Creek pour expliquer la

[2:55] résolution sur le vieux moulin,

[3:00] parce que je suis sûr que le

[3:02] message passe mal où les gens ne

[3:07] comprennent pas. Alors, je vais

[3:08] tenir ça peut-être au mois de

[3:09] mars, au mois d'avril,

[3:10] (---)

[3:11] spécifiquement là-dessus.

[3:12] >> Councillor common?

[3:13] >> But this. I

[3:14] >> Just before I get started, do

[3:15] we have the U.S. for the order

[3:16] of question period, I don't have

[3:17] a. Je vais prendre d'autres

[3:18] questions, mais je veux avoir

[3:19] l'opportunité d'expliquer le

[3:21] dire sur le moulin. Okay --.

[3:25] Thank you.

[3:47] - Chaque année, le mois de

[3:48] février nous permet de

[3:49] reconnaître et de promouvoir la

[3:50] contribution des Québécoises et

[3:51] des Québécois des communautés

[3:52] noires à l'histoire du Québec, à

[3:53] son développement économique,

[3:54] social et culturel. Le 1er

[3:57] février 2007, la loi visant à

[4:00] faire du mois de février le Mois

[4:04] de l'histoire des Noirs est

[4:05] entrée en vigueur afin de

[4:06] souligner la contribution

[4:07] historique des communautés

[4:08] noires à la société québécoise.

[4:09] To celebrate Black history,

[4:10] Pointe-Claire is committed to

[4:11] highlighting the richness of

[4:12] this community, our community,

[4:13] by raising awareness of its key

[4:14] players, past and present,

[4:15] notably through the abundance of

[4:16] their cultural products. We

[4:17] invite you to discover this

[4:18] beautiful community through

[4:19] multiple reading, cooking and

[4:22] storytelling. Check out our

[4:23] programming throughout the year.

[4:27] >> Whereas day.

[4:40] Tout le monde en rouge. Marque

[4:44] le début de la campagne de

[4:46] sensibilisation aux maladies du

[4:47] coeur chez les femmes. Ce mardi

[4:49] le 13 février prochain marque le

[4:52] début de ce mouvement de

[4:54] sensibilisation. It's the

[4:55] premature cause a debt for

[4:56] Canadian women. C'est la journée

[4:57] pour porter un vêtement rouge et

[4:58] pour contribuer à la cause. The

[4:59] good news is, 80% of a woman's

[5:00] risk factors are within her

[5:01] control, and heart disease is

[5:02] largely preventable. Qu'il y a

[5:03] plusieurs façons de contribuer.

[5:06] Globally, cardiovascular

[5:07] diseases affect one out of three

[5:09] women, if women everywhere are

[5:12] studied, under diagnosed, under

[5:15] treated or under aware. Heart

[5:18] disease is largely preventable.

[5:19] There's a lot we can do to help,

[5:21] to help reduce the risk. It can

[5:23] all contribute by visiting our

[5:25] website. I read it out, W E A R

[5:31] D Canada that CA.

[5:52] C'est avec une grande fierté que

[5:53] la Ville de Pointe-Claire

[5:54] souhaite souligner

[5:55] l'exceptionnelle saison 2023 de

[5:56] tous ses athlètes, entraîneurs,

[5:57] bénévoles et tous ceux qui

[5:58] contribuent à la réussite du

[6:00] Club aquatique de Pointe-Claire.

[6:04] C'est grâce à leurs performances

[6:05] remarquables, leurs passions et

[6:07] leurs éthiques de travail que

[6:10] les acteurs sportifs et le Club

[6:12] de Pointe-Claire se sont

[6:14] démarqués lors de la remise

[6:15] annuelle des prix de Plongeon

[6:17] Canada. David Bédard a reçu le

[6:23] Prix de l'impact de

[6:24] l'entraînement 2023 en

[6:25] reconnaissance de son

[6:26] leadership, de son rôle de

[6:27] modèle positif et de ses

[6:28] nombreuses contributions à

[6:29] Plongeon Canada. Nathan, who was

[6:30] represented at the Pointe-Claire

[6:31] athletics called for a 15 years

[6:32] has been awarded the male driver

[6:33] of the Year award by Diving

[6:34] Canada Caeli McKay has been

[6:35] awarded the Ripple Affect Award

[6:36] for being an important role

[6:38] model, embodying positive values

[6:39] and for having impacted others

[6:40] in a positive way. The City of

[6:43] Pointe-Claire wishes to

[6:44] congratulate these three

[6:45] passionate competitors and

[6:46] positive role models for their

[6:50] awards, and more importantly, on

[6:51] the positive impact they have on

[6:53] the sports community.

[7:08] Félicitations à vous trois. Par

[7:10] son partenariat avec Sport'Aide,

[7:14] Pointe-Claire tient à continuer

[7:15] d'offrir un environnement

[7:16] sportif positif et sécuritaire à

[7:19] ses athlètes, et véhiculer les

[7:22] mêmes valeurs que ces acteurs

[7:25] sportifs primés incarnent en

[7:27] compétition, à l'entraînement et

[7:29] dans leur vie de tous les jours.

[7:33] En terminant je vous invite à

[7:34] consulter notre programmation du

[7:35] mois de février, autant

[7:36] culturelle que sportive, il y a

[7:37] des activités pour tous les

[7:38] goûts. I invite you to take a

[7:39] look at our February

[7:40] programming, which contain

[7:41] activities to suit all tastes.

[7:42] Thank you for your attention.

[7:43] >> Mister Mayor, if I could add

[7:44] one accolade, there is a former

[7:46] Pointe-Claire resident on the

[7:50] Olympic water polo team in

[7:54] Athens and has been now named

[7:56] the national coach for water

[7:59] polo. She happens to be my

[8:01] niece, Rina red duke.

[8:04] >> Wow, thank you.

[8:06] Congratulations. So, the agenda.

[8:20] 1.1 Adoption of the Agenda. With

[8:23] the one change of 14.3.

[8:28] >> Do I have a mover? 1.1

[8:29] Adoption de l'ordre du jour.

[8:31] Avec un changement, le retrait

[8:32] de l'item 14,3. For adoption of

[8:36] the agenda?

[8:39] >> District to --

[8:41] >> Paris Stainforth --

[8:46] >> All in favour?

[8:48] >> 2.1, to pay tribute to one

[8:51] serum petty?

[8:52] >> Yes, his acclaim is quite

[8:57] repeatable, because Mr. Moretti

[8:59] is quite an accomplished

[9:01] gentlemen.

[9:17] Nous avons appris avec tristesse

[9:18] le décès de Monsieur Marcel

[9:19] Montpetit survenu le 19 décembre

[9:20] dernier. M. Marcel Montpetit

[9:22] habitait Pointe-Claire depuis sa

[9:24] naissance en 1936. Homme

[9:26] impliqué dans la communauté, de

[9:29] manière engagée, il s'est

[9:32] activement impliqué dans

[9:33] différents organismes, dans les

[9:35] activités municipales et pour

[9:36] une multitude d'événements.

[9:38] Connu de tous, il a arpenté la

[9:40] ville de long en large, au

[9:42] quotidien, dans le cadre de son

[9:44] métier de facteur. Tout c'était

[9:48] en 1956 qu'il est devenu membre

[9:51] actif et bénévoles au sein des

[9:53] Chevaliers de Colomb. Il à cette

[9:56] époque, c'est même lui qui

[9:58] préparait, toujours à titre

[10:00] bénévoles, la salle pour les

[10:01] rencontres publiques du conseil

[10:03] municipal. Il s'est impliqué

[10:06] dans les organisations

[10:07] d'événements pour la communauté,

[10:10] que ce soit la Fête du Canada,

[10:11] la tourne Fête nationale du

[10:13] Québec et autres événements

[10:17] festifs, caritatifs, de loisirs

[10:18] et sportifs. En 2015, il est

[10:21] désigné par les ainés de la

[10:23] Ville de Pointe-Claire comme

[10:25] étant une personne parmi eux qui

[10:29] faisait une grande différence

[10:31] dans la communauté, L'année

[10:34] suivante, l'Union des

[10:35] municipalités du Québec a

[10:37] octroyé le prix Mérite ovation

[10:39] municipale à la Ville de

[10:41] Pointe-Claire pour son programme

[10:42] d'aide au 3e âge,. Pour toutes

[10:46] ces raisons, la Ville de

[10:48] Pointe-Claire, dans le cadre de

[10:49] son programme d'aide

[10:51] communautaire et troisième âge,

[10:53] à appuyer sa candidature pour

[10:57] l'obtention de la médaille du

[11:00] Lieutenant-gouverneur pour les

[11:02] aînés. C'est en mai 2019 que la

[11:04] Ville de Pointe-Claire

[11:06] recevaient le lieutenant

[11:08] gouverneur du Québec,

[11:13] l'honorable Michel Doyon pour

[11:14] remettre à Marcel Montpetit la

[11:15] Médaille du

[11:16] lieutenant-gouverneur pour mais

[11:18] c'est exceptionnel. Ce soir,

[11:21] nous lui rendons un dernier

[11:23] hommage pour tout ce qu'il a

[11:25] fait pour notre communauté. Et

[11:27] nous offrons nos plus sincères

[11:29] sympathies à sa famille et ses

[11:31] amis. Il laisse à... dans le

[11:36] deuil c'est enfants Carole

[11:37] (Denis)

[11:38] , Diane

[11:40] (Pierre)

[11:41] , Lyne

[11:42] (Alain)

[11:43] , ses petits-enfants Alexandre,

[11:44] Lucie, Stéphanie, Karolyne, ses

[11:45] frères et soeurs Nicole

[11:48] (Orlando)

[11:49] , Louise

[11:50] (Feu Marcel)

[11:51] , Claude

[11:52] (Lisette)

[11:53] , Jean

[11:54] (Francine)

[11:55] , Feu Gisèle

[11:56] (Marc)

[11:57] ainsi que de nombreux parents et

[11:58] amis. A substantial family, Mr.

[11:59] more petty. We were saddened to

[12:00] learn of the death of Mr. Marcel

[12:01] Montpetit on December 19. Mr.

