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>> You guys hear me? We are
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good? We have power. Here we
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have our. Ladies and gentlemen,
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good evening and welcome to the
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June 4th meeting.
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[Speaking French]
[1:15]
With the warm weather, it's nice
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to know that our splash pads are
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now open and they're very
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popular with our young citizens.
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The outdoor pools will welcome
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their for swimmers and divers on
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June 15th.
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[Speaking French]
[1:50]
Kelly, he's been training with
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Pointe-Claire aquatic Club for
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over five years as a diver, will
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be part of the Canadian team for
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a second time. Nathan's -- butt
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[Speaking French]
[2:15]
Nathan is a native of
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Pointe-Claire. He's been
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training with the Pointe-Claire
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aquatic hub for over 15 years.
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He's also participating in the
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second time. Patrick husky was
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selected to represent the
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Canadian team
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[Speaking French]
[2:41]
Patrick trying to point clear
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swimming club at a very young
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age. He was elected to represent
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the Canadian team as a swimmer,
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following his excellent
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performances at the Olympic
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trials.
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[Speaking French]
[3:16]
To promote accessibility amongst
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citizens and employees, the city
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is pleased to be able to count
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on the presence of the
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accessibility committee to help
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us better understand the reality
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of people living with a
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disability. In consequently,
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target our actions to approve
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universal accessibility on the
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territory, in our actions, and
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our projects. Whether it's
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through training for our
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employees, through our programs
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and activities at the library,
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and our parks, or through the
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deployment of an inclusive
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playground in the development of
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accessible facilities, we are
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pursuing our efforts to achieve
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ever greater inclusivity.
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[Speaking French]
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>> We wish offer most your
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condolences to Mr. -- on May
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29th, 2024. He was employed by
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the City from 1960 5:10 1997,
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with 31 years of service at the
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time of his retirement. He was
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foreman in public works.
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[Speaking French]
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The City of Pointe-Claire is
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continuing its efforts to reduce
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its ecological footprint and
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accelerate its commitment to our
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ecological transition and
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environmental protection. Thanks
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to our, this environmental
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gesture, Pointe-Claire is the
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first municipality to prove, by
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obtaining renewable energy
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certificates, or eat sees, that
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it consumes energy from 100%
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renewable sources. We will
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continue our efforts to make
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Pointe-Claire a model of
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environmental sustainability and
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resilience.
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[Speaking French]
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[Speaking French]
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This evening, will be voting to
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adopt a bylaw that will
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influence our drinking water
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consumption for years to come.
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This bylaw, which stems from a
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ministerial obligation, is an
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important step in the management
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of drinking water for both
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consumers and businesses in our
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town.
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-- Washing of parking lots,
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automatic sprinklers, et cetera,
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to you. Rest assured, we will
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support our citizens in this
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transition. In light of these
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important environmental issues,
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we are still looking for a
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citizen to sit on the cities
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environment committee.
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And I reverse the order as
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always. I should've done with
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the Councillors reports first,
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so I will start with Councillor
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Cowan.
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>> Thank you, I am sort of
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barely hear. I just came back
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from a business trip to Bangkok
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and I'm still on Bangkok time,
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so I will try to stay awake.
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>> Councillor casino?
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[Speaking French]
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Ça s'appelle Pepper Hughes,
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depuis la fin des années 60. On
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a manqué une subvention de
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183000 dollars parce qu'on
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n'avait pas ce règlement
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ridicule, ridicule et
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probablement qu'à Québec, ils
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ont dit: eille, Pointe-Claire,
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depuis la fin des années 60, ça
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a marché leur affaire. Omar
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pénalisé pour ne pas avoir une
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loi qui restreint l'utilisation
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de l'eau. Je vais continuer un
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peu plus tard, mais il est temps
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que... en tout cas, moi, ma
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décision est pris depuis
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longtemps. C'est effrayant ce
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que vous, les payeurs de taxes,
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vous faites faire avec Québec,
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Montréal, l'angle où est la
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sixième. Il faut faire quelque
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chose. Je ne pense pas que mes
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amis autour de la table sont
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d'accord, mais moi, je crois
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qu'il est grand temps. Merci!
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Bonsoir! Juste un petit rappel
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que je
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(inaudible)
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rencontre avec les citoyens le
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15 et 16 juin, à des différents
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lieux.
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(inaudible)
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Les Viau et
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(inaudible)
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vous êtes les bienvenus.
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-- The -- 16th Mason can be
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found on my newsletter or you
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can contact me or check my
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Facebook. Merci.
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Merci!
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- Bonsoir,! >> Good evening. I
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would just like to thank Madam
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Verdun for organizing the
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meeting with her team. As you
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know, there is construction
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going on at lakeside, lakeshore,
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and it's changing for various
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reasons. There will eventually
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be a meeting that to explain
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where they are going, but the
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factors have been changing. And
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so, it's in very important.
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Saturday, the -- Pulitzer
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registration and the president
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would be able to like to tell
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the people what's going to
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happen, where they are going to
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go, so they made an excellent
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presentation which helped him
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tremendously because he was able
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to advise him at the same time
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Saturday. This is up until July
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15th, this is what you should do
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and here's what you should do
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after, here's what's going to
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happen. Vous avez juste à
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remercier madame Verdon pour
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avoir organisé la rainure avec
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son équipe. Mardi passé. Pour
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permettre au président du club
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de natation... elles, autres ils
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ont des compétitions l'été. Il y
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a beaucoup de gens qui voyagent,
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ce n'est pas juste les gens de
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la place. Les autres clubs
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viennent et tout ça. C'est
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important qu'ils sachent comment
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circuler. Ils ont fait une très
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bonne présentation et
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(inaudible)
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. Samedi matin, ils ont pu dire
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à ces gens: voici ce que vous
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devez faire, ce qui enlève
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beaucoup de pression et c'est
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plus facile est proactif que
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réactifs, je pense. So, thank
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you.
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Merci! >> Councillor Homan?
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>> I will just say good evening,
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I don't really have too much to
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say and the project we have
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going on our two streets,
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Monterrey and mill haven.
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We're really excited to have
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that happening and so far, the
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projects are going well. So,
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[Inaudible]
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>> Councillor Tremblay?
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Councillor Thorstad-Cullen?
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>> Good evening. I just would
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like to thank the City of
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Pointe-Claire teams for making
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sure that those splash pads did
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get opened. I saw many happy
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young ones in the bow a splash
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pad over these warm weather
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days, so it's fantastic. Thank
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you for making sure that was
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done early. And I have received
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quite a few requests and
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concerns about the work that is
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being done on the sources
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overpass. We know it's
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cumbersome and it's difficult to
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navigate all around Donegani and
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on to the ramp leading on the
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highway 20. About the work is
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continuing and they are trying
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to complete it as soon as
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possible, and when it is
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complete, you will see the
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removal of all the large
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containers that have been on
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site all around the cubic area.
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It's needed and required for the
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work that is going on there. And
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in addition, there's been some
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concerns about noise complaints,
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but our provincial work does
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have extended hours to try to
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get more work done when it's
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attached to a major highway. So,
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we thank everyone for their
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patients. We understand that
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it's difficult, but it will be
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nice for us to have a safer
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overpass to drive on.
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>> Councillor Stork?
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>> The work at the tennis court
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is moving along, it's on time,
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it's on project. Juste une
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couple de points mentionnés
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concernant
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(inaudible)
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.
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So, that's going well. Also,
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you'll notice in front of the
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Shelley dated a whole bunch of
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digging up for a path that's on
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the future planned to be
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re-done, that's all being
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addressed. Also, a reminder
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tomorrow night is a meeting here
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in the room -- reconstruction of
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Winthrop. Demain soir, c'est la
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réunion.
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Unfortunately, I will not be
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there. I will be travelling with
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my colleagues on a conference.
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But that is scheduled tomorrow.
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The plans were all out. Posing
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again the plans tonight for
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people to see. Outside of that,
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also the Winthrop construction,
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I found out won't overlap with
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the Delaware construction cause
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we already have a lot going on
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in the area. So, we don't want
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to lose to large north, south
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arteries in that area. As well,
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I will be having a town hall in
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September and one of the big
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issues obviously, Northview
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number seven is a construction
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of the -- building. As
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information provides itself, we
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will make it available and as
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well, I don't see anything
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happening really before
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September. I might be wrong but
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that will be the primary topic
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of conversation for the town
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hall that will be held. That is
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it, thank you, Mister Mayor.
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>> Okay, Madam Thibault? Bon
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alors, un virgule adoption du
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(inaudible)
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For the adoption of the agenda,
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do I have a mover?
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>> Kelly Thorstad-Cullen,
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district 12.
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>> And seconder?
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Tremblay, seigneurie. >> All it
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favour?
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>> 2.1, pick proclaimed June
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26th, 2020, for the national
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councillor wellness awareness
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day.
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3.1 Approuver le procès-verbal
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de la séance ordinaire du 7 mai
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2024. >> Do I have a mover?
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>> Kelly Thorstad-Cullen,
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district three.
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>> And seconder?
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.
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>> Bruno Tremblay, district six.
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>> All in favour? Question
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period.
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Pour la période de questions ce
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soir. À la période de questions,
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vous avez été accueilli à
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l'entrée pour vous inscrire à la
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période des questions.
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L'intention de cette démarche
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est d'abord de permettre aux
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personnes de demeurer assise
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jusqu'à l'appel de
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(inaudible)
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est d'accorder l'appel aux
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crises... résidents et
[16:39]
résidentes de Pointe-Claire.
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Nous garderons 90 minutes pour
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la période de questions, une
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personne à la fois au micro.
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Nous vous remercions d'attendre
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que les citoyens aient terminé
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de poser sa question et que vous
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soyez appelés avant de vous
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lever pour venir poser votre
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question. Les non-résidents
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présents pourront poser leurs
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questions, par la suite, si le
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temps n'est pas écoulé. >> For
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question period tonight, you are
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greeted at the entrance to
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register for the question
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period.
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The goal of this approach is to
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allow people to remain seated
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until their name is called, and
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give priority to Pointe-Claire
[17:18]
residents. We shall stick to the
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90 minute time limit for
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question period. One person at a
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time at the microphone. Thank
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you for waiting for a citizen to
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finish asking their question and
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you will be called before you
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get up to ask yours.
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Nonresidents present will be
[17:33]
able to ask questions afterwards
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if there is still time. And
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first up is David Johnson.
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>> Can you hear me?
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>> Yes.
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>> Good evening. Bonsoir à tous.
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Seven weeks ago, the National
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Assembly tabled Bill 57.
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Proposed legislation designed to
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fine citizens up to 1500 dollars
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for harassment of mayors, City
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Councillors, and members of the
[18:04]
national assembly. And up to
[18:06]
$500 for citizens disrupting
[18:09]
Council meetings. Very brief
[18:11]
public hearings were held in May
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and the bill is expected to
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become law later this month.
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More than 106 of, 125 citizens
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groups have come out against the
[18:24]
bill and several veteran
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municipal observers have
[18:26]
expressed their own concerns,
[18:29]
including professor Danielle
[18:31]
pilot of UQAM, University of
[18:34]
Québec in Montréal, writing
[18:35]
three weeks ago in the magazine
[18:38]
policy options, which is
[18:40]
published by the institute for
[18:41]
research on public policy here
[18:42]
in Montréal,. She said, among
[18:46]
other things, that one feeling
[18:47]
of Bill 57 is that it does not
[18:50]
put in place a mechanism to help
[18:52]
citizens understand what
[18:55]
constitutes harassment. Or good
[18:58]
conduct from bad at council
[19:00]
meetings. She says,
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municipalities need bylaws and
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lay out rules for question
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period, and for the formulation
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of questions, and acceptable
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comments. Now, I didn't know
[19:11]
that Pointe-Claire had a bylaw
[19:13]
governing question period until
[19:15]
a couple of months ago. Our
[19:18]
bylaw prohibits applause,
[19:21]
personal attacks, and innuendo.
[19:23]
I would like to ask whether you,
[19:26]
Mister Mayor, and Council might
[19:28]
be agreeable to put in a copy of
[19:30]
the rules for question period on
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the table here beside me, which
[19:34]
is where copies of the meeting
[19:36]
agendas are already placed. They
[19:38]
could be placed side by side or
[19:40]
stapled together. Thank you.
[19:43]
>> Okay, it's a good idea, I
[19:45]
don't see why not. Normand
[19:51]
Dupont.
[19:57]
Bonsoir! J'aimerais savoir s'il
[20:00]
y a une possibilité de mettre de
[20:03]
la signalisation sur l'entier
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pour non camion, pas de camions.
[20:09]
C'est incroyable le nombre de
[20:10]
camions qui passent sur et
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qu'ils n'ont pas d'affaire à
[20:14]
faire du tout dans le village.
[20:15]
Quand ils ont affaire dans les
[20:16]
villages, ils pourraient passer
[20:17]
autrement. Encore samedi passé,
[20:21]
la semi-remorque qui est allé au
[20:23]
golf pour amener les produits
[20:26]
pour la cuisine à passer sera
[20:30]
Lanthier. Il y a une entrée au
[20:33]
golf. Je ne comprends pas. Il y
[20:34]
a quelques mois, on en avait pas
[20:35]
avec monsieur Cousineau on avait
[20:37]
eu une réunion avec quelques
[20:40]
résidents ça avait été
[20:41]
mentionné, Monsieur Cousineau,
[20:43]
de mettre de la signalisation
[20:45]
pour nos camions. Je ne sais pas
[20:46]
où c'est rendu, je ne sais pas
[20:48]
si monsieur Cousineau s'en est
[20:51]
occupé...
[20:52]
- Je ne me souviens pas de cette
[20:54]
conversation-là. On a parlé...
[21:01]
(problème technique)
[21:02]
.
[25:22]
Monsieur Dupont. Est-ce qu'on a
[25:23]
déjà répondu? C'était correct?
[25:27]
>> Did we finish with Mr. do
[25:29]
pond? - Non.
[25:30]
I think we did. - Monsieur
[25:32]
Dupont n'a pas l'air d'accord
[25:33]
avec ma réponse. Vous avez une
[25:40]
deuxième question, Monsieur, si
[25:41]
vous voulez.
[25:42]
- Non, c'était cette question-là
[25:43]
à savoir si c'était possible de
[25:45]
mettre de la signalisation qui
[25:46]
empêchent les camions de passer.
[25:49]
Monsieur Cousineau ne se
[25:50]
rappelle pas, mais quand on a eu
[25:51]
la réunion, il n'avait pas été
[25:52]
dans son livre...
[25:54]
- Ce que je me souviens, c'était
[25:56]
sur un autre sujet.
[25:59]
(---)
[26:00]
Ce n'était pas sur un autre
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sujet. Vous me l'avez pointé
[26:02]
dans votre livre. Vous étiez
[26:03]
assis à côté de. Moi
[26:04]
- Je regrette, mais je ne l'ai
[26:05]
pas fait suivre. Je ne l'aurais
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pas fait suivre au conseil, je
[26:09]
l'aurais fait suivre au comité
[26:10]
de circulation. J'ai peut-être
[26:13]
eu une réponse à ce moment-là,
[26:15]
mais je ne me souviens pas du
[26:16]
tout. Je m'en excuse. Ce ne sera
[26:20]
plus un problème dans 1 an et
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demi.
[26:24]
- Pourquoi? Pourquoi?
[26:28]
- C'est ma deuxième question? Il
[26:30]
n'y a pas de débat.
[26:31]
- Je veux juste savoir.
[26:32]
- Mais c'est votre deuxième
[26:35]
question.
[26:36]
- J'ai juste une question, c'est
[26:37]
ça. La circulation sur l'entier,
[26:39]
les camions... Lanthier, pardon.
[26:44]
- Comme je vous ai déjà, dit je
[26:46]
ne me souviens pas des
[26:47]
événements, je regrette. Je ne
[26:50]
me souviens pas de l'avoir
[26:52]
transmis même au comité de
[26:56]
circulation et je ne me souviens
[26:57]
pas de cette conversation qui a
[27:00]
eu lieu probablement après le 23
[27:04]
avril après l'élection. Merci.
[27:09]
- Est-ce que vous pouvez faire
[27:10]
quelque chose?
[27:11]
- Ça dépend du comité de
[27:13]
circulation. Ça peut être
[27:15]
difficile d'arrêter les camions
[27:17]
sur la rue Lanthier.
[27:19]
>> It is a big ask., Mais on
[27:21]
peut essayer de faire quelque
[27:22]
chose. C'est le comité de
[27:24]
circulation qui décide ça.
[27:26]
- Vous arrivez en phase de
[27:27]
Lanthier, vous le voyez, c'est
[27:29]
aberrant.
[27:30]
- C'est souvent qui paye, mais
[27:32]
il y a pas d'autres places dans
[27:33]
le village. Lakeshore est pire.
[27:37]
(inaudible)
[27:38]
Il y a bien des camions qui
[27:39]
passent sur Lanthier et qui s'en
[27:41]
vont à Beaconsfield, par
[27:43]
exemple.
[27:44]
- Oui.
[27:45]
(inaudible)
[27:46]
Qu'il y ait quelque chose qui
[27:47]
soit fait pour ça. Je veux dire,
[27:48]
à un moment donné...
[27:51]
- Les business ont besoin de
[27:53]
faire leurs livraisons. Je pense
[27:54]
qu'il n'y a pas d'autres
[27:57]
solutions pour ça.
[27:58]
- Ils peuvent faire les
[27:59]
livraisons plus tôt le matin.
[28:00]
- Oui, peut-être. Peut-être
[28:02]
qu'on peut faire des règles, on
[28:03]
ne sait jamais.
[28:04]
- Merci.
[28:05]
- O.K.. Monsieur Clément.
[28:13]
- Bonjour, je m'appelle entrer
[28:15]
clairement et j'habite au huit
[28:16]
golf à Pointe-Claire.
[28:20]
Dernièrement j'ai su qu'il y a
[28:21]
eu une demande de changement de
[28:23]
zonage pour le bâtiment qui est
[28:26]
juste au sud de chez nous qui
[28:27]
est le six golfe. Pour en faire
[28:31]
une demande, c'est une zonage
[28:35]
résidentiel, on veut en faire un
[28:37]
zonage résidentiel...
[28:39]
(---)
[28:40]
personnellement, je suis contre
[28:42]
ça. J'habite la maison... six
[28:46]
golf, elle est très proche. On
[28:47]
regarde la rue, la maison est
[28:49]
collé sur l'allée tout au long,
[28:50]
collé sur la ligne de notre
[28:52]
terrain est très proche. En
[28:54]
plus, chez nous, c'est une
[28:55]
maison ancestrale. C'est en
[28:57]
avant de toutes les maisons de
[28:58]
la rue, donc la moitié de la
[29:00]
maison quasiment chez nous donne
[29:01]
sur le terrain du six golf. Ce
[29:07]
qui arrive c'est que le zonage
[29:10]
qui est demandé... je sais qu'il
[29:14]
ne... vous ne pouvez pas en
[29:16]
parler, mais je sais que combien
[29:17]
d'personnes veulent servir à
[29:19]
manger. Pourquoi je suis contre
[29:22]
et la plupart des citoyens avec
[29:23]
qui j'ai parlé de ça,
[29:25]
imaginez-vous le va-et-vient du
[29:27]
monde qui rentrent et qui
[29:28]
sortent de cette glace-là quand
[29:30]
il y a eu un souper, un dîner et
[29:32]
tout ça. Le bruit que ça peut
[29:34]
faire, la proximité qu'on est
[29:36]
chez nous, une belle grande
[29:38]
galerie, on est assis. 4 mètres
[29:40]
à côté, le terrain est là. Une
[29:44]
fois que le permis est accordé,
[29:47]
après ça, c'est quoi qui va se
[29:49]
passer en avant? Ça va-tu être
[29:50]
un stationnement? Ça va être une
[29:54]
terrasse? Ça, on s'imagine que
[29:59]
quand ils rentrent une
[30:01]
quarantaine de personnes et qui
[30:02]
sort, le bruit que ça peut
[30:04]
amener, le changement... ça a un
[30:08]
impact. L'impact que ça amène,
[30:12]
ça change la qualité de vie ça.
[30:15]
Comment je peux dire? C'est une
[30:17]
maison qui est résidentiel,
[30:18]
pourquoi ils ne restent pas
[30:20]
résidentiel? Comme je vous dis,
[30:28]
Tom... les gens qui j'ai parlé
[30:31]
dans la rue, ils sont opposés à
[30:32]
ça parce qu'on le sait tout ce
[30:34]
qui fait la demande, on sait
[30:37]
qui... prochainement, je sais
[30:39]
que vous avez un vote à prendre
[30:40]
sur le sujet. Une de mes
[30:45]
questions, ce serait: allez-vous
[30:48]
prendre en considération ce que
[30:49]
les gens de la rue veulent? Le
[30:56]
changement de zonage c'est la
[30:58]
qualité de vie, si vous allez
[31:01]
prendre en considération la
[31:02]
qualité de vie. Qu'est-ce que ça
[31:03]
va changer pour nous autres,
[31:05]
chez nous et le voisinage
[31:06]
alentour et les gens de la rue?
