[0:40] Good evening, ladies and
[0:41] gentlemen.
[0:49] Entre
[0:51] (---)
[0:52] qui prend forme. Les membres du
[0:55] conseil et moi-même joindront
[0:56] nos voix à celle des
[0:58] gouvernements du Canada et du
[1:00] Québec afin de vous inviter à
[1:04] favoriser les commerces et
[1:05] l'achat locaux. Aujourd'hui,
[1:09] plus que jamais, nos actions ont
[1:11] leur poids. À Pointe-Claire,
[1:14] nous avons plusieurs petits
[1:17] commerçants qui offrent une
[1:18] grande variété de biens et
[1:22] services. C'est un bon moment
[1:24] pour les découvrir et plus
[1:27] encore pour les encourager.
[1:29] Soyez assurés que
[1:31] l'administration a toujours le
[1:33] souci de faire affaire avec des
[1:36] entreprises locales. Nous avons
[1:38] introduit, en décembre, des
[1:41] dispositions à nos règlements de
[1:42] gestion contractuelle pour
[1:45] favoriser les biens et services
[1:47] québécois est canadien pour tout
[1:50] contrat ne dépassant pas la
[1:52] limite d'appel d'offres public.
[1:54] Pour les contrats qui doivent
[1:56] passer par le processus d'appel
[1:58] d'offres public, nous devons
[2:01] attendre un changement
[2:03] législatif du Québec, mais nous
[2:06] évaluons toutes les options
[2:08] possibles. La Ville de
[2:10] Pointe-Claire s'assurera de
[2:12] joindrait des efforts collectifs
[2:13] et de soutenir nos entreprises
[2:16] locales québécoises et
[2:18] canadiennes.
[2:22] I believe each of you is
[2:24] familiar with the situation
[2:25] affecting trade relations
[2:26] between Canada and the United
[2:27] States. The tariff war that is
[2:29] taking place. I actually heard
[2:30] about it in the SAQ on
[2:34] Beaconsfield. And everybody --
[2:35] some guys tied up and said,
[2:37] everybody, don't buy American
[2:38] wind. And the SAQ was pretty
[2:41] interesting and it started from
[2:42] there. My personal approach the
[2:46] next morning was to drink only
[2:47] apple juice. I highly encourage
[2:52] it. Joking aside, though, I will
[2:54] leave each of you is familiar
[2:55] with the situation affecting the
[2:56] trade relations between Canada
[2:57] and the U.S.. The members of
[3:00] Council and I joined with the
[3:01] governments of Canada and Québec
[3:03] in calling on you to support
[3:06] local businesses by purchasing
[3:08] locally. Today more than ever,
[3:09] our actions carry weight and in
[3:12] Pointe-Claire, we have many
[3:13] small merchants offering a wide
[3:15] variety of goods and services.
[3:17] Now is a good time to discover
[3:18] them and an even better time to
[3:20] support them. Rest assured the
[3:22] administration is always keen to
[3:23] do business with local
[3:25] companies. In December, we
[3:26] introduced provisions in our
[3:29] contract management regulations
[3:31] to give preference to Québec and
[3:33] Canadian goods and services for
[3:34] all contracts not exceeding the
[3:38] public standard limit. For
[3:40] contracts to have to go through
[3:41] the Public tendering process, we
[3:43] have to wait for the legislative
[3:44] change from Québec but we are
[3:46] evaluating all possible options.
[3:48] This EF1 clear will join the
[3:50] competitive -- and support our
[3:52] local Québec and Canadian
[3:54] businesses. That being said, we
[3:55] will start with Council reports.
[3:59] Councillor Cowan?
[4:01] >> I was at the north of you
[4:03] winter days event on the weekend
[4:06] and as I was watching all the
[4:07] kids having fun, it occurred to
[4:09] me that in our planning program,
[4:13] it defines an important
[4:16] responsibility of council is to
[4:18] safeguard the special character
[4:19] of Pointe-Claire. But it doesn't
[4:21] define it anywhere. It occurred
[4:22] to me that is part of it. That's
[4:26] it.
[4:27] >> Councillor Cousineau?
[4:30] >> You will see at 15.3 and that
[4:36] on the renovation of public
[4:39] works, there is an amount
[4:43] reduction of $414,000, some
[4:49] change. But if you take a
[4:52] picture of the Finance right now
[4:55] today, we are over 226, okay? It
[5:04] must not be misunderstood. I'm
[5:07] not saying this negatively or
[5:10] positively. But sometimes, you
[5:12] get a picture of something and
[5:14] in time, it's not clear yet.
[5:17] Thank you.
[5:18] >> Councillor Stainforth?
[5:22] Councillor Bissonnette?
[5:23] >> Nothing, thank you.
[5:25] >> Councillor Homan?
[5:26] >> I think this evening.
[5:28] >> Councillor Tremblay?
[5:30] >> No and good evening everyone.
[5:32] >> Councillor Stork?
[5:33] >> No, all good. Mesdames et
[5:36] vicieux vont soir. Good evening,
[5:38] ladies and gentlemen. Bienvenue
[5:39] à la séance du conseil du mois
[5:40] de février. Welcome to The
[5:44] February city council meeting.
[5:45] Le mois de février est
[5:47] l'occasion pour toutes et tous,
[5:49] au Canada, d'honorer l'héritage
[5:50] des personnes et des communautés
[5:53] noires à l'histoire et au
[5:55] développement économique sociale
[5:56] et culturel de notre pays. Cette
[6:02] 34e édition se déploie sous le
[6:05] thème: tout ce que nous sommes!
[6:07] Cette commémoration annuelle
[6:09] représente une opportunité de
[6:12] célébration de la diversité de
[6:13] notre communauté, un élément qui
[6:17] fait notre richesse.
[6:20] The month of February is an
[6:22] opportunity for everyone in
[6:23] Canada to honour the legacy of
[6:24] Black people and communities in
[6:25] our country's history. And it's
[6:28] economic, social and cultural
[6:29] development. The theme of this
[6:31] 34th addition is all that we
[6:34] carry. This annual commemoration
[6:35] is an opportunity to celebrate
[6:38] diversity, which is such a
[6:39] source of strength for our
[6:41] community. Ce vendredi, 7
[6:44] février, la campagne
[6:46] (intervention en anglais)
[6:47] prend son envol. Cette
[6:49] initiative porte sur la
[6:52] sensibilisation aux maladies du
[6:53] Cole chez les femmes. Les
[6:56] maladies cardiaques représentant
[6:57] toujours l'une des principales
[6:59] causes de décès chez les femmes
[7:02] dans le monde. J'invite donc
[7:04] tous les citoyennes et tous les
[7:07] citoyens à porter le rouge, ce
[7:10] vendredi, pour soutenir la
[7:11] cause. Si vous souhaitez
[7:13] contribuer, visitez le site
[7:15] (intervention en anglais)
[7:19] .
[7:20] This Friday February 7th, the
[7:22] where it de campaign takes off.
[7:24] This initiative focuses on
[7:26] raising awareness of heart
[7:27] disease among women. Heart
[7:30] disease is still one of the
[7:31] leading causes of death among
[7:33] women worldwide. I invite all
[7:35] citizens to wear red this Friday
[7:36] to support the cause. If you
[7:39] would like to contribute, visit
[7:41] where a red Canada.ca. Du dix au
[7:46] 14 février 2025, la 21e édition
[7:52] des
[7:53] (inaudible)
[7:54] de la persévérance scolaire
[7:55] soulignera le rôle fondamental
[7:56] que nous avons toutes et tous
[7:59] jouer. Notre implication est
[8:02] importante pour motiver les
[8:04] jeunes, les accompagner dans
[8:06] leur parcours scolaire et les
[8:09] soutenir dans leur persévérance.
[8:14] Derrière chaque accomplissement,
[8:15] il y a de la persévérance.
[8:18] Chaque geste compte, que ce soit
[8:20] des encouragements, le soutien
[8:23] concret ou en étant simplement
[8:25] présent pour des jeunes près de
[8:27] vous. Vos actions font toute la
[8:30] différence.
[8:32] From February 10th to 14th 2025,
[8:36] the 21st edition of hooked on
[8:38] school days will highlight the
[8:40] fundamental role we'll have to.
[8:41] Play it's important for us to
[8:42] get involved in order to
[8:44] motivate young people, support
[8:45] them in their school careers and
[8:47] help them persevere.
[8:51] Perseverance lies behind every
[8:54] achievement. Every gesture
[8:55] counts, whether it is
[8:57] encouragement, concrete support
[8:58] or simply being there for the
[9:00] young people in here. You your
[9:02] actions make all the difference.
[9:04] La fin de semaine dernière, vous
[9:06] avez été nombreux et nombreux à
[9:09] vous rendre au parc Northview
[9:11] pour profiter du carnaval
[9:13] d'hiver. Ces nombreuses familles
[9:15] ont bravé le froid pour
[9:17] participer aux différentes
[9:18] activités hivernales offertes.
[9:22] Les sourires étaient au
[9:24] rendez-vous. Nouveauté cette
[9:26] année: un deuxième week-end
[9:27] permettra à toutes et à tous de
[9:29] profiter des plaisirs d'hiver.
[9:31] Vous êtes invités, toute la fin
[9:33] de semaine, 18 et 9 février au
[9:36] parc Belmont qui sera transformé
[9:39] en parc de neige. C'est
[9:42] dimanche, vous pourrez même
[9:45] initier hausse nos skis sur la
[9:47] supervision d'instructeur. Une
[9:50] activité à ne pas manquer.
[9:54] >> Last week, many of you
[9:56] flocked to Northview Park to
[9:59] enjoy the winter carnival. Many
[10:01] families braved the cold to take
[10:03] part in the winter activities on
[10:05] offer. Smiles where the order of
[10:06] the day, except for the little
[10:08] -- in the bus. That little pig
[10:11] was cold, I felt really badly
[10:12] for him, so he wasn't smiling.
[10:14] New this year, a second weekend
[10:15] will allow everyone to enjoy
[10:16] some winter delights. You are
[10:18] invited to spend a weekend of
[10:20] February 8th and ninth in
[10:22] Belmont park which will be
[10:24] transformed into a snow park. On
[10:26] Sunday, you can even try your
[10:27] hand at snow skating under the
[10:29] supervision of instructors Île.
[10:34] D'ici au 26 février, les
[10:36] citoyennes et citoyens de
[10:37] Pointe-Claire sans éviter à
[10:38] remplir les sondages de la ferme
[10:42] mission logements sous le thème
[10:44] de l'habitation. Cette étude
[10:47] vise à évaluer les besoins de
[10:49] logement de Pointe-Claire. Elle
[10:52] permet également d'établir un
[10:54] portrait de l'offre
[10:55] résidentielle existante étudiant
[10:58] y fier les besoins en habitation
[11:00] sur le territoire. Pour
[11:04] participer, vous trouverez le
[11:05] lien par le sondage sur le site
[11:07] Web de la ville.
[11:09] >> Between now and February
[11:11] 28th, Pointe-Claire residents
[11:13] are invited to fill out mission
[11:17] lodgment's mission. Survey -- to
[11:19] assess Pointe-Claire's housing
[11:20] needs and allow us to establish
[11:22] a snapshot of the existing
[11:24] housing supply and identify
[11:26] housing needs in Pointe-Claire.
[11:28] To take part, look for the link
[11:30] to the survey on the City's
[11:31] website. Merci pour votre
[11:32] attention.
[11:34] Madame Thibault!
[11:35] Thank you for your attention.
[11:38] - Adoption de l'ordre du jour.
[11:44] - Bruno Tremblay, district six.
[11:45] >> For 1.1, do I have a mover?
[11:48] District quatre. A seconder? All
[11:51] in favour?
[11:58] >> 2.1 Proclaim the week of
[11:59] February 10 to 14, 2025, being
[12:00] the week of Hooked on School
[12:01] Days in Pointe-Claire. 3.1
[12:04] Approuver le procès-verbal de la
[12:06] séance ordinaire du 14 janvier
[12:07] 2025.
[12:09] - Pour 3,1...
[12:11] Do I have a mover? - Bruno
[12:12] Tremblay, district assez. And a
[12:15] seconder? All in favour? Période
[12:19] de questions. We are moving
[12:22] right along for the hockey game,
[12:23] folks. Pour la période de
[12:24] questions, vous avez été
[12:25] accueilli à l'entrée pour vous
[12:27] inscrire à la période de
[12:30] questions afin de vous permettre
[12:31] de demander à votre place
[12:33] jusqu'à l'appel de votre nom.
[12:35] Nous garderons 90 minutes pour
[12:36] la période de questions. Une
[12:40] personne à la fois au micro,
[12:42] nous vous remercions d'attendre
[12:45] qu'un citoyen est terminé de
[12:46] poser sa question et que vous
[12:49] soyez appelés avant de vous
[12:50] lever pour venir poser votre
[12:52] question. Deux, nous accordons
[12:54] la priorité aux résidents et aux
[12:58] résidentes de Pointe-Claire.
[13:00] Trois, les non-résidents
[13:01] pourront poser leurs questions
[13:02] par la suite, si le temps n'est
[13:05] pas écoulé.
[13:08] For the question period, you
[13:10] agreed at the entrance to
[13:11] register so that you could
[13:12] remain seated until you hear
[13:14] your name. We shall stick to the
[13:17] 90 minute time limit for
[13:18] question period. One person at a
[13:20] time of the microphone. Thank
[13:22] you for waiting for a citizen to
[13:24] finish asking a question to be
[13:25] called before you get up to ask
[13:26] your question. To, we have
[13:29] priority to Pointe-Claire
[13:31] residents. Three, nonresidents
[13:32] can ask their questions
[13:34] afterwards, if time hasn't run
[13:36] out. And to begin, John the
[13:43] customer?