[12:02] Marcel Montpetit had

[12:03] lived in Pointe-Claire since his

[12:06] birth in 1936. A committed

[12:09] member of the community, he was

[12:11] actively involved in various

[12:12] organizations, municipal

[12:13] activities and a multitude of

[12:14] events. Known by many, he

[12:16] travelled throughout the city on

[12:17] a daily basis as part of his job

[12:19] as a letter carrier. Over the

[12:22] course of his daily delivery

[12:23] routes, rain or shine, he got to

[12:27] know the people of the

[12:29] community, watching them grow

[12:32] up, have children and become

[12:38] grandparents. His innate

[12:42] interpersonal skills, contagious

[12:43] smile, thoughtfulness and

[12:45] kindness were his defining

[12:46] traits, which were appreciated

[12:47] by all. In 1956, he became an

[12:48] active

[12:57] member and volunteer with the

[12:58] Chevaliers de Colomb. He took

[12:59] part in all activities

[13:04] with vigor and contagious

[13:06] enthusiasm. In those days, he

[13:07] even volunteered to prepare the

[13:08] hall for public Council

[13:09] meetings. His contribution was

[13:10] always impeccable. His

[13:11] contribution was appreciated and

[13:12] solicited. He was involved in

[13:13] organizing events for the

[13:14] community, including Canada Day,

[13:15] Quebec's Fête nationale and

[13:16] other festive, charitable,

[13:17] recreational and sporting

[13:18] events. In 2015, he was named by

[13:19] the Pointe-Claire seniors as the

[13:20] person among them who was making

[13:21] a big difference in the

[13:22] community. The following year,

[13:23] the Union des municipalités du

[13:24] Québec awarded the Mérite

[13:25] ovation municipale prize to the

[13:26] City of Pointe-Claire for its

[13:27] Seniors Assistance Program, and

[13:28] he took part in the presentation

[13:29] of this prize as one of the

[13:30] program's most active

[13:31] contributors. It is thus easy to

[13:32] understand why the City of

[13:33] Pointe-Claire, as part of its

[13:34] Seniors and Community Assistance

[13:35] Program, supported his

[13:36] nomination for the

[13:37] Lieutenant-Governor's Medal for

[13:38] Seniors, for his exemplary

[13:39] lifelong devotion to community

[13:40] service. In May 2019, the City

[13:41] of Pointe-Claire welcomed the

[13:42] Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec,

[13:43] the Honourable J. Michel Doyon,

[13:44] to present Marcel Montpetit with

[13:45] the Lieutenant-Governor's Medal

[13:46] for Exceptional Merit, during a

[13:47] ceremony held at Stewart Hall

[13:48] Cultural Centre. Tonight, we pay

[13:49] our last respects to him and for

[13:50] all he did for our community.

[13:51] And we extend our deepest

[13:52] sympathies to his family and

[13:53] friends. He leaves behind his

[13:54] children Carole

[13:55] (Denis)

[13:56] , Diane

[13:57] (Pierre)

[13:58] , Lyne

[13:59] (Alain)

[14:00] , his grandchildren Alexandre,

[14:01] Lucie, Stéphanie, Karolyne, his

[14:02] brothers and sisters Nicole

[14:03] (Orlando)

[14:04] , Louise

[14:05] (Late Marcel)

[14:06] , Claude

[14:07] (Lisette)

[14:08] , Jean

[14:09] (Francine)

[14:10] , Late Gisèle

[14:11] (Marc)

[14:12] as well as many relatives and

[14:13] friends.

[14:14] Thank you Mr. mobility.

[14:15] >> 2.3, to proclaim May 14th

[14:16] 2024 as the day address cancer

[14:17] in the city of Pointe-Claire.

[14:22] Comme étant la semaine des

[14:23] Journées de la persévérance

[14:24] scolaire à Pointe-Claire.

[14:25] >> To approve the minutes of

[14:26] January 16th, do I have a mover?

[14:28] And a seconder? 3.1 Approuver le

[14:31] procès-verbal de la séance

[14:32] ordinaire du 16 janvier 2024.

[14:33] All in favour? Question period?

[14:49] Bon, période de questions. Pour

[14:54] la période de questions ce soir,

[14:56] à la période des questions, vous

[14:58] avez été accueilli à l'entrée

[15:00] pour vous inscrire à la période

[15:01] des questions. L'intention de

[15:04] cette démarche est d'abord de

[15:06] permettre aux personnes de

[15:07] demeurer assise jusqu'à l'appel

[15:09] de leur nom et d'accorder la

[15:11] priorité aux résidents et

[15:14] résidentes de Pointe-Claire.

[15:17] Nous garderons 90 minutes pour

[15:18] la période de questions. Deux,

[15:20] une personne à la fois au micro.

[15:23] Nous vous remercions d'attendre

[15:25] qu'un citoyen ait terminé de

[15:27] poser sa question et que vous

[15:29] soyez appelés avant de vous

[15:30] lever pour venir poser votre

[15:31] question. For question period

[15:32] tonight, you agreed at the

[15:33] entrance to register for the

[15:34] question period. Trois, les

[15:35] non-résidents présents pourront

[15:36] poser leurs questions par la

[15:37] suite si le temps n'est pas

[15:38] écouler. The goal of this

[15:39] approach is to allow people to

[15:40] remain seated until their name

[15:41] is called. We give priority to

[15:42] Pointe-Claire residents. One

[15:43] that we shall stick to 90 minute

[15:44] time limit for question period.

[15:46] One person at a time with a

[15:48] microphone, thank you for

[15:50] waiting for assistance. You will

[15:54] finish them asked a question

[15:55] before you ask yours. Three

[15:57] nonresidents will be able to ask

[15:58] questions afterwards if there is

[15:59] still time. So, we will start

[16:03] with, I believe, that says

[16:05] Joanne proof, did I say that

[16:08] right? Sort of? I was right.

[16:11] >> Joanna.

[16:12] >> Joanna?

[16:14] >> I don't have a question, I

[16:16] have a small presentation with

[16:19] suggestions. I live an angle

[16:21] would Avenue, between duke of

[16:25] canteen --

[16:26] >> A little closer to the mic.

[16:27] >> Here we go --

[16:28] >> Sorry, it needs to be raised

[16:30] a little.

[16:31] >> Okay, well -- I live on

[16:33] Angela Wood Avenue between Duke

[16:37] and ankle would blend. We have a

[16:39] serious situation there. So,

[16:42] with respect to Tara, because

[16:44] she is my councillor on this, I

[16:45] think it's an immediate concern,

[16:48] and I think there is an

[16:49] immediate danger. I don't think

[16:50] it's emitted, but I do think

[16:51] it's a media. I do want to pay a

[16:53] picture for you. The 203 bus

[16:56] going in both directions pass

[16:58] each other in front of my home

[16:59] or in the same region multiple

[17:02] times a day. Parking on Duke of

[17:07] Kent, there is already a dozen

[17:09] cars there, that is the overflow

[17:11] from the Pointe-Claire school.

[17:13] They are already parking legally

[17:15] on Duke of Kent. Some of the

[17:20] employees of the electric

[17:22] General Hospital are already

[17:24] parking on quickly as far back

[17:25] as the baseball field. These are

[17:27] all legally park cars. We now

[17:30] have the hospital shifts coming

[17:32] out from the lakeshore General

[17:34] Hospital. We have a bus strike,

[17:37] and we have mountains. I can't

[17:39] count, there are hundreds and

[17:40] hundreds of cars coming to pick

[17:42] up their children. We have the

[17:44] buses Crossing, the Lakeshore

[17:47] General employees coming out of

[17:49] their shift. We have care

[17:52] employees coming out of their

[17:53] shift. There is the construction

[17:54] of the of the emergency room at

[17:59] the Lakeshore General Hospital

[18:01] which now has tractor-trailers

[18:03] coming out. Okay, all passing in

[18:05] the same corridor. The public

[18:10] security is there. I believe

[18:11] that there are two cars there.

[18:13] They are not listening to them.

[18:14] People picking up their children

[18:16] do not listen to public safety.

[18:19] They are berating each other.

[18:21] Windows are open, people are

[18:22] hollowing at each other. I tried

[18:23] to get in my driveway and was

[18:26] flipped the bird by a lady with

[18:29] lovely blond streaks, gorgeous

[18:31] brand fingernails with gorgeous

[18:33] diamonds on them, trying to get

[18:34] in my own home. It is

[18:37] inaccessible. As far as I can

[18:38] see, a child is going to get

[18:40] her. It's route, it's in

[18:42] consider, it's a very difficult

[18:44] to move through the area for

[18:45] about 40 minutes every

[18:47] afternoon, but I believe that a

[18:49] child is going to get her.

[18:50] Across from the front entrance

[18:52] to Felix declare is a crosswalk.

[18:55] It is not respected. The

[18:56] children are trying to get to

[18:57] the two a three on the other

[18:59] side. They're weaving in and out

[19:01] of the cars, trying to get to

[19:02] their parents cars, the parents

[19:04] will not move and let anyone

[19:06] through. There is going to be an

[19:08] accident. My research says that

[19:10] there have been over 400

[19:11] children her in the island of

[19:13] Montréal in collection zones,

[19:16] where their parents are dropping

[19:17] off for picking up other two

[19:19] children, had died. I suggests

[19:22] police presence, some tickets. I

[19:26] don't know the exact rules, but

[19:28] I know parking regulations are

[19:30] being broken. I don't know if we

[19:31] can take a people for the three

[19:33] minutes that they're leaving all

[19:34] other cars running, while they

[19:35] wait two or the children to come

[19:37] out. I think it's high time that

[19:39] some tickets got handed out, and

[19:40] I would also suggest, as a city

[19:43] council, that you can approach

[19:45] the school board and have a

[19:47] voice, explaining to them the

[19:49] dangers for their own children.

[19:52] The other thing that happens to,

[19:54] just came to mind in terms of

[19:56] bajillion is that there are

[19:57] other buses picking up other

[19:59] children and bringing them home.

[20:02] There are little people as well,

[20:04] primary children as well, not

[20:06] just a schoolchildren. I have my

[20:09] own views, I don't understand

[20:11] why so many children need to be

[20:12] picked up and dropped off every

[20:14] day, but that is a site issue.

[20:19] For the sake of everybody in the

[20:21] room, I can repeat the whole

[20:22] thing in French, if that is

[20:23] needed, but for the simplicity

[20:25] of time factoring, I am okay in

[20:27] English, if you guys are okay in

[20:29] English? I think I covered

[20:30] everything, let me check my list

[20:32] here, yeah, I got it all, thank

[20:34] you very much.

[20:35] >> Thank you for that, thank you

[20:37] for the heads up. I understood

[20:42] with a new expansion, at

[20:44] lakeshore, there has been

[20:45] substantial parking changes in

[20:46] the area as well which I am sure

[20:48] is not open. I heard you loud

[20:52] and clear, we're on it. I was

[20:55] going to suggest to the SPVM or

[20:57] getting the police, a phone call

[20:58] to the police this week or

[20:59] something to that effect.

[21:03] >> They are very prompt, but

[21:08] that is just a day today, that

[21:11] can affect a long term change,

[21:14] long term change can affect --

[21:19] because the bus in place.

[21:20] >> Good point, food for thought.

[21:23] We absolutely will consult with

[21:26] my fellow members, but I'm sure

[21:27] that will get on the, for sure.

[21:28] That is important, and thanks

[21:30] very much. Daniela?

[21:52] All right, let's see, how will

[21:54] we do this?

[21:59] - Je m'excuse, monsieur Latour.

[22:00] Danielle, I am a resident at the

[22:01] City of Pointe-Claire and I

[22:02] reside in the electric district

[22:03] of Eric Stork, beautiful

[22:04] neighbourhood, come on by. -

[22:05] C'est bien. Oui, c'est bien.

[22:11] That site, I have a few

[22:14] questions, and I do appreciate

[22:16] the opportunity, although, I

[22:19] only have less than nine minutes

[22:20] now, I do have three questions,

[22:23] that I would like to ask. And,

[22:26] because at the time allotment, I

[22:27] may not have all the time that I

[22:29] need, but I sent an email to the

[22:33] Mayor Councillors with the

[22:35] questions by email, so the first

[22:39] question, considering the many

[22:41] health benefits, of saunas,,

[22:45] that include detoxification,

[22:50] increase metabolism, weight

[22:53] loss, increase blood

[22:56] circulation, pain reduction,

[23:03] anti-aging. Skin rejuvenation,

[23:06] improve cardiovascular function,

[23:09] improved immune function,

[23:13] improved sleep, stress

[23:17] management, and relaxation, the

[23:22] City of Pointe-Claire review the

[23:27] management recommendations of

[23:30] the aquatic center to the City

[23:32] of Pointe-Claire? Mayor and

[23:39] councillors, not to repair, the

[23:43] men and women saunas at the

[23:46] aquatic center, close to all,

[23:50] for the past many years, and to

[23:54] remain closed in the foreseeable

[23:59] future to order tonight the

[24:03] repair by the City of

[24:06] Pointe-Claire, Public Works and

[24:08] local businesses, the boat

[24:12] dishonest, to be done this

[24:16] winter. Question two, further to

[24:20] my correspondence of January 16.