[31:08]
Veut veut pas, ça fait bien du
[31:10]
monde de plus dans la rue pour
[31:12]
le stationnement, le va-et-vient
[31:14]
et toutes. Mon autre question
[31:18]
c'est ce vote-là. Vous avez un
[31:20]
vote à prendre, quand est-ce que
[31:22]
ça va être pris, ça?
[31:25]
- La deuxième, c'est une bonne
[31:27]
question s'il y aura un vote...
[31:28]
on n'a pas décidé, il n'y a pas
[31:30]
encore des votes. C'est en débat
[31:33]
maintenant, on n'a pas fait de
[31:35]
décision pour voter. Je pense
[31:37]
qu'on n'est pas là, mais je suis
[31:39]
d'accord avec ce que vous avez
[31:41]
dit au début, votre première
[31:44]
question. Je comprends bien le
[31:45]
quartier, je connais bien,
[31:47]
j'habite pas loin. Je suis
[31:49]
d'accord un peu avec vos
[31:51]
sentiments et il faut comprendre
[31:54]
les perspectives des gens de la
[31:56]
rue, il faut. Pour faire la
[31:59]
décision, on ne sait jamais. On
[32:01]
va voir, ce n'est pas encore
[32:04]
décidé.
[32:05]
- Oui parce que comme je dis,
[32:06]
c'est beau prendre en
[32:08]
considération le vendeur,
[32:12]
l'acheteur et les résidents, on
[32:13]
en fait quoi? Il faut penser à
[32:15]
l'impact que ça amène. Si on
[32:16]
commence à dézoner une maison,
[32:18]
après ça, c'est quoi le
[32:20]
prochain? C'est un changement de
[32:23]
zonage, ce n'est pas rien. Ça
[32:25]
change la qualité de la vie des
[32:26]
gens et j'espère que vous allez
[32:27]
le prendre en considération de
[32:29]
toutes les gens de la rue et
[32:31]
qu'est-ce qu'ils en pensez le
[32:32]
voisinage.
[32:33]
- Absolument. Ça peut changer le
[32:35]
stationnement aussi. Il y a des
[32:36]
questions autour de ce débat, il
[32:37]
y a beaucoup de questions, je
[32:39]
comprends bien.
[32:41]
- S'il y a un vote qui a lieu,
[32:43]
est-ce qu'on va être avisé.
[32:45]
J'aimerais ça t'aviser.
[32:48]
- Comme voisins immédiats Roy...
[32:52]
- Au niveau du processus, pour
[32:54]
un changement de zonage, le
[32:56]
processus sait qu'il va avoir...
[32:58]
il faut qu'il y a une ville
[32:59]
aussi qui est déposé, ce n'est
[33:01]
pas le cas présentement... il va
[33:03]
avoir une première rencontre
[33:04]
avec le conseil municipal, il va
[33:05]
avoir un premier vote par la,
[33:07]
suite il y a des avis publics,
[33:08]
nous avons une consultation
[33:09]
publique, un processus
[33:11]
référendaire et tout s'enclenche
[33:13]
jusqu'à
[33:14]
(inaudible)
[33:15]
du zonage. C'est sûr que vous
[33:16]
allez être informé.
[33:17]
- Comme ça, du moment que ses
[33:18]
bottés, comme voisins immédiats,
[33:20]
je ne suis pas avisée
[33:21]
immédiatement où...
[33:22]
- Premièrement, il faut faire un
[33:25]
dépôt de règlements. Je vais
[33:27]
essayer de faire ça simple. On a
[33:28]
vu une, motion un dépôt de
[33:29]
règlements et c'est à ce
[33:30]
moment-là que cette vie publique
[33:31]
est là, il est tout un processus
[33:33]
qui va s'enclencher avec les
[33:36]
citoyens. Les premiers votent
[33:37]
c'est seulement pour aviser les
[33:39]
gens qu'il y a un dépôt au
[33:40]
règlement. Vous allez avoir
[33:41]
accès à ce règlement-là.
[33:43]
Regardez et là, vous allez avoir
[33:45]
comme toutes les processus de
[33:46]
consultation et les processus
[33:48]
(inaudible)
[33:52]
- Si c'est en faveur, les gens
[33:54]
dans la rue, ils n'en veulent
[33:55]
pas et ça va être une demande de
[33:57]
référendum?
[33:58]
- Si justement. Il va voir le
[33:59]
processus référendaire, donc
[34:00]
vous allez faire un dépôt. On
[34:02]
ouvre les registres
[34:03]
référendaires, les citoyens vont
[34:04]
peut venir s'enregistrer au
[34:05]
registre. Ça va revenir au
[34:07]
conseil va avoir des décisions
[34:08]
qui vont se prendre à ce
[34:09]
moment-là.
[34:10]
- Je comprends qu'il y a des
[34:11]
plages de temps si on ne veut
[34:12]
pas manquer non plus. C'est pour
[34:15]
ça que j'aimerais ça t'aviser
[34:16]
parce qu'à un moment donné,
[34:17]
qu'on peut faire un référendum,
[34:19]
je veux le comprendre, je vais
[34:20]
le connaître comme il faut. Où
[34:22]
je peux aller pour ça et qui qui
[34:23]
va me le dire?
[34:25]
- Ça va être maître Thibault.
[34:28]
- Vous avez beaucoup de
[34:32]
questions. Vous êtes permis
[34:33]
d'avoir deux. Vous avez eu
[34:36]
plusieurs, alors je pense que
[34:39]
madame Verdugo a bien répondu.
[34:40]
La décision, on n'est pas là. Je
[34:44]
comprends bien ce que vous avez
[34:45]
dit. Je comprends très bien ce
[34:47]
que vous avez. Le conseil
[34:49]
comprend bien.
[34:50]
- Merci beaucoup d'avoir écouté.
[34:51]
- Merci beaucoup.
[34:56]
>> Diana -- did I say that
[34:57]
right, Diana?
[34:59]
À peu près.
[35:04]
>> Thank you so much for letting
[35:06]
me talk. My name -- is it better
[35:10]
now? Okay, my name is Diana -- I
[35:14]
live on 182 -- Avenue. I live in
[35:18]
this house for the last 26 years
[35:22]
and Laval city and appreciate
[35:24]
all of that City Council always
[35:26]
puts into green and
[35:28]
horticultural initiatives. It
[35:29]
was great on the mayor, Mike --
[35:35]
next mayors. Unfortunately, the
[35:38]
recent changes severely punish
[35:41]
homeowners. I would like to
[35:42]
address it. First, it's a
[35:46]
compost that we all ecologically
[35:50]
can -- we put compost in the
[35:52]
green bin, collect everything
[35:55]
that can be composted, put every
[35:57]
week, regardless of season. In
[36:00]
the past, when the eco centre
[36:03]
was open, like May to October,
[36:05]
every month when it was
[36:07]
ecocentre days, the City was
[36:09]
giving us, the citizens, the
[36:12]
compost. And it's very important
[36:16]
for the gardeners, for citizens,
[36:19]
it was very good to have access
[36:21]
to compost six times a year,
[36:24]
whatever. And now, it's severely
[36:27]
curbed., Like last year, it was
[36:29]
announced it will be only two
[36:31]
times, Wednesday -- the last I
[36:33]
believe of the season. I think
[36:37]
it's not nice for us. It should
[36:39]
be changed immediately. Because
[36:41]
we do give, we do our share of
[36:44]
work, composting, and we don't
[36:47]
get stuff back. Second thing,
[36:50]
it's mulch, it's the same
[36:52]
question. It used to be when it
[36:53]
was compost, it was always
[36:54]
giving us the mulch. And we do
[36:58]
collect branches, we used to put
[37:01]
them all in the parking lot near
[37:03]
the terracotta and it was great.
[37:06]
Now, I see that nothing is done.
[37:08]
I came to the City Hall and
[37:10]
asked the public works, and they
[37:12]
told me it will not be done
[37:15]
anymore. Only on ecocentre days.
[37:17]
But even ecocentre now, not
[37:18]
every month, but even every two
[37:21]
months. So, summer gets warmer,
[37:24]
we need to protect the plants
[37:26]
and it's ecological way. You
[37:29]
were saying before that the
[37:31]
Pointe-Claire was a very
[37:32]
ecological city and I think it's
[37:33]
a good way to help citizens
[37:37]
also, so please consider giving
[37:39]
back mulch to citizens. The last
[37:42]
thing, it's also related with
[37:44]
that, we plant beautiful tulips
[37:48]
and everything every season, and
[37:50]
we love our city for doing it.
[37:53]
My question is, for example,
[37:56]
when you finish the when the
[37:59]
city workers finished planning
[38:00]
and they have some leftovers,
[38:03]
maybe give it to citizens and
[38:05]
another thing, when you take out
[38:06]
the bulbs when it gets finished
[38:13]
flowering, why not give it to
[38:17]
citizens? Again, I asked the
[38:18]
public works. They told me last
[38:20]
year, it was done Sundays, but
[38:22]
it's never, I've never seen any
[38:24]
advertising of that. It's great
[38:26]
to do it and it's good if you do
[38:28]
it, like, on a first come, first
[38:30]
served basis, but it should be
[38:32]
available for everybody. So, it
[38:33]
should be advertised for people,
[38:35]
so they can come with certain
[38:40]
days. And that's about it. Thank
[38:46]
you for doing a great job you
[38:48]
do, it's just a little things
[38:49]
that can be fixed that can make
[38:51]
our life better.
[38:52]
>> Okay, we'll thank you for
[38:53]
your question and I'm, that is
[38:57]
sort of somewhat news to me. I
[38:59]
know we have recently given away
[39:01]
a lot of excess plants to the
[39:03]
horticultural society. We have
[39:04]
donated a lot of our access and
[39:06]
I know we do do that as
[39:08]
practice. We give away our
[39:09]
plants. Whether we have
[39:10]
actually, have we actually
[39:12]
diminished our compost and our
[39:14]
mulch, our donations of compost
[39:15]
and mulch?
[39:16]
>> Each year is different how
[39:19]
much compost and mulch that we
[39:20]
can have. This year, we don't
[39:22]
have a lot of them because we
[39:24]
don't have a lot of --
[39:27]
unfortunately, we have to keep
[39:28]
them only for the eco centre but
[39:30]
for the compost for this year,
[39:32]
you can go, you know, at the --
[39:34]
all day if you want. We have
[39:36]
enough from Montréal that you
[39:38]
can go. But it's different each
[39:40]
year, so you have to be careful.
[39:42]
>> No but right now, I came to
[39:44]
--
[39:45]
>> Could you go to the question?
[39:46]
>> I came to the public works
[39:47]
for us and they told me that
[39:48]
this practice won't be done
[39:49]
anymore, so the only time you
[39:50]
can get it is the on the
[39:52]
ecocentre day and it now was
[39:53]
reduced to instead of every
[39:55]
month, now it's only every two
[39:57]
months. So, really curving the
[39:59]
services for people, I'm sorry.
[40:02]
It's great what you do to the
[40:05]
parks, but you should see how
[40:07]
happy people were coming to get
[40:09]
some mulch. You do it anyway,
[40:11]
just put a little bit for
[40:12]
people. Give it to us.
[40:14]
>> Okay but like I told you,
[40:16]
this year, we don't have enough
[40:17]
mulch. -- All the time because
[40:20]
it's depending on how many trees
[40:22]
or branches we collect and we
[40:23]
don't collect a lot, so it would
[40:26]
only be in the eco centre for
[40:27]
this year.
[40:28]
>> Maybe you can put some share
[40:29]
for the citizens, not only for
[40:31]
the city. --
[40:34]
>> If we have extra, we
[40:36]
certainly will be generous to
[40:38]
the citizens.
[40:39]
>> -- A certain percentage.
[40:41]
>> We need the city's supply of
[40:44]
mulch. Thank you.
[40:45]
>> Thank you.
[40:46]
>> Pamela Stanton.
[40:53]
>> It's Pamela 17.
[40:55]
>> I thought it was 17, there is
[40:57]
missing an eye here.
[40:58]
>> Good evening, Mayor Thomas
[41:01]
and Council members, tonight I
[41:02]
come before you about a serious
[41:04]
topic concerning the development
[41:06]
of land behind the --
[41:08]
>> Pamela, can I ask you to get
[41:09]
a little closer to the
[41:10]
microphone? We can hear you. The
[41:12]
citizens, more importantly, the
[41:13]
citizens at home cannot hear.
[41:14]
>> Okay, can you hear me better?
[41:16]
Thank you. Tonight, I come
[41:18]
before you about a serious topic
[41:21]
concerning the development of
[41:22]
land behind the homes on the
[41:24]
north side of -- although we
[41:30]
specifically are represented by
[41:31]
one single councillor, Mr. Bruno
[41:34]
Tremblay, our hope is that all
[41:36]
the councillor members and our
[41:39]
mayor will give respectful
[41:42]
attention to this important
[41:45]
matter. It's almost impossible
[41:47]
to comprehend that in July of
[41:50]
2016, yes, eight years ago, the
[41:55]
residents of 11 homes were
[41:57]
informed by a notice hung on our
[42:00]
doorknobs that the city was
[42:01]
taking back 50 feet of land that
[42:03]
had been given to these
[42:05]
homeowners by Mayor Arthur
[42:09]
Seguin in 1967. Now, it's going
[42:12]
to be developed into a bike path
[42:16]
with overtime has progressed to
[42:18]
be called a linear park. Above a
[42:22]
buffer zone was needed in 1967
[42:24]
to separate the clean industry
[42:27]
built on Hymus from the new
[42:30]
homes that were being built in
[42:33]
1967. And the wise Mayor Arthur
[42:37]
say and his respectful Council
[42:41]
decided to give that buffer zone
[42:43]
of land to the homeowners,
[42:46]
rather than to the industry,
[42:48]
which had many, many, many feet.
[42:52]
This, we know because when we
[42:53]
bought, we were told this and we
[42:56]
had been residents here for
[42:58]
about 50 years.. This land was
[43:04]
not given to us to be our land,
[43:08]
but it was land loaned and given
[43:10]
to be enjoyed by the citizens,
[43:12]
and to do what we wished with
[43:14]
it, as long as we didn't put
[43:15]
anything permanent. Be it a pool
[43:19]
or, I don't know, a Château. But
[43:22]
we were able to use that land.
[43:25]
Many of us have spent years and
[43:28]
great amount of money to develop
[43:31]
this. If you came to our
[43:33]
backyard, you would not believe
[43:35]
that the 70, 80 foot trees that
[43:37]
are there were planted this big
[43:40]
by us 40 years ago. Now, to
[43:44]
shorten this saga, after many
[43:46]
tense council meetings that
[43:47]
we've had here over the eight
[43:50]
years, and legal action, of
[43:52]
course, that had to be taken by
[43:53]
the residents to try and have
[43:54]
some discussion, in November of
[43:59]
2018, the 11 homes were given
[44:04]
the permission, the right, to
[44:07]
buy 15 feet of this 50 feet
[44:10]
land. At the time of signing
[44:14]
here at City Hall, the notaries
[44:16]
that we were involved with
[44:18]
expressed to us that if we
[44:20]
really wish to see this linear
[44:23]
park bike path developed, we
[44:26]
need to keep pressure on the
[44:30]
council because this was
[44:31]
certainly not going to be
[44:32]
happening in a timely manner. Of
[44:35]
course, along this way and
[44:37]
because the meetings really
[44:38]
didn't seem to be very well
[44:42]
received by the council with
[44:43]
those of us concerned, and then
[44:46]
COVID came. Here, we've had this
[44:49]
six years have passed now since
[44:51]
we bought this land. And
[44:53]
absolutely nothing, nothing,
[44:55]
nothing has been developed or
[44:58]
continued by the City, and we
[45:03]
really look on to this wasteland
[45:05]
that is anything but attractive.
[45:09]
We feel that the non-involvement
[45:12]
and the disinterest being shown
[45:13]
by the council is unfair and is
[45:19]
certainly unacceptable. We are
[45:23]
really insisting that the City
[45:25]
take action and finish this
[45:27]
project, which has been in limbo
[45:28]
for eight years. We have been
[45:30]
more than patient and we are
[45:32]
hopeful that you will seriously
[45:34]
give this matter attention. The
[45:40]
owners are of two different age
[45:43]
groups. A few are interested in
[45:45]
selling and there's no
[45:48]
demarcation between, your land
[45:51]
is up to their, and then those
[45:52]
last 35 feet belong to the city.
[45:56]
And what are they going to do
[45:57]
with it? So, specifically, we
[46:01]
would like to know, what is
[46:04]
happening with the Planning? Or
[46:06]
what appears to be total
[46:07]
disinterest and non planning of
[46:10]
this land that's been held in
[46:11]
limbo for eight years? And we've
[46:14]
had promises and promises given
[46:17]
to us about at least
[46:18]
constructing a privacy fence
[46:20]
between this Neverland and our
[46:24]
land. This is not occurred and
[46:26]
at least, could this fence
[46:30]
please be installed? You really
[46:34]
need to see our properties and
[46:38]
some of us have done a
[46:40]
magnificent job. Being a
[46:43]
resident of 50 years here in
[46:45]
Pointe-Claire, I'm just so
[46:47]
really frustrated and
[46:49]
disappointed with the lack of
[46:52]
action and the group asked me if
[46:54]
I would speak on their behalf.
[46:56]
>> So your question is what
[46:57]
we're doing? What are the
[46:59]
prospects?
[47:00]
>> When will this fence at least
[47:01]
be put up?
[47:02]
>> Well, I will tell you what I
[47:03]
know and what I remember to be
[47:05]
the issue. I don't think there
[47:07]
is a disinterest. I think there
[47:08]
was interest and I remember we
[47:10]
had meetings and it was being
[47:13]
formulated. And the plans were
[47:15]
looking good, at one point. I
[47:17]
think, from what my
[47:19]
understanding, is we are
[47:20]
awaiting funding from, is it the
[47:23]
City of Montréal that we're
[47:24]
waiting for the linear? Are we
[47:26]
not awaiting funding? No?
[47:29]
>> But could the fence not at
[47:31]
least be installed for us?
[47:33]
>> The reason is not happening
[47:35]
is I'm unclear. Perhaps
[47:37]
Councillor Tremblay, who's very
[47:38]
much on this issue, or Madam
[47:42]
Verdon, can speak to why we are
[47:44]
at a slowdown on this.
[47:46]
>> Yeah, the project is still,
[47:48]
you know, on the table. It's
[47:51]
ongoing and we will have
[47:52]
discussion with our caucus with
[47:54]
the City -- caucus in the next
[47:56]
weeks and hopefully we will get
[47:57]
back to the citizens during, you
[48:01]
know, the summer, at the
[48:02]
beginning of the summer.
[48:03]
>> With eight years of ongoing,
[48:05]
it really is unfair.
[48:07]
>> Well, Councillor Tremblay, I
[48:10]
know you know this one pretty
[48:13]
thoroughly.
[48:15]
>> Thank you, Mister Mayor.
[48:16]
Well, we have met several times
[48:19]
in the past, as I've met with
[48:22]
everybody on -- a regular
[48:23]
occasion. Giving you as much
[48:26]
information as I had at the time
[48:29]
regarding the progress of the
[48:31]
project. Now, the one thing that
[48:36]
has, as I mentioned to you, I
[48:37]
think I came by just a few weeks
[48:39]
ago explaining to you that we
[48:41]
were waiting for the on
[48:43]
announcement as whether or not
[48:44]
we were going to be receiving a
[48:46]
grant money to be able to get
[48:47]
the project going. I think
[48:52]
there's some further discussions
[48:54]
we need to have over the next
[48:55]
couple of weeks, to be able to
[48:57]
confirm some of this because we
[48:59]
are pretty much nearing
[49:03]
deadlines for these sorts of
[49:04]
things, so there should be some
[49:05]
news coming to you in the near
[49:08]
future on this. I just can't
[49:11]
speak about it right now.
[49:14]
[Inaudible]
[49:18]
>> No, I hear you and I
[49:19]
certainly don't want to see
[49:23]
myself having to go by and
[49:25]
explain and update, and do the
[49:27]
rest. As you know, we've also
[49:29]
spent some time presenting the
[49:31]
project to you, to everybody on
[49:33]
the street as well. So, I think
[49:35]
we've been fairly open in terms
[49:36]
of how far we could go
[49:38]
throughout the process. But
[49:41]
hopefully in the very, very near
[49:42]
term, we will be able to give
[49:43]
you a clear line of direction.
[49:47]
>> Excuse me, I'm respectful of
[49:49]
your answer, and we have had
[49:54]
information given, but non
[49:57]
information. It's the same thing
[49:59]
for the last three years
[50:01]
specifically. It will be spring,
[50:02]
it will be in the fall, it will
[50:03]
be in the spring, it will be in
[50:05]
the fall. We are waiting for a
[50:07]
grant, we haven't got the grant.
[50:09]
When that notice with no debate
[50:12]
or dialogue with its citizens
[50:15]
was hung on our doorknobs, we
[50:17]
were told in July that by
[50:21]
September 1st, everything had to
[50:24]
be off the back property. People
[50:27]
have put river rock to make
[50:30]
patio areas. I can't tell you
[50:32]
how many cabanas were moved.