[13:49] >> So I am a proprietor of a
[13:53] commercial building. I recently
[13:56] did a request to convert the
[13:59] second -- the second floor to
[14:01] residential use, which has
[14:04] allowed -- which is allowed with
[14:06] mixed usage. The urban planning
[14:08] department has been great. They
[14:10] did bring up one article in the
[14:12] zoning bylaws which I think is a
[14:17] hindrance. Not only to myself
[14:18] but to future people. It has to
[14:21] do with the land for parks fee,
[14:25] which he referred to as the land
[14:27] for parks fee. Which I did send
[14:30] an email and zoning department
[14:32] says under PC 2775 or article
[14:36] 2.2 and subdivision by a PC
[14:40] 2774, article 2.3 and 4.3. In a
[14:45] nutshell, they consider -- I
[14:47] have a modest request. I have
[14:49] 1400 square feet, roughly, that
[14:50] I would like to convert to
[14:52] residential. The existing
[14:56] building -- I am -- I am
[14:59] considered a redevelopment
[15:01] project. If you take into
[15:03] consideration something like --
[15:06] you know -- or Voyageur Park,
[15:09] which was seated to the city,
[15:11] because these are areas that are
[15:13] redeveloped, we fall under what
[15:14] we call a redevelopment. So,
[15:17] land for parks. I have 10,000
[15:18] square feet of a regular
[15:20] property. There is nothing to
[15:21] give up to the city. So, then it
[15:24] comes to what you would call a
[15:27] tax, for no better word, which
[15:29] is 10% of the market value of
[15:31] the property. So, if I just look
[15:36] at the municipal evaluation in
[15:38] 2023, we are talking in the
[15:39] order of 35 to $50,000 of these
[15:46] to convert a residential space
[15:48] to a -- space. I understand we
[15:53] fall under, and I am not arguing
[15:55] with the planning divert
[15:58] department, but I fall under
[16:00] redevelopment. But there must be
[16:01] a possibility to look at the
[16:02] size and scope of the project
[16:04] being put forward to the city.
[16:06] Urban planning is just going on
[16:08] with the letter of the law. And
[16:11] I'm not disputing it as it is
[16:13] described. But I find this
[16:16] heavy-handed. And I know back in
[16:19] 2017, but when the city
[16:21] commissioned people to look at
[16:23] the revitalization of the
[16:25] village, one of the key
[16:26] proponents of all this, one of
[16:27] the key points was that they
[16:29] wanted mixed usage. Well, how
[16:31] can somebody who has an existing
[16:33] property here who wants to live
[16:35] in Valois, there is no negative
[16:37] impact to the village -- in
[16:41] fact, it's coherent to what the
[16:43] city plans for the village. But
[16:45] how does someone move forward
[16:47] with an article that is kind of
[16:49] broad and heavy-handed,
[16:52] borderline abusive for a small
[16:54] project? I can understand when
[16:56] it's an industrial are large
[16:58] commercial space, like the
[16:59] redevelopment of Paprican. And
[17:01] you wanted to do the park
[17:03] because you will see some --
[17:06] seed some land and all that, you
[17:07] are creating a residential
[17:08] space. But this is an existing
[17:10] space and I find it
[17:12] heavy-handed. I'm wondering if
[17:13] the City would consider
[17:15] reviewing this and perhaps
[17:18] amending said article. That's my
[17:21] question.
[17:22] >> Okay. Well, I'm intrigued by
[17:25] your issue because, yes, it's
[17:27] not a bad way to densify.
[17:30] Initially, my instincts are that
[17:32] it's a nice way to densify in a
[17:33] commercial village. So if I
[17:35] understand correctly, you would
[17:36] currently be charged 35 to
[17:39] 50,000 to transform your
[17:41] commercial to residential, is
[17:43] that what you are saying?
[17:45] >> So, what it is is the city
[17:47] hires an independent evaluator
[17:50] to evaluate the valley -- value
[17:52] of the land market value, so
[17:54] it's not like an evaluation from
[17:55] the City of Montréal. And the
[17:59] cost of the person applying for
[18:03] -- from what I understand, you
[18:04] have two ways around it. You can
[18:07] give up a portion of your land
[18:09] equivalent to the dollar amount,
[18:10] or you can strictly pay the
[18:12] dollar amount. But we are
[18:14] talking about larger projects
[18:16] here. But Dwight Jackman --
[18:18] technically fall under the terms
[18:20] of redevelopment by the letter
[18:21] of the law, according to the
[18:22] urban planning department? I do.
[18:24] And reading it, it basically
[18:27] says that we do. But at any
[18:31] level of any project, this is
[18:33] like giving me a sledge hammer
[18:36] so I can plant a finishing nail.
[18:38] This is excessive. So, we are
[18:42] talking about a renovation
[18:44] project in the order about
[18:45] $100,000 to renovate the floor.
[18:46] But I would looking at and
[18:48] anybody with a similar scale of
[18:49] the project would be looking at,
[18:51] what, 45, $50,000, call it a
[18:55] tax, a fee, for a project of
[18:57] that scale. You know, we are not
[19:00] talking redeveloping Hymus or
[19:04] industrial parks and converting
[19:05] to residential. An existing
[19:08] building, one floor, a two unit
[19:11] dwelling. That is the major
[19:15] obstacle. It's a deterrent.
[19:18] >> I'm just curious and I'm not
[19:20] trying to trivial or anything,
[19:21] I'm just wondering why you
[19:22] didn't do it in the first place,
[19:25] you didn't zone it residential.
[19:27] >> In 2000 -- five
[19:28] >> You didn't want to change the
[19:29] zoning at the time?
[19:31] [Laughter]
[19:32] At the time?
[19:33] >> Yeah.
[19:34] >> I went through enough
[19:35] obstacles at the time just to
[19:37] build the building.
[19:38] >> Okay. Madame Verdon...
[19:41] There is no way, the rules are
[19:43] the rules. There is no variation
[19:45] in this?
[19:47] >> No, a law is a lot. We have
[19:48] to respect the bylaw. Basically,
[19:52] administratively speaking, we
[19:53] have no choice but to apply the
[19:56] bylaw. In order to change that
[19:58] rule, we have to change the
[20:00] bylaw. So, you can request a
[20:02] change of bylaw, but you have to
[20:03] pay for that change. Yeah, I
[20:06] know.
[20:08] [Laughter]
[20:09] >> So now, I will go back to
[20:11] 2005, when I built. Just to give
[20:12] you a point of how things move.
[20:14] Back in 2005, when I first
[20:16] presented the project for a
[20:17] commercial building, it was a
[20:20] stand-alone, new building. All
[20:21] the plans are done, all the
[20:23] planning department went through
[20:24] it. Great, we love it. I had to
[20:26] go to minor variance -- of the
[20:31] -- I had to go for windows, a
[20:32] few things. Normal, minor
[20:35] variance. The parking, because I
[20:37] am a narrow head. I had to go
[20:39] for minor variance for the
[20:42] parking. All that was done. Back
[20:44] to urban planning. At the time,
[20:46] and I won't mention the persons
[20:48] -- person's name, he said, your
[20:50] project does not conform. It has
[20:52] to be done at the time, non
[20:55] combustible materials. At the
[20:57] time, and I think it still
[20:58] applies today, that groups in
[21:00] Pointe-Claire, when you do
[21:01] brand-new commercial buildings,
[21:02] can no longer be a flat roof. I
[21:03] think it has to be a slow proof.
[21:09] A slope roof. On their plans, my
[21:12] technician had rote --
[21:14] imitation, cedar shingles. The
[21:17] Planning Committee said, you
[21:18] cannot do cedar roof. I said no,
[21:22] it's -- they knew about the
[21:23] roof. When it came time, they
[21:25] said, your plans do not conform
[21:27] because it's not done with non
[21:29] combustible things. How I got
[21:31] around, it we kept the footprint
[21:33] of the building that was there,
[21:34] and we had a grandfather clause.
[21:36] The department came to inspect.
[21:38] Because there was wood
[21:39] structure, classic, I was able
[21:40] to do an extension. My building
[21:42] is considered an extension. The
[21:46] rub here is, asphalt shingles on
[21:48] a steel frame, you can't do it.
[21:50] You do need combustible
[21:53] products, which was plywood.
[21:55] This article was amended because
[21:58] when lakeshore cleaners burnt
[22:01] down and they built clear from
[22:04] production, what did they put on
[22:05] their roof to hold the shingles?
[22:07] Wood. When you say a rule cannot
[22:11] be changed or whatever, I am a
[22:14] citizen asking if Council can
[22:16] look at a bylaw that might need
[22:18] to be amended. Perhaps changed.
[22:22] But look at the scale of the
[22:24] project being presented. If the
[22:26] city would like to have change
[22:27] done in the villages, God knows,
[22:30] and have a little more of that
[22:32] residential commercial vibe,
[22:35] well you've got to be active
[22:37] partners with the people trying
[22:38] to do it. If we are asking for a
[22:40] simple renovation, because what
[22:44] I am applying for is what I was
[22:46] told to apply for, call it what
[22:47] you, want a construction permit
[22:50] on a -- existing building, one
[22:53] floor. This is not a fourplex,
[22:54] not a condo development. It's
[22:57] not extending two or three
[22:58] flights above. It's renovating
[23:00] an existing thing in a zone
[23:02] where I am zoned for. And it's
[23:05] heavy-handed, saying, well,
[23:06] you've got $100,000-ish project,
[23:10] but the city will grab what we
[23:12] need, $50,000 for parks. Does
[23:16] this not seem excessive? That is
[23:18] the question I pose. Est-ce que
[23:20] c'est si difficile que ça faire
[23:22] un amendement?
[23:25] >> No, I think what we have to
[23:27] understand, if you demand an
[23:28] amendment, you have a fee for
[23:30] that. If the City Council
[23:32] decides to change it by his own,
[23:34] it's a difference. But I cannot
[23:35] speak for the Council. - C'est
[23:36] pour ça que je me présente ici
[23:38] pour demander au Conseil.
[23:42] >> Sorry for the -- they will
[23:44] give the political side. Vous
[23:45] venez ouvrir la porte un peu.
[23:47] C'est ça que je veux dire.
[23:48] J'aimerais présenter ici, pas
[23:49] parce que je veux, mais parce
[23:52] que je suis un citoyen. They are
[23:57] representing -- Kelly is not
[23:58] here. But you are here. I am
[24:00] asking the question, can be
[24:02] council -- if it's illogical and
[24:03] I am in the wrong, sorry I took
[24:04] your time.
[24:07] But I think for myself, and I'm
[24:10] thinking for myself, yes, maybe
[24:11] I am the first who has presented
[24:13] this project or this idea. But
[24:17] if you don't ask, you don't
[24:19] know.
[24:21] >> And --
[24:22] >> And I don't think -- it's not
[24:24] like it is a vacant land and I
[24:26] am asking to change the zone. I
[24:30] am not taking the stripes off of
[24:32] the zebra. I am asking about --
[24:36] Du gros bon sens. >> You have
[24:40] made a very compelling case for
[24:42] yourself, I must admit. I cannot
[24:43] speak for Council but we can
[24:45] certainly kick it around because
[24:46] you've made a very compelling
[24:49] case. In my opinion, I think you
[24:51] have made a very compelling
[24:53] case. And I suspect that all of
[24:55] Council probably feels the same
[24:56] way and we can certainly bandy
[24:59] the idea around. Because you
[25:01] have made a lot of logical
[25:04] arguments.
[25:05] >> Things can change, things do
[25:07] change. But I am not -- that's
[25:10] it. Thank you very much.
[25:11] >> So thank you for articulating
[25:13] that. You have done it quite
[25:15] well. Philippe Paré! Philippe
[25:18] Patty.
[25:24] >> Good evening. For 16.7, due
[25:28] to the arrival of the REM later
[25:30] this year, why are we only
[25:32] building between St. Louis and
[25:35] Belmont, instead of continuing
[25:36] until Hymus? I have already
[25:39] checked the STA O on the
[25:41] Planning and I do not see a
[25:42] reason why it could not continue
[25:44] until Hymus.
[25:46] >> I suspect economics, but I
[25:48] will ask Madame Verdun.
[25:52] >> Exactly, because of the
[25:54] project.
[25:55] >> Maybe for the future.
[25:58] >> Absolutely for the future.
[26:00] Money permitting.
[26:02] >> It's a bit dangerous for
[26:04] pedestrians.
[26:05] >> No, it makes sense.
[26:06] >> For my second question, could
[26:07] it be possible to request the
[26:09] installation of a bike ramp at
[26:11] all of the three train stations
[26:14] so it could be actually possible
[26:15] to access the trains with our
[26:17] bikes instead of having to, you
[26:18] know, struggle hauling them up
[26:20] the stairs, or balance with them
[26:23] down. A simple wooden ramp,
[26:25] nothing very fancy, would very
[26:27] much help us.
[26:30] >> Philippe, you actually asked
[26:32] us for that before and we have
[26:34] discussed it. It has gone up the
[26:36] chain.
[26:37] >> Sorry, I forgot about that.
[26:38] >> No, it's okay. I wanted to
[26:39] let you know we have not
[26:40] forgotten you and it has gone up
[26:41] the change -- the chain. And we
[26:43] have something similar at
[26:45] terracotta to help people with
[26:46] these stairs there. So we are
[26:48] looking to see with exactly what
[26:50] the possibility would be.