[24:27] I can't stand.

[24:28] >> Have a C.

[24:30] >> Further to my correspondence

[24:32] from general 16th Eric Stork,

[24:37] for the municipal electric this

[24:39] kick, of the residential home

[24:41] office, a Tremblay member of the

[24:43] Environment committee of the

[24:44] City of Pointe-Claire, whereby,

[24:45] I ask for the full support for

[24:46] the City of Pointe-Claire to

[24:47] help us secure funding for the

[24:48] co-sponsorship by our nonprofit

[24:49] community group, of a pilot

[24:50] project proposal, I submitted to

[24:51] Service Canada, under the terms

[24:52] and conditions of the agreement,

[24:53] but the government of Canada,

[24:54] Canada summer jobs 2024.

[24:55] Asseyez-vous, Monsieur.

[25:11] I've attached in my email, a

[25:14] copy of the correspondence that

[25:16] was submitted, back on January

[25:20] 16th, by email, to the

[25:27] representatives. Well the City

[25:28] of Pointe-Claire support the

[25:29] operation tonight to create

[25:31] employment opportunities from

[25:33] Pointe-Claire residents under

[25:35] the proposal submitted by Canada

[25:39] solar, to Service Canada? Last

[25:44] question, again thank you for

[25:46] your time, will the City of

[25:49] Pointe-Claire support and the

[25:51] call tonight for an immediate

[25:57] cease-fire in Gaza?

[26:02] >> Thank you.

[26:07] >> Okay, those are the three,

[26:11] Mr.? I'll do my best on those.

[26:17] As for the saunas, I am well

[26:19] aware of the sinus. It's been an

[26:22] issue since I have been elected,

[26:24] and it's a bafflement to me a

[26:26] bit, as well. I understand that

[26:29] it's part or to get them fix has

[26:31] been an issue, and I am not

[26:34] fully aware of the details at

[26:35] this point, but I recollect

[26:37] having been on this a couple of

[26:38] times in my first year,

[26:40] beginning my first year, not

[26:42] exactly the same issue, but we

[26:44] unfortunately have an expert in

[26:45] the room who is in his new title

[26:50] as -- who is also the director

[26:52] and might be able to fill us in

[26:53] a bit on this. Mister --

[26:59] >> Since the last several years,

[27:03] several assessments done by the

[27:04] building team with respect to

[27:06] the saunas, with the aquatic

[27:08] center. It's a project that has

[27:11] been assessed and will be part

[27:13] of a larger renovation project

[27:16] of the locker rooms, in general,

[27:18] for the aquatic center.

[27:20] Therefore, it will be integrated

[27:22] in the DQ I project that is

[27:24] slated for 2025, 2026.

[27:28] >> So, there you have it, for 20

[27:32] 5:26, it's part of a larger

[27:33] renovation, assuming the economy

[27:35] at scale, it's all getting done

[27:36] at once. But that is

[27:38] unfortunately been a few years

[27:39] of weight. It's probably for

[27:42] economics, so there is the

[27:44] answer for question number one.

[27:46] Question number two, is that a

[27:48] work project? Yes, I don't see

[27:50] why not, but I will have to

[27:51] consult with my colleagues to

[27:53] generate employment for what is

[27:57] Pointe-Claire youth or residents

[27:58] in general.

[28:02] >> I am not in the Mike,

[28:04] clearly. Is it for Pointe-Claire

[28:06] youth or for adults in general,

[28:08] for citizens in general?

[28:11] >> We are Pointe-Claire

[28:13] residents. We are in the city of

[28:16] Pointe-Claire. We are in the

[28:19] federal electric riding of black

[28:21] St. Louis to qualify for

[28:23] funding. Ideally, we are looking

[28:25] for qualified candidates that

[28:26] are residents of the city of

[28:29] Pointe-Claire in the riding of

[28:31] Saint Louis, in general.

[28:34] >> Should not be a problem.

[28:37] >> Priority given to the City of

[28:39] Pointe-Claire residents.

[28:42] >> Question number three, which

[28:44] is a doozy, and I have been

[28:47] thinking about it a lot in the

[28:49] last little while, because we

[28:50] have had experiences around in

[28:55] the municipal world. My feeling

[29:00] on a lot of that, obviously,

[29:02] everyone wants a cease-fire.

[29:03] That is a no-brainer. The issue

[29:06] of commenting or pressuring is

[29:08] at a municipal level, it's an

[29:10] interesting one. We are asked to

[29:15] pass resolutions and all kinds

[29:16] of events affecting

[29:18] international affairs, but,

[29:20] really what we're here to do is

[29:22] to fix roads and make sure

[29:24] citizens get services and try to

[29:26] design and build a lovely

[29:29] city's. The whole international

[29:31] affairs world is kind of by

[29:33] experts who are trained to do

[29:34] it. We can weigh in and make

[29:36] comments. Are we sufficiently

[29:38] informed, do we understand the

[29:39] issues well enough? You know, is

[29:42] that a cop out, maybe. I am

[29:44] always marketable speaking to

[29:46] things when I understand them,

[29:48] clearly, so it's hard to comment

[29:49] on things of such in-depth

[29:52] magnitude, other than to say,

[29:54] yes, peace and people being

[29:56] armed is the objective of

[29:58] everybody in society. I don't

[30:00] know if that makes any sense to

[30:01] you, but that is my answer on

[30:02] that one.

[30:03] >> I appreciate your opinion.

[30:05] >> Okay, thank you. Lynn Conway?

[30:24] >> Good evening.

[30:25] >> This Conway?

[30:29] >> I would like to talk about

[30:31] the citizen participation. We've

[30:35] had sessions with B C to firm.

[30:40] They were supposed to do a

[30:42] report and then start again.

[30:44] There were support to get

[30:46] another one and then a special

[30:50] project but versus, I would like

[30:53] to ask you about something that

[30:54] I have seen online. I registered

[30:57] yesterday for the new -- it does

[30:59] not exist anymore, so I had to

[31:01] register for the new website for

[31:07] the citizen participation on --

[31:14] Pointe-Claire dark cocoa Rico

[31:16] dot org, and there was a this

[31:21] document. Well, there are many

[31:23] documents, but this one grabbed

[31:25] my attention. Online

[31:27] participation citizen activity

[31:29] report. So, and just grafts and

[31:34] statistics. I did not read them

[31:36] all, but look up my attention on

[31:40] page eight. And this is the

[31:51] document, a PDF document on

[31:56] Pointe-Claire, cocoa ricotta

[31:58] org.

[32:07] Page A. There was a survey

[32:12] online, so this is the statistic

[32:13] about the survey. Révision du

[32:15] plan d'urbanisme Among other

[32:18] things, to achieve all or some

[32:21] of the initiatives listed above,

[32:26] anyways -- it says 65% of

[32:29] participants are not opposed to

[32:31] the reduction in the number and

[32:36] or what lanes reserved for

[32:40] automobiles. There is like a

[32:42] double negative there. And then

[32:44] the statistics are, completely

[32:47] agree, 31%. Agree, 20%. So, that

[32:52] makes 51%, but they are making a

[32:55] claim to a 65%, but there were

[32:58] adding in there, there is a

[33:00] section that says neither

[33:02] disagree or agree. They added

[33:05] the 40% in there, so there is

[33:07] not 65% of the population that

[33:10] will want to reduce the number

[33:13] and with of lanes reserved for

[33:15] automobiles. If anything, we are

[33:17] saying that the City is getting

[33:19] too much traffic. People are

[33:21] driving faster. We have to shut

[33:23] the roads with buses and trucks.

[33:25] We don't want the roads to

[33:26] become more narrow. That would

[33:30] not make sense. Anyways, it does

[33:32] not transport Québec, kind of

[33:37] have a say and how wide the

[33:39] streets are? Like, the statistic

[33:42] needs to be reviewed.

[33:44] >> Okay.

[33:45] >> On page eight.

[33:46] >> Page eight of what, Miss

[33:48] Conway? Page A on --

[33:51] >> It's a PDF file on the

[33:55] Cocoriko website, and there are

[33:57] other stuff in there as well

[33:58] that don't add up, but this is

[34:00] one example. They took the

[34:03] statistics of neither disagree

[34:05] or agree, and they combine it to

[34:06] make a 65% of participation --

[34:11] profits participants are not

[34:13] opposed to the reduction of the

[34:15] number at or with the lanes

[34:16] reserved for automobiles, it

[34:18] does not make sense.

[34:19] >> Okay, so your question is,

[34:22] are we going to get on the and

[34:24] fix? That

[34:25] >> Needs to be reviewed, what

[34:26] else is wrong. There's another

[34:27] place where the statistics, I

[34:29] don't really want to go into

[34:30] that, but there are statistics

[34:31] where there are 90 to

[34:33] respondents, but then if you add

[34:34] the numbers, it is not even at

[34:36] up to 92. It does not add up to

[34:38] 100%, so there is no

[34:41] identification of what the

[34:43] accesses, and how did they get

[34:44] those numbers, I don't know. Who

[34:46] prepared this? It has the

[34:52] Pointe-Claire logo on it. Is it

[34:53] Pointe-Claire or a firm?

[34:55] >> Is it B C two?

[34:59] >> I will have to see which

[35:00] report to be sure.

[35:02] >> There are a few PDFs on that

[35:04] website. Who prepares the

[35:06] website for the citizen

[35:09] participation, the Cocoriko

[35:11] website?

[35:12] >> This is the team of

[35:13] Pointe-Claire, but the report

[35:14] that you refer, I will have to

[35:15] see it to see exactly with

[35:16] person prepared. I don't have

[35:18] the answer right now.

[35:19] >> And I was just looking at it

[35:21] quickly last night, I grabbed my

[35:23] attention. I did not even go

[35:24] over the other PDF files. How

[35:27] much falsehoods are in the

[35:29] statistics. They want to push an

[35:31] idea, and then they will make

[35:35] statistics. That's a very

[35:38] biased, it's not ethical.

[35:39] >> Mister Mayor, if I may.

[35:41] >> Yes.

[35:42] >> It could be mistakes that

[35:45] don't qualify a mistake or --

[35:53] >> The next graph below, it has

[35:55] the same sort of idea. It took

[35:58] the statistics did not agree or

[36:01] disagree, and they shut it in

[36:03] their.

[36:04] >> It could be that it's not

[36:05] really, we don't know if it is

[36:08] directed in bad faith. It could

[36:11] be a mistake, so, please be

[36:17] careful --

[36:18] >> Nobody assist that hearing

[36:19] the documents. Another day, the

[36:21] City has 60% of residents that

[36:23] want narrow streets. We are not

[36:25] there policing everything going

[36:26] on, we can have this.

[36:27] >> Miss Conway, thank you for

[36:30] pointing -- out

[36:31] >> That is just one thing, what

[36:33] else? We can't trust the

[36:36] reports.

[36:37] >> If there are methodological

[36:39] errors, we should get on it, and

[36:40] we will.

[36:41] >> But who?