[50:34]
Eight years ago, at $500. It's a
[50:38]
significant amount. As I said,
[50:40]
money into shrubs, moving
[50:42]
raspberry bushes, because it was
[50:44]
going to be done in three
[50:47]
months. And here we are, eight
[50:49]
years later. It's wrong. Whoever
[50:55]
is in charge of beautifying our
[50:57]
city, they are amazing. You
[50:59]
drive along Donegani, you go to
[51:01]
the corner of Hymus and St.
[51:04]
John's, in front of -- we've
[51:08]
heard about hot Green and the
[51:12]
city is doing so much right. But
[51:14]
we just feel like this neglected
[51:17]
11 properties and we live in
[51:21]
this vast building now of, I
[51:23]
don't know, 2 million, 2000
[51:26]
homes, 15 high-rises, ten
[51:28]
storeys being built. The
[51:30]
traffic, the waiting, like, it's
[51:33]
really, I'm so glad I don't live
[51:34]
on homestead. My dear neighbours
[51:36]
on their, oh my gosh.
[51:39]
>> Listen, Miss Santini. Can we
[51:41]
speak to the bike path now?
[51:43]
>> Don't get me going but Bruno,
[51:46]
you've been coming to us and
[51:48]
talking, but in circles because
[51:51]
nothing, nothing is being done.
[51:54]
And I'm really, really
[51:55]
disappointed.
[51:56]
>> I think at this point I can
[51:57]
say point of privilege. I
[51:59]
understand the frustration
[52:00]
completely, I know and what I'm
[52:02]
giving you is really a
[52:04]
bureaucratic politicians answer,
[52:05]
and I get it. So, the thing is I
[52:11]
have to be respectful of certain
[52:13]
procedural things that go on
[52:15]
within the council, and you've
[52:17]
been very patient, and so, I
[52:21]
appreciate that. Without
[52:22]
question. So, what you have said
[52:24]
here is not taken personally as
[52:27]
a criticism or anything of that
[52:29]
nature, but just purely
[52:30]
frustration over the length of
[52:31]
time that it's taken and I think
[52:33]
it was wise of you to come to
[52:35]
Council and speak to the issue,
[52:38]
and put some faces behind the
[52:41]
whole project, so that people
[52:42]
understand.
[52:44]
>> Eight years is
[52:45]
understandable.
[52:47]
>> As I said earlier, I'm going
[52:50]
to ask you to be just a tiny
[52:51]
little bit more patient while we
[52:52]
get through this and hopefully,
[52:54]
we've got some good news for you
[52:57]
not too far away.
[52:58]
>> Councillor Stork, you want to
[53:00]
speak.
[53:01]
>> I just wanted to add a couple
[53:02]
small points. I think that are
[53:03]
important here, is that add a
[53:05]
little information was done six,
[53:08]
seven, eight years ago, but I
[53:09]
worked on that in the last
[53:11]
administration and this is the
[53:13]
first I hear that the land was
[53:14]
given by Arthur Seguin. It was a
[53:18]
servitude which was City
[53:19]
property for a long time. People
[53:20]
were allowed to grow with a
[53:21]
group and it became, I'm just
[53:23]
telling you what I know, you
[53:25]
know? I know that Councillor
[53:27]
Tremblay has worked on this and
[53:29]
the project took a long time in
[53:31]
terms of the legal, with the 11
[53:33]
and a lot of negotiations before
[53:34]
it happened. And like anything
[53:37]
else, with a new administration,
[53:38]
you know, it's been discussed
[53:40]
many times. Councillor Tremblay
[53:41]
has worked hard on it but it
[53:43]
does not happen immediately.
[53:45]
There is financing, there's
[53:46]
multiple projects, we need a lot
[53:48]
of bike paths and, you know,
[53:51]
everything we're trying to get
[53:52]
at is based on the funding
[53:53]
because if it costs $2 million,
[53:55]
we want the government to pay
[53:56]
for half of it because we don't
[53:57]
have that money. So, I'm just
[53:59]
trying to say that, you know,
[54:02]
he's doing his best.
[54:04]
>> Okay, Miss Santini, it
[54:07]
frustrates the citizens if the
[54:09]
questions come from the
[54:10]
audience. The other have to come
[54:11]
from the microphone. Sorry,
[54:13]
Councillor Stork, I didn't mean
[54:15]
to interrupt.
[54:16]
>> No, I'm done. We do our best.
[54:18]
>> Suffice to say eight years is
[54:20]
a long time and I hear you. We
[54:22]
hear you loud and clear. I'm a
[54:26]
little -- excuse me, I'm a
[54:28]
little surprised as well. I
[54:30]
mean, I remember there were some
[54:31]
momentum when we had actually
[54:33]
drawn and it was in the process
[54:35]
of being formulated when we had
[54:36]
a meeting with you. A year or
[54:39]
two ago. How long ago was our
[54:41]
meeting? Do you remember? It was
[54:43]
over a year?
[54:44]
[Inaudible]
[54:46]
>> Okay, so I hear you and I've
[54:49]
taken note. And you are coming
[54:50]
here tonight perhaps will help
[54:53]
us take note because eight years
[54:54]
is a very long time. Horse
[55:01]
crabs?
[55:10]
Horace Krebs?
[55:11]
>> Question, I had a bad
[55:13]
experience last weekend. And
[55:16]
last week happened because I
[55:17]
went into a pothole. The tire
[55:22]
exploded. That guy came over,
[55:25]
fixed the tire, and I look at it
[55:28]
and I said, how about this? Low
[55:31]
beautiful city of Pointe-Claire
[55:33]
has potholes all over the place.
[55:37]
The question is, how do you fix
[55:41]
potholes? Do you just take a
[55:43]
shovel, put the stuff on it,
[55:44]
roll over and pray it's going to
[55:47]
be okay? That's what you do? It
[55:51]
never works, guys. Wake up! And
[55:53]
you have that pothole there,
[55:56]
clean it out, wash it out, put
[55:58]
some tar, soft tar on it and
[56:01]
then roll it over, smooth it
[56:03]
out, and the pothole is not
[56:05]
there anymore. But what do you
[56:10]
do when you need to go in St.
[56:11]
John's? You go on sources and I
[56:13]
happened to work on Ellingham
[56:15]
out of Costco, that's where my
[56:17]
tire hit the road. And it just
[56:20]
went poof. -- That I kept on
[56:27]
driving all the way up the
[56:29]
service road on the
[56:31]
Trans-Canada, same thing. Boom,
[56:33]
boom, boom. You can't drive
[56:36]
straight. Can't you see this?
[56:39]
It's the City of Pointe-Claire.
[56:41]
Fix the holes! It doesn't cost
[56:44]
too much. I will give you an
[56:46]
idea if you don't have the
[56:47]
money.
[56:48]
>> Mr. Horace Krebs, is there a
[56:49]
question coming because I hear
[56:50]
what you're seeing loud and
[56:51]
clear.
[56:52]
>> The question is, when will
[56:53]
you fix it?
[56:54]
>> Okay, what we do have a
[56:55]
timeline and we actually had
[56:56]
this meeting a week or two ago
[56:59]
where we produced a map of what
[57:00]
we have done and what is to be
[57:02]
done on the roads and there's
[57:04]
actually a rotation at
[57:05]
scientific plan on it and we've
[57:06]
done a huge map but the issue
[57:09]
with potholes is when you patch
[57:11]
it, it doesn't work.
[57:12]
>> No, but you have to patch it
[57:14]
properly.
[57:15]
>> Mister Krebs, they are
[57:17]
patched properly but patching
[57:19]
never works. You have to redo a
[57:20]
road to get a pothole, they
[57:21]
always come back, it's like rust
[57:23]
on cars and Mr. Eric Roland
[57:26]
explained this to all of us from
[57:27]
Council, we had our meeting on
[57:29]
this. Everybody concurs, there
[57:31]
is a lot of work to be done.
[57:32]
There has been an awful lot of
[57:34]
work done, but yes, there are
[57:37]
areas, especially in this --
[57:38]
>> You have this beautiful
[57:40]
street going up St. John's and
[57:45]
they're, you come under this
[57:47]
beautiful REM building on top of
[57:49]
you and they're all the holes
[57:50]
left and right. Nothing is being
[57:53]
done, nothing. That's all I'm
[57:55]
saying.
[57:56]
>> Yeah, no, --
[57:57]
>> I was really surprised that I
[57:59]
heard this lady over there
[58:00]
complaining since eight years
[58:01]
and nothing has been done.
[58:03]
Almost everything has been
[58:05]
postponed and oh yes, we can do
[58:07]
it, we will fix it. And that oh
[58:11]
yes, so, we thought about this
[58:12]
but we're waiting for the money
[58:15]
from this, we're waiting for the
[58:16]
money on this, and there are
[58:17]
other things to do. This lady is
[58:21]
neglected, I'm very sorry. I
[58:23]
like the City of Pointe-Claire
[58:25]
and I'm from -- 57 years already
[58:29]
but I will tell you one thing,
[58:30]
this is not supposed to go the
[58:32]
way you do it.
[58:33]
>> Okay, here's the thing.
[58:35]
>> Here's the answer.
[58:36]
>> Her issue is not akin to
[58:39]
yours. She has, I think, even
[58:41]
more substantial reason to be
[58:43]
frustrated and what you're
[58:44]
talking about is a regular
[58:45]
issue. And we acknowledge that.
[58:48]
I, myself, last week, or two
[58:50]
weeks ago had a quite
[58:52]
considerable expense, had to
[58:54]
replace my shocks because they
[58:55]
broke right out the front of my
[58:56]
car on Pointe-Claire Road. So, I
[58:58]
hear you. I, myself, had exactly
[59:00]
that experience. I was late in
[59:01]
getting my car because of
[59:03]
exactly that. I had to replace
[59:06]
that -- Valois and got a shocks
[59:09]
replaced, okay? So I hear you
[59:10]
loud and clear. We are all aware
[59:11]
of that. We all know this. We
[59:15]
are director of engineering
[59:17]
presented a map to us of what is
[59:19]
to be done and what has been
[59:21]
done. Now, the what has been
[59:23]
done was truly impressive. We
[59:25]
have done a lot of roads. The
[59:26]
ones you notice are the bad
[59:28]
ones. There are a lot of good
[59:29]
ones to. You know, you notice
[59:31]
the bad ones and justly so, I
[59:33]
agree with you and we wish we
[59:34]
could have them all done. This
[59:35]
is engineering explaining to us,
[59:38]
but with all due respect, we
[59:40]
have a lot more cars in
[59:42]
Pointe-Claire than we used to
[59:43]
and we're going to be getting a
[59:44]
lot more cars than we are
[59:45]
currently having.
[59:46]
>> Yeah, you have Hymus, Hymus
[59:48]
Street, it's populated like
[59:49]
crazy.
[59:50]
>> Mister Krebs, it's called
[59:52]
infrastructure on who have more
[59:53]
citizens, you need more
[59:54]
infrastructure and roads are
[59:56]
reflective, they are a
[59:57]
reflection of the volume of
[59:58]
trucks and cars, and we're doing
[59:59]
our best. But infrastructure
[1:00:01]
catches up with development. It
[1:00:03]
is a simple as that and I wish I
[1:00:05]
could give you a better answer.
[1:00:07]
>> At least you're trying.
[1:00:08]
>> Well, our director of public
[1:00:10]
works explain potholes to us and
[1:00:12]
he said, you know, you patch it,
[1:00:14]
it gets bigger. If it does not
[1:00:15]
go away.
[1:00:16]
>> He doesn't know how to patch
[1:00:17]
it.
[1:00:18]
>> He knows how to patch, it
[1:00:19]
just happens. It's like rests on
[1:00:20]
a car.
[1:00:21]
>> Can I talk to him?
[1:00:23]
>> If you wants to speak to you,
[1:00:25]
maybe you can contact the city
[1:00:26]
and leave a message for the
[1:00:27]
director of public works and if
[1:00:28]
you found the back, call him.
[1:00:30]
>> I will do this and I would
[1:00:31]
likely go there.
[1:00:32]
>> Call the receptionist and
[1:00:34]
asked to speak to the director
[1:00:35]
of public works, okay.
[1:00:36]
>> Thank you.
[1:00:37]
>> Thank you, Mister Krebs. I
[1:00:39]
understand where you're coming
[1:00:40]
from. Susan Weaver?
[1:00:50]
>> Okay, at the last council
[1:00:52]
meeting, the 90 minute question
[1:00:55]
period was not enough time for
[1:00:56]
some citizens to ask a question.
[1:00:59]
It was the long speeches, not
[1:01:01]
the councillors necessary input
[1:01:02]
to explain the facts has how
[1:01:05]
this city functions. You're
[1:01:07]
always favourable to those who
[1:01:08]
will vote for you and allow them
[1:01:10]
to read long speeches. Question
[1:01:12]
from each citizen should only be
[1:01:13]
a matter of a few minutes and
[1:01:15]
should be on point. Will you ask
[1:01:17]
the citizens to refrain from
[1:01:18]
giving long speeches, so as to
[1:01:21]
allow all citizens time at the
[1:01:23]
microphone?
[1:01:24]
>> Yes, I've been doing so, Miss
[1:01:26]
Weaver. I will continue to do
[1:01:28]
so. I have been, in fact, I
[1:01:32]
don't agree with your
[1:01:34]
sentiments. I've actually been
[1:01:36]
fairer to those who disagree
[1:01:37]
that I have to those who agree,
[1:01:39]
and for your information, in the
[1:01:41]
last question period, 12 people
[1:01:43]
got to ask questions and there
[1:01:45]
were a lot of, there was a lot
[1:01:46]
of council discussion. During
[1:01:48]
the question period, and it was
[1:01:50]
not about amount or volume of
[1:01:52]
citizens, and we have only had
[1:01:53]
three question periods where
[1:01:55]
we've run out of time. So,
[1:01:57]
that's not about percentage. It
[1:01:58]
can get better and it will. But
[1:02:00]
I think it's been, I think you
[1:02:02]
are exaggerating.
[1:02:05]
>> Okay, I have a question. Are
[1:02:07]
there any pledge to control the
[1:02:09]
Buckhorn and garlic mustard that
[1:02:11]
are ravaging our small urban
[1:02:13]
forests, wooded areas, and green
[1:02:15]
spaces?
[1:02:16]
>> That's a very good question.
[1:02:17]
Are there, Madame Verdon or Mr.
[1:02:21]
Gerard? For Buffalo? And
[1:02:22]
>> I don't have the answer with
[1:02:24]
me.
[1:02:25]
>> I know that the City is doing
[1:02:26]
a great job on terracotta, as
[1:02:28]
best as they can but when we're
[1:02:30]
talking about corridors, maybe
[1:02:31]
we have to think about the other
[1:02:34]
areas and it cannot be just the
[1:02:36]
cities, it has to be the
[1:02:37]
citizens involved. And we did
[1:02:39]
that in the last two councils
[1:02:41]
with Cynthia and Mr. Trudeau.
[1:02:44]
>> Okay, thank you, Miss Weaver.
[1:02:47]
Keith Kelly?
[1:02:50]
>> I will pass, thank you.
[1:02:52]
>> Gary spiller?
[1:02:56]
>> Thanks, I would like to draw
[1:02:58]
your attention to something we
[1:02:59]
have discussed with the The G
[1:03:03]
and -- about the potential for
[1:03:04]
solar energy in Pointe-Claire.
[1:03:06]
The St. Laurent City Hall has
[1:03:08]
installed solar panels on the
[1:03:10]
roof and mayor Ellen D'Souza has
[1:03:12]
organized a meeting last
[1:03:14]
November to call for an
[1:03:15]
industrial solar park, the
[1:03:17]
largest in Québec in
[1:03:19]
Saint-Laurent. So, I'm hoping
[1:03:20]
that Pointe-Claire councillors
[1:03:23]
and mayor and staff can liaison
[1:03:25]
work closely with them. The
[1:03:27]
Federation of Canadian
[1:03:28]
Municipalities gave a grant to
[1:03:30]
St. Laurent to look at the
[1:03:31]
potential and it was quite
[1:03:33]
positive. Under the new budget,
[1:03:35]
there's very good incentives. It
[1:03:37]
could reduce 100,000 dollar
[1:03:39]
investment on a commercial
[1:03:40]
operation down to 50,000, so I
[1:03:44]
would urge you to look at it,
[1:03:46]
the commercial site. Most of the
[1:03:48]
Hydro-Québec stuff is for
[1:03:50]
residential, and I'd be willing
[1:03:51]
to help with that is well
[1:03:52]
through the environment
[1:03:53]
committee, I'm going to raise it
[1:03:55]
as well because it needs to be
[1:03:56]
included in our sustainable --
[1:03:59]
plans, that's my question, yeah.
[1:04:01]
>> Bless you. The irony is we
[1:04:04]
just spoke about it tonight.
[1:04:05]
Just before we came in and
[1:04:07]
Councillor Tremblay did bring
[1:04:08]
that up and we were, there was a
[1:04:13]
positive sentiment in the room.
[1:04:16]
I'm going to be seeing Allen in
[1:04:18]
the next five days, and yeah, I
[1:04:21]
mean, in the industrial park,
[1:04:22]
it's a wonderful thing.
[1:04:24]
>> I met some people in the
[1:04:25]
Planning Committee, there is
[1:04:27]
been some -- for solar
[1:04:29]
residential solar, but
[1:04:30]
commercial has potential.
[1:04:32]
>> Big-time.
[1:04:33]
>> There's not one small granted
[1:04:34]
given but I'd like to see a much
[1:04:35]
broader approach. And I'd like
[1:04:37]
to commend Pointe-Claire for
[1:04:38]
these outdoor ping-pong tables.
[1:04:42]
Maybe they would like to have
[1:04:43]
some solar panels on them.
[1:04:44]
>> On top of the tables?
[1:04:46]
>> On the aquatic centre. But
[1:04:48]
no, it's very good, these tables
[1:04:51]
are very well used.
[1:04:52]
>> Thank you, Mister spiller.
[1:04:54]
Thank you for the positive
[1:04:56]
feedback. Carol Desjardins?
[1:05:06]
Vas-y la Québécoise!
[1:05:08]
- Alors, je viens ici pour la
[1:05:10]
première fois.
[1:05:13]
- Baisser le micro.
[1:05:14]
- C'est vrai. Je viens ici pour
[1:05:15]
la première fois. On m'a demandé
[1:05:16]
mon nom à l'entrée alors j'ai
[1:05:18]
écrit mon nom. Les questions, je
[1:05:21]
vais attendre à une prochaine
[1:05:22]
fois. Moi, je veux avoir les
[1:05:24]
coudées chauds. Combien ça coûte
[1:05:26]
faire ça, combien ça coûte la
[1:05:28]
grande patente, les Travaux
[1:05:30]
publics, toutes ces choses-là...
[1:05:34]
c'est ça, moi j'aimerais savoir.
[1:05:35]
Je ne vais pas prendre toute le
[1:05:37]
temps. On m'a demandé mon nom,
[1:05:39]
alors j'ai écrit mon nom.
[1:05:42]
(rires)
[1:05:43]
Je ne savais pas que j'aurais
[1:05:44]
quelque chose à dire
[1:05:45]
- Vous avez écrit Carole
[1:05:49]
Desjardins.
[1:05:50]
- Il n'a pas d'avance dans les
[1:05:52]
noms. De toute façon, on écrit
[1:05:54]
comment veux. Mais c'est bien,
[1:05:56]
alors, au revoir!
[1:05:58]
- Madame Desjardins, la
[1:06:02]
réponse...
[1:06:03]
>> Apparently we aren't allowed
[1:06:04]
to clad but I thought it was a
[1:06:05]
good answer myself.
[1:06:06]
- La réponse est quoi?
[1:06:07]
- C'est 25 millions.
[1:06:09]
- Combien?
[1:06:10]
- 25.
[1:06:11]
- Quand même.
[1:06:13]
- Pour les travaux publics.
[1:06:14]
- C'est vrai, j'ai quelque chose
[1:06:16]
que je veux dire. J'appuie le
[1:06:17]
monsieur avec les chemins. Tu
[1:06:20]
vas à vélo dans Beaconsfield sur
[1:06:23]
les tricheurs, c'est wow. Après
[1:06:25]
ça, on arrive à Pointe-Claire.
[1:06:28]
On est à Dorval, on est mieux.
[1:06:29]
- C'est pas wow à Beaconsfield.
[1:06:31]
(inaudible)
[1:06:33]
En vélo, c'est beau.
[1:06:35]
- Les joueurs, particulièrement
[1:06:38]
Lakeshore, pour nous, c'est un
[1:06:41]
projet. On connaît bien ça. Vous
[1:06:43]
avez raison. Nous sommes en
[1:06:45]
retard avec Lakeshore, mais on
[1:06:47]
est en train de décider
[1:06:48]
qu'est-ce qu'on va faire avec le
[1:06:50]
village et tout. On comprend
[1:06:52]
bien ça.
[1:06:53]
- Juste pour finir, ce n'est pas
[1:06:54]
trop original, mais c'est encore
[1:06:56]
dans les chemin. Celui qu'on
[1:06:59]
prend quand on veut... on
[1:07:01]
revient du Fairview et on prend
[1:07:03]
la voie de service pour se
[1:07:04]
rendre parce que je suis sûr
[1:07:05]
pressait d'Ware Valois. Je suis
[1:07:08]
là. Le chemin est effrayant.