[26:52] >> I completely forgot I asked
[26:53] that.
[26:54] >> No worries. I wanted to let
[26:55] you know that we had not
[26:56] forgotten yet.
[26:57] >> Thank you very much.
[26:58] >> To get to your subsequent
[26:59] question of the last meeting,
[27:02] sources, we are not sure about
[27:03] the REM station around sources.
[27:06] It is so much up in the air that
[27:07] nobody knows if the pedestrian
[27:11] crosswalk is or isn't there. We
[27:12] can't really tell because it is
[27:13] in the formulation staged. There
[27:16] is harp on -- hope on that one
[27:18] for sure.
[27:19] >> Thank you very much.
[27:22] >> Sheila Larsen.
[27:29] >> Good evening. I just wanted
[27:32] to start with a comment on what
[27:33] you were mentioning about not
[27:35] drinking orange juice anymore.
[27:37] On my last jug of orange juice,
[27:40] part way through. But one thing
[27:41] that has changed for me is I'm
[27:43] now carrying a magnifying glass
[27:45] in my purse so that I can read
[27:48] where things are made.
[27:49] [Laughter]
[27:50] Because they are in the very
[27:52] smallest Prince. But I thought I
[27:54] would add that, the challenges
[27:56] of the changes we live through.
[27:58] I have two very different
[28:01] subjects as questions. The first
[28:03] one is, I had the privilege of
[28:06] being part of a presentation by
[28:08] a group called pound pause,
[28:14] spelled P A W S. It's a group
[28:18] that rescues cats that have been
[28:20] a banded, maltreated, whatever.
[28:23] It's in the Montréal region. One
[28:27] of the things she pointed out in
[28:28] the presentation, because most
[28:31] of us think of the SPCA has the
[28:34] place where such -- or animals
[28:37] and up. And she said, no, that
[28:40] is with the City of Montréal and
[28:42] all of the boroughs. But the
[28:45] demerged cities have to do their
[28:48] own -- regarding the pound. And
[28:51] then, whatever the rules are.
[28:53] So, it occurred to me, and I
[28:55] tried looking up on the City's
[28:57] website, and I couldn't find
[28:59] anything. So I just would like
[29:00] to know what pound does the City
[29:04] of Pointe-Claire work with? What
[29:07] kinds of expectations does it
[29:10] put in place for the treatment
[29:11] of animals? Because many of
[29:13] these pounds will kill the
[29:16] animals after a certain time.
[29:19] And this group, Pound Paws,
[29:22] works with another group called
[29:24] freedom drivers. I never knew.
[29:28] Freedom drivers who will take
[29:30] the animal -- well, first of
[29:33] all, Pound Paws tries to treat
[29:35] them, get them healthier, if
[29:36] they are abused or damaged. And
[29:40] then, they try to find them a
[29:42] home and they will drive them
[29:44] even to Québec City's -- Québec
[29:47] City or Hamilton, Ontario,
[29:49] through a relay of drivers who
[29:51] does -- do this freedom driving
[29:53] to give animals a home. It's
[29:54] pretty remarkable. But I was
[29:56] just wanting to know more about
[29:59] -- we can read about dog bylaws
[30:01] and I have had dogs in the past.
[30:04] And I have had cats in the past,
[30:06] to. And I remember the bylaws
[30:08] and the rules about the dogs.
[30:10] But I've never seen anything
[30:12] regarding cats. I am wondering,
[30:14] we don't have, I guess, a
[30:16] licensing system which might
[30:18] prevent some of the, you know,
[30:21] abandonment of cats that
[30:22] happens. And then, I wondered
[30:24] about the pound and what happens
[30:26] to cats that maybe get found,
[30:29] that have been abandoned or
[30:31] abused.
[30:32] >> I will give you my limited
[30:33] knowledge, and then I will turn
[30:34] it over to Madam Verdon. I don't
[30:37] know, Tony, if -- got you up to
[30:40] speed on this one. I've been
[30:42] speaking to Mark Tanguay as
[30:43] well. Eric, you wanted to weigh
[30:45] in at one point? Okay. I'm
[30:49] dealing with an organization
[30:50] that wants to catch and neuter
[30:52] spade animals and cats. We don't
[30:55] do that. We do actually have a
[30:59] disservice. When we do have an
[31:01] animal to catch, service and
[31:03] they are cared for. What I
[31:06] understand, they are pretty good
[31:07] at it. And it is a company we've
[31:08] hired to do it. I do -- I think
[31:11] we do it on site, Tony? We do it
[31:13] on site. We have a space here.
[31:15] Okay. And then they come and get
[31:17] them. So it is active. And
[31:18] apparently, it is very well
[31:20] done. But we don't do that that
[31:23] nary here. Any operation,
[31:25] surgical stuff. We don't allow
[31:28] anybody else -- Eric, after
[31:30] Madame Verdun on.
[31:32] >> We have a company who worked
[31:35] -- the city has come and picked
[31:38] up the animals. But we don't
[31:40] have any type of that nary's or
[31:44] stuff like that. -- A certain
[31:48] amount of time, the animal, they
[31:51] do what they have to do after.
[31:54] They decide what to do with the
[31:57] animals.
[31:58] >> Eric, did you want to weigh
[32:01] in?
[32:02] >> Yeah. Sorry, it is a
[32:05] sensitive issue. I am
[32:08] embarrassed by your question
[32:10] because, four or five years ago,
[32:11] I started to work on an animal
[32:14] bylaw, you know. And I have to
[32:17] say that compared to other
[32:20] cities, our animal bylaw is so
[32:22] outdated, it's horrible. Public
[32:25] security themselves, they don't
[32:26] have a proper cart to put an
[32:28] animal in. They don't have a
[32:30] place -- public works that I,
[32:32] speedway put it in a room. We
[32:33] don't have the proper cage, we
[32:35] don't have the proper catching
[32:37] facilities, none of that. I
[32:38] worked on that three or five
[32:39] years ago. Right now, I will
[32:42] push this. Je pense que c'est
[32:45] une autre compagnie maintenant.
[32:48] - Le centre canin du Suroît.
[32:51] - Exactement. So, we need to do
[32:54] that. We have a feral cat
[32:56] problem, especially in
[32:58] Councillor Tremblay's area. And
[33:00] there is a lot of feral cats. We
[33:02] have a paucity -- we have to put
[33:04] a policy together, we have to
[33:05] throw a couple of dollars at it.
[33:07] I honestly believe -- I am
[33:09] blaming myself. Here I am, it's
[33:13] something very delicate for me,
[33:15] we have to be better. But I will
[33:17] put something together. And I
[33:19] work with Madame Spooner from
[33:20] the cat clinic at the shops. I
[33:24] spoke to -- we actually put
[33:27] together a committee at one
[33:28] point to go through all the
[33:30] bylaws. I did a lot of work on
[33:31] it. But I will -- that.
[33:38] >> Thank you.
[33:39] >> We have a lot -- and a lot
[33:41] better job to do.
[33:42] >> Thank you. One of the things
[33:43] I would hope for is that
[33:44] anything like that, having owned
[33:46] cats, and we have lost cats,
[33:48] we've all gone through that or
[33:49] my neighbour lost account
[33:53] recently. In the last few years.
[33:54] And the agony someone goes
[33:56] through to try to find their
[33:58] cat. You know, I remember at one
[34:01] point, one of my daughters was
[34:03] moving to Hawaii and had two
[34:06] cats that I got to keep until
[34:08] these cats had special testing
[34:11] that they needed done, that had
[34:13] to be flown to Dakota or
[34:17] something, the tests. In the
[34:20] end, they never got to Hawaii.
[34:22] But any animal that arrives in
[34:24] Hawaii is put into a special
[34:28] pound for like three months, I
[34:30] think it was, to make sure there
[34:31] is no disease coming in. But I
[34:34] mean, there are a lot of places
[34:35] with a lot of rules. And I'm not
[34:38] sure that we have rules. So I'm
[34:41] looking forward to seeing
[34:43] whatever the bylaw might say
[34:45] that sort of protects people who
[34:47] might go through the agony of
[34:48] losing their cat. They are not
[34:50] going to be just euthanized.
[34:53] >> We have one simple bylaw sing
[34:55] a maximum of three or four cats,
[34:58] three pets. That's it. I will be
[34:59] honest, I've got a dog, after
[35:01] got two cats, I've got a rabbit,
[35:02] I have a hamster.
[35:05] [Laughter]
[35:06] [Laughter]
[35:07] [Laughter]
[35:08] I have 15 fish and 15 outdoor
[35:11] squirrels. My house is.
[35:12] >> Three. Cats
[35:13] >> Three cats.
[35:14] >> Now I am a bit better. We
[35:16] have to do more. I will work
[35:18] with the mayor to -- we are
[35:20] definitely behind.
[35:21] >> Thank, you I will look
[35:23] forward to hearing about that.
[35:24] My second question is more about
[35:27] something I discovered. And I
[35:29] tested this a little bit after
[35:30] the last council meeting. In the
[35:33] most recent little handbook I
[35:36] got from Pointe-Claire, you
[35:37] talked about back flow valves.
[35:40] You know, you're back flow valve
[35:42] and the fact it's got this
[35:44] little list -- it says you must
[35:47] have one, you must keep it in
[35:48] good order, you must check it,
[35:51] all this you must. And my
[35:56] questioning is, how am I
[35:59] supposed to know, one, if I even
[36:01] have an. Number two, where I
[36:02] would look for one. Three, how
[36:05] you would test it. What I had
[36:09] been thinking of last month was,
[36:11] maybe the fire department knows
[36:13] what these things are and where
[36:14] they are and the fire department
[36:16] are great about coming to my
[36:17] house and making sure that my
[36:19] smoke detectors are working and
[36:21] giving me one that lasts ten
[36:24] years kind of thing. Maybe they
[36:25] do this. But in my little
[36:28] informal discussion after last
[36:31] month's council meeting, I
[36:32] discovered I am not the only one
[36:33] who doesn't know. First of all,
[36:34] I don't think it's ever put in
[36:36] your bill of sale about your
[36:38] house you've just bought that
[36:40] there is a back flow valve in
[36:42] this space. I would just like
[36:44] for the city's help in informing
[36:47] us, educating, us helping us to
[36:50] know what it is, where it is,
[36:53] how we are supposed to be able
[36:55] to test it. I hesitate to just
[36:59] call a plumber and not know if I
[37:02] will get the truth or not about
[37:04] whether this thing or not. A
[37:06] couple people mentioned needing
[37:07] to have holes dug, to find these
[37:11] things. I don't want to start
[37:12] digging up wherever, my basement
[37:14] or anything. Since we have this
[37:18] list and the city is very clear
[37:20] on it, I would like the City to
[37:22] be clear about helping us to
[37:24] know, okay, so how can you help
[37:27] us with the next effort, which
[37:30] is being responsible?
[37:31] >> What the heck is a back low
[37:33] valve, what does it look like
[37:34] and where is it usually found?
[37:36] Point taken. Maybe even a pick
[37:38] the gram. Your point is well
[37:40] taken. I think we can look into
[37:41] that.
[37:42] >> Super. Thanks. Thank you, I
[37:44] will look forward to getting --
[37:45] >> Mr. Cousineau?
[37:47] >> I do not know. But when it
[37:51] was first instituted that you
[37:53] have to have a back flow valve.
[37:58] Let's say would be 1979 for the
[38:02] sake of putting a number. If
[38:05] your house and your sewer was
[38:08] done especially before 1979, you
[38:11] could investigate.
[38:14] >> Somebody needs to
[38:15] investigate. My town house was
[38:17] built in 1978.
[38:21] [Laughter]
[38:22] Lucky me.
[38:23] >> I just threw out a number. I
[38:24] had no idea.
[38:26] [Laughter]
[38:27] >> May I comment?
[38:28] >> Go ahead.
[38:30] >> I know that for a backlog of
[38:32] all, often you do need to bring
[38:33] in a plumber if you don't know
[38:35] where it is because it can be
[38:37] underground. In your basement,
[38:39] though, if you have your main
[38:41] pipe, it could be there as well.
[38:44] But I know for us, ours is not
[38:46] there. We will have to bring a
[38:47] plumber to investigate if we
[38:49] have one or not. Because the
[38:53] fire department will have to
[38:54] dig. And oftentimes, that is
[38:56] what happens.
[38:59] >> Okay, it doesn't sound like
[39:00] much fun. So I guess, along with
[39:02] that little list of what we must
[39:04] do, I hope there is an education
[39:06] part in there and there is some
[39:08] leeway for us to be able to
[39:10] figure out how to do the next
[39:12] steps and find out where and why
[39:14] and how to do what we need to
[39:18] do.
[39:19] >> Points taken.
[39:20] >> Thank you.
[39:21] >> Nasr El Dabee?
[39:25] >> Good evening. The election is
[39:30] coming in the fall, in November.
[39:33] And I asked a question before
[39:37] about -- when you send the card
[39:39] to everyone to go do the
[39:41] election, you can send also all
[39:44] about the most important issue,
[39:49] all the citizens of
[39:50] Pointe-Claire care about it. You
[39:52] can get a referendum to be clear
[39:55] for any administration that's
[39:58] coming or a politician elected
[40:00] to follow all what the residents
[40:04] want. As I ask about it -- are
[40:06] you prepared to do that? The
[40:09] reason I ask you, that's why.