[36:42] >> We don't know that they are

[36:43] deliberate, but there could be,

[36:45] there could be someone has

[36:48] mythological issues, and they

[36:49] are not reading the data

[36:53] properly.

[36:54] >> This is a professional report

[36:55] on the City for all of us.

[36:56] >> It's on a stick on that.

[36:57] >> What is it?

[36:59] >> How is this wrong?

[37:00] >> Miss Conway, can you give me

[37:02] the title again? Cocoriko? Is

[37:06] >> Is a --

[37:09] >> Online citizen participation

[37:11] report, community matters,

[37:13] citizen participation activity

[37:15] related through the provision of

[37:16] the Planning Program.

[37:18] >> Okay, can you send that to

[37:20] me?

[37:21] L'importance de la mobilité >> I

[37:22] continue dealing.

[37:23] >> Okay, appreciate it. And then

[37:25] we can determine what

[37:28] methodological errors are and

[37:31] why?

[37:32] >> Thank you. I would like to

[37:34] echo what the previous person

[37:35] was saying, his third question

[37:38] with Gaza, people are dying,

[37:43] starving, there is the seas,

[37:45] they don't have access to

[37:47] medical help. They have been

[37:50] bombed, and everybody is doing

[37:55] their everyday life, our comfort

[38:00] life. I think it starts

[38:03] somewhere, somebody can have a

[38:04] voice to say in some public

[38:07] manner to stop it. You can send

[38:10] a message that we don't tolerate

[38:12] this kind of thing. It has to

[38:14] start somewhere with some

[38:16] people. We are all human beings.

[38:18] We don't decide where we are

[38:21] born, what our situation is.

[38:25] Will all have a different

[38:27] situation. Does a us in a couple

[38:29] life can reach out and voice our

[38:31] opinions. My opinion is, I don't

[38:32] know why this is still going on,

[38:34] and a lot of people in power are

[38:36] not speaking out. So, please, if

[38:39] you could consider, reconsider

[38:42] any kind of statement that the

[38:44] City can make to ask for a

[38:49] cease-fire, anything to help the

[38:50] people of Gaza. Thank you.

[38:59] >> Nasr El Dabee?

[39:05] >> Good evening, thank you,

[39:08] then, thank you very much.

[39:15] I am sorry. She spoke really

[39:21] ominous, what I am about to say

[39:23] is really no matter. I am going

[39:25] to talk about what is going on

[39:27] with the taxis, so we can find a

[39:30] solution to help, because this

[39:32] affects all of us. Just examine,

[39:36] when we increase the value of

[39:38] the house 56% and the taxes

[39:46] 16.3%, that's last, year and

[39:47] this year, 3.9, so that is until

[39:51] now, going to be about 21%. And

[39:54] next year is going to be, again,

[39:56] decent thing. So in the end, I

[39:58] am certain that it will be about

[40:03] 26%, increase on the taxes of

[40:04] what we pay. We are not selling

[40:07] the houses, but they keep

[40:09] increasing. So, my question to

[40:15] you, what we can do to work

[40:17] together with the city, because

[40:21] the Mayor of the city of

[40:25] Beaconsfield say it, Montréal is

[40:27] using us as a cash cow. So, why

[40:33] don't we unite all of you,

[40:36] elected to represent us, and you

[40:39] only do Pointe-Claire. We had to

[40:40] work all together to stop that.

[40:44] That is not, fear and it is not

[40:46] right.

[40:47] >> And all the mares of Islam

[40:49] have done exactly that. I don't

[40:50] know if you followed the last

[40:53] agglomeration meeting, we are

[40:55] objecting now specifically

[40:56] through each increase that is

[40:58] unjustified or does not concern

[41:00] the West Island, every Anglo

[41:02] increase that we had to share

[41:03] the cost of, we are objecting

[41:04] to. We made last month's meeting

[41:07] a long one. And it did not go

[41:09] over well, but in the end it

[41:12] gets voted through in a way that

[41:13] we go, because that is the way

[41:15] the court system functions, so I

[41:17] hear you loud and clear, but the

[41:20] formula for tax increases,

[41:22] unfortunately, it's also based

[41:23] on the market, right, depends on

[41:25] the activity in the area. I know

[41:28] Mr. -- has explained this to you

[41:30] thoroughly, Mr. Nasr El Dabee.

[41:33] You know exactly the process. We

[41:34] have explained it to you without

[41:36] hesitation, spent a lot of time

[41:38] explaining to you. A lot of

[41:40] visit the market, a lot is the

[41:42] Anglo. Yes, we can probably have

[41:43] a small say in our margin of

[41:45] cost as well, which I think the

[41:46] city has done a good job this

[41:47] year. But there are formulas of

[41:50] taxation that may or may not

[41:51] work into your favour, and and a

[41:53] lot of cases, there has been

[41:56] extensive residential sales or

[41:58] really activity, prices, the

[42:02] value of homes have gone up. The

[42:03] good news is, the value of your

[42:05] house goes up. The bad news is,

[42:06] you have to be more taxed. If

[42:08] you're not selling a, or you

[42:09] want to grow old in the home,

[42:10] it's not necessarily a good

[42:12] thing. I understand the

[42:13] predicament. But the solution,

[42:15] we are objecting to the agro --

[42:23] we have been doing it for a

[42:25] while now.

[42:26] >> My question is, you have

[42:27] already increased in 16 --

[42:29] >> --

[42:30] >> But the city of Beaconsfield

[42:32] benefits from the increase. You

[42:33] don't have to increase it every

[42:35] year --

[42:36] >> No, we don't, the

[42:37] conglomeration gets 52% on the

[42:39] dollar, every single tax dollar

[42:40] that you pay. To every 50% of

[42:44] every dollar goes to the

[42:46] conglomeration council of

[42:47] Canada, excuse me, Montréal.

[42:50] Yeah

[42:51] >> Yes, I understand, but every

[42:54] year, you keep increasing, more

[42:55] and more.

[42:56] >> The City of Montréal does,

[42:57] Mr. Nasr El Dabee. The City of

[42:59] Montréal. Does you have been

[43:02] explained this.

[43:03] >> I understand --

[43:04] >> You have been explained this

[43:05] quite a lot.

[43:06] >> Yes, I understand, but it is

[43:09] not right.

[43:10] >> That's why --

[43:14] >> It's because it's been

[43:16] explained to me that I zip it.

[43:17] >> We object on a regular basis,

[43:20] the conglomeration council

[43:22] meetings. All the municipalities

[43:24] object, and we did. Watch the

[43:25] last council meeting. We got up

[43:28] and objected to every single

[43:30] increase that we did not feel

[43:31] was a just on us. We object to

[43:33] each one, and we'll keep doing

[43:34] that extensively through all of

[43:35] the conglomeration council

[43:36] meetings. Bottom line, they can

[43:38] pull over us. That is the setup.

[43:40] That is our political situation.

[43:43] Unless you change that, we have

[43:45] no solution. Unless the citizens

[43:47] of the West Island object to the

[43:49] way that taxes are divvied up

[43:52] municipally, it will forever be

[43:54] best.

[43:55] >> I hope we find a solution,

[43:57] everyone can help each other,

[43:58] because it is all of us.

[43:59] >> If through the City of

[44:00] Montréal. Speak to the

[44:02] Government of Québec and how

[44:03] taxation is allocated

[44:05] municipally.

[44:06] >> We follow you, Mister Mayor,

[44:07] so you had to start, and we

[44:09] follow you.

[44:10] >> I am explaining to you, what

[44:11] we're doing, and I am explain to

[44:13] you what you can do to help us

[44:15] because, we don't have

[44:17] legislative -- we have no voting

[44:18] power to change it. So, we need

[44:21] voting power to change things,

[44:22] otherwise, we can't, it's a

[44:24] suppose that.

[44:25] >> My second question because

[44:28] everything --

[44:29] >> Okay, sorry, go ahead.

[44:31] >> No, you can continue --

[44:34] >> No, no, go ahead, sir.

[44:35] >> My second question,

[44:38] everything going on, any

[44:42] argument, somebody from -- Mr.

[44:48] Cohen, he went to the newspaper

[44:50] and ask you to resign, is that

[44:53] the way, how the City Council

[44:56] deal with you? It's not right.

[44:58] >> Not City Council, Mr. Cohen?

[45:01] >> Mr. Cohen, he went -- we

[45:05] elect you. Is that right?

[45:07] >> That's for you to decide.

[45:10] >> I am just saying because we

[45:13] are showing all of our bad side

[45:15] in the media, and all the

[45:18] trouble and argument between all

[45:19] of you, I am asking him, why do

[45:22] you go to the media when -- we

[45:27] elect you to do the right thing,

[45:29] not to go in the media and keep

[45:32] asking for resign or making all

[45:36] the bad laundry in the media.

[45:39] Can we work altogether really?

[45:41] >> Are you asking me or --

[45:43] >> Asking him, ask him.

[45:45] >> Councillor Cowan, would you

[45:46] like to respond?

[45:47] >> I think I explained myself

[45:49] adequately in that letter. If

[45:51] you wish, we can talk to later.

[45:53] I don't think getting into a big

[45:55] argument at this council meeting

[45:56] tonight is in anybody's

[45:58] interests, but afterwards, a

[45:59] talk to you and give you an

[46:01] answer and with detail, and

[46:03] anything you want to talk. About

[46:04] >> Okay, because, please, I

[46:06] never saw that really. We have

[46:09] lived and worked for 30 years,

[46:10] I've never seen this behaviour

[46:12] with City Council and the mayor,

[46:13] I never saw that. So, please, we

[46:15] have to show us the good site

[46:18] and the good behaviour. We work

[46:20] all be together for our city and

[46:22] our kids, for our next

[46:25] generation. I hope really it

[46:27] makes sense to you, and thank

[46:29] you, Lynn, for asking for

[46:34] peaceful way for all these

[46:38] people. We complain about taxes,

[46:40] and there, losing their life.

[46:42] So, I hope really, we can do

[46:45] something with support to all of

[46:47] them, the Middle East. Thank you

[46:49] very much, God bless you.

[46:51] >> Thank you, Mister Nasr El

[46:53] Dabee. John Kilpatrick?

[47:01] >> John Kirkpatrick,

[47:04] Pointe-Claire -- two things,

[47:07] one, the lady who started off

[47:08] about the school, you also have

[47:11] the same problem at St. Thomas.

[47:14] They are actually double parked

[47:16] for their kids, and they refuse

[47:18] to move, so the traffic just

[47:21] stops. So, if you can fix that

[47:23] problem, it would be

[47:25] appreciated. My main issue is

[47:28] regarding the -- Mister Mayor, I

[47:30] have been sending you emails

[47:32] with questions, you don't

[47:34] respond to them.

[47:36] >> That's not true. You have

[47:39] been responded to. You have been

[47:41] responded at this last meeting,

[47:43] last month's meeting, you have

[47:44] been responded to.

[47:45] >> Thank you!

[47:46] >> Mr. Cho Patrick, please.

[47:49] Let's not repeat last week.

[47:50] Let's have some decorum, and

[47:53] let's converts civilly amongst

[47:55] each other. Please continue, you

[47:56] have been responded to. The city

[47:58] has responded to you. You've

[48:00] heard from our arborists, heard

[48:02] from public works, we have

[48:03] reviews of your tree, and the

[48:05] decisions have been made, at the

[48:07] level of public works, the

[48:09] professional level of the city.