[1:07:12]
Pour le reste, tout le monde est
[1:07:14]
très beau. Merci beaucoup.
[1:07:16]
(rires)
[1:07:17]
Merci Carole Desjardins.
[1:07:21]
>> Randy Godin?
[1:07:34]
>> Mister Mayor, on our campaign
[1:07:37]
trail, you passed by my house. I
[1:07:39]
ask you for questions. You told
[1:07:41]
me to get back to me. That was
[1:07:44]
on your campaign trail, I'm
[1:07:45]
still waiting for the answers.
[1:07:46]
>> Okay, we'll give them to me.
[1:07:48]
>> Question one, the compost
[1:07:50]
bins. Since a city has changed
[1:07:55]
the idea of putting our compost
[1:07:56]
into the bins loose where we
[1:07:58]
were offered a scoop by the
[1:08:01]
City, our compost bin is
[1:08:03]
constantly overrun with maggots.
[1:08:05]
We asked, can we have
[1:08:07]
compostable bags? You said you
[1:08:09]
look into it and get back to us.
[1:08:11]
We still have not heard back and
[1:08:13]
we are still having overrun with
[1:08:15]
maggots on a weekly basis,
[1:08:17]
especially in heat like this.
[1:08:19]
You put your compost in the bin
[1:08:20]
in the morning. By the evening,
[1:08:22]
it's swarming with maggots. I
[1:08:24]
would like an answer for that
[1:08:25]
one when you have a chance.
[1:08:27]
>> Okay, you want the others?
[1:08:29]
You have four, right? You have
[1:08:30]
two questions. In question
[1:08:32]
period. So, I will -- we will
[1:08:34]
wrap before into one question,
[1:08:36]
how is that? There we go.
[1:08:39]
>> Before COVID happened, we
[1:08:41]
bought our house ten years ago.
[1:08:43]
We had an arborist come to our
[1:08:44]
street to check our tree, it
[1:08:46]
hasn't been maintained by the
[1:08:48]
City. Our street has been
[1:08:50]
promised to be redone year, by
[1:08:52]
year, by year, constantly being
[1:08:54]
pushed back. Glenn Brook was
[1:08:55]
done beautifully. The rumour is,
[1:08:58]
political reasons. Now it's
[1:09:00]
night and day between Glenn
[1:09:01]
Brooke and ivanhoe Crescent. I
[1:09:03]
spoke to Mr. Cowan about it
[1:09:04]
multiple times and he said, well
[1:09:06]
I should organize my streak to
[1:09:08]
come down to your council
[1:09:09]
meeting and petition since he
[1:09:11]
could not be bothered to do it
[1:09:14]
himself. I asked specifically we
[1:09:16]
elected you to do it, he said it
[1:09:19]
is beyond him. We got together
[1:09:21]
from our street to come down and
[1:09:25]
petition. I've been elected by
[1:09:26]
my street to come down and
[1:09:28]
petition. When it's ivanhoe
[1:09:29]
Crescent going to get the
[1:09:30]
treatment that Glenn Brooke got?
[1:09:32]
They got new sewers, they got
[1:09:33]
new access, they got a sidewalk.
[1:09:35]
It's night and day. We are a
[1:09:37]
country road next to a city
[1:09:39]
street. Number three, when
[1:09:42]
you're supposed to redo my
[1:09:44]
street, you're supposed to also
[1:09:45]
fill in my ditch. I'm the one
[1:09:48]
house on the entire street that
[1:09:49]
has a ditch.
[1:09:50]
>> I remember that now.
[1:09:51]
>> That was supposed to be done,
[1:09:53]
we've still been waiting, my
[1:09:54]
poor wife was only this tall
[1:09:55]
mows our lawn. The dish is
[1:09:57]
taller than she is. When is the
[1:10:00]
ditch going to be filled? When
[1:10:02]
is my tree going to be ripped
[1:10:03]
out of the ground and redone
[1:10:04]
because it has not been
[1:10:06]
maintained and I'm there for
[1:10:07]
going to lose all the natural
[1:10:08]
shade in my house for a number
[1:10:10]
of years to come? And one of my
[1:10:12]
street going to be redone to the
[1:10:13]
point where I can finally redo
[1:10:14]
my driveway without it getting
[1:10:16]
cut up by the City when they
[1:10:17]
come to redo my street, costing
[1:10:19]
me thousands of dollars that
[1:10:20]
will just go down the drain?
[1:10:23]
>> Okay, that's the enchilada, I
[1:10:25]
will do my best. The compost
[1:10:26]
find intriguing. Do we have a
[1:10:28]
bag solution for compost?
[1:10:32]
>> You did.
[1:10:33]
>> I'm very happy to answer. So,
[1:10:35]
when you visit the site that I
[1:10:38]
was going to say metabolize is,
[1:10:40]
that's not the right word,
[1:10:41]
processes our compost, it's
[1:10:43]
their machinery that will not
[1:10:44]
accept the bags. So, even if it
[1:10:46]
says compostable or it's
[1:10:48]
allowed, it cannot go in the
[1:10:49]
machinery that processes it, so
[1:10:51]
if you look on our website, well
[1:10:54]
hopefully it's still there, but
[1:10:55]
we have recommendations of
[1:10:56]
wrapping things in paper or
[1:10:58]
things that can go in the
[1:10:59]
compost because you have to
[1:11:00]
layer the dry with the wet to
[1:11:02]
prevent the maggots and I know
[1:11:03]
when it's very hot, it's
[1:11:05]
difficult to do, but there's
[1:11:06]
different types of cardboard
[1:11:08]
boxes, things of that sort that
[1:11:10]
you can put the more wet stuff
[1:11:11]
into just prevent the maggots as
[1:11:14]
best as possible, but that's the
[1:11:15]
reason why we can't use the bags
[1:11:16]
even if they're compostable.
[1:11:18]
>> On that note, are you saying
[1:11:19]
I should be taking stuff out of
[1:11:20]
my recycle bin to put my compost
[1:11:22]
bin in order to prevent my
[1:11:23]
maggots from having my compost?
[1:11:25]
>> If it's toilet paper rolls
[1:11:27]
absolutely. And plus also you
[1:11:28]
know exactly what happened to
[1:11:29]
compost, right? Like, we get it
[1:11:30]
back as our black gold.
[1:11:32]
Obviously, we need more of it to
[1:11:33]
come back to us but if it can be
[1:11:36]
compostable or recyclable,
[1:11:37]
always choose compostable.
[1:11:39]
>> Okay, are they marked on it
[1:11:42]
somewhere that it's compostable?
[1:11:43]
I have four kids who will sit
[1:11:45]
there and disrupt the whole
[1:11:47]
system.
[1:11:48]
>> I understand, so there are
[1:11:49]
pictures in our environmental
[1:11:51]
guide that will tell you and
[1:11:53]
there are certain websites that
[1:11:55]
will tell you. I can share with
[1:11:56]
you after, that was so you can
[1:11:58]
look up an item and then you can
[1:12:00]
say, oh yes, that goes in the
[1:12:02]
compost and it's available to
[1:12:03]
only compost.
[1:12:04]
>> I appreciate that.
[1:12:06]
>> Sorry, can I add to that?
[1:12:08]
>> Go ahead.
[1:12:09]
>> I have a solution because we
[1:12:10]
had maggots for a long time. I
[1:12:13]
go to metro and if I'm not
[1:12:15]
buying groceries, I just by the
[1:12:16]
brown paper bags. To be honest
[1:12:18]
with you, it's 15 cents a bag
[1:12:19]
and I dump my compost into those
[1:12:22]
bags, they are compostable,
[1:12:23]
they're just brown paper bags
[1:12:25]
and that's what goes in my bin.
[1:12:27]
Keeps the been pretty tidy and I
[1:12:29]
don't have maggots anymore.
[1:12:32]
>> If I may ask, how many
[1:12:34]
members of your household?
[1:12:35]
>> For.
[1:12:36]
>> We're six. And you know, with
[1:12:40]
kids, that's extra.
[1:12:42]
>> I know, I've got two of them.
[1:12:45]
>> Well, bless you for doing it
[1:12:47]
because there are a lot of
[1:12:48]
people who do not and you're
[1:12:49]
going through the struggles of
[1:12:52]
composting and you're doing your
[1:12:55]
job to society and the world by
[1:12:57]
doing it. There are unpleasant
[1:12:59]
aspects to it and struggling
[1:13:01]
through it is not easy and thank
[1:13:03]
you for doing so. As for the
[1:13:06]
tree, the tree is generally an
[1:13:09]
expert thing. I mean, we've had
[1:13:10]
a lot of issues of questions on
[1:13:12]
trees and I don't venture into
[1:13:15]
whether, what should be done
[1:13:16]
with the tree. I let our
[1:13:19]
experts, who are trained. We
[1:13:21]
have people that are superb and
[1:13:23]
committed to it. Yes?
[1:13:25]
>> Your expert came to my house,
[1:13:26]
your expert says my tree has not
[1:13:27]
been maintained. It has 11 main
[1:13:29]
branches where should only have
[1:13:30]
three. It's going to have to be
[1:13:31]
ripped out because a little of
[1:13:33]
it is going to die because it
[1:13:34]
was supposed to be done with the
[1:13:35]
street was done.
[1:13:36]
>> Okay, so you got your answer
[1:13:37]
on the tree.
[1:13:38]
>> When is that going to happen?
[1:13:39]
>> That's a great question and I
[1:13:41]
can tell you right off the bat
[1:13:42]
here on that issue. Streets and
[1:13:44]
the rotation of streets, excuse
[1:13:47]
me, for people talking, streets
[1:13:49]
and the rotation, how they get
[1:13:55]
picked and done, I was going to
[1:13:57]
let Councillor Cowan speak to
[1:14:00]
this. I think what he's saying
[1:14:01]
is that it's we don't come in
[1:14:03]
and scream and yell with each
[1:14:04]
other and one street gets done
[1:14:05]
over another. It does not happen
[1:14:07]
that way. They have that map,
[1:14:09]
they have a rotation, they have
[1:14:12]
demarcated inward in --
[1:14:14]
according to the engineers and
[1:14:16]
engineering and public works.
[1:14:17]
When they get done. And it's not
[1:14:19]
us that decides that because
[1:14:21]
they are pros. So, you
[1:14:24]
literally, you know, follow.
[1:14:25]
When it gets really bad, we will
[1:14:27]
mention or we will say so but
[1:14:28]
for the most part, it's not
[1:14:31]
councils hands. It's really done
[1:14:34]
according to a logical rotation.
[1:14:38]
I understand you had a street
[1:14:39]
right beside yours done years
[1:14:41]
earlier and I do remember the
[1:14:42]
ditch and I do find the ditch. I
[1:14:44]
remember it as being suspect.
[1:14:47]
I'm not a pro, I'm not an
[1:14:49]
engineer but I remember noting
[1:14:50]
and I remember it clearly our
[1:14:52]
conversation and I sort of
[1:14:53]
concur. Now, what the
[1:14:55]
explanation is for that is I'm
[1:14:57]
going to get on that one because
[1:14:58]
I remember that now. That was an
[1:15:01]
intriguing, his property, this
[1:15:03]
gentleman's property is very
[1:15:04]
interesting. He does have kind
[1:15:05]
of a bizarre ditch that is, you
[1:15:09]
could trip and fall and hurt
[1:15:11]
yourself in at the edge of his
[1:15:12]
property. Thank you and I will
[1:15:15]
definitely look into that.
[1:15:16]
That's one that I can actually
[1:15:17]
take away tonight and actually
[1:15:18]
go with.
[1:15:20]
>> Sorry, Mayor Thomas, sorry to
[1:15:22]
intervene. Right now, your
[1:15:24]
streak is listed in our capital
[1:15:25]
investment plan for 2028. That
[1:15:29]
number is not a -- as we said.
[1:15:34]
Coulé en béton.
[1:15:37]
No pun intended. It can
[1:15:40]
fluctuate on the needs if
[1:15:42]
suddenly we have other streets
[1:15:43]
that have many, many water main
[1:15:45]
breaks, et cetera. It will push
[1:15:47]
streets down but if you look at
[1:15:48]
the capital investment plan, you
[1:15:50]
can see that it's listed for
[1:15:52]
2028, so it is on our radar and
[1:15:55]
it is listed as one of the
[1:15:57]
upcoming streets to be repaired.
[1:15:59]
>> I only laughed because I had
[1:16:00]
that same conversation seven
[1:16:01]
years ago when I called Public
[1:16:03]
Works and uncalled engineering.
[1:16:04]
I said, it will be done probably
[1:16:06]
the next three years. In the
[1:16:08]
next three years. The next three
[1:16:09]
years and I called in 2016,
[1:16:11]
2017, 2018, 2019. Still got the
[1:16:14]
same answer.
[1:16:16]
>> I understand your
[1:16:17]
frustration. I don't remember
[1:16:18]
actually speaking with you, I
[1:16:20]
think --
[1:16:21]
>> By email.
[1:16:22]
>> I don't think it ever said it
[1:16:23]
couldn't be bothered. This is an
[1:16:24]
issue that I've been working on
[1:16:26]
since 2017, first election
[1:16:28]
because it was slated to be done
[1:16:30]
in 2018 on the CIP and that got
[1:16:34]
pushed off into infinity. Now
[1:16:36]
it's back to 2028. Whether mayor
[1:16:40]
was talking about in the
[1:16:42]
rotation streets, it's usually
[1:16:43]
the infrastructure underneath
[1:16:44]
the street that determines when
[1:16:46]
the whole street is going to get
[1:16:47]
done. So, I did, I have asked
[1:16:52]
many times, what I thought were
[1:16:54]
hard questions on how something
[1:16:56]
could've been a high priority in
[1:16:58]
2017 and got dropped off -- 2018
[1:17:01]
and it's put back in 2028. It is
[1:17:03]
a bit of a mystery, but at least
[1:17:06]
it is there in 2028. If I told
[1:17:09]
you I don't remember but if I
[1:17:11]
told you to come in and
[1:17:13]
represent your neighbourhood,
[1:17:15]
well, you're doing it and it's
[1:17:16]
having an effect, isn't it? So,
[1:17:18]
I guess it was good advice. As
[1:17:19]
for the ditches, that's a
[1:17:21]
problem and the reason it's a
[1:17:22]
problem is because the dishes
[1:17:23]
are part of the runoff to take
[1:17:25]
the water off the streets. So
[1:17:27]
yes, the ditches when the street
[1:17:28]
is done, the dishes are going to
[1:17:30]
go. But one of the things, one
[1:17:31]
of your neighbours was I can't
[1:17:33]
remember his name he was
[1:17:36]
investigating this as well and
[1:17:38]
when I looked on the street, I
[1:17:39]
could see what the problem once
[1:17:40]
was that the water that goes, it
[1:17:44]
was pretty clear that one of the
[1:17:48]
sewage points, the runoff points
[1:17:50]
where the water was taken to be
[1:17:52]
collected through the dishes and
[1:17:53]
taken away is underneath
[1:17:55]
somebody's driveway.
[1:17:56]
>> And it goes nowhere.
[1:17:58]
>> Well no, it does. Under the
[1:18:00]
driveway, it must. Since the
[1:18:01]
water, I know it accumulates
[1:18:03]
sometimes to dangerous levels,
[1:18:05]
about two feet, which isn't good
[1:18:07]
because a child, a toddler could
[1:18:08]
drown into feet, I'm aware of
[1:18:10]
that. What I've raised this
[1:18:12]
issue. But the water does
[1:18:15]
eventually go away. So, when it
[1:18:17]
has to go out somewhere and when
[1:18:20]
I investigated on the street, I
[1:18:22]
saw that on both sides of the
[1:18:23]
driveway was ditch and then
[1:18:27]
blocked. The only way it could
[1:18:28]
be going it's underneath that
[1:18:30]
driveway on the public terrain
[1:18:32]
portion of that driveway, it had
[1:18:33]
to be where the sewage or the
[1:18:38]
runoff actually was. So, it is a
[1:18:41]
technical issue and a money
[1:18:45]
issue. But your neighbour
[1:18:47]
though, he was in touch with
[1:18:48]
public works and he was going to
[1:18:50]
actually, he's a contractor
[1:18:52]
himself and he was going to
[1:18:54]
volunteer to do some of the --
[1:18:56]
get that problem solved that is
[1:18:59]
his location. But then I don't
[1:19:00]
know what happened to it. He
[1:19:04]
sort of just disappeared.
[1:19:06]
>> That, I don't know.
[1:19:09]
>> So, you have done well.
[1:19:12]
>> I would ask one more
[1:19:13]
question.
[1:19:14]
>> Things are on the radar.
[1:19:15]
You've had more of your share. I
[1:19:16]
get in trouble for letting
[1:19:17]
things go on to lawn, so is it
[1:19:21]
extremely important or? Quickly,
[1:19:24]
very quickly.
[1:19:25]
>> The school path that runs
[1:19:27]
behind my house and behind --
[1:19:30]
Chris that looks Del Mar to the
[1:19:33]
school is in such disrepair. I
[1:19:36]
know it's a school property, I
[1:19:38]
know you can't do anything.
[1:19:39]
>> I can answer that question.
[1:19:41]
The agglomeration has been
[1:19:43]
designated as an agglomeration
[1:19:45]
bicycle path. It was supposed to
[1:19:46]
have repaired it last summer.
[1:19:48]
They didn't. I'm highly
[1:19:51]
suspicious that it had something
[1:19:52]
to do with Montréal's, the City
[1:19:54]
of Montréal, not the
[1:19:56]
agglomeration's financial woes
[1:19:57]
that are supposed to be
[1:19:58]
insulated from the
[1:19:59]
agglomeration, but it seems
[1:20:00]
rather coincidental that when
[1:20:01]
Montréal had budget problems
[1:20:02]
last year, our project got
[1:20:04]
canned. I just found out today
[1:20:05]
that it's supposed to be done
[1:20:07]
this summer.
[1:20:08]
>> So, there we go.
[1:20:09]
>> Of course, they said that two
[1:20:11]
summers ago to what they said --
[1:20:13]
it's an agglomeration project.
[1:20:15]
>> Thank you, Mr. Cowan. Thank
[1:20:18]
you, Mister Mayor.
[1:20:19]
>> You're welcome. I've Anna
[1:20:27]
Colatriano. Oh, good.
[1:20:36]
>> Thank you. I live, my husband
[1:20:38]
and I live at 110 pick wood
[1:20:41]
Crescent. Our neighbours at
[1:20:45]
eight pick would have a tree, a
[1:20:48]
beautiful tree. Unfortunately,
[1:20:50]
one of the branches sat on our
[1:20:53]
roof and another branch covers
[1:20:55]
our driveway. We've gone to
[1:20:57]
public works a number of times,
[1:20:58]
three or four, to explain the
[1:21:01]
problem. There is nothing we can
[1:21:03]
do, there is nothing we can do,
[1:21:05]
right? It depends on public
[1:21:08]
works. But we do worry about the
[1:21:11]
branch that sits practically
[1:21:13]
sits on our roof and the branch
[1:21:15]
that is over our cars and our
[1:21:18]
driveway. We don't know where
[1:21:19]
else to go, so we came here to
[1:21:21]
tell you about our, pardon?
[1:21:26]
[Inaudible]
[1:21:27]
>> To do what?
[1:21:28]
>> Excuse me. Folks, we can't
[1:21:30]
have debate in the audience. The
[1:21:31]
audience at home has to hear
[1:21:33]
from the microphone what's going
[1:21:34]
on.
[1:21:35]
>> So, we did speak to the
[1:21:36]
neighbours and the neighbours
[1:21:37]
had no problem. What we are
[1:21:39]
asking the City is if they can
[1:21:41]
prune the tree, not take it
[1:21:42]
down. Absolutely not. But
[1:21:44]
surely, there must be something
[1:21:45]
that can be done so that
[1:21:48]
whenever there is a storm,
[1:21:49]
whenever there is a wind storm,
[1:21:50]
whether it's a snowstorm or
[1:21:52]
whatnot, we move our cars. We
[1:21:54]
have really great neighbours who
[1:21:55]
don't have trees over their
[1:21:57]
driveway and they will allow us
[1:21:58]
to park our cars in the
[1:22:00]
driveway. But that's pretty
[1:22:02]
crazy. We do have a driveway, we
[1:22:04]
would like to use it. There's
[1:22:05]
nothing we can do about the roof
[1:22:08]
unless the branches are trimmed.
[1:22:09]
>> Just to be clear and I'm not
[1:22:12]
making any presumption here,
[1:22:13]
you're moving the car because
[1:22:14]
you're worried about the branch
[1:22:16]
falling on it?
[1:22:17]
>> Yes, absolutely.
[1:22:18]
>> Okay, but it's not yet?
[1:22:20]
>> I have a visual.
[1:22:21]
>> It's okay.
[1:22:23]
>> You can see how low the
[1:22:24]
branches go over our car. So, we
[1:22:26]
don't know what --
[1:22:27]
>> And public works is aware of
[1:22:28]
the issue. You've made them
[1:22:30]
aware, okay, so they are aware,
[1:22:34]
okay. So, they are the pros and
[1:22:37]
making them aware is good. I
[1:22:39]
mean, you're here tonight, so we
[1:22:40]
can reiterate it.