[40:11] Because in the consultation --
[40:16] you are not allowed to talk
[40:17] about the important issue like
[40:19] that, Cadillac Fairview. And
[40:20] when they ask about the
[40:23] building, what residents want,
[40:25] the maximum was between four and
[40:27] six. But a few months ago, you,
[40:32] all of the city council
[40:34] confirmed they built 13 high
[40:37] buildings, 13 high floors.
[40:42] Except you refused to do. That
[40:43] I'm asking, if you do the
[40:46] referendum sending all those
[40:47] questions to the citizens before
[40:49] the election, so when you do the
[40:53] election, they have the card. Or
[40:54] they can do it on the spot, on
[40:56] the election.
[40:58] >> So, I was confused by the
[41:01] beginning. Do you want to do it
[41:02] while there is enumeration or
[41:04] while there is voter --
[41:06] >> We received a card for the
[41:08] election with everybody's name
[41:10] and where are you going to
[41:11] elect? Everyone received a card
[41:13] from the family.
[41:14] >> Where are you going to vote.
[41:17] >> Where are you going to vote
[41:18] and -- you can do the same
[41:19] thing, the referendum about all
[41:23] that. It is an important issue
[41:24] for residents of Pointe-Claire.
[41:25] The can't say yes or no, you can
[41:28] get already all the results from
[41:33] the residents of Pointe-Claire.
[41:35] What they want. The character of
[41:37] Pointe-Claire. Like, that nobody
[41:39] will come after -- you want to
[41:42] do the city -- downtown or a
[41:45] condo town? They all follow what
[41:50] the residents ask for.
[41:52] >> You want a series of
[41:54] questions connected with the
[41:55] enumeration?
[41:56] >> For all of the future for the
[41:59] citizens of Pointe-Claire. As I
[42:02] said, when I said everybody
[42:04] worked together, somebody shook
[42:05] their head, somebody said no or
[42:07] somebody laughed or somebody
[42:09] said never. That's what I'm
[42:10] saying.
[42:11] >> You are asking technical
[42:13] questions, can we do that?
[42:14] >> Yes, please.
[42:15] >> I will ask our -- who is in
[42:19] charge of elections.
[42:23] >> It's like a referendum. The
[42:26] consultation company --.
[42:29] >> Mr. al-Dhabi, it's not going
[42:30] to happen.
[42:31] >> Why?
[42:32] [Laughter]
[42:34] Okay, do you know -- on this
[42:38] council, ask me to do it. But
[42:40] for now, we are planning the
[42:43] general election in 2025.
[42:45] >> I know.
[42:46] >> Okay.
[42:47] >> So that is what I am saying.
[42:49] I said already last year about
[42:51] this referendum when you send a
[42:56] card.
[42:57] >> Let me be clear. Do you know
[42:58] how much it costs to organize
[43:00] that kind of referendum?
[43:03] >> And the card --
[43:06] >> Okay, yeah.
[43:07] >> When you do the result for
[43:09] the politicians, when they get
[43:11] elected, it's all on a computer.
[43:12] The car, they go through the
[43:14] computer. You get the result.
[43:16] >> It's that simple?
[43:18] >> Yes.
[43:19] >> Good, okay.
[43:20] >> You do that for the election
[43:22] to get who is elected.
[43:24] >> I get the idea. I know, for
[43:26] you, it could sound, it could
[43:29] look simple. But it's not that
[43:32] simple. Legally speaking, it is
[43:35] complicated. And I'm not sure
[43:38] election Québec will allow me to
[43:40] organize this kind of democratic
[43:44] event at the same time as the
[43:47] general election. The answer is
[43:48] probably no. And maybe later
[43:54] Council will decide.
[43:55] >> The reason is, are you happy
[43:57] for all the council that for the
[43:59] last three years, arguments and
[44:02] all against each other? Who is
[44:04] happy with that? That's why I'm
[44:06] saying, the solution to help
[44:08] everybody to work together. And
[44:11] the citizens, they already
[44:13] decided what they want for their
[44:15] own citizens. We are here,
[44:16] people from 20 years, 30 years,
[44:18] 50 years. The city is changing.
[44:25] -- Every mayor or every city
[44:28] council, they come, they change
[44:31] the city. That's why I'm trying
[44:33] to give a solution to help, to
[44:36] work altogether, to resolve this
[44:41] conflict.
[44:42] >> Go ahead, Councillor Stork.
[44:44] >> I actually checked that with
[44:46] Elections Québec, the answer is
[44:48] a straight snow. The city of
[44:51] Colorado did that the first
[44:52] time, I remember, when they
[44:54] voted on allowing marijuana use.
[44:57] It was on the back of the
[44:59] ballot. Basically, everybody
[45:01] gives you another opportunity to
[45:03] ask a general question because
[45:04] it is being sent out and you can
[45:06] double up on the costs. I can
[45:08] say that, you know, this has
[45:11] come up a couple of times in the
[45:12] last three, four, five years
[45:14] about putting something together
[45:15] with the hot button issues.
[45:17] >> Yes.
[45:18] >> And I don't think the -- the
[45:20] issues that you are trying to go
[45:22] towards, whether it be speed
[45:25] bumps, chicken coops, tempos.
[45:27] There is a multitude of
[45:29] questions that always come back.
[45:32] I am a proponent of the fact
[45:33] that even if it costs 20,
[45:37] $50,000, I think it would be,
[45:38] and I have mentioned, it we've
[45:39] had some agreement. But other
[45:41] issues have taken more time. To
[45:43] do something of that nature, to
[45:44] get the feedback on the key
[45:46] button issues that we always
[45:49] have trouble adjusting to. It
[45:50] shouldn't just be one street,
[45:52] one tempo. It should be a
[45:54] referendum. It's not a
[45:55] referendum, it has to be a
[45:56] public participation to see
[45:58] where it stands. Those things
[45:59] have to be worked out. Even if
[46:00] elections Québec even begins, if
[46:03] something like that was
[46:04] acceptable, that would have
[46:06] started like last year. It is a
[46:08] long process. But have some sort
[46:12] of general questionnaire sent
[46:13] out all the citizens, you have
[46:14] to be question -- concerned, how
[46:17] is the questionnaire being
[46:19] represented? How is it said? Are
[46:20] you biased in your questions?
[46:21] There's a lot of work that has
[46:22] to be done in reference to that.
[46:23] But fundamentally, I agree with
[46:25] that sort of thing on the hot
[46:26] button issues that keep coming
[46:27] back every year, every year, and
[46:29] at one point we need closure on
[46:31] them.
[46:32] >> And to help you to do that
[46:33] decision for the citizens, what
[46:34] they want -- because we hire
[46:36] consultation companies. It cost
[46:38] a lot of money. In the end, you
[46:40] didn't follow what they want. We
[46:42] went, more than 100 people,
[46:45] here, we did all of that
[46:48] question except the hot issue,
[46:50] you know? How we manage our
[46:54] backyard, the city pays money
[46:55] for us to manage our backyard.
[46:59] Let us know. Please, try, you
[47:01] can do a resolution. To help all
[47:04] of us and help yourselves. To be
[47:08] all friendly and all happy.
[47:10] Please. Is that a good
[47:13] suggestion?
[47:14] >> Well, there is a limit to
[47:16] things. You can't just be
[47:17] serving every month citizens.
[47:19] You have people elected to
[47:21] represent you and they get
[47:22] chosen and they have an election
[47:23] every four years. That is one of
[47:25] the solutions as well.
[47:27] >> Yeah, but it's a simple
[47:29] question. The big issue, yes or
[47:32] no, yes or no. You get the
[47:35] results, you really -- the
[47:37] residents of Pointe-Claire.
[47:38] >> We get that in votes at
[47:40] Council meetings. You can assess
[47:42] your elective -- year elected
[47:46] Council --.
[47:47] >> I would consider that to
[47:50] work, to be happy for the next
[47:52] four years, to see people
[47:53] working together with happiness
[47:55] and make us really happy to be
[47:57] living here. I hope this makes
[47:59] sense for you.
[48:02] >> Well, that is assuming that
[48:04] if the results, the question
[48:08] results will be pursued. There
[48:10] is no guarantee of that anyway.
[48:12] It sounds to me like a
[48:14] complicated process.
[48:17] >> Mayor Thomas, you won with
[48:22] your platform and we elected you
[48:23] for your platform. But too many
[48:27] people, they are against what
[48:28] you are doing. And that is what
[48:30] is hurting us. Because we
[48:32] elected you for your platform. I
[48:34] am just trying to save the
[48:36] problem and to be all working
[48:39] together happily. We live in one
[48:41] city and we are all one family.
[48:42] >> I don't want to go too far on
[48:44] this one because it's kind of a
[48:45] touchy one. I am biased at the
[48:47] mic. But I would say that
[48:49] everybody else up here was
[48:51] elected.
[48:52] >> Yeah, I know.
[48:53] >> On a vision as well. And
[48:54] maybe the voters should make
[48:56] sure that the vision's match.
[48:59] That, for me, might be one of
[49:00] the solutions to the problem.
[49:02] >> I hope that we will be able
[49:04] to find a solution to help
[49:07] everybody. My second question,
[49:08] what are you going to do to help
[49:11] the industrial park to keep
[49:15] healthy and better -- building
[49:19] high rise condos. When you have
[49:21] a healthy industrial park,
[49:25] people living here, they can be
[49:27] able to work, to save all the
[49:31] trouble and all that. At the
[49:34] same, time to be a healthy city,
[49:36] people living and working in the
[49:38] same city. What will you do to
[49:41] update the industrial park?
[49:44] >> There are a couple biases in
[49:46] your question. I will get to one
[49:48] of the problems that I see to
[49:49] your question, that troubles me
[49:52] with our industrial park.
[49:54] Anybody working in the
[49:55] industrial park can't afford to
[49:57] live in Pointe-Claire. So, they
[49:59] are forced to commute. And this
[50:00] whole 15-minute city thing is
[50:02] blown apart with this.
[50:04] Affordability has a huge
[50:05] bearing. We have people
[50:06] commuting from different parts,
[50:11] close to the Ontario border,
[50:13] because that's where they can
[50:14] afford to live and work in our
[50:16] industrial park. So it's a real
[50:18] challenge. The employees coming
[50:20] from elsewhere. Ideally, yes,
[50:22] you would like the employees of
[50:23] our industrial park to live in
[50:26] proximity to it, absolutely.
[50:28] Housing affordability has a huge
[50:29] bearing on that. That being
[50:31] said, having an industrial park
[50:33] does provide employment, which
[50:34] is great. It provides four times
[50:36] the level of taxes and it
[50:38] requires way less infrastructure
[50:40] to sustain it. So it has always
[50:42] been part of the Pointe-Claire
[50:44] formula, it has been since all
[50:46] of Urquhart has been -- lower
[50:49] taxes south has been a formula
[50:51] for a long time. And I think it
[50:53] is something we can look into,
[50:56] instead of building industrial
[51:00] zoning, I see that as an error,
[51:02] personally. And I think industry
[51:03] and business always changes and
[51:05] it never gets outmoded or
[51:08] moribund. You can always find
[51:09] new industry to replace old in
[51:11] an industrial park. And I don't
[51:13] think we should be building
[51:15] residential into it. That is my
[51:16] take on. It I would like to
[51:17] preserve it. How to preserve it
[51:19] is to be able to attract
[51:21] industries and have a strategic
[51:22] plan as a city -- which it does,
[51:27] to try to find businesses to
[51:29] come into your industrial park
[51:31] and possibly even grow your
[51:33] industrial park. If you have a
[51:34] good economic strategy as a
[51:36] city, you can do it. I totally
[51:40] appreciate your question.
[51:42] Hopefully, I have answered it
[51:43] well. I thrown a whole bunch of
[51:44] curves that you.
[51:46] >> Yeah, you did good, really.
[51:48] But we have to have actions to
[51:52] help -- the company, the
[51:55] computer company, they pay well.
[51:58] Those people, when you attract
[51:59] them to the city --
[52:01] >> Absolutely.
[52:02] >> That is all they can do, all
[52:04] that by helping them.
[52:10] >> They are trying to expand
[52:11] their ears and I would like to
[52:13] expand ours as well.
[52:14] >> Thank you. I want us to work
[52:16] altogether. Thank you. -- The
[52:18] next four years, better please.
[52:21] >> Thank you, Mister El Dabee.
[52:24] Linda Dumas. Did I say it right,
[52:27] Linda? Good. I apologize. It
[52:31] says emphasize BS in the notes,
[52:33] which I have not been doing for
[52:34] a long time now, I apologize.
[52:37] [Inaudible]
[52:55] [Inaudible]
[53:00] >> The pedestal, the podium?
[53:06] >> So that our back is not to
[53:08] people behind us. We had had the
[53:14] podium. D'habitude on ne l'a
[53:15] même pas. It is so easy to put
[53:19] out. Some people
[53:24] [Inaudible]
[53:25] .
[53:33] [Laughter]
[53:37] Thank you.
[53:39] >> It's probably easier to move
[53:41] the microphone.
[53:42] >> Okay, all right. I have so
[53:49] many ideas and so many thoughts.
[53:52] And I usually don't know where
[53:54] to start. But I will be on the
[54:02] train of thought, I believe, by
[54:08] asking the vehicle department if
[54:10] it is absolutely essential,
[54:13] under legal, that the City must
[54:20] evaluate the forest, and the
[54:23] natural preserve, before they
[54:29] spend money evaluating it. There
[54:32] have been evaluations.
[54:35] Scientists around the world have
[54:37] certainly evaluated this type of
[54:40] typical forest, preserving the
[54:44] lung that is in the heat island.