[48:10] You have your answers, and it's

[48:13] not mine or councils control

[48:17] anymore. It's in the hands are

[48:19] they trained professionals who

[48:20] we pay to run the operations of

[48:22] the city, and they have given

[48:23] you a decision on the future of

[48:25] your tree, which we trust, their

[48:28] advice and professional advice

[48:29] in this regard, and we concur.

[48:32] And there is nothing we can do

[48:34] beyond that point, sir.

[48:35] >> Okay, so, can you answer me

[48:38] is there's response to my last

[48:39] email?

[48:40] >> Your last email you sent me,

[48:43] documenting what email I

[48:44] supposedly sent. Yes, and that

[48:47] email I supposedly sent was

[48:49] written out of court to see by

[48:50] my secretary to all of Council

[48:53] outlining the history of your

[48:54] file and what the decision was.

[48:56] It was not -- she was doing a

[48:59] courtesy response to Council

[49:01] explaining the status of your

[49:03] tree and your situation to all

[49:05] of us. I did not write it. She

[49:07] brought it out of courtesy,

[49:09] detailing the history at the

[49:10] decision, not my email, Mr.

[49:12] Kirkpatrick, as implied and the

[49:13] council meeting. It was not me

[49:14] who brought it. It was a

[49:15] courtesy email, somehow, you

[49:19] divulged that it was something

[49:20] about the ire in, which was

[49:22] untrue, and I had released. It

[49:23] was written for my office, by

[49:25] the professional who writes for

[49:27] me, and she said nothing

[49:29] political or normative in that

[49:31] email. She simply gave a status

[49:32] report on your tree. So let's

[49:35] get the truth out there, Mr.

[49:37] Kirkpatrick, and thank you for

[49:38] this opportunity for

[49:39] clarification, I appreciate it.

[49:40] >> So, my second question that

[49:42] was on that email was to supply

[49:46] me your arborists number for

[49:49] whoever did it?

[49:50] >> That, I don't know, can we do

[49:52] that, Madam bubble? Can Mr.

[49:56] Kilpatrick appeal to the city

[49:57] arborist in this regard on

[50:00] history?

[50:02] >> I think that the legal affair

[50:04] department already responded to

[50:05] you. Did you want to talk --

[50:07] >> Nobody as responded.

[50:10] Everybody here says they have

[50:11] responded, I did not get any

[50:14] responses, so the way I am

[50:15] looking at it, you guys are

[50:17] whitewashing everything, and I

[50:18] am being lied to.

[50:19] >> No, you have a decision, and

[50:21] the decision is that your tree

[50:22] will not be cut down. That's a

[50:24] clear, unequivocal decision.

[50:26] It's not whitewash, there is a

[50:28] clear, unequivocal decision.

[50:29] It's not in your court, sir.

[50:31] >> No, it's not in my court.

[50:32] >> Yes, it is.

[50:33] >> The tree will say there. I

[50:34] already talked to the insurance

[50:36] company.

[50:37] >> But you can appeal the

[50:38] decision, if you want to. You

[50:39] can do what you wish. You can

[50:41] use all the legal channels of

[50:43] recourse that you have available

[50:44] to you to appeal that decision.

[50:45] >> Excuse me, can I finish

[50:47] talking.

[50:48] >> Absolutely.

[50:49] >> Thank you very much, it's

[50:50] called respect.

[50:51] >> Okay, thank you, Mr.

[50:52] Kirkpatrick.

[50:53] >> I have talked to the

[50:54] insurance company, given them

[50:55] the files, they have come back,

[50:57] they have said that I have done

[50:59] everything that I can, that

[51:01] Pointe-Claire is being

[51:03] neglectful of the citizens, if

[51:05] something happens. So, I am just

[51:08] here to say, are you sure that

[51:09] you don't want to give me tree

[51:12] cutting, because if it goes

[51:15] through, the insurance company

[51:17] will be involved. They do have

[51:19] all the documents, they will

[51:20] come to Pointe-Claire,

[51:23] Pointe-Claire will go to court.

[51:24] Me being a citizen, sitting here

[51:27] and going, why should my money a

[51:32] taxes go to Pointe-Claire for

[51:35] Pointe-Claire to go to court for

[51:37] something that is wrong?

[51:38] >> Okay, you consider Iran. Our

[51:43] arborists actually study

[51:45] professionally and dedicate

[51:46] their lives to trees and how

[51:48] they live and grow and flourish.

[51:50] We're not in the habit of

[51:51] cutting trees down

[51:53] unnecessarily. The professional

[51:55] decision by our arborist was was

[51:57] that the street did not need to

[51:58] be cut down. That is their call

[52:00] as a professional, I respect it.

[52:03] They are the professionals who

[52:04] give us advice, and that is the

[52:06] decision that has been rendered

[52:07] and your case, sir. I don't know

[52:09] why we go around in circles. You

[52:12] are not accepting that decision,

[52:14] I suspect, and I can tell you

[52:16] anything beyond that. That's why

[52:18] I said it's in your court. The

[52:19] decision has been made, sir.

[52:21] >> Okay, so the decision has

[52:23] been made, gave me a moment

[52:26] here.

[52:27] >> Mister Mayor, if I can just

[52:28] --

[52:29] >> Absolutely.

[52:30] >> What the actual issue is, the

[52:33] city arborist determined that

[52:34] the tree stands now is unsafe,

[52:38] and if I remember correctly and

[52:41] recommended the wires be

[52:43] installed in order, it cabling,

[52:45] in order to keep the tree from a

[52:47] major branch in the intersection

[52:50] from falling. There will be an

[52:52] expense involved to do the, so,,

[52:55] if I can paraphrase, the issue

[52:58] is, do we oblige Mr. Kilpatrick

[53:00] to spend money in order to make

[53:04] a tree safe, in accordance to

[53:08] the city's desire, and the

[53:10] arborists opinion on how to make

[53:11] a tree chef, or should we allow

[53:14] Mr. Kirkpatrick to make the tree

[53:15] safe by cutting it down? The

[53:18] amount of money is about the

[53:20] same, cutting down the tree or

[53:23] for, I believe, for installing

[53:25] the cable link. The cable link

[53:27] is not a guarantee of safety.

[53:29] Something semi-happen, and there

[53:30] might be more expenses to be

[53:33] incurred in the future, whereas,

[53:34] of course, much of the tree is

[53:36] gone, it is not safe, except at

[53:38] the issue --

[53:39] >> More or less, because the

[53:41] arborist doing to cabling,

[53:42] because I had four arborist

[53:44] come, two to look and view it.

[53:46] >> I've read the story, sir.

[53:49] >> Other people should hear it.

[53:50] >> Okay, but we heard it last

[53:52] month. And we heard it the month

[53:55] before.

[53:56] >> Can I please finish?

[53:58] >> You are not the chair of this

[54:00] meeting, sir, and we will not

[54:02] tell me when you or I can speak.

[54:04] I will finish what I am saying

[54:06] before we carry on, and I --

[54:09] suffice to say, the other option

[54:10] we have here, Councillor

[54:12] McCullough did not refer to, is

[54:13] that we can trust and respect

[54:14] the decisions of the people,

[54:16] they've trained professionals

[54:17] who give us advice, and that is

[54:18] what we have done. That is the

[54:20] other option. I grew up with a

[54:22] cable tree, my whole life, and

[54:24] it never fell down, and I am

[54:27] pretty confident that our

[54:29] trained professionals have not

[54:32] been put into place to put

[54:33] citizens in danger. As I

[54:34] reiterated, I reiterate what I

[54:36] said last month, and I am

[54:37] confident that they are not

[54:38] putting anybody in danger, and I

[54:40] am confident in my stuff. Where

[54:42] are we going from here, sir?

[54:43] >> So then, why would your City

[54:47] say if I did disagreed with the,

[54:48] for me to go through third

[54:50] party, spend my money to

[54:53] challenge, which they did, and

[54:54] they said that it is dangerous,

[54:56] the tree, there are cracks, and

[54:58] they recommended it to be

[55:00] cabled, then why would you tell

[55:01] me to do it, if you will sit

[55:02] down and say that the tree is

[55:05] healthy?

[55:06] >> Mr. Kirkpatrick, I can't

[55:07] speak for the ins and outs of

[55:08] the well-being of the tree.

[55:10] Suffice to say, there is in no

[55:12] way that they have over in or

[55:14] put citizens in danger, and if

[55:17] you had had professional advice

[55:18] or contrary advice, and it

[55:21] overrules these professionals or

[55:23] scientifically more accurate, I

[55:25] am sure that they will concur. I

[55:27] have trust in my legal

[55:28] department, I have trust in my

[55:30] public works, sir? This, I

[55:33] think, we have pretty much

[55:35] concluded here.

[55:36] >> Yeah, I think. So

[55:37] >> Thank you very much.

[55:43] Makayla -- did I say there are?

[55:47] >> Hello.

[55:48] >> Hi.

[55:49] >> My name is -- and I am living

[55:53] in Pointe-Claire, district

[55:55] number eight. So, my question is

[56:02] about the incoming ran stations

[56:06] and, basically, the question is,

[56:09] how do you plan to bring people

[56:11] to these stations. We have two

[56:14] in the village, and if it is not

[56:18] my responsibility, let's say, if

[56:20] you are working with the REM or

[56:26] buses, on the.

[56:28] >> I think I understand, you are

[56:31] saying about two in the village

[56:32] or something, or are you talking

[56:34] about two in Pointe-Claire? To

[56:36] run stations in Pointe-Claire?

[56:37] >> Yeah, yeah.

[56:38] >> The village, unfortunately.

[56:40] The villages are a long way from

[56:41] the REM station, which is an

[56:45] interesting issue. The issue

[56:47] with the REM at the outset is

[56:49] that it was built on the

[56:51] northern edge of our city. It

[56:53] could be argued that its

[56:54] services Kirkland or dollars or

[56:57] even Pierrefonds or that it will

[56:59] surface Pointe-Claire in some

[57:00] ways. But getting over the 20

[57:05] and 40s is an issue for

[57:07] Pointe-Claire citizens, and

[57:08] north south as though it's been

[57:09] an issue of Pointe-Claire,

[57:11] especially on bikes or public

[57:12] transit. East west is less

[57:14] problematic but north south is

[57:16] indeed a problem. If that is

[57:18] what you are racing, I concur

[57:19] with you. We don't have parking

[57:22] at the REM, so how people get

[57:24] dropped off is an issue. There

[57:27] are all kinds of transit issues

[57:30] surrounding the REM, and that is

[57:32] probably one of the reasons why

[57:33] in the extension of the jock

[57:36] bizarre corridor, which has been

[57:38] proposed by some of my

[57:39] colleagues in the West Island,

[57:40] we have emphasize public transit

[57:42] orientation on that extension as

[57:43] well as emergency vehicles for

[57:45] the Lakeshore General, because

[57:46] we are aware of the transport

[57:48] issues going to the REM, so that

[57:50] Pointe-Claire can benefit from

[57:51] the REM. There are major issues

[57:53] there, north south, public

[57:55] transit and Pointe-Claire needs

[57:57] improvement. The other

[57:58] interesting thing about the West

[58:00] Island is that ridership is

[58:01] down, which is unfortunate,

[58:02] because it's hard to argue for

[58:04] expanded services, when your

[58:06] ridership is down. Now, whether

[58:08] that's an anomaly, or if it is

[58:10] east west ridership, I am not

[58:12] sure. But there are variables in

[58:13] this equation that are quite

[58:16] complicated.