[1:22:42]
>> Thank you.
[1:22:43]
>> And that's really what --
[1:22:44]
>> We are not asking for major
[1:22:46]
work. Just to prune the trees.
[1:22:48]
>> No, I hear you. I mean, I
[1:22:50]
haven't seen it happen. I looked
[1:22:51]
at your photograph that I trust
[1:22:52]
you and if it is a danger, it
[1:22:56]
should get done. Presumably
[1:22:58]
before it causes harm.
[1:23:00]
>> Absolutely. Okay?
[1:23:02]
>> All right, thank you, ma'am.
[1:23:03]
>> Thank you.
[1:23:14]
>>
[1:23:15]
Wojcik --
[1:23:18]
[Inaudible]
[1:23:19]
[Laughter]
[1:23:24]
>> The previous question was my
[1:23:26]
wife, so we live in the same
[1:23:27]
place, 110 pick wood Crescent. I
[1:23:30]
want to talk about something
[1:23:31]
else, safety. I want to ask you
[1:23:34]
to make our place, are a little
[1:23:38]
safer. I'm talking about the two
[1:23:41]
streets, Hymus and hasting, and
[1:23:46]
Hymus, sorry if I'm pronouncing
[1:23:49]
this -- there's -- hasting. The
[1:23:55]
problem is whoever decides to
[1:23:59]
beautify the city put very high
[1:24:04]
hedges they're, like bushes or,
[1:24:07]
so as soon as you approach from
[1:24:10]
the -- it's not too bad because
[1:24:12]
you can only turn right. But
[1:24:15]
from hasting, you basically have
[1:24:20]
to cross completely the pathway
[1:24:23]
for the bicycle and you have to
[1:24:25]
put your car on Hymus to see.
[1:24:29]
There is a bus stop which is
[1:24:32]
glass, so you can see through
[1:24:34]
it. But the bushes are so high,
[1:24:37]
if you have a low car, you know,
[1:24:39]
like a regular sedan, it's very
[1:24:42]
hard to see both ways and I
[1:24:46]
don't want to, I don't suggest
[1:24:48]
stop signs or whatever. 29th of
[1:24:52]
May, the workers, the
[1:24:55]
contractors were removing the
[1:24:57]
bushes near the St. John and
[1:25:01]
Hymus, and I don't know if
[1:25:04]
somebody complained before, but
[1:25:07]
this situation, the high bushes
[1:25:10]
prevent the people to see and
[1:25:12]
if, let's say, a possibility of
[1:25:15]
accident is 1%, this increases
[1:25:17]
it to three or 4%. For my
[1:25:20]
safety, I know the people which
[1:25:23]
avoid this Hastings and Hymus,
[1:25:26]
and they go to garden when you
[1:25:30]
can see on one side, but it's
[1:25:32]
very hard. You have to also go
[1:25:34]
almost on Hymus, and then they
[1:25:37]
go to the shopping centre,
[1:25:40]
parking lot, and they come back
[1:25:41]
from another -- you cannot make
[1:25:43]
the U-turn, you know? It's
[1:25:44]
against the law. It's forbidden.
[1:25:47]
So, my question is, we pay for
[1:25:53]
it, City pays for the
[1:25:56]
development of this. Who agreed
[1:26:00]
to come to the solution to put
[1:26:02]
something so high which
[1:26:05]
completely prevents the people
[1:26:08]
to see if something happens?
[1:26:11]
>> Well, it sounds valid, it
[1:26:13]
sounds legit and certainly, it
[1:26:15]
bears worth looking at. And
[1:26:17]
checking it out because if it is
[1:26:18]
a danger, Councillor Stork?
[1:26:20]
>> Yeah, thank you, Mayor
[1:26:22]
Thomas. We spoke about this I
[1:26:24]
think last year and I did send
[1:26:26]
an all regarding information,
[1:26:28]
it's called a triangle of
[1:26:29]
visibility. It's true, I drive
[1:26:31]
there three times a day. You
[1:26:32]
have to nudge your nose out and
[1:26:35]
-- bobbing your head to see if
[1:26:37]
you can get out. So, I know it
[1:26:39]
was put on the next time they do
[1:26:40]
a circuit, the triangle of
[1:26:42]
visibility, the different areas,
[1:26:44]
not public works but the I espy,
[1:26:47]
public security, we'll do. So,
[1:26:48]
it's on the list to be look at
[1:26:49]
in terms of addressing that
[1:26:51]
issue, in terms of the triangle
[1:26:53]
of safety. I don't know when it
[1:26:55]
is being done. I can investigate
[1:26:56]
that but it's being looked at.
[1:26:59]
>> So they are aware, people are
[1:27:01]
aware.
[1:27:02]
>> You go farther east and there
[1:27:04]
is the next street, there are no
[1:27:07]
bushes. I don't know who --
[1:27:08]
>> I hear you.
[1:27:10]
>> Somebody did.
[1:27:13]
>> Well, if it's a danger, sir,
[1:27:15]
and it's on a priority list, we
[1:27:17]
are not doing too badly.
[1:27:20]
>> My wife, she forbade me to do
[1:27:23]
that but --
[1:27:26]
>> You've got one more.
[1:27:27]
>> I'm talking about the tree
[1:27:29]
which is on our neighbour.
[1:27:31]
There's damage on the cars
[1:27:32]
already. Small bumps, you know?
[1:27:34]
The branches, if somebody is
[1:27:37]
tall as me and they want to
[1:27:40]
resell their car, you're going
[1:27:41]
to see like bumps all over her
[1:27:44]
car and my car, okay? And I'm
[1:27:49]
68, so I cannot climb the roof.
[1:27:51]
The inspector who came to adjust
[1:27:54]
our trees, he suggested I go to
[1:27:55]
the roof and make the picture. I
[1:27:58]
don't want to pay anybody
[1:28:00]
because it's a city tree.
[1:28:06]
Shingles are like clear, you
[1:28:09]
know? Like on the places where
[1:28:12]
those, sorry, I am a little
[1:28:14]
nervous. Okay, two times, the
[1:28:18]
inspector which came he was very
[1:28:20]
upset because I pointed to him,
[1:28:24]
they sent two times to
[1:28:29]
contractors to do the same job.
[1:28:31]
After the ice storm, they came
[1:28:34]
and the damage on the tree was
[1:28:36]
so bad, so the Pointe-Claire
[1:28:40]
security put the -- the branches
[1:28:46]
were -- so they came and they
[1:28:49]
removed broken branches. Then we
[1:28:53]
start seeing there is still
[1:28:56]
dangerous to our house and our
[1:28:58]
cars. They sent another crew,
[1:29:01]
and I asked, you know, can you
[1:29:03]
cut this? No, we are just
[1:29:05]
cutting the broken branches. I
[1:29:07]
said to the contractor, the job
[1:29:09]
was already done. Like, a few
[1:29:12]
months ago, you know? So, when
[1:29:14]
the inspector came, I mentioned
[1:29:16]
that. And I think he got upset
[1:29:19]
and he said, my branch doesn't,
[1:29:21]
you know, the branch doesn't
[1:29:22]
touch the roof. So, I tried to
[1:29:25]
explain to him that physics, you
[1:29:29]
know? Okay, I have a masters
[1:29:33]
degree with the environmental
[1:29:37]
protections and other things
[1:29:38]
from my country, but it's a
[1:29:42]
non-university, so I tried to
[1:29:44]
explain to him if you take this,
[1:29:45]
this, you can calculate,
[1:29:48]
assuming rain or snow, and there
[1:29:49]
still leaves touching the roof.
[1:29:52]
When there is wind, there's
[1:29:54]
moving back and forth, you know?
[1:29:57]
So, I can present him and I
[1:29:59]
showed him but he was very -- I
[1:30:02]
asked him if he wants a letter,
[1:30:05]
I have a letter in the garage. I
[1:30:06]
said, if you want to see the
[1:30:07]
damage on the cars, the small
[1:30:08]
bumps already, -- he got upset,
[1:30:13]
so it is my fault.
[1:30:14]
>> Was he a city employee?
[1:30:16]
>> Yes.
[1:30:19]
>> You know, we can certainly, I
[1:30:21]
can certainly check into that.
[1:30:23]
Usually, our arborists are our
[1:30:26]
specialists are pretty good at
[1:30:27]
what they do, so I tend to take
[1:30:29]
their opinion because I really
[1:30:32]
don't. I'm not a tree
[1:30:34]
specialist, so I tend to. I've
[1:30:35]
heard what you've said and we
[1:30:37]
can certainly look at it, you
[1:30:39]
know?
[1:30:40]
>> Please, please do. Thank you.
[1:30:44]
>> Sorry, if I can say, maybe
[1:30:50]
mentality or all the projects
[1:30:52]
should be changed. You should
[1:30:54]
not go and see if something can
[1:30:57]
be cut and destroyed. You should
[1:31:00]
maintain, you should maybe have
[1:31:02]
a crew which goes, if you go on
[1:31:05]
Hymus, there are some trees
[1:31:09]
which are branches over the
[1:31:11]
streets, over the things, which
[1:31:12]
should be removed. Every country
[1:31:15]
is doing that, sir. Not every
[1:31:17]
country but some countries are
[1:31:18]
doing that to prevent something
[1:31:23]
happening and secondly, I'm
[1:31:27]
going to tell you --
[1:31:28]
>> I'm going to have to, there
[1:31:29]
are other people with questions.
[1:31:31]
We are spending a lot of time on
[1:31:32]
the tree. I apologize. Suffice
[1:31:35]
to say that I'm pretty sure
[1:31:37]
people do trimmed trees and do
[1:31:39]
try and do preventative work in
[1:31:40]
their defence, and --
[1:31:43]
>> Not according to him.
[1:31:45]
>> Okay, I will check into it
[1:31:46]
but I'm pretty sure -- thank you
[1:31:49]
for alerting us to your issue.
[1:31:52]
Your address?
[1:31:53]
>> 110 pick wood Crescent.
[1:31:56]
>> Thank you, sir.
[1:31:57]
>> Okay and I thank you, thank
[1:32:00]
you, Mr. Eric tried to help us,
[1:32:02]
thank you very much.
[1:32:06]
>> Lynn Conway?
[1:32:14]
>> Good evening. In April, there
[1:32:20]
is a special council meeting and
[1:32:23]
what I would like to talk about
[1:32:24]
my preamble, not the question
[1:32:26]
yet. What's more important and
[1:32:30]
what's good and not so good.
[1:32:33]
There was a resolution for the
[1:32:38]
asking the acronym is called M A
[1:32:40]
M, Ministry of --
[1:32:45]
>> M A M H.
[1:32:48]
>> Okay, what he said. I can't
[1:32:51]
say that. So, if we look at some
[1:32:58]
councillors meant to the news,
[1:32:59]
they were actually in the 6:00
[1:33:01]
news saying that they want to
[1:33:04]
fix things, they want to know
[1:33:07]
what they're doing, what's
[1:33:08]
happening wrong, so it can be
[1:33:10]
fixed. But the examples that
[1:33:12]
they gave or that I have heard
[1:33:15]
of was the council meeting. So,
[1:33:18]
for me, I'm just thinking, wow,
[1:33:20]
there is such a list of other
[1:33:22]
things that are way more
[1:33:24]
important that are wrong that
[1:33:26]
could be fixed before we even
[1:33:27]
start talking about the council
[1:33:29]
period or how long somebody is
[1:33:31]
talking, is somebody clapping, I
[1:33:32]
think that's down low on the
[1:33:33]
list of priorities that the City
[1:33:35]
should be looking at. For
[1:33:37]
example, the developers, we are
[1:33:39]
letting them do things that they
[1:33:41]
should not. Shouldn't most new
[1:33:44]
buildings have an eye on the
[1:33:45]
street business? I think so.
[1:33:47]
It's not happening. The other
[1:33:49]
day, I went for a walk in my
[1:33:51]
neighbourhood, I saw in the
[1:33:52]
Veterans corridor a new home. I
[1:33:56]
can't even call this a mega home
[1:33:58]
anymore, it could fit probably
[1:33:59]
four of my houses in this one
[1:34:02]
house. And when we hear about
[1:34:03]
there is a shortage of homes,
[1:34:06]
that's where all these new
[1:34:07]
development needs to be built,
[1:34:08]
all these tall condo buildings.
[1:34:11]
Well, this one home is, you
[1:34:13]
know, how many people are going
[1:34:14]
to be living in it? Two, three,
[1:34:18]
four? I had six people living in
[1:34:19]
my house. You could use the same
[1:34:21]
space and have a semi detached
[1:34:25]
duplex. You could have two homes
[1:34:28]
side by side, you could have how
[1:34:29]
many people living in there?
[1:34:31]
Six, seven, eight? And
[1:34:34]
apparently, I heard that there
[1:34:35]
is a city bylaw where the -- was
[1:34:38]
supposed to have a one car
[1:34:41]
garage. This new home has a
[1:34:42]
three car garage. It's a
[1:34:45]
ginormous home. Can't even say
[1:34:47]
mega home anymore.
[1:34:50]
>> So, your question, Miss
[1:34:53]
Conway?
[1:34:54]
>> I don't have a question for
[1:34:55]
this but I'm just anxious for
[1:34:57]
the citizens consultation to be
[1:35:00]
finished and the report done, so
[1:35:02]
you can go and look at the
[1:35:04]
zoning and change all these
[1:35:06]
problems.
[1:35:07]
>> Well apparently, the citizen
[1:35:08]
consultation reports are up on
[1:35:09]
the website. You, like everybody
[1:35:11]
else that talks to me, doesn't
[1:35:13]
know that or hasn't asks them,
[1:35:16]
which is a point I made at a
[1:35:17]
meeting not long ago. So, we
[1:35:19]
will certainly work on that
[1:35:21]
because for some odd reason, the
[1:35:24]
reports are done, the citizens
[1:35:26]
are not getting them. So, there
[1:35:28]
is a problem there, I am aware
[1:35:29]
of it, I spent some time on it
[1:35:32]
quite arduously at one of our
[1:35:33]
last meetings and we will
[1:35:35]
continue to do so because I
[1:35:36]
think it is a problem.
[1:35:38]
>> -- Was supposed to, I thought
[1:35:40]
they were supposed to do a
[1:35:41]
report for Council, so Council
[1:35:43]
could look at and then you can
[1:35:46]
go back and look at all the the
[1:35:51]
-- that you did. What was that
[1:35:54]
meeting about the freeze? Is
[1:35:56]
there going to be a vote after
[1:35:58]
the freeze?
[1:35:59]
>> What we are supposed to be
[1:36:00]
doing is having a citizen
[1:36:02]
participation exercise where
[1:36:03]
we're getting information to
[1:36:05]
contribute to the -- plan and
[1:36:07]
each consultation, or not
[1:36:08]
consultation, but each time the
[1:36:11]
citizens met, apparently the
[1:36:13]
reports are up and available. On
[1:36:17]
the web.
[1:36:18]
>> But the report is supposed to
[1:36:20]
be for the Council to get those
[1:36:22]
out of the freeze.
[1:36:23]
>> What I would like, first and
[1:36:26]
foremost, is an overarching
[1:36:28]
report. Not just individual ones
[1:36:29]
which I've also asked for, so
[1:36:30]
that we can have some
[1:36:33]
perspective that can contribute
[1:36:35]
to the urban plan, and not just
[1:36:38]
micro reports, not individual
[1:36:40]
ones, like have an overarching
[1:36:41]
vision that could influence the
[1:36:43]
creation of the urban plan.
[1:36:45]
That, ideally, is where we're
[1:36:46]
still headed. We're not there
[1:36:48]
yet. But we are headed in that
[1:36:50]
direction. Your question, Miss
[1:36:54]
Conway?
[1:36:55]
>> It was just a comment to say
[1:36:56]
I'm anxious for all of these
[1:36:59]
consultations and the report to
[1:37:00]
be finished, so there can be a
[1:37:02]
vote, to get us out of the
[1:37:04]
freeze.
[1:37:05]
>> Yeah, so we can have an urban
[1:37:07]
plan. --
[1:37:09]
>> The sooner we have the urban
[1:37:10]
plan, the sooner we can stop
[1:37:11]
doing these mega homes and
[1:37:13]
ginormous homes with three car
[1:37:16]
garages.
[1:37:17]
>> Well, provided the
[1:37:18]
information we receive --
[1:37:19]
>> Space for young families, we
[1:37:20]
should be zoning lots as semi
[1:37:24]
detached.
[1:37:25]
>> Provided that is what the
[1:37:26]
consultation or that's what the
[1:37:28]
participatory process has come
[1:37:30]
up with, yes. But you know how I
[1:37:33]
think. I concur with what you
[1:37:34]
are seeing entirely. I want to
[1:37:37]
know specifically what the
[1:37:38]
question is. You want a
[1:37:40]
timeframe on that or?
[1:37:42]
>> No. I just wanted to make a
[1:37:44]
point that some councillors went
[1:37:48]
to the news to say that there
[1:37:49]
was a problem in the council.
[1:37:52]
>> I got that, you've said. That
[1:37:53]
>> But I think that's way down
[1:37:54]
there on the list of priorities.
[1:37:55]
The party should probably be to
[1:37:58]
just --
[1:37:59]
>> Miss Conway.
[1:38:00]
>> What the developers are
[1:38:01]
doing.
[1:38:02]
>> You have said that, I've
[1:38:03]
heard you. Is there a question,
[1:38:04]
though?
[1:38:05]
>> Okay, in regards to that,
[1:38:07]
there was no question. Just my
[1:38:09]
comments. My second point --
[1:38:11]
>> Not a point, is there a
[1:38:12]
question at some point? Okay, I
[1:38:15]
would like to get a question.
[1:38:16]
>> It's an additional topic. So,
[1:38:18]
my background is accounting and
[1:38:19]
every once in a while, I see,
[1:38:21]
like, ridiculous expenses. I
[1:38:23]
would like to know about 10.3 on
[1:38:26]
the agenda today, it's $209,000
[1:38:30]
for a dynamic, it says a dynamic
[1:38:36]
screen. Is that those electronic
[1:38:38]
billboards?
[1:38:39]
>> I believe it is. What is your
[1:38:41]
question, Miss Conway?
[1:38:42]
>> Is this what it is? Are those
[1:38:45]
billboards, where is it going to
[1:38:46]
be installed?
[1:38:48]
>> It's the billboard that's on
[1:38:50]
St. John's that we have -- C'est
[1:38:55]
l'écran que nous avons
[1:38:56]
actuellement au Centre aquatique
[1:38:57]
qui doit être remplacée, car
[1:38:59]
elle est désuète. C'est un
[1:39:01]
remplacement des grands qui
[1:39:02]
existent déjà au Centre
[1:39:03]
aquatique.
[1:39:04]
- C'est par, là pas par là.
[1:39:08]
>> Honestly, Mayor Thomas, I
[1:39:10]
meet with people, they know
[1:39:11]
nothing about the city.
[1:39:15]
>> Okay.
[1:39:16]
>> There's already a billboard
[1:39:18]
here and those already won here
[1:39:20]
in St. Johns. And at Douglas --
[1:39:24]
there's one close to the highway
[1:39:25]
on the east side of St. John's.
[1:39:28]
I think that's enough
[1:39:30]
information. You distribute
[1:39:31]
enough things, there's a website
[1:39:34]
like really and then when it
[1:39:36]
goes defective in another five,
[1:39:37]
ten years, will we replace
[1:39:38]
again? Like, I paid enough taxes
[1:39:40]
the last few years, my taxes
[1:39:42]
went up so much.
[1:39:43]
>> Miss Conway, your question?
[1:39:45]
>> Can we watch our expenses?
[1:39:46]
Like, every once in a while as
[1:39:47]
the ridiculous expenses. This
[1:39:50]
amount of money is ridiculous.
[1:39:52]
>> Personally, I think that I
[1:39:54]
like the billboards myself,
[1:39:55]
personally. I think their good
[1:39:56]
way of giving citizens, Miss
[1:39:58]
Conway, I think we're pretty
[1:39:59]
much done here. You have had
[1:40:02]
preamble's, I need questions,
[1:40:03]
which is what I've been asking
[1:40:04]
for. So I will answer the
[1:40:06]
billboard one. Myself, it sounds
[1:40:09]
like a lot of money, I agree and
[1:40:11]
I look at that money and go, is
[1:40:13]
it worth it or is it not worth
[1:40:14]
it? The billboards are helpful
[1:40:16]
to the citizens. I like them.
[1:40:18]
Personally, I think they
[1:40:19]
transmit information myself,
[1:40:21]
personally, I think Council,
[1:40:23]
people, we have them because
[1:40:24]
they've been supportive. Whether
[1:40:26]
they cost too much, fair enough.
[1:40:27]
If they keep breaking
[1:40:28]
continually and it costs an
[1:40:29]
awful lot of money, they
[1:40:30]
definitely have to be looked
[1:40:32]
into. So, is that the answer to
[1:40:34]
your question? Yes.
[1:40:35]
>> Mayor Thomas, it's not a
[1:40:37]
street level billboard. It's the
[1:40:40]
board inside the aquatic centre.