[54:50] And I know that this is coming
[54:53] about a later on the agenda. And
[54:57] because I have -- I will tell
[55:00] you what I have been doing with
[55:02] different conservancy's in the
[55:04] government or questions I have
[55:05] been asking. Is it absolutely
[55:10] mandatory that the City follow
[55:13] those steps, now almost in the
[55:17] fourth year of the mandate, of
[55:20] trying to preserve or come up
[55:21] with ideas or actions, to do, so
[55:26] that that is a step that must be
[55:29] taken. Yes, I am asking the
[55:32] legal department.
[55:39] >> I presume you won't like my
[55:41] answer. My answer should have
[55:47] some nuance and opinions. And
[55:53] based on that fact, I cannot
[55:55] give a right answer. Based on my
[56:01] ethical professional code, I am
[56:03] a member of the bar, as you
[56:05] know, and I'm not allowed to
[56:06] give legal opinion without all
[56:09] the facts. So I would appreciate
[56:12] more details. For the question,
[56:17] maybe by email or something. It
[56:19] would be a pleasure for me to
[56:20] answer your question with proper
[56:24] nuances.
[56:28] >> All right. In October of
[56:35] 2023, I attended the live
[56:37] outdoor downtown press
[56:40] conference where the scientific
[56:42] study by Tara humanity was
[56:44] presented in support of the
[56:47] endurance of -- enduring
[56:50] importance of the remaining
[56:52] acres of the John Abbott forest
[56:55] in the city. This report was
[56:57] funded by a legacy fund,
[57:00] environmental dot org. Possibly
[57:03] save Fairview forest
[57:06] organization knows the cost of
[57:08] that. It would not have been
[57:11] inexpensive, regardless.
[57:15] Certainly, there must be people
[57:18] from Pointe-Claire, it is a
[57:21] charitable organization, as is
[57:24] the natural conservancy of
[57:27] Canada. And snap Québec, parks
[57:31] and green spaces, those are all
[57:34] charitable organizations.
[57:36] They've been working for the
[57:38] last few months in that
[57:40] direction, to try and find an
[57:45] avenue for fundraising, to help
[57:48] the City pay for the forest. Of
[57:53] course, the slow-moving
[57:59] governments -- I guess maybe
[58:00] this one included, even though
[58:02] it is grass roots, a very often
[58:10] -- of a lifesaving nature,
[58:13] nature preserves are destroyed
[58:18] before the laws get changed.
[58:25] Ever since the press conference
[58:29] and the presentation and
[58:32] speakers by Tara humanity, the
[58:35] scientists there, and by
[58:36] Campbell Stewart, the head of
[58:39] the legacy fund environment dot
[58:43] org, a lawyer, and they do their
[58:46] lawyering and their charitable
[58:48] funds to fight for green spaces,
[58:52] just like ours. So, for a whole
[58:59] year, I've been thinking --
[59:02] finally, in November, because I
[59:04] had heard from Mr. Scarpaleggia,
[59:08] not just me, and it came
[59:15] together in my mind
[59:22] that the federal legislation,
[59:26] and knowing the acronym is Sara,
[59:29] which is species at risk, is
[59:31] really a distraction and
[59:35] interference against preserving
[59:39] the natural green space in the
[59:41] 21st century. Because most of it
[59:43] that we are bemoaning
[59:45] disappeared in the 20th century.
[59:48] And especially the green space
[59:51] in the areas where most of us
[59:54] live, the urban environment. And
[59:59] in writing Mister Scarpaleggia
[1:00:03] and then at the end of December,
[1:00:06] after the commentary a window to
[1:00:09] the CMM for Fairview forest and
[1:00:12] obviously for many other things,
[1:00:14] because the CMM is open to all
[1:00:17] of this -- I have attached my
[1:00:24] November letter with my
[1:00:27] thoughts.
[1:00:33] If you understand what SARA is,
[1:00:36] I believe it came into being in
[1:00:41] 2002. I can't for the life of
[1:00:42] me, I guess politically,
[1:00:46] economically, pressures from
[1:00:48] business, perhaps, and that it
[1:00:51] was so weak right at the
[1:00:53] beginning. It is outdated in
[1:00:56] it's useful application and
[1:01:00] urgently required human
[1:01:03] protection decisions. It is
[1:01:05] forest -- I observed in October
[1:01:07] 2023, bona fide climate
[1:01:13] environmentalists to -- fight
[1:01:15] for preservation's within the
[1:01:19] interference of SARA as it is
[1:01:21] written. To still count on
[1:01:25] vulnerable species inhabiting or
[1:01:28] visiting a critical natural
[1:01:31] landscape as a key -- hallmark
[1:01:35] in 2024. That is the hallmark,
[1:01:37] to deny the property of an owner
[1:01:40] from bulldozing, to me, is
[1:01:43] actually suicidally criminal.
[1:01:46] >> Miss Dumas --
[1:01:50] >> Yes?
[1:01:51] >> I don't need to be rude but
[1:01:52] I'm getting quite confused. I
[1:01:54] really don't know what the
[1:01:56] strand of where you are going or
[1:01:57] what you are trying to tell us,
[1:02:00] if you could just --
[1:02:01] >> Today, I spoke and sent this
[1:02:05] to the Québec nature conservancy
[1:02:10] to find out if they would help
[1:02:13] us in amending, changing SARA to
[1:02:20] include plant species, which is
[1:02:23] the provider of life. And human
[1:02:27] species at risk, along with the
[1:02:30] animals. So, I find it a great
[1:02:34] disservice to humanity and the
[1:02:38] situation that the climate
[1:02:40] change has brought upon
[1:02:45] humanity, accelerated by our own
[1:02:47] doing since the beginning of the
[1:02:49] industrial age.
[1:02:51] >> So, you don't want us to rely
[1:02:55] on SARA in our own inquiry?
[1:02:57] >> That would be wonderful. So
[1:02:58] I'm bringing this, I don't know
[1:03:00] if you've ever thought of it. I
[1:03:05] think it is a worthwhile fight.
[1:03:09] I know that by going into this
[1:03:12] evaluation period, figuring out
[1:03:14] how many little creatures are in
[1:03:17] the forest does seem to be
[1:03:23] paramount. Even in that press
[1:03:26] conference, we talked about the
[1:03:29] ecosystem, the natural ecosystem
[1:03:31] that supports all of this. But
[1:03:33] it was not really emphasized,
[1:03:35] and the natural ecosystem.
[1:03:37] Without that, endangered and not
[1:03:43] endangered animals, that is one
[1:03:45] more area they cannot use. There
[1:03:51] is so much worldwide information
[1:03:53] for so many decades now that
[1:03:57] says that this -- 50 million
[1:04:00] over 100 million dollar natural
[1:04:05] territory should become public
[1:04:07] and or taken out of at least a
[1:04:11] private developer's hands. You
[1:04:16] find this him using, I suppose.
[1:04:19] [Laughter]
[1:04:20] Whatever, whatever.
[1:04:21] >> Miss Dumas, is there a
[1:04:24] question?
[1:04:25] >> Can I ask one question?
[1:04:27] >> If there is a follow-up
[1:04:28] question, absolutely.
[1:04:29] >> Does anyone know, Cadillac
[1:04:31] Fairview no longer owns what we
[1:04:35] understand to have been the
[1:04:37] original 50 acres. The REM has
[1:04:41] cut into it. The word is that
[1:04:46] there are 43 acres left. Does
[1:04:50] anyone know or does anyone wish
[1:04:52] to find out what they meant was
[1:04:56] made by the government or REM to
[1:05:00] Cadillac Fairview for probably
[1:05:04] happily confiscating this amount
[1:05:07] -- of territory? Say, if it were
[1:05:10] ten acres, ten acres out of the
[1:05:13] 50, then that's 20%. And they
[1:05:18] paid $50 million. So now, and
[1:05:22] it's 2013 purchase, it would've
[1:05:24] been 40 million. I bounced these
[1:05:29] ideas around my head, in terms
[1:05:31] of the value of our paying for
[1:05:35] going forward. Mr. Cowan
[1:05:42] believes with his knowledge of
[1:05:45] the business of this council
[1:05:46] that it could be, you know, a
[1:05:48] $10 million that could -- we
[1:05:50] could come up with it. I think a
[1:05:53] tremendous amount of fund
[1:05:54] raising done under the auspices
[1:05:56] of the -- a charitable
[1:06:00] organization, maybe could form a
[1:06:03] charitable organization. When I
[1:06:05] called the legacy fund to ask
[1:06:07] about this, they said, perhaps
[1:06:09] your mayor, your counsel can.
[1:06:13] This is an endeavour. I don't
[1:06:16] see action. I think most of us
[1:06:17] have not seen action. We are
[1:06:21] here, yes, we want to save it.
[1:06:23] But those are just words. But if
[1:06:28] there were physical, actionable
[1:06:30] steps that we are making, it
[1:06:33] would serve our community well.
[1:06:36] Especially since 54% of the
[1:06:40] vote, we don't know how many
[1:06:42] people, possibly, 40% of our
[1:06:44] population voted in the last
[1:06:46] election. They voted for the two
[1:06:50] candidates who wish to preserve
[1:06:51] the forest. And really question
[1:06:56] our development, our building
[1:06:59] development, perhaps, without
[1:07:01] the infrastructure to sustain
[1:07:03] us. So, I'm finished. Thank you.
[1:07:06] >> Is there a question?
[1:07:07] >> Yes, yes.
[1:07:09] >> What is your subsequent
[1:07:10] question?
[1:07:12] >> Would you get going on SARA?
[1:07:17] >> On SARA? We can certainly
[1:07:20] research it.
[1:07:21] >> Well, I would say, go to
[1:07:24] Campbell Stewart, first of all.
[1:07:25] I think he would be very, very
[1:07:27] helpful. The legacy fund. They
[1:07:31] were involved with TerraHumana.
[1:07:34] Of course, if you read anything
[1:07:36] about him and his group, the
[1:07:38] legacy environmental group, it
[1:07:41] has gone in and won many, many
[1:07:43] court cases over the decades. It
[1:07:45] is a slow slog. So there is
[1:07:49] that. And also, help me help
[1:07:52] others find the organization or
[1:07:58] just say, you know, we are
[1:08:00] fundraising to put in escrow,
[1:08:02] perhaps the 10 million that Mr.
[1:08:08] Cowan spoke of in his letter to
[1:08:09] the editor, maybe that could be
[1:08:11] put in escrow. I'm full of ideas
[1:08:13] and that's about it.
[1:08:15] >> Thank you very much, Miss do
[1:08:17] miss. We will certainly become
[1:08:20] informed on SARA. Next up, can
[1:08:25] lions.
[1:08:28] >> Good evening. Simple
[1:08:30] question, item 14.5. We award a
[1:08:34] contract to companies, and yet
[1:08:36] there is only one amount that
[1:08:38] shows there, the total sum.
[1:08:40] Shouldn't that be split into, so
[1:08:43] we know which goes to what?
[1:08:46] >> That's 14.5?
[1:08:48] >> Yes.
[1:08:49] >> Okay. Madame Verdun. Should
[1:08:55] that be split into.
[1:09:01] >> We have the contract for both
[1:09:03] companies. We can have the
[1:09:06] amount. We have it with us.
[1:09:07] >> All I am saying --
[1:09:09] >> The details --
[1:09:10] >> All I'm saying is it seems to
[1:09:12] me that we have two companies
[1:09:14] and we are showing one amount.
[1:09:15] >> Yes, but this is only the
[1:09:17] title of the resolution. When
[1:09:18] you see the resolution, we will
[1:09:21] have both amounts.
[1:09:23] >> I have two amounts, Mr.
[1:09:25] lions. The lot a, in the co Inc.
[1:09:31] , Is $62,109.95.
[1:09:37] >> Okay, I can do the math for
[1:09:38] the rest. Thank you
[1:09:39] >> Good!
[1:09:42] >> The other thing is, you know,
[1:09:44] I've been a homeowner for too
[1:09:47] long to mention, anyhow. When my
[1:09:50] roof leaked, I took care of it
[1:09:53] like right now. You know,
[1:09:56] because of the damage. Help me
[1:10:00] understand why the City of
[1:10:03] Pointe-Claire has the equivalent
[1:10:05] of a roof they are responsible
[1:10:07] for, which is the overpass --
[1:10:09] which are the overpasses we have
[1:10:12] on Saint-Jean. I was down over
[1:10:14] the railway overpass and also
[1:10:17] the highway overpass coming
[1:10:20] back. The potholes, the
[1:10:23] potholes. They are not being
[1:10:25] repaired. I know it's a horrible
[1:10:26] time, it's winter and all that.
[1:10:28] But it seems to me that it's a
[1:10:32] very expensive expense.
[1:10:36] Expensive expense. Expensive
[1:10:39] amount to maintain those super
[1:10:41] structures which are only
[1:10:42] controlled by the Québec
[1:10:44] government. Who is the Québec
[1:10:45] government? We all are the
[1:10:47] Québec government. So, it's not
[1:10:49] really taking care of the
[1:10:50] assets. So, why are we not
[1:10:52] taking care of them?
[1:10:55] >> Well, the experts determined
[1:10:59] value per dollar how they are to
[1:11:01] be maintained and at the cost
[1:11:04] that is raised in taxes. It's
[1:11:06] the simple answer to your
[1:11:07] question. And that is what the
[1:11:09] experts decide. And the non
[1:11:12] experts comply or accept a
[1:11:14] greater increase in costs and do
[1:11:17] it more rapidly. That is --
[1:11:20] governance.