[58:17] >> Yeah, and, I agree, it could

[58:22] be, could be a lot of solution

[58:24] on the, and one of them could be

[58:30] the bicycle secure path from the

[58:32] City to the REM station. Of

[58:36] course, we have to have also the

[58:41] parking for the bicycle, maybe

[58:45] some may secure something not

[58:50] straight on the street but maybe

[58:54] psalm arranged for security.

[58:57] >> I am glad that you brought

[58:58] that up because there are two

[59:00] proposed. We are supposed to be

[59:03] getting bicycle pedestrian

[59:04] overpasses. They are in the

[59:06] middle of administrative

[59:08] quagmire right now, speaking

[59:09] with Mr. Scarpaleggia

[59:11] regionally, but there is one

[59:13] pending. We are hoping that it

[59:14] will come at some point. We are

[59:17] hoping that the bike path will

[59:18] be a reality. It is being worked

[59:20] on by multiple levels of

[59:21] government. People are aware in

[59:23] that regard, for sure.

[59:24] >> Okay, okay. And maybe, I

[59:27] could propose in my mind that it

[59:30] would be great to have secure

[59:35] bicycle path from south to

[59:38] north, north to south on the

[59:43] boulevard?

[59:44] >> Okay.

[59:45] >> In this case, everyone from

[59:48] district three, I guess, three

[59:52] and seven and a, if I'm not

[59:57] mistaken, three and a, could

[1:00:00] use, utilize bicycle to go into

[1:00:02] the REM station because we don't

[1:00:08] need pat 40. It would be

[1:00:11] wonderful solution for children

[1:00:14] to take ram to go to colleges

[1:00:19] and universities, or someone

[1:00:21] working downtown.

[1:00:22] >> That is the idea. Let's hope

[1:00:25] that we can get them there, I

[1:00:26] agree.

[1:00:27] >> Thank you.

[1:00:28] >> Thank you for your question.

[1:00:30] Stella Haley?

[1:00:45] >> Yes, good evening, everyone.

[1:00:49] I would just want to say, in a

[1:00:52] quick comment in regards to the

[1:00:57] gentleman who brought up, as

[1:00:59] well as Lane, who also added to

[1:01:02] the need for municipalities to

[1:01:08] not be silent on what is being

[1:01:11] referred to as a graveyard of

[1:01:13] children in Gaza. We have lost

[1:01:14] over 16,000 children, and there

[1:01:16] is another 8000 unaccounted for.

[1:01:20] Yeah, it's heartbreaking, and I

[1:01:22] want to mention that there are

[1:01:25] numerous reports, see TV news,

[1:01:29] various reports from municipal

[1:01:31] councils, even a petition

[1:01:34] demanding the voice be heard,

[1:01:37] and that we as citizens have a

[1:01:39] duty, we have an obligation,

[1:01:42] this has been inhumane, nuclear

[1:01:44] disaster reoccurring, and we are

[1:01:47] all complicit if we do not

[1:01:51] speak. With that said, my next

[1:01:54] -- I had a couple of things I

[1:01:56] wanted to ask. This evening, I

[1:01:59] had somebody asked me about this

[1:02:02] letter, which I had not known

[1:02:04] about, and I would ask, maybe,

[1:02:06] could you explain the content

[1:02:07] that the letter, considering we

[1:02:09] don't know, and that was not

[1:02:12] purposeful? I have something to

[1:02:15] mention with the red de Women's

[1:02:17] cardiovascular disease in

[1:02:18] relation to the multiple McGill

[1:02:21] intercity. If you would explain

[1:02:22] to -- us

[1:02:23] >> Are you asking Councillor

[1:02:25] Cowan?

[1:02:26] >> Yeah, if you would be kind to

[1:02:27] tell us the content of the

[1:02:28] letter and the allegations, and

[1:02:30] if you consider that to be the

[1:02:31] best path forward for our

[1:02:33] people, for our city and the

[1:02:34] respect of our mayor and who was

[1:02:38] elected to represent us? What is

[1:02:40] the content that? I don't know,

[1:02:41] I did not have time to find out.

[1:02:45] >> I suggest you read the

[1:02:48] letter. It's in the 15 ten

[1:02:50] report. You can read there. I

[1:02:52] don't think it's a wise use of

[1:02:54] time now to comment, I can try

[1:02:56] to paraphrase the letter that

[1:02:57] you have not right, so, read it

[1:03:01] and it's available.

[1:03:02] >> You don't recall what you put

[1:03:04] in the letter, is that what

[1:03:05] you're suggesting.

[1:03:06] >> No, of course not.

[1:03:07] >> Can you be brief and give us

[1:03:08] two or three points.

[1:03:09] >> No, I won't.

[1:03:10] >> You can do that? Okay, thank

[1:03:12] you.

[1:03:13] >> You could.

[1:03:14] >> I'm sorry, thank you so much.

[1:03:15] >> Miss Haley, what you might be

[1:03:17] referring to is that there is

[1:03:18] also a letter to district eight

[1:03:21] that is released recently that

[1:03:23] you might want to read as well

[1:03:24] to the citizens of district

[1:03:26] eight that you might want to pay

[1:03:27] attention to as well. Over at

[1:03:29] the 15 ten report, there

[1:03:31] actually is a letter from

[1:03:32] Councillor Cowan, as well as my

[1:03:34] letter, so you can read the two

[1:03:35] of them, I am quite pleased with

[1:03:37] the way that at all turned out.

[1:03:40] You can interpret people quite

[1:03:41] correctly from that, but you

[1:03:44] might also want to look at the

[1:03:45] district 81, that has been

[1:03:47] circulating, and I've had a lot

[1:03:48] of citizens coming today about

[1:03:49] that one, so that maybe what you

[1:03:51] have heard.

[1:03:52] >> I heard some people at the

[1:03:53] library this week, who came up

[1:03:55] to me, I did not know them, but

[1:03:57] they were like, we love Mary

[1:04:01] Thomas, I took pictures of them,

[1:04:03] in case you ever ought to have a

[1:04:04] copy for your files.

[1:04:05] >> I love hearing that.

[1:04:06] >> Thank you so much, and in

[1:04:08] regards to my focus on what I

[1:04:11] have been working on, I have

[1:04:12] been very active myself in

[1:04:15] addressing the international

[1:04:17] regulations, and I want to say,

[1:04:18] Mr. Scarpaleggia would be a good

[1:04:20] person to reach out to if you

[1:04:21] want a voice your concern. We

[1:04:24] have Moya there, we have David,

[1:04:26] and they are really, I would

[1:04:29] suggest, supportive of citizen

[1:04:31] voices. We need to see people

[1:04:34] speak out. Now, I shall get to

[1:04:36] my normal point, which I have

[1:04:37] been doing for 14 years. You

[1:04:40] mentioned earlier, and I think

[1:04:42] this is serendipity.

[1:04:44] >> It's highly, you have two

[1:04:45] more, because he wanted to speak

[1:04:46] to the cardiovascular issue with

[1:04:49] women, as well as -- that is

[1:04:52] correct. All keep you to those

[1:04:54] two.

[1:04:55] >> Thank you so much. I am

[1:04:57] actually a little overtired,

[1:04:59] could I mention, you said the

[1:05:02] wear read the candle up site, in

[1:05:06] that briefing, in your

[1:05:08] introduction, you mentioned hard

[1:05:11] disease is 80% within the

[1:05:14] control of women, one of the

[1:05:17] three women succumb to

[1:05:20] cardiovascular disease. Now,

[1:05:22] what is really interesting is

[1:05:24] that in a lot of the work that I

[1:05:26] have been doing, I am on

[1:05:27] Twitter, smoke free by the way,

[1:05:30] what I would like to say is, he

[1:05:32] made a very, very clear, the

[1:05:37] association between air

[1:05:40] pollution is this, quote, we

[1:05:43] notice the association with a

[1:05:46] stronger when more of the fine

[1:05:48] pollution came from wood

[1:05:50] burning, said McGill professor

[1:05:54] Scott, I always get his name is

[1:05:56] pronounced, W E ICH EMT its eco.

[1:06:00] I communicated him for many

[1:06:01] years, lead author of a new

[1:06:03] study published in epidemiology.

[1:06:06] The article is entitled, wood

[1:06:10] stoves are good for the soul,

[1:06:13] bad for the heart. And this

[1:06:18] article here, this is published

[1:06:20] in 2000, February 2021, I would

[1:06:25] like to suggest, and he so

[1:06:29] strongly, big cities are causing

[1:06:32] heart and along problems. The

[1:06:34] consequences of people in

[1:06:36] smaller cities is also very well

[1:06:40] documented. What I would like to

[1:06:42] mention, I lost a friend

[1:06:44] recently to her attack, younger

[1:06:45] than me. My dear friend, when a

[1:06:48] date most world renowned

[1:06:50] scientist that worked on the

[1:06:51] Israel Gaza International and

[1:06:53] drones, his wife succumbed to a

[1:06:54] heart attack recently, and the

[1:06:57] coincidences that they were

[1:06:58] booked closer to smoke. I just

[1:07:00] want to say, this is not an

[1:07:03] issue that we should be waiting

[1:07:05] for people to change, and he

[1:07:07] mentions here, Montréal brought

[1:07:09] forward bylaws, forcing home

[1:07:12] owners to register and replace

[1:07:20] -- that's okay. What I want to

[1:07:23] say is, what he has mentioned is

[1:07:25] we must initiate the local

[1:07:29] cities to take action. There,

[1:07:31] you are. So, in all of this, I

[1:07:36] have copies of this article, and

[1:07:37] I would like to ask each time

[1:07:39] that we give an article to the

[1:07:40] city, which I have been doing

[1:07:42] for 14 years before COVID.

[1:07:46] >> At a minimum.

[1:07:48] >> Nothing has changed. I want

[1:07:50] to Montréal, I brought

[1:07:53] documented proof, I brought you

[1:07:55] the 2 million dollar study that

[1:07:57] proves the city's bylaw is

[1:08:01] baseless. There is no science.

[1:08:03] That's 2 million dollar

[1:08:04] research, not by me. So, what I

[1:08:06] would like to ask you now. With

[1:08:10] this document, that was

[1:08:13] submitted, in November, this is

[1:08:18] an official document that

[1:08:24] concludes we have zero

[1:08:26] confidence in the science test,

[1:08:29] EPA stoves, their emission

[1:08:31] testing is worse than

[1:08:34] Volkswagen. Therefore, 400%

[1:08:37] increase in dioxin in the old

[1:08:40] stoves, Indian stoves, excuse

[1:08:41] me, 40% higher dioxin, has the

[1:08:46] city looked at those documents?

[1:08:48] I paid $80, brought you a hard

[1:08:51] copy, did anyone look at these

[1:08:54] documents? Does anyone ever look

[1:08:56] at the information?

[1:08:57] >> I do. I do.

[1:08:59] >> I know you do. You have been

[1:09:01] a very encouraging man, and a

[1:09:04] man of integrity and respect.

[1:09:06] >> Thank you, Miss Haley.

[1:09:07] >> Thank you.

[1:09:08] >> You know that I concur on

[1:09:10] this, and that a lot of the

[1:09:11] cities across North America are

[1:09:13] proving this, and cities across

[1:09:14] North America are going that

[1:09:16] route. It is the reality of the

[1:09:18] future, it is a carcinogen, and

[1:09:20] especially, when it's not well

[1:09:21] ventilated, it's really bad, and

[1:09:23] the stats are there. The studies

[1:09:24] are there, and they are

[1:09:26] unequivocal. I agree with you

[1:09:27] completely on the. Miss Haley is

[1:09:30] referring to would smoke.