[1:40:43]
The scoring board, the
[1:40:44]
information board inside the
[1:40:46]
aquatic centre that has aged out
[1:40:48]
and needs to be replaced.
[1:40:50]
>> Okay, so it's fundamental to
[1:40:52]
the operation of the centre and
[1:40:55]
probably a worthwhile expense
[1:40:56]
would be my answer to that.
[1:40:58]
Thanks, Miss Conway. Nasr El
[1:41:05]
Dabee.
[1:41:09]
>> Good evening. I hope
[1:41:10]
everybody is doing well. My
[1:41:13]
question was supposed to be last
[1:41:15]
month about the special meeting
[1:41:18]
about the special meeting when
[1:41:20]
it was -- when you do the
[1:41:23]
resolution. Because Mr. -- City
[1:41:35]
bylaw for the answer for the
[1:41:39]
question period. So, we never
[1:41:41]
knew about this. And also, if or
[1:41:48]
the City -- if you follow the
[1:41:53]
city bylaw, nobody comes here to
[1:41:56]
complain or to ask for, you
[1:41:59]
know, them, they get out of the
[1:42:01]
heat, they know follow that city
[1:42:03]
bylaw and they ask us to follow
[1:42:08]
the city bylaw, so please, can
[1:42:11]
you all follow City bylaw and we
[1:42:17]
ask first and you take the
[1:42:18]
opinion of the existing citizens
[1:42:22]
before you do any resolution
[1:42:27]
concerning our city because we
[1:42:30]
elected you, so we are supposed
[1:42:33]
to know all about before you
[1:42:34]
start doing a resolution and
[1:42:36]
voting on it, we have to know
[1:42:38]
first, is that good for us or
[1:42:40]
not? He's shaking his head. This
[1:42:43]
man, what he's shaking his head
[1:42:46]
last time, he gave me the middle
[1:42:49]
finger.
[1:42:50]
>> Okay, Mr. Nasr El Dabee, I
[1:42:55]
concur that if that is what has
[1:42:57]
occurred, it's not a good thing.
[1:42:58]
I'm not watching, I have not
[1:43:00]
seen but that's probably not a
[1:43:02]
good thing and the quorum goes
[1:43:04]
two ways. If that indeed is
[1:43:06]
happening, I apologize. As for
[1:43:11]
your preamble, I'm just hoping,
[1:43:12]
you have a specific question
[1:43:14]
resulting from that?
[1:43:15]
>> That's what I'm saying.
[1:43:17]
>> What's your question?
[1:43:19]
>> The City Council follow the
[1:43:22]
resolution, all the City bylaw
[1:43:25]
and be -- asked as for us, they
[1:43:27]
took their opinion first before
[1:43:29]
we started doing anything, we
[1:43:30]
elected them.
[1:43:31]
>> I think what you are
[1:43:32]
referring to is the fact that
[1:43:36]
the agenda, in the agenda, it
[1:43:40]
wasn't explained, is that what
[1:43:41]
you're saying? Or it wasn't
[1:43:43]
available at the front door, is
[1:43:44]
that what you're referring to?
[1:43:46]
>> We came to the meeting, we
[1:43:47]
don't know what was going on and
[1:43:51]
we asked a question and we don't
[1:43:52]
know what's going on.
[1:43:53]
>> I remember that and I,
[1:43:55]
myself, thought that it might
[1:43:56]
have been worth photocopying a
[1:43:58]
bit more and having on at the
[1:43:59]
door, I concur with that
[1:44:01]
assessment. But what is your
[1:44:03]
question, Mr. El Dabee?
[1:44:05]
>> I want to City Council to
[1:44:07]
follow --
[1:44:08]
>> That's not a question, that's
[1:44:09]
a statement. Do you have a
[1:44:10]
question?
[1:44:12]
>> Are they going to do that or
[1:44:13]
not?
[1:44:14]
>> This is question period.
[1:44:15]
>> Yes, I know.
[1:44:16]
>> I think they all individually
[1:44:17]
try as best they can to try to
[1:44:19]
follow the rules of procedure.
[1:44:21]
>> Okay because the second
[1:44:23]
question, they're always talking
[1:44:26]
about Cadillac Fairview, they
[1:44:27]
pay 17% from that. Further
[1:44:30]
taxes. They care too much about
[1:44:34]
-- there exists citizens that
[1:44:36]
pay more than 50% of our City
[1:44:39]
taxes. Is that not supposed to
[1:44:40]
be more important than Cadillac
[1:44:43]
Fairview?
[1:44:45]
>> It's supposed to be, all
[1:44:48]
citizens are supposed to be
[1:44:49]
equal, including corporations.
[1:44:51]
So, that would be my answer.
[1:44:54]
Every citizen has an equal
[1:44:56]
percentage and that stacks up
[1:44:58]
again with corporations. I think
[1:45:00]
that democracy is democracy.
[1:45:02]
That is my answer. Other people
[1:45:03]
may disagree with that, that's
[1:45:05]
my answer. I don't think there
[1:45:07]
should be disproportionate
[1:45:09]
waiting in a democracy, I don't.
[1:45:10]
I think it should be fair to
[1:45:12]
everyone, but that's just my
[1:45:13]
perspective. And that's
[1:45:16]
numerically, that's a hard
[1:45:17]
calculation to make, and that
[1:45:19]
requires much more explanation
[1:45:20]
than we can do at the microphone
[1:45:21]
here tonight. But your question
[1:45:25]
is, should a corporation have
[1:45:27]
more weight than the citizen?
[1:45:30]
No. That's my answer. Others may
[1:45:33]
disagree with me, okay? Is that
[1:45:35]
your question, sir? That's your
[1:45:37]
answer?
[1:45:38]
>> But my question is --
[1:45:40]
>> Mr. El Dabee, you've had to
[1:45:42]
right now there are other people
[1:45:43]
on the list. So, you've had two
[1:45:46]
questions, I believe. I think we
[1:45:47]
are good.
[1:45:49]
>> Okay, so I hope really they
[1:45:51]
listen and they are consulting
[1:45:52]
us before they do anything.
[1:45:54]
Thank you.
[1:45:55]
>> Thank you, sir.
[1:45:56]
>> May I address Mr. El Dabee or
[1:45:59]
whatever?
[1:46:02]
>> El Dabee.
[1:46:04]
>> If you don't hear my name
[1:46:06]
just don't say or Mr., you know?
[1:46:08]
It's very simple.
[1:46:09]
>> Mr. is good. I can remember
[1:46:11]
that. Actually, I did point out
[1:46:15]
to you after the meeting and I
[1:46:21]
added a couple expletives. You
[1:46:24]
are always at every meeting
[1:46:27]
taking precious time out of the
[1:46:32]
evil who will have good
[1:46:34]
question. I can replay the last
[1:46:38]
20 assemblies and you always say
[1:46:41]
the same thing. So, thank you
[1:46:45]
and I meant it.
[1:46:50]
>> It was right to give the
[1:46:52]
middle finger?
[1:46:56]
>> Mr. El Dabee, thank you.
[1:46:59]
>> Paul Valois? Mr. El Dabee.
[1:47:08]
>> In some ways I'm feeling a
[1:47:10]
little bad because there's one
[1:47:11]
word you are lacking in your
[1:47:13]
vocabulary and the word is next.
[1:47:16]
You've been stringing a lot of
[1:47:17]
time on that soft.
[1:47:18]
>> No actually, I've been
[1:47:19]
expediting and I think that's
[1:47:20]
unfair, sir. And you can come
[1:47:23]
try it yourself but I think
[1:47:25]
that's it through the adverse
[1:47:27]
statement and if you replay the
[1:47:28]
tape of this meeting, I think
[1:47:29]
our statement is entirely
[1:47:31]
unjust. Do you have a question,
[1:47:32]
sir, or a preamble?
[1:47:33]
>> I have a question --
[1:47:35]
>> Do you have a preamble for
[1:47:36]
the question or?
[1:47:37]
>> No, I know how to act. I'm
[1:47:39]
going to ask you the question.
[1:47:41]
>> Name, please?
[1:47:43]
>> Your name, please?
[1:47:44]
>> Who --
[1:47:46]
>> Paul Valois, I already stated
[1:47:48]
it.
[1:47:50]
>> The question I wanted to ask
[1:47:52]
was actually but on Saint clear
[1:47:58]
there with I mentioned it last
[1:48:00]
time that we need more light
[1:48:02]
there at night and since I don't
[1:48:05]
have a sidewalk in there, it is
[1:48:07]
very dangerous with a lot of
[1:48:08]
young people.
[1:48:09]
>> The bottom of St. Claire and
[1:48:11]
lakeshore?
[1:48:12]
>> Less in between Cartier and
[1:48:16]
brunette, okay?
[1:48:17]
>> Oh, on St. Claire, yeah.
[1:48:19]
Pointe-Claire Avenue, St.
[1:48:20]
Claire, yes.
[1:48:21]
>> It's a big problem there too
[1:48:24]
because -- just a thought of
[1:48:25]
people.
[1:48:26]
>> Between Cartier and Victoria,
[1:48:27]
no?
[1:48:28]
>> The stoplight at the corridor
[1:48:30]
of St. Claire and brunette,
[1:48:33]
should be at least lit up or --
[1:48:36]
keep flying by their, they can't
[1:48:37]
even stop. So, that's what we
[1:48:41]
need. Okay? But think about the
[1:48:44]
word next.
[1:48:45]
>> I know, I'm very conscious of
[1:48:46]
the word next and it's been on
[1:48:47]
my mind the entire meeting,
[1:48:49]
trust me. But I would ask you to
[1:48:51]
think about the word rude and
[1:48:53]
next and rude are pretty closely
[1:48:56]
associated. Could I, Geneviève
[1:49:01]
Lucia?
[1:49:08]
>> I have two questions. One
[1:49:09]
with a short preamble. La
[1:49:11]
semaine dernière, il y avait un
[1:49:13]
Martin vraiment intéressant dans
[1:49:14]
Le Devoir qui s'appelait:
[1:49:15]
l'adaptation climatique impose
[1:49:17]
l'arrêt des milieux naturels du
[1:49:18]
Québec. Dans l'article, on
[1:49:21]
mentionne deux études super
[1:49:23]
intéressantes. Une faite par le
[1:49:24]
gouverneur caquiste est un fait
[1:49:27]
par l'Union des municipalités du
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Québec. Qui mentionne toute
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l'importance de la protection de
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la biodiversité. En particulier,
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le fait que les besoins des
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municipalités pourraient
[1:49:39]
s'élever à 20 milliards de
[1:49:40]
dollars pour s'adapter aux
[1:49:42]
changements climatiques. --
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Taxpayers will have to pay to
[1:49:49]
adapt to climate change or cash,
[1:49:50]
we should climate, climate
[1:49:51]
emergency now. So, when I was at
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the last budget meeting, I asked
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at the end of the meeting if the
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City was going to be putting
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towards any ideas about funds
[1:50:00]
towards climate resiliency or to
[1:50:03]
adapt to climate change and I
[1:50:04]
was told there was currently no,
[1:50:07]
that was not on the table but I
[1:50:08]
was wondering at this point,
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Dieu au fait qu'on sait qu'il va
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avoir des milliards de dollars à
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se préparer, pour se préparer
[1:50:17]
pour les changements
[1:50:18]
climatiques, je demandais si la
[1:50:20]
Ville a commencé à faire de
[1:50:22]
l'avant par rapport au budget,
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de mettre de l'argent de côté, à
[1:50:26]
penser à ce qu'on va faire dans
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le futur. On parle du système
[1:50:30]
d'eau potable, on parle des
[1:50:32]
routes, des ponts, les cycles de
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dégel et gèlent, toutes des
[1:50:35]
choses dont on a parlé ce soir,
[1:50:37]
en fait, dont je demandais si la
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Ville avait fait des avancements
[1:50:43]
ou des avances là-dessus.
[1:50:47]
>> I mean, we have done some
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things, we've budgeted for
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things, absolutely. Have we put
[1:50:53]
a specific budget aside? I don't
[1:50:55]
think so. Unless, have we about
[1:51:00]
it or have we accumulated among
[1:51:02]
some for environmental
[1:51:04]
protection as a city?
[1:51:05]
>> We are beginning to have
[1:51:07]
discussions, you know, for the
[1:51:08]
next budget so for sure, the
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answer that we give last
[1:51:12]
December was the same because
[1:51:13]
the next budget would be in
[1:51:14]
December. But they have
[1:51:16]
discussions, you know, inside
[1:51:17]
and we will see for the next
[1:51:19]
year if Council wants to put
[1:51:21]
aside some of those funds. But
[1:51:23]
for sure, we're working on some
[1:51:25]
projects for that.
[1:51:26]
>> That's really good to hear, I
[1:51:27]
appreciate that because it does
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mention that protecting green
[1:51:30]
spaces is a way to reduce the
[1:51:33]
fee to residents and taxpayers.
[1:51:35]
A second really quick question
[1:51:36]
is if there's any news about
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consultation about public green
[1:51:42]
spaces and or Fairview forest,
[1:51:45]
specifically.
[1:51:46]
>> A very good questions. All of
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them. I will just say to
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protecting, as far as
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accumulating a fund for
[1:51:53]
environmental protection, the
[1:51:55]
simplest and easiest way to
[1:51:56]
protect the environment is
[1:51:57]
they're not cut trees until, so
[1:51:59]
we protect our green spaces and
[1:52:00]
not cut trees. It doesn't even
[1:52:02]
require budgeting, although we
[1:52:03]
can look into acquiring green
[1:52:05]
spaces, which is another
[1:52:06]
excellent way of accumulating --
[1:52:09]
>> That was my league and I
[1:52:10]
didn't go there, because I
[1:52:11]
didn't have enough time but yes.
[1:52:12]
>> I agree with it and I think
[1:52:13]
overtime we should be looking
[1:52:14]
into that, and if I had my own
[1:52:16]
preference, I would be looking
[1:52:17]
after the waterfront as well so
[1:52:19]
that we, as a city, can start
[1:52:21]
acquiring land along the
[1:52:22]
waterfront as well as greens
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rates.
[1:52:24]
>> They mentioned shorelines in
[1:52:25]
the study.
[1:52:26]
>> Absolutely although we are in
[1:52:27]
defence of Pointe-Claire, we are
[1:52:29]
getting a lot of flak for our
[1:52:31]
new environmental approach to
[1:52:33]
the shoreline. Where we are
[1:52:36]
allowing it to not erode and to
[1:52:39]
not heat up. We are allowing
[1:52:41]
growth along the shoreline,
[1:52:43]
according to new environmental
[1:52:45]
standards. Which is the right
[1:52:47]
thing to do, but is not popular
[1:52:48]
for us right at the moment, so
[1:52:50]
we are doing, there are some
[1:52:52]
positive steps. The topic Drake
[1:52:54]
is becoming a natural one, like
[1:52:55]
a natural force. We're letting
[1:52:56]
it go so it won't be mowed grass
[1:52:58]
anymore. So, there are ways but
[1:53:00]
yes, accumulating a fund for me
[1:53:03]
is absolutely the right way to
[1:53:05]
go and I would love us to go
[1:53:07]
that route. As to your question
[1:53:09]
about the consultation, one of
[1:53:10]
the consultation, the citizen
[1:53:12]
participation exercise for the
[1:53:14]
Fairview forest, which Mr.
[1:53:16]
Johnson has also alluded to,
[1:53:19]
apparently it's still in the
[1:53:20]
works. I'm not sure where we are
[1:53:21]
at in that. I have pushed for
[1:53:23]
that consistently on an almost
[1:53:26]
weekly basis. Where are we at
[1:53:29]
this point, Madam Verdon, on the
[1:53:32]
consultation for the Cadillac
[1:53:34]
Fairview, the Fairview forest?
[1:53:36]
>> We were supposed -- couple
[1:53:42]
weeks ago that we have workshops
[1:53:44]
to do with the council before we
[1:53:47]
decide what the next step will
[1:53:48]
be for that.
[1:53:50]
>> I don't want to take any more
[1:53:51]
time, honestly. Somebody else is
[1:53:53]
waiting but I had just been
[1:53:54]
talking about this for a few
[1:53:55]
months now and I hope it doesn't
[1:53:57]
happen in the summer during
[1:53:58]
vacation time, because that
[1:53:59]
would be very unfortunate.
[1:54:00]
>> For sure.
[1:54:02]
Super, merci beaucoup.
[1:54:04]
>> My concern is whether it
[1:54:06]
happens but we will see.
[1:54:07]
>> I will keep coming.
[1:54:08]
>> Thank you, please do.
[1:54:09]
>> Time is up, Mister Mayor.
[1:54:11]
>> All right, so we did, just
[1:54:13]
for peoples information, we did
[1:54:15]
17. So, I didn't use next
[1:54:17]
because I love for questions but
[1:54:20]
17 aimed bad. Okay, so we will
[1:54:23]
continue with the meeting.
[1:54:26]
>> Can we do how much we were
[1:54:30]
waiting?
[1:54:32]
>> There were --
[1:54:33]
>> Three people.
[1:54:34]
>> To, Mickey Fortier and
[1:54:36]
Felicia hinds.
[1:54:40]
[Inaudible]
[1:54:41]
>> Okay, so there is one that I
[1:54:42]
didn't know about, okay. So for
[1:54:43]
your information, on average, we
[1:54:44]
get 11, 10 to 11 so this was a
[1:54:48]
really high evening and we got
[1:54:50]
17 of 19 or 20? That's pretty
[1:54:55]
good, though. If you look at any
[1:54:56]
other City Council meetings,
[1:54:58]
they don't get 17 people's
[1:54:59]
questions answered. Go try it
[1:55:02]
out, check it out, do your own
[1:55:03]
homework, sir. And I remind you
[1:55:06]
of the word rude. As opposed to
[1:55:09]
next because I think it may be
[1:55:11]
dangerously close to one of
[1:55:13]
them. I encourage you to look at
[1:55:15]
other councils, other city
[1:55:17]
councils and see how many
[1:55:18]
citizens the other questions
[1:55:20]
responded to and compared, okay?
[1:55:22]
Before you jump not, jump to
[1:55:24]
conclusions, empirical science
[1:55:26]
is a very good way to go. Okay,
[1:55:29]
Madam people. Cinq virgule, un
[1:55:39]
5.1 Avis de motion et dépôt d'un
[1:55:40]
projet de Règlement modifiant le
[1:55:41]
règlement de construction
[1:55:42]
PC-2786. Il y a eu de modifier
[1:55:44]
des règlements d'instructions
[1:55:45]
afin d'introduire une solution
[1:55:47]
de rechange pour la construction
[1:55:48]
d'un mur de séparation coupe peu
[1:55:50]
à l'intérieur de l'immeuble
[1:55:52]
multi-tannant.
[1:55:58]
>> Kelly Thorstad-Cullen,
[1:56:00]
district three.
[1:56:01]
>> Five point, three 3 Public
[1:56:03]
consultation regarding a draft
[1:56:04]
By-law amending By-law --
[1:56:07]
>> Do I have a mover?
[1:56:08]
>> Kelly Thorstad-Cullen,
[1:56:10]
district three.
[1:56:11]
>> And seconder?
[1:56:12]
Bruno Tremblay, district six. >>
[1:56:13]
You know Tremblay, district six.
[1:56:14]
>> All in favour? Merci.
[1:56:23]
5.3 Assemblée publique de
[1:56:24]
consultation concernant un
[1:56:25]
projet de Règlement modifiant le
[1:56:26]
règlement PC-2957 sur les
[1:56:27]
Projets particuliers de
[1:56:28]
construction, de modification ou
[1:56:29]
d'occupation d'un immeuble
[1:56:31]
(PPCMOI)
[1:56:32]
. Les personnes présentes
[1:56:33]
peuvent s'adresser au conseil
[1:56:34]
pour obtenir des informations
[1:56:35]
sur ce règlement. En guise de
[1:56:38]
rappel, l'avis de motion a été
[1:56:39]
donnée et les premiers projets a
[1:56:41]
été adoptée lors de la séance du
[1:56:43]
mois de mai dernier. Ça
[1:56:45]
règlement vise à retrancher le
[1:56:46]
règlement un virgule 3,4
[1:56:48]
concernant la tarification.
[1:56:49]
Cette même tarification a été
[1:56:50]
consolidé au règlement PC 29 ce
[1:56:53]
102, lequel est régulièrement
[1:56:56]
modifié. À titre informatif, le
[1:56:57]
projet de règlement ne contient
[1:56:59]
aucune disposition propres
[1:57:01]
règlements ces petites
[1:57:02]
d'approbation référendaire, donc
[1:57:03]
le conseil serait habilité à
[1:57:05]
adopter la version finale ce
[1:57:06]
soir.
[1:57:14]
5,4.
[1:57:16]
>> Adoption of a By-law dividing
[1:57:17]
the territory of the City of
[1:57:18]
Pointe-Claire in municipal
[1:57:19]
districts.
[1:57:20]
In the year proceeding a general
[1:57:21]
election, the Council must
[1:57:22]
ensure that the number of
[1:57:23]
electors per district respects
[1:57:24]
the ratios set out in the
[1:57:25]
elections and referendums act.