[1:11:21] >> So it's not going to cost us
[1:11:22] anymore if we let it degrade and
[1:11:23] then the whole thing comes down?
[1:11:25] >> I would assume --
[1:11:27] >> There would be a horrible
[1:11:29] traffic mess. That's
[1:11:31] nonsensical.
[1:11:32] >> I am assuming --
[1:11:33] >> Pardon me?
[1:11:34] >> I'm assuming the engineers
[1:11:35] and the specialist in this world
[1:11:36] that look after this for a
[1:11:38] living do not do it to look --
[1:11:39] to lose money for the taxpayer.
[1:11:43] They have -- they repair them --
[1:11:46] way too much to fix them. I am
[1:11:48] assuming that because that is
[1:11:51] generally what most governments
[1:11:53] do with fixing roads and
[1:11:55] infrastructure. And that is the
[1:11:57] calculus of experts, that's what
[1:11:58] it is. I can't answer that one.
[1:12:01] Does anybody else want to take a
[1:12:02] stab at that one?
[1:12:03] >> I just want to know if you
[1:12:04] are talking about the overpass
[1:12:06] 20 or the 40, or both of them.
[1:12:09] >> I am talking about the
[1:12:11] asphalt that the City of
[1:12:12] Pointe-Claire is responsible
[1:12:13] for, which is the roof for the
[1:12:17] overpasses.
[1:12:18] >> On the one on the 40, Highway
[1:12:20] 40? Or the 20?
[1:12:21] >> The problem is in both of
[1:12:24] them.
[1:12:25] >> In both of them, okay.
[1:12:26] >> And also the railway
[1:12:27] overpass. There's some wicked
[1:12:29] holes in their, that's the
[1:12:31] point. Is there a reason why
[1:12:35] they cannot be fixed?
[1:12:36] >> They will be fixed. For now,
[1:12:38] public works is working on the
[1:12:42] snow in the street. And they are
[1:12:43] supposed to do potholes later on
[1:12:45] this week.
[1:12:46] >> I'd be happy to see that,
[1:12:47] thank you.
[1:12:51] >> Gilles of Lucia.
[1:12:59] >> Good, evening everybody. My
[1:13:01] question is about 8.1, to
[1:13:04] approve the evaluation criteria
[1:13:06] to be used within the framework
[1:13:08] of the call for tenders. --
[1:13:10] Ecosystem and ecological
[1:13:12] services. I noticed the call for
[1:13:15] tender for this study is already
[1:13:17] on the website. And so, you are
[1:13:21] approving the criteria now. With
[1:13:24] regard to that criteria or
[1:13:26] submissions from companies, I do
[1:13:28] have concerns about companies
[1:13:31] that may have already completed
[1:13:33] studies for privately owned
[1:13:35] companies involved in this.
[1:13:38] Evaluation I'm wondering how the
[1:13:39] City will respond to that
[1:13:41] concern if you would consider
[1:13:43] submissions and or -- within
[1:13:46] that criteria, if you end up --
[1:13:49] I'm not being very clear. If you
[1:13:50] would consider companies that
[1:13:51] have already submitted data at
[1:13:53] the private companies that own
[1:13:55] property. If that's clear.
[1:13:58] [Laughter]
[1:14:00] >> Yeah, if I understand
[1:14:01] correctly, you want to know if
[1:14:04] we will allow a company that has
[1:14:07] already done that kind of
[1:14:09] follow-up for the private
[1:14:11] sector?
[1:14:12] >> Yes.
[1:14:13] >> It's not a criteria that we
[1:14:14] can add in a tender offer. It's
[1:14:17] not a criteria that we have to
[1:14:19] submit. They have to submit the
[1:14:21] experience they have. It's not
[1:14:22] something that we can --.
[1:14:24] >> The criteria you are talking
[1:14:26] about is criteria that -- not
[1:14:29] criteria that you are using, you
[1:14:30] are using criteria that the
[1:14:32] companies have to fill in to
[1:14:34] fill out the form. But the form
[1:14:36] is already on the STA website.
[1:14:57] Les soumissionnaires n'ont pas
[1:14:58] cette grille-là, on leur demande
[1:15:00] certaines informations sur
[1:15:02] lesquelles on les évalue, mais
[1:15:05] les critères qu'on évalue ce
[1:15:06] soir c'est les critères que le
[1:15:10] conseil va adopter ce soir ou
[1:15:13] pas, je présume. C'est les
[1:15:16] critères qui sont généraux et
[1:15:19] spécifiques à à ce type
[1:15:23] d'études-là. Généraux dans les
[1:15:25] soumissions qu'on va recevoir.
[1:15:26] On va voir ces réponses-là. La
[1:15:28] question que vous posez dès le
[1:15:30] départ c'est: est-ce qu'on a un
[1:15:33] critère qui exige que le
[1:15:36] soumissionnaires ait ou non fait
[1:15:38] ce type d'études-là pour la
[1:15:40] compagnie privée? Je peux vous
[1:15:42] dire d'emblée que ce n'est pas
[1:15:43] un critère qui apparaît. On
[1:15:45] demande une inexpérience, on
[1:15:46] demande aux soumissionnaires de
[1:15:47] nous démontrer son expérience,
[1:15:50] sa compétence, son expertise. On
[1:15:52] ne va pas dans le fin détail de
[1:15:55] savoir si ils
[1:15:56] (inaudible)
[1:15:57] ont des compagnies privées au
[1:15:58] public.
[1:15:59] - Les conflits d'intérêts n'est
[1:16:00] pas divulgué?
[1:16:01] - Non, ce qu'on n'a pas régler,
[1:16:02] quand le soumissionnaires à la
[1:16:04] Duffy qu'à terre. Il y a une
[1:16:06] déclaration faite du
[1:16:07] soumissionnaire à chaque fois,
[1:16:08] où il dévoile ce genre
[1:16:10] d'information-là. On a
[1:16:11] déclaration de soumissionnaires
[1:16:12] hall doit démontrer l'absence de
[1:16:15] conflit d'intérêts.
[1:16:16] - Excellent, merci. J'ai deux
[1:16:21] questions. Ma question plus
[1:16:26] importante c'est: pourquoi
[1:16:27] l'étude est seulement pour huit
[1:16:28] mois et non 12 mois, comme avait
[1:16:31] été discutée? Je ne sais pas si
[1:16:34] quelqu'un va répondre. Dans le
[1:16:37] (inaudible)
[1:16:38] ça dit huit mois.
[1:16:43] - Dans le fond, c'est les
[1:16:44] experts qu'on a à la Ville, ils
[1:16:45] ont jugé bon que pour un
[1:16:47] écosystémiques, qui était une
[1:16:48] étude vraiment sur les systèmes
[1:16:50] à la grandeur que huit mois
[1:16:53] c'était quelque chose qui était
[1:16:54] suffisant selon leurs
[1:16:55] recherches, les discussions
[1:16:56] qu'ils ont eues avec des gens
[1:16:58] des autres villes...
[1:17:01] - Donc ça ne considérait pas du
[1:17:02] tout la biodiversité?
[1:17:03] - Non, c'est vraiment une étude
[1:17:07] écosystémiques, donc ce n'est
[1:17:08] pas Nick petites écologique et
[1:17:09] de biodiversité. C'est vraiment
[1:17:10] une étude écosystémiques. C'est
[1:17:12] la première étape.
[1:17:13] - La première étape. O.K.,
[1:17:15] merci!
[1:17:20] >> I believe that concludes
[1:17:22] question period?
[1:17:23] >> No, somebody was added,
[1:17:24] Alicia right.
[1:17:25] >> Alicia right.
[1:17:29] >> Good evening, members of the
[1:17:31] council and administration. I'm
[1:17:33] very happy to be here tonight. I
[1:17:35] just have two short questions.
[1:17:39] So I noticed about on the
[1:17:41] previous council agenda, there
[1:17:42] were four nonprofit
[1:17:44] organizations that received a
[1:17:45] total sum of $8,935 for, I
[1:17:49] guess, operations are projects.
[1:17:51] I wanted to know, as a non that
[1:17:54] is serving the community and has
[1:17:56] been serving the community since
[1:17:58] 2008, I just wanted to know
[1:18:00] where we should be looking for
[1:18:02] funds, specifically from
[1:18:03] Pointe-Claire. Because we really
[1:18:04] want to increase what we are
[1:18:05] doing in the Pointe-Claire area.
[1:18:07] I did find on the website that
[1:18:09] there is funding through support
[1:18:12] framework for community action.
[1:18:13] But I wanted to know if there is
[1:18:14] something else that we have not
[1:18:16] seen.
[1:18:17] >> No, I think that's the one.
[1:18:21] We have a structured process.
[1:18:24] That is the one.
[1:18:25] >> That is the only one, okay.
[1:18:28] The second question I have is we
[1:18:30] are currently organizing a
[1:18:31] fundraising walk, we've done
[1:18:32] this for the -- it's called cold
[1:18:34] march for the homeless.
[1:18:35] Normally, we used to do this in
[1:18:39] Westmount, walking to the Old
[1:18:41] Brewery Mission because we have
[1:18:42] a lot of partnerships with them,
[1:18:43] we would go to their facilities
[1:18:45] and cook for the residents and
[1:18:47] so on. But we wanted to, now
[1:18:49] that we are in the West Island,
[1:18:51] we wanted to shift to doing
[1:18:53] that. Here in the past, when we
[1:18:54] did this in Westmount, we had to
[1:18:56] organize with the police station
[1:18:58] so they would be aware we are
[1:18:59] doing the walk, so there could
[1:19:00] be increased police supervision
[1:19:04] or supervision along the route.
[1:19:07] So we just want to know, is
[1:19:08] there something similar we need
[1:19:09] to do to do this walk? And for
[1:19:11] this, year we would like to do
[1:19:13] it from 30 avenue Queen, where
[1:19:15] we are located, to the ricochet
[1:19:19] Centre. Because we have a few
[1:19:21] partnerships with them and we
[1:19:22] have gone there and provided
[1:19:23] food for them, we've cooked for
[1:19:26] them. They love us, we love
[1:19:27] them. We want to continue that
[1:19:29] partnership.
[1:19:30] >> We've certainly done this in
[1:19:31] the past. Is there a specific
[1:19:35] way she can organize that?
[1:19:38] >> She has to contact the --
[1:19:42] department and see what the team
[1:19:43] if it's possible, the, time
[1:19:45] everything for the team and we
[1:19:46] will have a contact with the
[1:19:47] police and everything. You have
[1:19:49] to contact. You can speak with
[1:19:52] Tony. He will help you through
[1:19:54] all the details.
[1:19:55] >> Okay.
[1:19:56] >> That's public security.
[1:19:57] >> Excellent. The last thing, I
[1:19:58] just wanted to invite everybody
[1:19:59] who is here on Council, we are
[1:20:01] having our free pancake
[1:20:03] breakfast into Saturdays. So
[1:20:05] free, free, free. Nothing to
[1:20:07] pay.
[1:20:08] >> Where?
[1:20:09] >> February 15th, 30 avenue
[1:20:10] Queen. If you would like to
[1:20:11] come, we are glad to have
[1:20:12] everybody participate. From 90
[1:20:14] am to 12 PM.
[1:20:16] >> That's a wonderful --
[1:20:18] wonderful initiative. Can you
[1:20:19] send us an email?
[1:20:20] >> Absolutely.
[1:20:21] >> Wonderful. Thank you so much.
[1:20:23] >> Alicia, also on our website,
[1:20:25] if you just go on the search,
[1:20:30] you can do special events. That
[1:20:31] might answer questions for
[1:20:32] future events as well. But it
[1:20:34] will also direct you to you need
[1:20:36] to contact to host a special
[1:20:37] event.
[1:20:38] >> Perfect, thank you so much.
[1:20:49] 6.1 Accorder un soutien
[1:20:50] financier à deux associations
[1:20:51] sportives pour un montant total
[1:20:52] de 7 000 $. >> 5.1 Adoption of a
[1:20:53] by-law decreeing a long-term
[1:20:54] borrowing and an expenditure of
[1:20:55] $ 500 000 for the replacement
[1:20:56] and upgrading of the Public
[1:20:57] Works and Buildings Department
[1:20:58] fleet of vehicles. The types of
[1:20:59] vehicles covered our -- and two
[1:21:00] trailers. Les associations
[1:21:02] bénéficiaires sont l'Association
[1:21:03] de la crosse de l'ouest de l'île
[1:21:04] et baseball de l'ouest de l'île.
[1:21:12] >> 6.2 Resolution in support of
[1:21:14] the Last Post Fund and its offer
[1:21:15] to the Government of Canada
[1:21:16] regarding the National Field of
[1:21:17] Honour. The purpose of the
[1:21:18] resolution is to express our
[1:21:19] support for the last post fund
[1:21:22] and to request the Canadian
[1:21:24] government to assume stewardship
[1:21:26] of the field of honour and
[1:21:27] preserve its dignity.
[1:21:28] Pour cinq verges l'un à 6,2...
[1:21:31] merci maître Thibault. >> Do I
[1:21:32] have a mover?
[1:21:33] >> Brent Cowan. I would like to
[1:21:34] ask that the resolution at 6.2
[1:21:35] be read out.
[1:21:39] >> Yes, just give me a second.
[1:22:26] >> I'm getting there.