[1:09:32] >> The risk for heart attack

[1:09:34] among people.

[1:09:35] >> And there is a correlation

[1:09:36] with heart attack, like smoking.

[1:09:38] >> What I would like to mention

[1:09:39] to you is that he said that

[1:09:41] during the cold season, when

[1:09:43] pollution from wood stoves is at

[1:09:45] its highest, the risk for our

[1:09:47] attack amongst subjects that are

[1:09:49] 65 years or older is increased

[1:09:52] by 19%. Now, this is not

[1:09:58] something that we should be

[1:10:00] waiting for. We have Montréal

[1:10:03] regulation. We have the data on

[1:10:05] the improvement in air quality

[1:10:08] and the lower reduction in

[1:10:10] cardiovascular disease. The last

[1:10:12] thing that I would like to

[1:10:14] mention, we have children

[1:10:20] breeding smoke at bus stops. We

[1:10:24] have children walking to school

[1:10:26] in the smoke and inside their

[1:10:31] homes. The small concentration

[1:10:36] is absent as high as it is

[1:10:38] outside undetected. I've met

[1:10:41] parents who have cried in the

[1:10:42] area where I live tell me that

[1:10:47] they bought a house here, that

[1:10:48] they were subjected to this

[1:10:50] horrible smoke. You can see it

[1:10:52] on my website, so I have to the

[1:10:54] website for citizens of

[1:10:56] environmental health. I want to

[1:10:58] say, it's not we bring up these

[1:11:00] issues, we have the same, push

[1:11:04] that to the backburner, the head

[1:11:07] of the Québec long association,

[1:11:09] who sat next to me at the public

[1:11:10] consultations in Ontario in the

[1:11:13] module Gazette is quoted as

[1:11:14] saying, would smoke is killing

[1:11:16] our children, it is a silent

[1:11:19] night killer. I gave each of the

[1:11:22] councillors a copy of the

[1:11:24] article. Are we just going to

[1:11:25] sit here, as I said to Mayor

[1:11:30] Belvedere at the last meeting,

[1:11:31] are you okay with this, people

[1:11:33] breathing smoke 22,000 times a

[1:11:35] day? Are we okay? Who are we,

[1:11:37] and what is our responsibility?

[1:11:39] So, my question now, to put it

[1:11:42] very clear, the information that

[1:11:44] I brought to you last week,

[1:11:47] right? Documented studies,

[1:11:50] research, right? The information

[1:11:53] I brought to you for 14 errors,

[1:11:56] documented studies, research, do

[1:12:00] you ever sit together, and have

[1:12:03] education become the basis for

[1:12:05] the decisions in our policy?

[1:12:07] >> Yes. Yes. Yes. We do that

[1:12:12] quite often.

[1:12:13] >> Have you looked at these

[1:12:14] articles?

[1:12:15] >> Yes I. Have

[1:12:16] >> Yes you have, but I'm asking

[1:12:17] the councillors who are opposed

[1:12:19] to. It

[1:12:20] >> I'm not sure they are opposed

[1:12:21] to it, not sure if they have or

[1:12:22] haven't read them. But Miss

[1:12:24] Halle, we can't say that

[1:12:27] offhand.

[1:12:29] >> What do you want us to do?

[1:12:30] Stop wood burning? People have

[1:12:33] fireplaces. What do you expect

[1:12:34] me to do about that. Let's just

[1:12:36] look at this. Okay so there is a

[1:12:40] point. What I like to say is

[1:12:42] this. We are adults. We must

[1:12:51] make health report Yorkie of our

[1:12:54] community. Do you have any

[1:12:55] response to the questions are

[1:12:56] brought to you? I brought a

[1:12:57] question.

[1:12:59] >> They're not in the position

[1:13:01] to -- you should be asking that

[1:13:04] --

[1:13:05] >> I'm sorry, excuse me. Okay,

[1:13:06] Mister Mayor, excuse me. My

[1:13:10] actual verbal skills in meetings

[1:13:11] are not exactly --

[1:13:12] >> We can revisit the issue,

[1:13:15] Miss Haley.

[1:13:16] >> I have a quick question,

[1:13:18] though. When a city councillor

[1:13:20] has three or four criminal

[1:13:23] offences, are they eligible to

[1:13:24] run as a city councillor? Is

[1:13:27] that a part of our ethical, does

[1:13:29] that fall under ethics? I'm

[1:13:31] asking you if there is a

[1:13:33] councillor, just out -- of

[1:13:35] >> Miss Halle? Not to imply

[1:13:37] anything, but my understanding

[1:13:39] is I believe they are but I am

[1:13:40] not sure on this one. I'm not

[1:13:44] sure of the laws on this one.

[1:13:45] >> I'm not either. I just want

[1:13:47] to say that when I look at

[1:13:50] something I don't like the idea

[1:13:53] of defamation or whatever but I

[1:13:55] do believe that maybe we have, I

[1:14:00] won't say another word. I just

[1:14:02] --

[1:14:03] >> Thank you.

[1:14:04] >> We'll stop there, all right?

[1:14:07] >> Thank you, Miss Haley.

[1:14:09] >> Thank you.

[1:14:10] >> Thank you. No, no, enough,

[1:14:13] Mister --

[1:14:14] >> Who is this man?

[1:14:15] >> That's okay.

[1:14:16] >> Isn't that an infraction?

[1:14:17] >> Excuse me, he's not to yell

[1:14:19] at you from the audience. That

[1:14:20] was a tad rude. But yes, Miss

[1:14:23] Haley I think --

[1:14:24] >> I thank you so much. I know

[1:14:26] it's hard for people to

[1:14:27] understand some things. Thank

[1:14:29] you. Thank you so very much.

[1:14:31] Thank you so much.

[1:14:32] >> Thank you. Thank you. Thank

[1:14:36] you. Sharon Weaver? Oh. Oh,

[1:14:42] Susan, sorry. Sorry, Susan. It's

[1:14:45] written Sharon. But I should

[1:14:47] have known better.

[1:14:48] >> Okay, Susan Weaver,

[1:14:51] Pointe-Claire.

[1:14:52] >> In the suburban newspaper

[1:14:54] last month you were invited to

[1:14:57] defend your viewpoints as to the

[1:15:00] differences that you may have

[1:15:01] had with others on Council, and

[1:15:03] that is only fair to help the

[1:15:05] two sides. You are quoted is

[1:15:07] describing yourself as a

[1:15:09] gentleman acting with grace,

[1:15:10] calm, behaving with decorum,

[1:15:13] with different visions and so

[1:15:14] on. Then he went on to say that

[1:15:17] they, I suppose you mean

[1:15:19] Council, disrupt the process,

[1:15:21] even planting people in public

[1:15:24] meetings to cause disruptions.

[1:15:26] Can you please tell me who these

[1:15:27] people are that they plant?

[1:15:30] >> I could. I could get you

[1:15:32] some. I will compile a list and

[1:15:33] I will get back to you on that

[1:15:35] one, Miss Weaver.

[1:15:36] >> A list?

[1:15:37] >> Because I attend all these

[1:15:38] Council meetings. Okay, because

[1:15:40] I thought it might have been the

[1:15:42] case of the skunk that smells

[1:15:44] his own smell first.

[1:15:45] >> Well, I don't think so.

[1:15:47] >> Well, this will be an easy

[1:15:48] one for you, Mister Thomas. You

[1:15:51] claim to care about the

[1:15:53] environment and climate change.

[1:15:55] Will you immediately implement a

[1:15:57] ten second idling bylaw as

[1:16:01] Outremont has recently done?

[1:16:03] Québec has, I think, a bylaw for

[1:16:06] three minutes and 60 minutes.

[1:16:08] >> I will consult with my

[1:16:09] council on that. I don't have

[1:16:11] the power to do. That

[1:16:12] >> You can do that immediately.

[1:16:13] >> No, Miss Weaver, Miss Weaver,

[1:16:16] your understanding of municipal

[1:16:18] government is a bit flawed. I

[1:16:21] cannot solely make that

[1:16:23] decision. A mayor is not in able

[1:16:26] to make that decision alone.

[1:16:28] People attribute, Miss Weaver,

[1:16:30] you're talking from the front

[1:16:32] seat, front row, if you go back

[1:16:33] to the microphone if you like.

[1:16:36] The mayor is not solely

[1:16:38] responsible for that. Our policy

[1:16:39] decisions are decided by

[1:16:41] Council. So to attribute that

[1:16:42] kind of thing to a mayor is an

[1:16:44] unjust thing.

[1:16:45] >> No, I mean to implement. You

[1:16:46] could start the process.

[1:16:47] >> I can speak to it. Sure. If

[1:16:50] you like us to speak to us.

[1:16:51] >> I know it takes a while --

[1:16:52] for

[1:16:53] >> Miss Weaver, I can certainly

[1:16:54] speak to it.

[1:16:55] >> Okay.

[1:16:56] >> Okay. All right, so that

[1:16:59] concludes question period.

[1:17:26] - 5.1 Déposer les rapports

[1:17:27] concernant les registres qui ont

[1:17:28] été tenu du 8 au 12 janvier

[1:17:29] 2024, relativement aux

[1:17:30] Règlements PC-2964, PC-2965,

[1:17:31] PC-2968 et PC-2969.

[1:17:33] >> This is point went to grant

[1:17:34] financial support for total

[1:17:35] amount of $35,000 for the

[1:17:37] Lakeshore General Hospital

[1:17:38] Foundation. Des règlements

[1:17:39] d'emprunts, donc les registres

[1:17:40] se sont tenues et aucune

[1:17:41] signature n'a été reçue. The

[1:17:42] calculation is based on $1

[1:17:43] issued for each residents of

[1:17:44] Pointe-Claire. Les règlements

[1:17:45] sont réputées approuvés par les

[1:17:46] personnes habiles à voter.

[1:18:00] - 6.2 Accorder un soutien

[1:18:01] financier pour un montant total

[1:18:02] de 25 000 $ à la Résidence de

[1:18:03] soins palliatifs Teresa Dellar.

[1:18:04] >> 06. 03, to edify certain

[1:18:06] things on the -- overture with

[1:18:07] the Arts that was held of every

[1:18:08] three 2024. 10000 dollars est

[1:18:09] accordé pour la course pour la

[1:18:10] compassion et 15000 dollars est

[1:18:11] accordé pour les services

[1:18:12] offerts par cette organisation.

[1:18:13] To thank the City of

[1:18:17] Pointe-Claire, over to the arts

[1:18:18] offer to complimentary tickets

[1:18:19] and a third ticket was purchased

[1:18:22] by Councillor and has been

[1:18:23] reimbursed by the City.

[1:18:29] >> Do I have a mover? And

[1:18:31] second? Are

[1:18:32] >> There Stainforth, district

[1:18:33] four.

[1:18:34] >> All in favour?

[1:18:36] >> Mr. Stork? Your vote please?

[1:18:40] - Pour 6,1 6,3. Thank you

[1:18:50] >>

[1:18:51] >> 7.2, to renew the mandates of

[1:18:52] members of Pointe-Claire quite a

[1:18:53] club board of directors, the

[1:18:54] board of directors recommended

[1:18:55] the appointment of Miss

[1:18:56] Catharine better soul as

[1:18:57] president for a one-year term

[1:18:58] and Sean McGrath as vice

[1:18:59] president for a one-year term as

[1:19:00] well as his appointment as a

[1:19:01] member of the board of directors

[1:19:02] for three-year term effective

[1:19:03] January 1st, 2024.