[1:57:27]
After review, three districts no
[1:57:29]
longer comply with the ratios,
[1:57:31]
namely four, five, and six.
[1:57:33]
These three districts had to be
[1:57:35]
re-divided to comply with the
[1:57:37]
act. A map has been published on
[1:57:39]
the cities website to illustrate
[1:57:40]
the changes. Citizens had 15
[1:57:43]
days to object. No objections
[1:57:44]
have been received. Councillors
[1:57:46]
may therefore proceed with this
[1:57:48]
adoption. The bylaw will come
[1:57:49]
into force on October 31st,
[1:57:52]
2024.
[1:57:53]
5,5: adoption de règlements sur
[1:57:55]
l'utilisation de l'eau potable.
[1:57:56]
Le principal objectif de ce
[1:57:59]
règlement est de réduire la
[1:58:00]
situation de l'eau potable en
[1:58:01]
vue de préserver la qualité elle
[1:58:02]
a quand c'était la ressource.
[1:58:04]
Ils balisent entre autres les
[1:58:05]
raccordement et les principales
[1:58:06]
formes d'utilisation, tel
[1:58:08]
arrosage et les remplissage de
[1:58:10]
piscine.
[1:58:12]
>> 5.6 Adoption of a By-law
[1:58:14]
amending By-law PC-2962
[1:58:15]
decreeing the exigible tariffs
[1:58:16]
for the financing of properties,
[1:58:18]
services and activities offered
[1:58:20]
by the City of Pointe-Claire,
[1:58:21]
for fiscal year 2024.
[1:58:23]
The bylaw is amended to add a
[1:58:25]
corporate rate for memberships
[1:58:26]
of ten or more employees at the
[1:58:29]
Oliver Urquhart Sports Centre.
[1:58:30]
5.7 Adoption d'un Règlement
[1:58:31]
modifiant le règlement PC-2957
[1:58:32]
sur les Projets particuliers de
[1:58:33]
construction, de modification ou
[1:58:35]
d'occupation d'un immeuble
[1:58:37]
(PPCMOI)
[1:58:38]
. Il s'agit de l'adoption finale
[1:58:39]
de la Règlement décrit en 5,3.
[1:58:42]
6.1 Authorize the City of
[1:58:43]
Pointe-Claire to lend equipment
[1:58:44]
for the Lyrics & Lemonade
[1:58:45]
Fundraiser.
[1:58:48]
This fund-raiser is organized by
[1:58:50]
Steven Cohen for the healthy
[1:58:51]
kids fund benefiting the
[1:58:52]
Montréal children's hospital
[1:58:54]
foundation. The lyrics and
[1:58:56]
lemonade event will take place
[1:58:57]
on September 27th, 23, four in
[1:58:59]
Northview park in Pointe-Claire.
[1:59:01]
For the purpose of the event,
[1:59:02]
Mr. Cohen is requesting that the
[1:59:03]
City of Pointe-Claire land him
[1:59:04]
equipment.
[1:59:07]
>> And just before we proceed, I
[1:59:08]
believe that councillors
[1:59:12]
Bissonnette and Councillor
[1:59:14]
Cousineau wanted to speak to
[1:59:17]
5.5. After we vote. So do I have
[1:59:21]
a mover?
[1:59:23]
>> Tara Stainforth, district
[1:59:25]
four
[1:59:26]
>> Councillor Bissonnette?
[1:59:28]
>> I oppose this bylaw.
[1:59:33]
>> Before he speaks -- okay. No
[1:59:37]
--
[1:59:38]
>> Mover, seconder.
[1:59:39]
>> Do I have a seconder?
[1:59:40]
>> Eric Stork, district seven.
[1:59:42]
>> Councillor Bissonnette?
[1:59:44]
>> I oppose this amendment --
[1:59:48]
to. Items item for, which is the
[1:59:50]
enforcement of this present
[1:59:51]
bylaw, and item 39, the issuance
[1:59:53]
of a statement of offence. Je
[1:59:56]
m'oppose à l'adoption
[1:59:58]
directement qui est proposé,
[1:59:59]
ici, à cause de l'item quatre
[2:00:01]
qui est l'application et
[2:00:03]
l'exécution du règlement de
[2:00:05]
l'item 39 qui est la délivrance
[2:00:07]
d'un constat d'infraction.
[2:00:10]
Merci!
[2:00:14]
- Pour les raisons que j'ai
[2:00:15]
expliqué plus tôt, je vais
[2:00:18]
ajouter aussi. On a touché
[2:00:21]
là-dessus, c'est que dans le
[2:00:23]
moment, il y a un tuyau qui est
[2:00:26]
après être installé tout le long
[2:00:29]
de Victoria, Sainte-Claire,
[2:00:32]
Waverley, Leigh Viau, Lake Shore
[2:00:34]
et tout ça. Notre parti des
[2:00:40]
dépenses, des coûts est
[2:00:43]
maintenant rendu à 9 millions.
[2:00:46]
Ça, c'est nos coûts, à nous
[2:00:48]
autres. C'était supposé nous
[2:00:49]
sauver de l'argent. C'est ce 8
[2:00:54]
millions-là qui auraient dû en
[2:00:55]
temps normal, en temps normal,
[2:00:58]
peut-être être mis et j'aurai la
[2:01:02]
confirmation par l'ingénierie.
[2:01:05]
C'est que ce 9 millions-là est
[2:01:10]
dédié à rafales des rues. Luc
[2:01:14]
s'est même rendu qu'avec
[2:01:16]
Montréal, on ne choisit plus nos
[2:01:19]
rues. Alors, il faut mettre fin
[2:01:22]
à ça. J'espère que vous allez
[2:01:24]
tous écrire pour supporter la
[2:01:27]
Ville de Pointe-Claire. On se
[2:01:30]
fait maltraiter par la glauque,
[2:01:34]
la CMM et nommer toutes les
[2:01:36]
autres agences. Je voulais
[2:01:39]
rappeler que ça nous a coûté
[2:01:41]
183000 dollars parce qu'on ne
[2:01:44]
pouvait pas mettre une petite
[2:01:47]
case, un Tchèque dans une petite
[2:01:49]
case qui disait: avez-vous un
[2:01:52]
règlement pour contrôler
[2:01:53]
l'arrosage des pelouses?
[2:01:56]
Incroyable! Incroyable! La Ville
[2:01:58]
de Pointe-Claire, depuis le
[2:02:00]
milieu des années 60, a été
[2:02:04]
exemplaire de ce côté-là. Alors,
[2:02:07]
je demande aux gens vraiment de
[2:02:11]
protester. C'est rendu ridicule.
[2:02:13]
La Ville de Montréal va
[2:02:14]
probablement faire faillite dans
[2:02:17]
quelques mois. Au maximum,
[2:02:21]
quelques années et ils vont nous
[2:02:23]
emporter avec ils autres. Il
[2:02:26]
faut mettre un frein à ça. Par
[2:02:27]
les votre députés, parler à vous
[2:02:32]
conseiller et tout ça et
[2:02:34]
écrivez, écrivez s'il vous
[2:02:36]
plaît. Merci.
[2:02:37]
- Merci.
[2:02:39]
>> Mister Mayor, I'd like to --
[2:02:41]
>> Yeah.
[2:02:42]
>> I acknowledge the concerns of
[2:02:43]
my colleagues, Councillor
[2:02:46]
Bissonnette and Councillor
[2:02:48]
Cousineau. I think there are
[2:02:49]
some things in this bylaw that
[2:02:50]
probably should be amended.
[2:02:51]
Let's not forget with the mayor
[2:02:53]
said in the introductory
[2:02:54]
remarks. The motivation for
[2:02:56]
doing this bylaw now is if we
[2:02:59]
pass it now, we are eligible for
[2:03:04]
100, or more, hundreds of
[2:03:05]
thousands of dollars a subsidies
[2:03:07]
from the provincial government
[2:03:08]
for our water infrastructure
[2:03:09]
projects. If we do not pass, it
[2:03:10]
were not eligible. So we're kind
[2:03:12]
of between a rock and a hard
[2:03:14]
place on this one. I agree that
[2:03:18]
the -- we pay for the water we
[2:03:21]
consume, because our water is
[2:03:23]
metres, unlike the City of
[2:03:25]
Montréal, so that should make an
[2:03:26]
influence on incentive towards
[2:03:30]
conservation. That said, the
[2:03:31]
world is changing. The
[2:03:34]
environment is changing. There
[2:03:35]
is an environmental concern as
[2:03:36]
well that we probably should
[2:03:38]
start learning how to conserve
[2:03:41]
water ourselves, and also my son
[2:03:44]
mentioned the other day when he
[2:03:45]
was watering the lawn at night
[2:03:47]
that the sprinkler through the
[2:03:49]
water a lot further. So it does
[2:03:51]
suggest there is pressure
[2:03:53]
fluctuations in the day due to
[2:03:54]
consumption. So maybe it is
[2:03:56]
necessary going forward that we
[2:03:58]
start to plan our and influence
[2:04:01]
our consumption of water. There
[2:04:04]
will be a communications plan
[2:04:06]
that we implement to explain to
[2:04:08]
everybody exactly -- there are
[2:04:12]
significant lifestyle changes
[2:04:13]
that her -- with this bylaw in
[2:04:16]
terms of when and when you can't
[2:04:17]
water your lawn. That's kind of
[2:04:19]
annoying. I can understand that,
[2:04:20]
to have the government interfere
[2:04:23]
that. But perhaps it is
[2:04:25]
necessary. But we will be
[2:04:27]
looking at it. It won't be
[2:04:28]
enforced in a draconian way
[2:04:30]
immediately. So we are going to
[2:04:31]
have a year or so to learn and
[2:04:35]
adjust our behaviours and push
[2:04:38]
back, if we need to. We can
[2:04:39]
amend this bylaw. There's
[2:04:41]
nothing that can stop us from
[2:04:42]
doing that. But you remember
[2:04:43]
please that there's hundreds of
[2:04:44]
thousands of dollars at stake,
[2:04:46]
which is why we are doing it now
[2:04:47]
instead of, well, for us, for
[2:04:50]
us, hundreds of thousands right
[2:04:52]
now. And that is the influence
[2:04:55]
in the timing of this vote
[2:04:58]
tonight.
[2:05:00]
>> Councillor Bissonnette? You
[2:05:02]
want to read one of the clauses?
[2:05:03]
>> I want to the details, item
[2:05:05]
four, endless, responsibility
[2:05:07]
for applying the water use
[2:05:09]
measures.
[2:05:12]
[Whispering]
[2:05:13]
Closer to the mic.
[2:05:14]
>> Pardon? Okay. The reason why
[2:05:16]
I'm opposing it is because this
[2:05:17]
is what's in the bylaws being
[2:05:19]
proposed. The enforcement of the
[2:05:20]
present bylaw is the
[2:05:21]
responsibility of the planning,
[2:05:24]
engineering, inspection, public
[2:05:26]
security, and public works
[2:05:28]
departments of the
[2:05:29]
Municipalities, fire
[2:05:31]
departments. Any employee of
[2:05:33]
these departments is authorized
[2:05:35]
to take legal action against
[2:05:37]
anyone contravene in the present
[2:05:40]
bylaw. Any employee may visit
[2:05:42]
and examine any immovable,
[2:05:44]
including the interior exterior
[2:05:46]
of buildings, to ascertain
[2:05:48]
whether the present bylaw is
[2:05:49]
being complied with and the
[2:05:51]
owners of such buildings are
[2:05:52]
required to allow such persons
[2:05:54]
to enter. The municipal council
[2:05:57]
made by resolution may appoint
[2:05:59]
other persons in addition to
[2:06:01]
these, mention in the present
[2:06:03]
section, for application of the
[2:06:04]
present bylaw. I don't agree
[2:06:07]
that five departments should all
[2:06:09]
be going around and
[2:06:13]
investigating. I'm totally
[2:06:14]
against that. Now, the other
[2:06:16]
item is 39. That's a question of
[2:06:24]
issuance of statement. Any
[2:06:25]
employee that was referred to in
[2:06:26]
the previous action of the
[2:06:28]
present bylaw is authorized to
[2:06:31]
issue statements of offence
[2:06:33]
relating to any contravention of
[2:06:34]
this bylaw. And again, it's not
[2:06:37]
just anybody who's going to
[2:06:38]
start issuing issues of
[2:06:42]
statements.
[2:06:43]
>> Okay. So for five point 4 to
[2:06:47]
6 --
[2:06:49]
[Inaudible]
[2:06:55]
>> You want to read it in? La
[2:06:56]
responsabilité d'implication des
[2:06:57]
mesures. French Ça, c'est l'item
[2:07:01]
quatre. L'implication et
[2:07:02]
l'exécution du présent règlement
[2:07:03]
sur la responsabilité des
[2:07:06]
services de l'urbanisme, de
[2:07:09]
l'ingénierie, de l'inspection
[2:07:10]
Sécurité publique et de
[2:07:12]
l'inspection Sécurité publique
[2:07:13]
et des Travaux publics et
[2:07:14]
immeubles de la ville. Tout
[2:07:16]
employé de l'un ou de l'autre de
[2:07:18]
ces services est autorisé à
[2:07:20]
poursuivre les contrevenants ce
[2:07:22]
règlement. Tout employé peut
[2:07:24]
visiter et examiner toutes
[2:07:25]
immeubles incluant ainsi
[2:07:27]
l'intérieur ou l'extérieur du
[2:07:29]
bâtiment pour constater ce ce
[2:07:31]
règlement est respecté et les
[2:07:33]
propriétaires de ces immeubles
[2:07:34]
et bâtiments sont tenus d'y
[2:07:36]
laisser pénétrer ces personnes.
[2:07:38]
Le conseil municipal peut faire
[2:07:40]
résolution nommer d'autres
[2:07:42]
personnes en plus de seuls
[2:07:43]
mentionné dans le présente
[2:07:44]
article. Pour l'application du
[2:07:46]
règlement présent. Je suis
[2:07:48]
contre ça avec cinq départements
[2:07:50]
qui sont avec le contrôle. Ça va
[2:07:53]
être incroyable. L'item 39.
[2:07:58]
C'est la délivrance d'un constat
[2:08:01]
d'infraction. Tout employé visé
[2:08:02]
à l'article 4 du présent
[2:08:05]
règlement est autorisé à
[2:08:07]
délivrer un constat d'infraction
[2:08:09]
relatif à toute infraction au
[2:08:12]
présent règlement. Encore une,
[2:08:13]
fois ce n'est pas n'importe qui
[2:08:14]
qui lit des constats
[2:08:16]
d'infraction. Merci.
[2:08:19]
- Merci monsieur Bissonnette.
[2:08:22]
Pour 5,4 et 6,1...
[2:08:25]
All in favour? Against?
[2:08:29]
Juste pour être clair... juste
[2:08:33]
pour être clair, vous votez
[2:08:35]
contre 5,5?
[2:08:38]
- Vous êtes en faveur de tous
[2:08:39]
les autres.
[2:08:40]
- Monsieur Bissonnette, la même
[2:08:42]
chose?
[2:08:43]
- J'approuve 5,5.
[2:08:44]
- C'est noté. >>
[2:08:54]
6.2 Autoriser la ville de
[2:08:55]
Pointe-Claire à prêter des
[2:08:56]
équipements pour l'événement The
[2:08:57]
Big Give organisé par l'Église
[2:08:58]
Baptiste de Lakeside Heights. Il
[2:08:59]
s'agit de rectifie le prêt
[2:09:00]
d'équipement pour l'événement de
[2:09:03]
The Big Give organisé par
[2:09:04]
l'Église Baptiste de Lakeside
[2:09:05]
Heights. Qui offre graduellement
[2:09:06]
des items et des services pour
[2:09:07]
la communauté. L'événement a eu
[2:09:08]
lieu le 1er juin 2024 heures
[2:09:09]
dans le stationnement de
[2:09:12]
l'Église Baptiste à
[2:09:14]
Pointe-Claire. >> 6.3 Authorize
[2:09:15]
the City of Pointe-Claire to
[2:09:16]
lend equipment to the Strangers
[2:09:17]
in the Night Foundation and
[2:09:18]
repeal resolution -- please
[2:09:19]
hold.
[2:09:24]
>> We just have to know when
[2:09:26]
someone, the room. Okay.
[2:09:32]
>> 6.3 Authorize the City of
[2:09:33]
Pointe-Claire to lend equipment
[2:09:34]
to the Strangers in the Night
[2:09:35]
Foundation and repeal resolution
[2:09:36]
2024-139.
[2:09:37]
A new resignation is required
[2:09:39]
due to a change in date of the
[2:09:40]
event from August 17th to
[2:09:42]
September 14th, and the original
[2:09:44]
resolution was to approve the
[2:09:45]
loan of equipment.
[2:09:50]
6.4 Autoriser la ville de
[2:09:51]
Pointe-Claire à prêter des
[2:09:52]
équipements pour un tournoi de
[2:09:53]
levée de fonds organisé par
[2:09:54]
Pointe-Claire Ladies Softball.
[2:09:55]
Le tournoi organisé par
[2:09:56]
Pointe-Claire Ladies Softball
[2:09:57]
est une levée de fonds pour le
[2:09:58]
département d'oncologie général
[2:10:00]
juif. Le tournoi aura lieu du 12
[2:10:01]
au 14 juin 2024, dans les parcs
[2:10:04]
Valois, à Pointe-Claire, pour la
[2:10:05]
levée de fonds Pointe-Claire
[2:10:09]
Ladies Softball. On demande à la
[2:10:10]
Ville de plaintes claire de leur
[2:10:11]
prêter des actes. >> 6.5
[2:10:13]
Authorize the participation of
[2:10:14]
two
[2:10:15]
(2)
[2:10:16]
members of Council and the Mayor
[2:10:17]
at the 14th edition of the golf
[2:10:18]
tournament organized by the
[2:10:19]
Teresa Dellar Palliative Care
[2:10:20]
Residence to be held on August
[2:10:21]
19, 2024, at the Royal Montreal
[2:10:22]
Golf Club.
[2:10:24]
The city covers the expenses
[2:10:26]
related to this activity at a
[2:10:27]
cost of $2,800, which includes
[2:10:29]
the participation of councillors
[2:10:31]
Stork and Tremblay for $2,500
[2:10:35]
and the mayor's expense of 300,
[2:10:36]
as well as all expenses related
[2:10:37]
to their participation in the
[2:10:38]
event.
[2:10:39]
6.6 Autoriser la participation
[2:10:40]
de quatre
[2:10:41]
(4)
[2:10:42]
membres du conseil et le maire à
[2:10:43]
la 13ième édition du tournoi de
[2:10:44]
golf organisé par les Hôpitaux
[2:10:45]
Shriners pour enfants devant se
[2:10:47]
tenir le 8 août 2024 au Club de
[2:10:48]
golf Summerlea. La ville assumer
[2:10:52]
des
[2:10:53]
(---)
[2:10:54]
au coût de 4000
[2:10:58]
(---)
[2:10:59]
et des conseillers. Et Paul
[2:11:03]
Bissonnette 4000 dollars et les
[2:11:04]
frais du rapport du maire de 60
[2:11:05]
dollars, demain
[2:11:07]
(---)
[2:11:08]
participation à l'événement.
[2:11:11]
>> 6.7, two Authorize the
[2:11:13]
participation of two
[2:11:14]
(2)
[2:11:15]
members of Council and the Mayor
[2:11:16]
at the 31st edition of the golf
[2:11:17]
tournament organized by NOVA
[2:11:18]
West Island to be held on August
[2:11:19]
12, 2024, at the Beaconsfield
[2:11:20]
Golf Club.
[2:11:21]
The city covers the expenses
[2:11:22]
related to this activity at a
[2:11:23]
cost of $1,650, which includes
[2:11:27]
the participation of councillors
[2:11:29]
Stork and Tremblay for 1400, and
[2:11:31]
the Mayor's meal expense for
[2:11:34]
$250, as well as all expenses
[2:11:36]
related to the participation in
[2:11:38]
the event.
[2:11:43]
6.8 Accorder un soutien
[2:11:44]
financier pour un montant total
[2:11:45]
de 25 000 $ à l'Association des
[2:11:46]
marchands du village de
[2:11:47]
Pointe-Claire. La dissidence
[2:11:48]
hier servira au projets
[2:11:49]
suivants... la création d'un
[2:11:50]
site Internet, une carte
[2:11:51]
touristique imprimé, des chaises
[2:11:53]
Adirondacks et 11 événements
[2:11:55]
durant l'année 2024. 6,2 à 6,8
[2:12:10]
Merci.
[2:12:13]
>> 7.1 File the minutes of the
[2:12:14]
April 18, 2024, meeting of the
[2:12:15]
Public Art Committee.
[2:12:17]
7.2 Nommer des membres au sein
[2:12:18]
du Comité consultatif de la
[2:12:19]
Bibliothèque publique de
[2:12:20]
PointeClaire. Les deux membres
[2:12:22]
nommés pour une période de 3 ans
[2:12:24]
sont mesdames Marie-Élyse la
[2:12:26]
faille Magnan et François
[2:12:28]
Tremblay.
[2:12:29]
7.3
[2:12:31]
Appoint members to the Youth
[2:12:32]
Advisory Board.