[1:22:45] >> Whereas the -- through the
[1:22:48] latter half of the 20th century
[1:22:49] from rural farm and cottage
[1:22:51] country to the city, it is today
[1:22:54] closely so CA did with Canada's
[1:22:56] military veterans who settled
[1:22:58] here in housing developments
[1:23:00] directed by the federal
[1:23:03] government and which are
[1:23:05] commemorated and or built
[1:23:08] heritage as the veterans area
[1:23:09] who contributed to building the
[1:23:11] many institutions that continue
[1:23:13] to serve the community to this
[1:23:15] day and who participated in our
[1:23:18] municipal government as
[1:23:19] councillor and mayor. Whereas
[1:23:22] the national field of honour,
[1:23:24] the final resting place of many
[1:23:26] of these veterans and members of
[1:23:27] their immediate families, is
[1:23:30] located on the territory of the
[1:23:32] City of Pointe-Claire. Whereas
[1:23:35] Pointe-Claire recognizes that
[1:23:36] the liberty we enjoy today comes
[1:23:39] at a great cost and that those
[1:23:41] among us who paid or were fully
[1:23:44] prepared to pay that cost come
[1:23:46] in the deep appreciation of
[1:23:49] their fellow countrymen and
[1:23:50] women. Whereas that appreciation
[1:23:52] is in part made manifest by
[1:23:55] providing Canada's military
[1:23:57] veterans and their immediate
[1:23:58] families with the final resting
[1:24:00] place in the carefully
[1:24:02] maintained National Field of
[1:24:03] Honour. Whereas the National
[1:24:06] Field of Honour also serves as
[1:24:09] an appropriate perpetual
[1:24:12] memorial to honour past service
[1:24:14] and to inspire continuous
[1:24:16] commitment to safeguard Canada's
[1:24:19] national purpose and identity.
[1:24:22] Whereas the Last Post Fund has,
[1:24:24] in recent years, recognized that
[1:24:27] no longer has the capacity to
[1:24:30] continue to provide perpetual
[1:24:33] car -- care and maintenance for
[1:24:34] this memorial and cemetery, as
[1:24:36] it has been steadfast in doing
[1:24:39] for almost 100 years. Whereas
[1:24:44] the Last Post Fund isn't
[1:24:48] recognition that its specific
[1:24:50] mission to honour veterans
[1:24:52] through offering them a
[1:24:54] dignified resting place in the
[1:24:57] National Field of Honour falls
[1:24:58] within the more general mission
[1:25:00] of veterans Affairs Canada, to
[1:25:06] honour and memorialize Canada's
[1:25:08] veterans everywhere, offer to
[1:25:10] transfer to the federal
[1:25:11] government ownership of the
[1:25:13] National Field of Honour.
[1:25:14] Together with over $900,000 of
[1:25:17] capital that remains dedicated
[1:25:20] for its maintenance. Whereas
[1:25:23] Veterans Affairs Canada affirms
[1:25:26] in a letter to -- has affirmed
[1:25:29] that it's committed to continue
[1:25:31] working with the Last Post Fund,
[1:25:33] to ensure the National Field of
[1:25:35] Honour remains in -- an
[1:25:38] appropriate and respectful
[1:25:40] resting place for the veterans
[1:25:41] for many years to come. Moved
[1:25:45] and second that the City of
[1:25:47] Pointe-Claire gratefully
[1:25:48] acknowledges the near century of
[1:25:52] stewardship over the National
[1:25:53] Field of Honour provided by the
[1:25:54] Last Post Fund, and logs it's
[1:25:58] continued commitment to make
[1:25:59] possible the same high
[1:26:02] commitment of stewardship in the
[1:26:03] years to come by offering to
[1:26:05] transfer ownership of the
[1:26:08] National Field of Honour two his
[1:26:09] majesty, King Charles III,
[1:26:12] Enright of Canada, without
[1:26:14] consideration and provide the
[1:26:16] crown with approximately $90,000
[1:26:19] to be applied towards that
[1:26:22] stewardship. That the City of
[1:26:24] Pointe-Claire urges the
[1:26:26] government of Canada to accept
[1:26:27] this offer for it with, that the
[1:26:30] dignity of this memorial be not
[1:26:32] broken, and that the final
[1:26:34] resting place for 70 -- so many
[1:26:37] hundred veterans of military
[1:26:39] service be not disturbed. I move
[1:26:46] that items 5.1 and 6.2 be
[1:26:50] adopted.
[1:26:51] >> Do I have a seconder?
[1:26:52] >> Paul Bissonnette, district
[1:26:54] to.
[1:26:55] >> All in favour?
[1:26:56] >> Thank you. 7.1 Déposer le
[1:27:02] procès-verbal de la réunion du
[1:27:03] 12 décembre 2024 du Comité d'art
[1:27:04] public.
[1:27:10] >> 7.2 Appoint a member to the
[1:27:11] Pointe-Claire Aquatic Club Inc.
[1:27:12] Council appoints Mrs. Alexander
[1:27:14] Santa Maria for a three-year
[1:27:15] term. 7.3 Nommer un membre et
[1:27:16] renouveler les mandats de
[1:27:17] membres existants au sein du
[1:27:18] Club aquatique de Pointe-Claire
[1:27:19] Inc.. Le Conseil procède au
[1:27:21] renouvellement des mandats de
[1:27:22] mesdames Catherine batte Shields
[1:27:24] et Julia Rickard pour 3 heures.
[1:27:27] Approuve la prolongation du
[1:27:29] mandat de présidente de madame
[1:27:30] batteur Shields pour une période
[1:27:33] maximum de 2 ans, à condition
[1:27:34] que ça élu et non...
[1:27:36] annuellement le conseil
[1:27:37] d'administration, ce qui est le
[1:27:38] cas pour 2025 et enfin, le
[1:27:40] Conseil approuve la nomination
[1:27:41] de madame Deborah Davis à titre
[1:27:43] de vice-présidente pour un
[1:27:44] mandat d'1 an.
[1:27:49] >> For 7.2 and 7.3, do I have a
[1:27:52] mover?
[1:27:53] >> Eric Stork, district seven.
[1:27:54] >> And a seconder?
[1:27:55] >> Cynthia Homan, district five.
[1:27:57] >> All in favour?
[1:28:01] >> 8.1 Approve the evaluation
[1:28:02] criteria to be used within the
[1:28:03] framework of a call for tenders
[1:28:05] for professional services for
[1:28:06] the evaluation of ecosystem and
[1:28:07] ecological services. These
[1:28:09] studies concern private green
[1:28:10] spaces in the city. 9.1
[1:28:11] Approuver une modification au
[1:28:12] contrat intervenu avec
[1:28:13] IMPRESSION NUMÉRIX INC., Pour
[1:28:14] des services d'impressions
[1:28:15] variés pour l'année 2024 pour un
[1:28:18] montant de 6 020 $, taxes
[1:28:19] incluses. Ces dépenses
[1:28:22] supplémentaires sont
[1:28:23] principalement attribuable à
[1:28:24] l'ajout d'une nouvelle
[1:28:25] publication imprimé et
[1:28:26] l'augmentation du nombre de
[1:28:27] copies imprimées en raison de
[1:28:29] changements, dans les routes de
[1:28:30] livraison de Postes Canada pour
[1:28:32] la distribution des publications
[1:28:34] imprimés. Pour 8,1 et 9,1... 9.3
[1:28:39] Approuver une modification au
[1:28:40] contrat intervenu avec PÉNÉGA
[1:28:41] COMMUNICATION INC. Do I have a
[1:28:42] mover?
[1:28:43] >> Paul Bissonnette, district
[1:28:44] two.
[1:28:45] >> And a seconder?
[1:28:46] >> Claude B snow, district ten.
[1:28:50] >> All in favour.
[1:29:02] >> 9.2 Approve a change order to
[1:29:03] the contract entered into with
[1:29:04] BLÜ CREATIVE, for website
[1:29:05] backup, update and development
[1:29:07] for the year 2024, for an amount
[1:29:08] of $ 4,629.28, taxes included.
[1:29:12] These additional expenses are
[1:29:14] mainly attributable to
[1:29:15] difficulties and maintaining it
[1:29:16] updating the system, as well as
[1:29:19] through interventions to
[1:29:20] eliminate security flaws on the
[1:29:22] website, following an analysis
[1:29:23] carried out by the I.T.
[1:29:26] Department., Pour des services
[1:29:27] professionnels de photo et vidéo
[1:29:28] pour l'année 2024 pour un
[1:29:29] montant de 16 747,44 $, taxes
[1:29:30] incluses.
[1:29:35] Ces dépenses supplémentaires
[1:29:36] sont principalement attribuables
[1:29:37] à des projets vidéo plus
[1:29:39] importants lors de l'année 2024.
[1:29:44] >> For 9.2 and 9.3, do I have a
[1:29:47] mover?
[1:29:48] >> Cynthia Homan, district five.
[1:29:49] >> And a seconder?
[1:29:50] >> Tara Stainforth, district
[1:29:51] four.
[1:29:52] >> All in favour?
[1:29:53] Merci! >> 10.1 File the list of
[1:29:56] budget amendments and the
[1:29:57] register of cheques for the
[1:29:58] period of January 1, 2025, to
[1:30:00] January 22, 2025. 10.2 Déposer
[1:30:01] le rapport concernant
[1:30:02] l'application du règlement de la
[1:30:03] gestion contractuelle.
[1:30:12] >> 10.3 Exercise the renewal
[1:30:14] option provided for in the
[1:30:15] contract entered into with
[1:30:16] MALLETTE, for the year 2025, in
[1:30:17] the amount of $ 44,840.25, taxes
[1:30:18] included for professional
[1:30:19] services for resource
[1:30:20] optimization verification. Pour
[1:30:24] 10,3 11.1 Autoriser le paiement
[1:30:25] des primes d'assurances pour
[1:30:26] l'année 2025. Do I have a mover?
[1:30:27] >> Eric Stork, district seven.
[1:30:28] >> And a seconder?
[1:30:29] >> Cynthia Homan, district five.
[1:30:30] >> All in favour. Le total des
[1:30:36] primes s'élèvent à 697381
[1:30:40] dollars et couvre une valeur
[1:30:42] assurable de 279 millions en
[1:30:45] bâtiment et ont très bien, de
[1:30:47] même que 266 véhicules.
[1:30:54] >> 11.2 Approve a lease to be
[1:30:55] entered into between the City of
[1:30:56] Pointe-Claire and the Ministère
[1:30:57] de l'Environnement, de la Lutte
[1:30:58] contre les changements
[1:30:59] climatiques, de la Faune et des
[1:31:00] Parcs. The City of Pointe-Claire
[1:31:02] holds at least with the Ministry
[1:31:04] of Environment, dated February
[1:31:06] 8th, 1989, for the rental of
[1:31:08] deep water for lots -- this
[1:31:11] leases for the maintenance of
[1:31:12] three medians used for municipal
[1:31:15] public park services. According
[1:31:16] to the provisions for the rule,
[1:31:21] the -- has informed the city
[1:31:23] that the lease renewal is
[1:31:24] required to normalize the
[1:31:26] presence of the -- eventual of
[1:31:28] the original 1989 lease is
[1:31:30] therefore subject to the same
[1:31:31] conditions, including the
[1:31:33] payment of an annual rent of
[1:31:34] $100 by the City, and the lease
[1:31:36] renewal is for a term of 25
[1:31:38] years. 11.3 Approuver une
[1:31:39] entente à intervenir avec Réseau
[1:31:40] de transport métropolitain
[1:31:41] (EXO)
[1:31:42] concernant la prolongation de
[1:31:43] l'interruption du délai de
[1:31:44] prescription. Cette interruption
[1:31:46] pour but de permettre aux partis
[1:31:47] de compléter leur facturation
[1:31:49] respectives de fournir les
[1:31:50] pièces justificatives, de
[1:31:52] compléter leur facturation
[1:31:53] respective des dix documents et
[1:31:55] de mettre en place une
[1:31:57] (---)
[1:31:58] partage à faire à l'entretien
[1:32:00] autant aux mineurs et aux
[1:32:01] travaux majeurs des trois
[1:32:02] accords.
[1:32:07] >> For 11, point 1:11 point, to
[1:32:09] 11.3, do I have a mover?
[1:32:10] >> Kerosene fourth, district 4.
[1:32:12] >> And a seconder?
[1:32:13] >> Brent Cowan, district 8.
[1:32:14] Merci! >> All in favour.
[1:32:19] >> 12.1 File the list of
[1:32:20] delegated staff changes for the
[1:32:21] month of February 2025. 12.2
[1:32:22] Approuver la liste des
[1:32:23] changements au personnel par
[1:32:24] décisions non déléguées au 4
[1:32:25] février 2025.
[1:32:30] Do I have a mover?
[1:32:31] >> Paul Bissonnette, district 2.
[1:32:33] >> And a seconder?
[1:32:34] >> Cynthia Homan, district 5.
[1:32:36] >> All in favour.
[1:32:42] >> 14.1 Exercise the renewal
[1:32:44] option provided for in the
[1:32:45] contract entered into with LES
[1:32:46] RÉNOVATIONS JOCELYN DÉCOSTE INC.
[1:32:47] , For the year 2025, in the
[1:32:48] amount of $ 93,589.65, taxes
[1:32:51] included for horticultural
[1:32:54] maintenance and planting works
[1:32:55] at an hourly rate throughout the
[1:32:56] City. With a view for both
[1:32:58] maintaining biodiversity and the
[1:32:59] well-being of its citizens, the
[1:33:00] city has a duty to maintain the
[1:33:02] vegetation, natural environment
[1:33:03] on its territory. This contract
[1:33:05] aims to have a short, medium and
[1:33:07] long term impact on
[1:33:08] Pointe-Claire. 14.2 Se prévaloir
[1:33:09] de l'option de renouvellement
[1:33:10] prévue au contrat intervenu avec
[1:33:11] 9317-9083 QUÉBEC INC.