[1:19:04] - 7.1 Déposer le procès-verbal

[1:19:05] de la réunion du 9 novembre 2023

[1:19:06] du comité consultatif de la

[1:19:07] Bibliothèque de Pointe-Claire.

[1:19:17] >> For 7.2 to 7.3, do I have a

[1:19:19] mover?

[1:19:24] - 7.3 Déposer et approuver le

[1:19:25] procès-verbal de la réunion du

[1:19:26] comité de circulation du 5

[1:19:27] décembre 2023. >> Don't need

[1:19:28] one?

[1:19:29] >> Three is. I'll

[1:19:30] >>? Four for 7.2 do I have a

[1:19:31] mover? 7.3 as well? Okay. So so

[1:19:37] for 7.2 to 7.3 as originally

[1:19:40] quest to, do I have a mover?

[1:19:42] >> District. Two

[1:19:43] >> And seconder?

[1:19:45] >> District four.

[1:19:47] >> All in favour? Thank you

[1:19:50] >>.

[1:19:51] >> 9.1. Approve the and

[1:19:53] satisfactory performs assessment

[1:19:55] for documents and production

[1:19:57] Inc. within the framework of the

[1:19:58] realization of the contract for

[1:20:00] potential translation services

[1:20:02] in and the performance

[1:20:03] assessment was carried out by

[1:20:04] the general manager, documents

[1:20:07] tried action Inc. did not

[1:20:09] comment on the final assessment

[1:20:10] of an satisfactory performance

[1:20:12] within the timeframe provided.

[1:20:15] Consequently City refuses to

[1:20:16] tender documents for a period of

[1:20:18] two years.

[1:20:20] >> Do I have a mover?

[1:20:23] >> Brent Cowan, district eight.

[1:20:25] >> And seconder? The

[1:20:27] >> Club was in a, district one.

[1:20:30] >> All those in favour?

[1:20:38] >>

[1:20:39] >> 10.2, the other report of

[1:20:40] activities under the act

[1:20:42] respecting elections and

[1:20:43] referendums in municipalities.

[1:20:47] - 10.1 Déposer le rapport

[1:20:48] concernant l'application du

[1:20:49] règlement sur la gestion

[1:20:50] contractuelle.

[1:20:52] >> Ten point 42 other ways the

[1:20:55] use of reserve to authorize debt

[1:20:57] rescheduling.

[1:20:58] - 10.3 Déposer la liste des

[1:20:59] amendements budgétaires et le

[1:21:00] registre des chèques pour la

[1:21:01] période du 8 janvier 2024 au 26

[1:21:02] janvier 2024. The amounts

[1:21:03] reimbursed are 7,992,000 and

[1:21:06] 6,223,000.

[1:21:21] 10.5 Octroyer un contrat pour la

[1:21:22] fourniture et l'installation

[1:21:23] d'écrans dynamiques, à

[1:21:24] Libertevision

[1:21:25] (Controle Concept Dynamique

[1:21:26] Inc.)

[1:21:27] , pour un montant total de 144

[1:21:28] 960,48 $, taxes incluses.

[1:21:31] >> For 10.4 to 10.5, do I have a

[1:21:32] mover?

[1:21:33] Ce contrat a pour objet la

[1:21:34] fourniture et l'installation de

[1:21:35] deux écrans dynamiques Dale 6

[1:21:36] millimètres essaiment des a

[1:21:37] double face afin de remplacer

[1:21:38] des écrans désuets existants à

[1:21:39] l'avant de l'hôtel de ville. >>

[1:21:40] Brent Cowan, district eight.

[1:21:41] >> Seconder?

[1:21:42] >> Claude closer no, district

[1:21:43] one.

[1:21:44] >> All those in favour?

[1:21:45] >> 12 point 1 to 5, staff

[1:21:47] changes for the list of February

[1:21:49] 2024.

[1:21:52] Claude Cousineau, district un.

[1:21:56] >> 14.1 to award a contract for

[1:22:00] our borough cultural group two

[1:22:02] -- for total amount of

[1:22:03] $63,633.61, tax included.

[1:22:04] - 12.2 Approuver la liste des

[1:22:05] changements au personnel par

[1:22:06] décisions non déléguées au 6

[1:22:07] février 2024. Agricultural works

[1:22:10] involved pruning, bracing, and

[1:22:12] felling.

[1:22:29] 14.2 Octroyer un contrat pour la

[1:22:30] fourniture, la distribution

[1:22:31] porte à porte et la réparation

[1:22:32] des bacs roulants, à USD Global

[1:22:33] Inc., Pour un montant total de

[1:22:34] 541 338,57 $, taxes incluses. Ce

[1:22:39] contrat est conclu pour les

[1:22:40] années 2024, 2025 et 2026 avec

[1:22:44] deux options de renouvellement.

[1:22:45] La fourniture et la réparation

[1:22:47] de bas collants est destiné à la

[1:22:48] collecte des mais c'est

[1:22:49] recyclable et organique.

[1:22:50] >> 14.3 has been withdrawn. 14

[1:22:51] by four, approved change order

[1:22:52] with a contract entered into

[1:22:53] with gestion UST for the supply

[1:22:54] of rolling bins for the

[1:22:55] territory, for the City of

[1:22:56] Pointe-Claire in the amount of

[1:22:57] $88,199.08, tax included.

[1:22:58] L'objectif de cette démarche et

[1:22:59] de répondre aux besoins de la

[1:23:00] population, de maintenir le

[1:23:01] service et d'encourager les

[1:23:02] citoyens à participer à ces

[1:23:03] collectes afin de détourner le

[1:23:04] maximum de déchets des sites

[1:23:05] dans sous le ciment. The initial

[1:23:06] contract was for the supply of

[1:23:07] wheel bans. As of April 1st,

[1:23:09] agreement for the repair

[1:23:10] maintenance of the bins has been

[1:23:13] reached. To compensate for an

[1:23:14] interruption in service

[1:23:15] following the termination of the

[1:23:16] contract number TP one 60 or 012

[1:23:19] for the collection of organic

[1:23:21] materials and recycling. The

[1:23:26] >> Do I have a mover?

[1:23:27] >> Eric Stork, district 7.,

[1:23:34] District 6.

[1:23:35] >> All and savor?

[1:23:38] - Pour 2,2 à 14,4.

[1:23:44] - On a Tremblay, district sept.

[1:23:51] - 16.1 Octroyer un contrat pour

[1:23:52] le remplacement de lampadaires

[1:23:53] de rue en divers endroits sur

[1:23:54] l'avenue Stillview, à Neolect

[1:23:55] Inc., pour un montant total de

[1:23:56] 285 350,13 $, taxes incluses.

[1:23:57] >> 16.2, to award a contract

[1:23:59] professional services for an

[1:24:00] environmental impact study

[1:24:01] within the framework of the

[1:24:02] Public shoreline stabilization

[1:24:03] program for the City of

[1:24:04] Pointe-Claire to -- for a total

[1:24:05] amount of $703,145.71, tax

[1:24:06] included. Les travaux consistent

[1:24:07] à l'installation compléter la

[1:24:08] modification du système

[1:24:09] d'éclairage sur le cul-de-sac

[1:24:11] servirait varie. The Ministry of

[1:24:14] Environment requires that the

[1:24:16] City will carry out an

[1:24:17] environmental impact study

[1:24:19] before undertaking any shoreline

[1:24:21] stabilization or prevention

[1:24:22] works. The works have already

[1:24:23] been identified for certain

[1:24:25] sections we can't begin without

[1:24:27] first carrying out said study.

[1:24:44] - 16.3 Approuver une

[1:24:45] modification au contrat

[1:24:46] intervenu avec Troice

[1:24:47] Construction Inc., Pour la

[1:24:48] construction d'un bâtiment

[1:24:49] sanitaire accessible au parc

[1:24:51] Tony-Proudfoot, pour un montant

[1:24:52] de 1 521,15 $, taxes incluses.

[1:24:53] >> For 16.1 to 16.3, do I have a

[1:24:54] mover?

[1:24:57] La modification est requise pour

[1:24:58] la fourniture et l'installation

[1:24:59] d'un évier de concierge et un

[1:25:00] robinet pour boyau non prévues

[1:25:01] au contrat initial. >>

[1:25:05] Cynthia Homan district 5.

[1:25:06] >> --

[1:25:07] >> All of? Over

[1:25:08] >> 18 point, when authorize

[1:25:09] documents from the library can

[1:25:10] collection turns a library for

[1:25:11] the 18th year the volunteer

[1:25:12] group the friends of

[1:25:13] Pointe-Claire library is

[1:25:14] organizing use book sale to

[1:25:15] benefit the community and

[1:25:16] generate funds.

[1:25:17] - Mais ce n'est, district deux.

[1:25:35] - 18.2 Autoriser la réalisation

[1:25:36] d'un projet d'art public

[1:25:37] temporaire dans le parc

[1:25:38] David-W.-Beck. Le comité d'art

[1:25:41] public de Pointe-Claire

[1:25:43] recommande la réalisation d'un

[1:25:44] projet d'art public sur la

[1:25:46] clôture entourant l'aire de jeu

[1:25:47] des tout-petits dans le parc

[1:25:48] David-W.-Beck.

[1:25:51] >> Do I have a mover?

[1:25:52] Situé à l'angle des avenues

[1:25:53] d'Allemands et Saint-Louis. >>,

[1:25:54] Tremblay, district 6.

[1:25:55] Ce projet d'art public se veut

[1:25:56] temporaire et aura une durée de

[1:25:57] vie minimale de 2 ans et

[1:25:58] contribuera positivement à une

[1:26:00] identité visuelle du quartier.

[1:26:03] >>

[1:26:04] - Pour 18,1 18,2.

[1:26:05] >> Mr. Stork, can you vote

[1:26:07] please?

[1:26:08] >> Yes. - Oui, Monsieur le

[1:26:09] Maire. Carmant

[1:26:10] Bruno Tremblay, district six. >>

[1:26:16] [Inaudible]

[1:26:22] >> Is it okay? To translate what

[1:26:26] I said in my first comments, is

[1:26:29] that I will have information

[1:26:32] session on the proposed, well

[1:26:36] not the proposed deal, the

[1:26:38] approved deal on the city side

[1:26:41] for the windmill. I didn't

[1:26:45] determine that it didn't have a

[1:26:47] place yet. But there will be a

[1:26:49] meet and greet. That will be a

[1:26:51] main subject so we can ask you

[1:26:53] all the questions to go into the

[1:26:57] details so we can understand

[1:27:00] what is done by our team. Thank

[1:27:03] you.

[1:27:04] >> And hopefully I will be

[1:27:05] included in that session,

[1:27:09] Councillor Claude Cousineau,

[1:27:10] thank you.

[1:27:12] >> Closure.

[1:27:13] >> Foreclosure do I have a

[1:27:15] mover?

[1:27:18] >> Tara Stainforth, district 4.

[1:27:22] Merci, Monsieur. >>, The

[1:27:23] district 7.

[1:27:24] >> Thinks, over one.

[1:27:35] Merci beaucoup, tout le monde.

2024-02-06 Conseil de la Ville de Pointe-Claire

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