[2:12:33]
Before new members are Olivia
[2:12:34]
Rogers, cannot mom, the NFL as
[2:12:36]
easy, and Michelle Lee. Alors,
[2:12:41]
pour 7,2 à 7,3
[2:12:47]
And a seconder?
[2:12:48]
>> Since the Homan, district
[2:12:51]
five. 10.1 Déposer la liste des
[2:12:55]
amendements budgétaires et le
[2:12:56]
registre des chèques pour la
[2:12:57]
période du 29 avril 2024 au 26
[2:12:58]
mai 2024.
[2:13:00]
>> Ten point, to Authorize the
[2:13:01]
transfer of budget accounts
[2:13:02]
related to reserves and to
[2:13:03]
working funds for which the
[2:13:06]
projects, work realization or
[2:13:07]
purchase of equipment is either
[2:13:08]
completed or cancelled.
[2:13:09]
An amount of $1,670 -- is
[2:13:14]
transferred from budget account
[2:13:17]
-- towards budget account --.
[2:13:21]
This summit will be used for the
[2:13:23]
project rehabilitation of
[2:13:25]
playground equipment at
[2:13:26]
Lansdowne, Cedar, and Kinsmen
[2:13:27]
Parks, in order to redevelop
[2:13:29]
play structures and Parks while
[2:13:30]
respecting the principle of
[2:13:32]
universal accessibility. 10.3
[2:13:33]
Octroyer un contrat pour la
[2:13:34]
fourniture et l'installation
[2:13:35]
d'un écran dynamique, à
[2:13:39]
LIBERTÉVISION
[2:13:40]
(CONTRÔLE CONCEPT DYNAMIQue
[2:13:41]
INC.)
[2:13:42]
, pour un montant total de 209
[2:13:43]
884,56 $, taxes incluses. Cet
[2:13:45]
achat permettra de remplacer des
[2:13:47]
écrans désuets de même dimension
[2:13:48]
au centre aquatique.
[2:13:52]
- Pour 10,2 à 10,3
[2:13:54]
Do I have a mover? - Une autre
[2:13:57]
emballée, seigneurie.
[2:13:58]
And seconder? - Claude
[2:13:59]
Cousineau, district un. All in
[2:14:00]
favour?
[2:14:02]
- Merci. >> 10.4, Award a
[2:14:04]
contract for the purchase of 8
[2:14:05]
Cisco UCS 2408 Fabric Expansion
[2:14:06]
Modules, to ITI INC.
[2:14:11]
, For a total amount of $ 66,
[2:14:13]
686. 42, taxes included.
[2:14:17]
This type of system is the core
[2:14:19]
component of a you see a
[2:14:21]
solution, providing unified
[2:14:23]
network and service management
[2:14:24]
capabilities to services. 10.5
[2:14:25]
Approuver une modification au
[2:14:26]
contrat intervenu avec
[2:14:27]
MICROSOFT, pour l'achat des
[2:14:28]
licences d'abonnements Microsoft
[2:14:29]
pour les années 2022, 2023 et
[2:14:30]
2024, pour un montant de 50 000
[2:14:32]
$, taxes incluses. En raison de
[2:14:36]
l'arrivée des étudiants pour la
[2:14:37]
saison estivale et les besoins
[2:14:40]
d'utilisation d'applications
[2:14:41]
dans la suite Microsoft pour les
[2:14:42]
usagers, l'achat de licences
[2:14:44]
supplémentaires qui.
[2:14:52]
Bruno Tremblay, seigneurie.
[2:14:54]
- Claude Cousineau, district un.
[2:14:57]
>> All in favour?
[2:15:03]
12.1 File the list of delegated
[2:15:04]
staff changes for the month of
[2:15:05]
June 2024.
[2:15:08]
12.2 Approuver la liste des
[2:15:09]
changements au personnel par
[2:15:10]
décisions non déléguées au 4
[2:15:11]
juin 2024.
[2:15:12]
>> 12.3 Approve an update to the
[2:15:14]
recreational benefits granted to
[2:15:15]
employees.
[2:15:18]
- 12,2 à 12,3, un district
[2:15:22]
quatre. Do I have a mover?
[2:15:26]
>> And seconder?
[2:15:28]
>> Kelly Thorstad-Cullen,
[2:15:29]
district three.
[2:15:30]
>> All in favour?
[2:15:31]
14.1 Approuver le renouvellement
[2:15:32]
d'une entente de partenariat et
[2:15:34]
de contribution financière pour
[2:15:35]
l'Observation de la gestion
[2:15:37]
intégrée de l'espace public
[2:15:39]
urbain du CERIU et de siéger au
[2:15:41]
nom de la Ville au conseil
[2:15:45]
scientifique de l'Observatoire.
[2:15:48]
Une autorisations requises pour
[2:15:50]
monsieur Éric Roland, directeur
[2:15:51]
des Travaux publics à signer
[2:15:52]
leur gouvernement de l'entente
[2:15:54]
est à siéger au Conseil
[2:15:56]
scientifique de l'Observatoire.
[2:15:59]
>> 14.2, Award a contract for
[2:16:03]
the sandblasting and painting of
[2:16:04]
fire hydrants for the 2024
[2:16:05]
season, to NETTOYAGE SPECIALISE
[2:16:06]
GE, for a total amount of $ 31,
[2:16:08]
388. 18, taxes included, with
[2:16:13]
two optional seasons.
[2:16:16]
The sandblasting impeding
[2:16:18]
services are required in order
[2:16:19]
to maintain the city's fire --
[2:16:20]
in good conditions. 14.3
[2:16:21]
Octroyer un contrat pour le
[2:16:22]
traitement des frênes par
[2:16:23]
injection sur les domaines
[2:16:24]
public et privé pour l'année
[2:16:25]
2024 à BIO-CONTRÔLE ACÉRICOLE.
[2:16:30]
Ce projet s'inscrit dans le
[2:16:32]
cadre de la stratégie de la
[2:16:33]
Ville de Pointe-Claire pour la
[2:16:35]
lutte à la grève Dufresne
[2:16:36]
adoptée en 2015. Dans les
[2:16:38]
activités annuelles prévues, le
[2:16:40]
projet nous a permis de traiter
[2:16:42]
environ 1400 armes depuis 2015.
[2:16:44]
Les quantités d'arbres à traiter
[2:16:45]
ont diminué depuis le début de
[2:16:46]
la stratégie. Ce projet
[2:16:48]
permettra aussi de ralentir
[2:16:50]
l'agrile en empêchant la
[2:16:51]
progression et la dispersion de
[2:16:52]
cette dernière sur le
[2:16:54]
territoire, ainsi que la
[2:16:55]
conservation des freins de
[2:16:57]
qualité. 14.4 Award a contract
[2:16:59]
for pneumatic excavation
[2:17:00]
services for replacement of
[2:17:01]
water service boxes and valve
[2:17:03]
boxes for the year 2024, to
[2:17:06]
9363-9888 QUEBEC INC.
[2:17:08]
(SANIVAC)
[2:17:09]
, For a total amount of $
[2:17:11]
73,871.44, taxes included, with
[2:17:12]
one optional year.
[2:17:16]
15.1 Octroyer un contrat pour la
[2:17:17]
fourniture et la livraison de
[2:17:18]
produits chimiques pour les
[2:17:19]
piscines intérieures pour la
[2:17:20]
période de la mi-juin 2024 au 31
[2:17:21]
mai 2025, à AQUATECHNO
[2:17:22]
SPÉCIALISTES AQUATIQueS INC. >>
[2:17:23]
Pneumatic excavation makes it
[2:17:24]
possible to quickly and cost
[2:17:25]
effectively to replace water
[2:17:26]
service boxes and valve boxes
[2:17:27]
without having to dig large
[2:17:28]
trenches with heavy equipment.
[2:17:29]
>> For 14.1 to 14.4, do I have a
[2:17:30]
mover?
[2:17:31]
>> Eric Stork, district seven.
[2:17:32]
>> And seconder?
[2:17:33]
>> Brent Cowan, district eight.
[2:17:34]
>> All in favour?
[2:17:50]
, Pour un montant total de 75
[2:17:51]
614,46 $, taxes incluses, avec
[2:17:53]
deux périodes en option. There
[2:17:59]
was two typos in the English
[2:18:02]
version on the agenda. The
[2:18:04]
year's 2024 to May -- 2025. I
[2:18:09]
just want to make this clear.
[2:18:11]
15.2
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Adjust the expenses towards
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ATELIER MILIEU for professional
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services as part of project
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22-073, which is Envelope and
[2:18:21]
basement work for the Valois
[2:18:22]
library, for an amount of $
[2:18:23]
4,599, taxes included.
[2:18:25]
The addition of presentation of
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the design concept for the
[2:18:29]
library basement in the
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production of 3D images,
[2:18:32]
perspectives generated
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additional fees. De 15,1 15,2
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Do I have a mover?
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- Bruno Tremblay, district six.
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>> Bruno Tremblay, district six.
[2:18:42]
>> Seconder?
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>> A lot Bissonnette, district
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to.
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>> All in favour?
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Les personnes présentes peuvent
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s'adresser au Conseil concernant
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les items 17,1 17,5. The
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person's present may address
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Council on the item 17.1 to
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17.5. 17.1 Considérer une
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demande de dérogation mineure
[2:19:05]
concernant la propriété située
[2:19:06]
au 281, chemin du
[2:19:08]
Bord-du-Lac-Lakeshore. Pour
[2:19:12]
permettre un plan des façades
[2:19:13]
d'une largeur de 12,64 mètre
[2:19:16]
plutôt que le maximum permis de
[2:19:17]
12 mètres. 17.2 Consider a minor
[2:19:21]
exemption request concerning the
[2:19:23]
property situated at 335
[2:19:24]
Brunswick Boulevard.
[2:19:25]
It is to permit the installation
[2:19:26]
of factory painted metal panels,
[2:19:29]
class B, rather than the
[2:19:30]
installation of a class A
[2:19:32]
cladding material. 17.3
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Considérer une demande de
[2:19:34]
dérogation mineure concernant la
[2:19:35]
propriété située au 335A,
[2:19:37]
boulevard Brunswick. Pour
[2:19:40]
permettre à l'installation des
[2:19:41]
panneaux métalliques fait en
[2:19:43]
usine, plutôt classe B, plutôt
[2:19:46]
que l'installation d'un matériau
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de parlement de classe à. 17.4
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Consider a minor exemption
[2:19:52]
request concerning the property
[2:19:56]
situated at 12 1/2 Cedar Avenue.
[2:19:57]
To permit a detached family
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dwelling with a floor area above
[2:20:00]
ground of 412 point 71 square
[2:20:03]
metres rather than the maximum
[2:20:04]
permitted of 384 square metres.
[2:20:14]
17.5 Considérer une demande de
[2:20:15]
dérogation mineure concernant la
[2:20:17]
propriété située au 120, avenue
[2:20:18]
Michigan. Pour permettre un
[2:20:21]
Porsche avec un empiétement dans
[2:20:23]
la marge minimale avant avec une
[2:20:25]
profondeur additionnelle de 1,68
[2:20:27]
mètre, plutôt que le maximum
[2:20:28]
permis de 1,6 mètres et un
[2:20:30]
empiétement dans la marge
[2:20:31]
minimale avant avec une
[2:20:33]
superficie au sol de 7,73 mètre
[2:20:36]
carré, plutôt que le maximum
[2:20:37]
autorisé de 6 mètres carrés.
[2:20:41]
17.6 Consider the site planning
[2:20:42]
and architectural integration
[2:20:43]
programme plans with respect to
[2:20:44]
the property situated at 281 Du
[2:20:46]
Bord-du-Lac Lakeshore Road.
[2:20:47]
It is an extension.
[2:20:49]
>> For 17.1 to 17.6, do I have a
[2:20:52]
mover?
[2:20:54]
>> Eric Stork, district seven.
[2:20:56]
>> And seconder?
[2:20:57]
>> Brent Cowan, district eight.
[2:20:58]
>> All in favour? Merci! 17.7
[2:21:06]
Considérer les plans
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d'implantation et d'intégration
[2:21:08]
architecturale relatifs à la
[2:21:09]
propriété située au 46, avenue
[2:21:11]
Broadview. C'est une démolition
[2:21:14]
est nouvelle construction.
[2:21:15]
>> 17 point, eight to consider
[2:21:17]
the site planning and
[2:21:19]
architectural integration
[2:21:21]
programme plans with respect to
[2:21:22]
the property situated at 335
[2:21:23]
Brunswick Boulevard.
[2:21:24]
It is an extension.
[2:21:25]
17.9 Considérer les plans
[2:21:26]
d'implantation et d'intégration
[2:21:27]
architecturale relatifs à la
[2:21:28]
propriété située au 335A,
[2:21:29]
boulevard Brunswick. Pour une
[2:21:31]
extension. >> 17.10 Consider the
[2:21:33]
site planning and architectural
[2:21:34]
integration programme plans with
[2:21:35]
respect to the property situated
[2:21:38]
at 12.5 Cedar Avenue.
[2:21:39]
17.11 Considérer les plans
[2:21:40]
d'implantation et d'intégration
[2:21:41]
architecturale relatifs à la
[2:21:42]
propriété située au 117, avenue
[2:21:43]
Highgate. It is a new
[2:21:44]
construction.
[2:21:46]
C'est concernant de nouvelles
[2:21:47]
constructions. >> 17 point, 12
[2:21:49]
Consider the site planning and
[2:21:50]
architectural integration
[2:21:52]
programme plans with respect to
[2:21:54]
the property situated at 120
[2:21:55]
Michigan Avenue.
[2:21:56]
It is an extension.
[2:21:57]
17.13 Considérer les plans
[2:21:58]
d'implantation et d'intégration
[2:21:59]
architecturale relatifs à la
[2:22:00]
propriété située au 150, avenue
[2:22:01]
Prince-Edward. C'est pour une
[2:22:04]
démolition et nouvelles
[2:22:05]
constructions. Pour 17,7 à 17,13
[2:22:19]
- C'est concernant dérogation
[2:22:21]
mineure, Madame? >> I was one of
[2:22:25]
the person who didn't answer a
[2:22:26]
question, because I've concerns
[2:22:27]
on 17.7. And I'm just wondering
[2:22:31]
when I can actually voice those
[2:22:34]
concerns, because it's the first
[2:22:35]
time is on the agenda.
[2:22:36]
>> For this item, it was at the
[2:22:38]
question. Period
[2:22:39]
>> Okay, but my name was on the
[2:22:40]
list, and then I have to ask a
[2:22:42]
question. So now my next door
[2:22:44]
neighbour is going to demolish
[2:22:45]
and build a new construction,
[2:22:46]
and I don't get to voice my
[2:22:48]
concern because I don't have
[2:22:49]
enough time, because the council
[2:22:50]
didn't have enough time.
[2:22:52]
>> It says the person's present
[2:22:53]
may address Council on the items
[2:22:54]
seven point 21, but it's below.
[2:22:59]
That
[2:23:00]
>> It's for minor exemption, but
[2:23:01]
there was previous to this
[2:23:03]
meeting, there was a certain
[2:23:06]
media demolition committee
[2:23:08]
hearing.
[2:23:09]
>> It's not about the demolition
[2:23:11]
committee, I understand they
[2:23:12]
want to demolish, and I
[2:23:13]
understand, I'm sorry, I'm
[2:23:14]
talking to you -- it's hard to
[2:23:15]
talk to everybody. I understand
[2:23:17]
they want to demolish. Our
[2:23:19]
concern is with the new plans,
[2:23:22]
and so, I don't want to take too
[2:23:24]
much time, but it's just we have
[2:23:26]
concerns about the new plans. We
[2:23:28]
don't want to oppose the fact
[2:23:29]
that they take on the house and
[2:23:31]
rebuild. It's the fact that they
[2:23:32]
are going to rebuild something
[2:23:34]
that's very bare and it's going
[2:23:37]
to take a lot more space and
[2:23:39]
it's going to cut in the privacy
[2:23:41]
of the yard and cut in the sun
[2:23:43]
coming through. So basically, we
[2:23:44]
wanted to voice some concern.
[2:23:46]
That's mainly -- so I can do it?
[2:23:48]
Now
[2:23:49]
>> You've just done so.
[2:23:51]
>> I have one more concern I'd
[2:23:52]
like to voice, if you allow me,
[2:23:56]
so -- and also, this style does
[2:23:59]
not fit with the style on broad
[2:24:02]
view. And they're all, like,
[2:24:03]
hold houses from the 50s. And
[2:24:05]
from what we've seen from the
[2:24:07]
plan, it's gonna be a big
[2:24:08]
McMansion that looks like -- not
[2:24:11]
like Pointe-Claire. So it
[2:24:15]
doesn't fit with the visual,
[2:24:16]
let's say, harmony of the
[2:24:19]
street. And it's going to be
[2:24:20]
built a lot bigger and it's
[2:24:22]
going to be a lot bigger. And we
[2:24:25]
have concerns about that. And
[2:24:26]
we'd like to take the Council
[2:24:28]
into consideration.
[2:24:30]
>> You've spoken well, and
[2:24:31]
you're not alone, unfortunately.
[2:24:39]
For 17 -- have we finished the?
[2:24:43]
>> Yes.
[2:24:44]
>> So for 17 point 7 to 17
[2:24:46]
point, 13 do I have a mover?
[2:24:49]
>> Cynthia Homan, district five.
[2:24:51]
>> And seconder?
[2:24:52]
>> Tara Stainforth, district
[2:24:53]
four.
[2:24:54]
>> All in favour?
[2:24:56]
>> Thank you.
[2:25:00]
>> 18.1, Approve the 2024
[2:25:02]
Municipal Action Plan for the
[2:25:03]
social and professional
[2:25:04]
integration for persons with
[2:25:07]
disability; and Authorize the
[2:25:08]
2024 objectives of the
[2:25:09]
Accessibility Committee in order
[2:25:10]
to submit it to the Office des
[2:25:11]
personnes handicapees du Quebec.
[2:25:13]
Quand tu dirais que l'un
[2:25:14]
Paul Bissonnette,
[2:25:15]
The municipal action plan for
[2:25:16]
the social and professional
[2:25:17]
integration of persons with
[2:25:18]
disabilities 2024 supports the
[2:25:20]
City of Pointe-Claire strategic
[2:25:21]
-- while meeting the cities
[2:25:22]
obligations to the office of
[2:25:24]
handicapped persons of Québec.
[2:25:25]
The implementation of the
[2:25:26]
municipal action plan for the
[2:25:28]
social and vocational -- with
[2:25:30]
persons with disability enables
[2:25:32]
the continuous improvement of
[2:25:34]
our service for all residents
[2:25:37]
benefit. Do I have a mover?
[2:25:45]
>> Seconder?
[2:25:46]
>> Paul Bissonnette, district
[2:25:48]
to.
[2:25:49]
>> All in favour?
[2:25:50]
- Merci. 18.2 Approuver un
[2:25:51]
accord de subvention dans le
[2:25:52]
cadre du programme Le Canada en
[2:25:54]
fête à intervenir avec Sa
[2:25:55]
Majesté le Roi du chef du Canada
[2:25:56]
représenté par le ministre du
[2:25:58]
Patrimoine canadien. La Ville de
[2:26:02]
Pointe-Claire doit demander
[2:26:03]
l'accord du ministère des
[2:26:04]
Affaires municipales et de
[2:26:06]
l'habitation, il y a une
[2:26:07]
résolution du conseil municipal
[2:26:08]
approuve à l'entente de
[2:26:09]
subventions et demandant au
[2:26:11]
gouvernement du Québec
[2:26:12]
l'autorisation de conclure
[2:26:13]
l'entente avec le gouvernement
[2:26:14]
du Canada.
[2:26:16]
>> 18.3 Authorize the donation
[2:26:17]
of a Midmark medical examination
[2:26:18]
bed, model Ritter 204, as well
[2:26:20]
as two boxes of paper on rolls
[2:26:22]
to the Lakeshore General
[2:26:23]
Hospital.
[2:26:26]
>> The new family medicine plan
[2:26:27]
it currently under construction
[2:26:29]
accepts this donation and will
[2:26:30]
be able to give a second life to
[2:26:32]
the -- and share with the
[2:26:33]
community of Pointe-Claire and
[2:26:34]
West Island.
[2:26:35]
>> So for 18.2 and 18.3,
[2:26:38]
including the two boxes of
[2:26:40]
paper, do I have a mover?
[2:26:44]
>> Kelly Thorstad-Cullen,
[2:26:45]
district three.
[2:26:46]
>> And seconder?
[2:26:47]
>> Eric Stork, district seven.
[2:26:48]
>> All in favour?
[2:26:51]
>> Closure.
[2:26:52]
Merci. >> Foreclosure, do I have
[2:26:54]
a mover?
[2:26:56]
>> Tara Stainforth, district
[2:26:58]
four.
[2:26:59]
>> And seconder?
[2:27:00]
>> Cynthia Homan.
[2:27:01]
>> If think you everybody. Merci
[2:27:02]
tout le monde. We didn't have
[2:27:04]
air conditioning in here, so
[2:27:06]
thanks for hanging in there.
[2:27:07]
Merci beaucoup.