[1:33:12] (FAS GESTION FLORACOM)
[1:33:13] ,
[1:33:21] pour l'année 2025, au montant de
[1:33:22] 45 514,92 $, taxes incluses,
[1:33:24] pour des travaux horticoles
[1:33:25] d'entretien et de dégagement des
[1:33:26] vues en rive. Ce contrat
[1:33:28] d'entretien et de dégagement
[1:33:29] dévié arrive est nécessaire pour
[1:33:31] assurer les travaux de maintien
[1:33:32] de la qualité de la zone
[1:33:35] riveraines.
[1:33:39] >> For 14.1 and 14.2, do I have
[1:33:42] a mover?
[1:33:43] >> Eric Stork, district 7.
[1:33:45] >> And seconder?
[1:33:48] >> Tara Stainforth, district 4.
[1:33:49] >> All in favour.
[1:33:53] >> 14.3 Exercise the renewal
[1:33:54] option provided for in the
[1:33:55] contract entered into with
[1:33:57] ENTREPRISE FORM-ÉVAL INC., For
[1:33:58] the period of March 2025 to
[1:33:59] March 2026, in the amount of $
[1:34:02] 69,450.65, taxes included, for
[1:34:04] the supply of employee training
[1:34:06] services for heavy machinery and
[1:34:07] other equipment. The city offers
[1:34:09] its employees a training program
[1:34:11] to provide and perfect knowledge
[1:34:14] of all the elements required to
[1:34:16] drive and operate heavy vehicles
[1:34:17] and other equipment, so as to
[1:34:19] acquit those will be called upon
[1:34:20] to use the machinery. 14.4
[1:34:21] Octroyer un contrat pour
[1:34:22] l'entretien des plateaux
[1:34:23] sportifs et de prestiges pour
[1:34:24] les années 2025 et 2026, à
[1:34:25] PELOUSE SANTÉ INC., Pour un
[1:34:26] montant total de 105 001,52 $,
[1:34:27] taxes incluses, avec les années
[1:34:28] 2027 et 2028 en option.
[1:34:37] Ce contrat consiste à fournir
[1:34:38] les services spécialisés afin de
[1:34:41] maintenir et d'optimiser les
[1:34:42] surfaces de jeu pour toutes les
[1:34:43] activités sportives et
[1:34:45] récréatives, en les fertilisants
[1:34:46] et les aérant sur une base
[1:34:48] adéquate pour prévenir la
[1:34:50] détérioration de ceux-ci.
[1:34:55] >> 14.5 Award a contract for
[1:34:56] invasive plant species control
[1:34:57] and maintenance work in natural
[1:34:59] environments for the year 2025,
[1:35:00] to INDY-CO, which is latte, and
[1:35:07] LES RÉNOVATIONS JOCELYN DÉCOSTE
[1:35:08] INC
[1:35:09] (Lot B)
[1:35:10] , for a total amount of $
[1:35:11] 182,024.28, taxes included. This
[1:35:12] contract controls the fate for
[1:35:14] -- maintenance and enhancement
[1:35:15] of the city's various natural
[1:35:17] environments, primarily
[1:35:19] terracotta nature park, by
[1:35:20] providing the manpower, tools
[1:35:21] and equipment required to carry
[1:35:23] out the work. J'ai oublié les
[1:35:27] numéros. 14,3 et 14 cinq?
[1:35:31] - Oui. Do I have a mover?
[1:35:34] >> Brent Cowan, district 8.
[1:35:36] >> And seconder.
[1:35:39] >> Bruno Tremblay, district 6.
[1:35:40] 14.6 Octroyer un contrat pour
[1:35:41] des travaux d'entretien
[1:35:42] horticoles aux aménagements du
[1:35:43] boulevard Hymus pour l'année
[1:35:44] 2025, à 7574479 CANADA INC. >>
[1:35:45] All in favour.
[1:35:46] , Pour un montant total de 173
[1:35:47] 975,11 $, taxes incluses, avec
[1:35:52] les années 2026 et 2027 en
[1:35:53] option. Ce contrat consiste
[1:35:57] principalement la fourniture de
[1:35:58] la main-d'oeuvre aient des
[1:35:59] outils et l'équipement
[1:36:00] nécessaire à la réalisation des
[1:36:01] travaux horticoles usuels sur
[1:36:03] l'ensemble des aménagements
[1:36:06] horticoles se trouvant aux
[1:36:07] abords du boulevard Rights entre
[1:36:08] l'avenue paprika et Bellemare.
[1:36:11] L'objectif premier est de
[1:36:12] conserver un haut standard pour
[1:36:13] cette zone-là haute visibilité à
[1:36:15] la ville, en s'assurant que les
[1:36:17] aménagements municipaux soit
[1:36:18] attrayant pour les habitants et
[1:36:19] ces visiteurs. Les interventions
[1:36:21] ont été projetés afin d'assurer
[1:36:22] la Lange... longévité des
[1:36:25] aménagements.
[1:36:31] >> 14.7 Award a contract for the
[1:36:32] opening and closing of outdoor
[1:36:33] swimming and paddling pools for
[1:36:34] the years 2025 and 2026, to
[1:36:35] PISCINES ET SPAS POSEIDON, for a
[1:36:37] total amount of $ 801,835.66,
[1:36:42] taxes included, with the years
[1:36:43] 2027, 2028 and 2029 in option.
[1:36:47] The works are required under the
[1:36:49] contract included are not
[1:36:50] limited to the following. Supply
[1:36:52] of new parks on request,
[1:36:54] unforeseeable works, optional
[1:36:55] work as expansion -- bottom of
[1:36:58] basins, pressurized water
[1:37:00] stripping on a request, opening
[1:37:02] and closing of systems.
[1:37:03] >> For 14.6 and 14.7, do I have
[1:37:06] a mover?
[1:37:07] >> Cynthia Homan, district 5.
[1:37:09] >> And a seconder?
[1:37:10] >> Terrace team fourth, district
[1:37:12] 4.
[1:37:13] >> And in favour. 15.1 Se
[1:37:15] prévaloir de l'option de
[1:37:16] renouvellement prévue au contrat
[1:37:17] intervenu avec MÉCANIQueACTION
[1:37:18] INC., Pour la période du 15 mars
[1:37:19] 2025 au 14 mars 2026, au montant
[1:37:23] de 381 946,95 $, taxes incluses,
[1:37:24] pour des travaux d'entretien et
[1:37:25] de réparation de plomberie et
[1:37:26] tuyauterie.
[1:37:31] Les besoins de la ville sans:
[1:37:33] les services d'entretien de
[1:37:34] plomberie et tu es entrée
[1:37:35] générale des édifices
[1:37:37] municipaux, afin d'en assurer le
[1:37:38] fonctionnement sécuritaire
[1:37:39] conformément aux lois et
[1:37:40] règlements en vigueur, les
[1:37:42] travaux d'entretien des systèmes
[1:37:43] de gaz et des travaux de
[1:37:44] construction en régie pour
[1:37:46] l'équipe projet.
[1:37:49] 15.3 Approuver une diminution au
[1:37:50] contrat intervenu avec
[1:37:51] CONSTRUCTION CPB INC.
[1:37:52] >> 15.2 Exercise the renewal
[1:37:53] option provided for in the
[1:37:54] contract entered into with
[1:37:55] MÉTIER PLUS CONSTRUCTION INC.,
[1:37:56] For the year March 15, 2025, to
[1:37:57] March 14, 2026, in the amount of
[1:37:59] $ 124,402.95, taxes included for
[1:38:04] maintenance and carpentry repair
[1:38:05] works. The city's needs are
[1:38:07] general carpentry maintenance
[1:38:08] and repair services for
[1:38:10] municipal buildings to ensure
[1:38:11] safe operation in compliance
[1:38:13] with applicable laws and
[1:38:14] regulations, and also
[1:38:16] construction work for the
[1:38:17] project., Pour des travaux
[1:38:21] d'agrandissement et
[1:38:23] réaménagement des Travaux
[1:38:24] Publics, pour un montant de 414
[1:38:25] 550,50 $, taxes incluses.
[1:38:30] Le crédit accordés par
[1:38:32] l'entrepreneur et le résultat
[1:38:33] d'une correction à la baisse des
[1:38:35] sommes pour le transport et de
[1:38:36] la disposition des
[1:38:39] (inaudible)
[1:38:40] . Pour 15,1 à 15,3, Bruno
[1:38:42] Tremblay, Seigneur. Do I have a
[1:38:44] mover?
[1:38:45] >> Brent Cowan, district 8.
[1:38:47] >> And a seconder? Eric Stork,
[1:38:50] district 7.
[1:38:51] >> All in favour?
[1:38:55] >> 16.1 Award a contract for the
[1:38:57] planing, paving and various
[1:38:58] works on a section of the North
[1:39:01] Service Road, to CONSTRUCTION
[1:39:02] VIATEK INC., For a total amount
[1:39:04] of $ 847,877.39, taxes included.
[1:39:08] The works under this contract
[1:39:10] consists of levelling and -- as
[1:39:12] well as related works on a
[1:39:14] section of the north service
[1:39:15] road between Ellingham avenue
[1:39:17] and Saint-Jean Boulevard.
[1:39:19] >> For 16 point, when do I have
[1:39:20] a mover?
[1:39:22] >> Paul Bissonnette, district 2.
[1:39:23] >> And seconder?
[1:39:27] >> Bruno Tremblay, --.
[1:39:28] >> All in favour. 16.2 Approuver
[1:39:30] une modification au contrat
[1:39:31] intervenu avec CONSTRUCTION
[1:39:32] CAMARA, pour la reconstruction
[1:39:33] de l'avenue Winthrop avec
[1:39:34] l'ajout d'une piste cyclable,
[1:39:35] entre le boulevard Hymus et
[1:39:36] l'avenue Jubilee Square, pour un
[1:39:39] montant de 26 831,49 $, taxes
[1:39:40] incluses. La modification du
[1:39:45] contrat vise les travaux
[1:39:46] suivants, transportations de 2
[1:39:48] ans en raison d'un conflit avec
[1:39:49] la piste cyclable proposée,
[1:39:51] accumulation de matière dans la
[1:39:53] conduite existante, tuyaux
[1:39:55] pluviales a raccordé non
[1:39:56] indiquée au plan, l'ajout d'un
[1:39:57] coffret électrique étanche pour
[1:39:59] le disjoncteur alimentation
[1:40:02] d'Hydro-Québec pour les feux de
[1:40:04] circulation non prévues au
[1:40:05] contrat, reprise du village de
[1:40:07] feux de circulation et
[1:40:08] raccordement et le déplacement
[1:40:09] de la base d'un lampadaire quart
[1:40:13] (inaudible)
[1:40:14] prévu d'installer au milieu du
[1:40:15] terrain au lieu du périmètre
[1:40:16] autour du lot causant ainsi une
[1:40:19] licence aux résidents.
[1:40:25] >> 16.3 Approve a change order
[1:40:26] to the contract entered into
[1:40:27] with EXCAVATION GRICON, for the
[1:40:29] reconstruction of Monterrey
[1:40:30] Avenue and Milhaven Avenue, for
[1:40:32] an amount of $ 3,756.57, taxes
[1:40:34] included. The modification
[1:40:37] concerns the following works.
[1:40:38] The demolition and disposal of a
[1:40:40] concrete slab uncovered during
[1:40:42] the repair of asphalt, the
[1:40:44] asphalt driveway at 145 Bell
[1:40:46] Haven. And -- by a land surveyor
[1:40:48] at 139 Monterrey, that was
[1:40:51] removed during the relocation of
[1:40:53] a fire hydrant. 16.4 Approuver
[1:40:55] une modification au contrat
[1:40:56] intervenu avec ROXBORO
[1:40:57] EXCAVATION INC., Pour des
[1:40:58] travaux de resurfaçage et de
[1:40:59] construction de trottoirs de
[1:41:00] l'avenue Belmont, entre les
[1:41:03] avenues Coolbreeze et
[1:41:04] Saddlewood, pour un montant de 2
[1:41:05] 060,15 $, taxes incluses. La
[1:41:06] modification est due aux délais
[1:41:07] pour la livraison des nouveaux
[1:41:09] lampadaires nécessitant le
[1:41:10] déplacement de l'éclairage
[1:41:12] temporaire sur l'avenir
[1:41:13] (inaudible)
[1:41:14] pour accommoder les opérations
[1:41:15] de déneigement.
[1:41:19] >> For 16.2 to 16.4, do I have a
[1:41:22] mover?
[1:41:23] >> Eric Stork, district 7.
[1:41:25] >> And seconder?
[1:41:27] >> Cynthia Homan, district 5.
[1:41:28] >> All in favour.
[1:41:33] >> 16.5 Approve a change order
[1:41:35] to the contract entered into
[1:41:37] with 9190-8673 QUÉBEC INC. Also
[1:41:40] known as
[1:41:42] (LES ENTREPRISES ROSENEIGE INC.)
[1:41:43] , for the resurfacing of the
[1:41:44] tennis and pickleball court at
[1:41:45] Northview Park, for an amount of
[1:41:46] $3,619.94, taxes included. The
[1:41:49] amendment concerns at the
[1:41:50] disposal of contaminated soil
[1:41:52] that exceeded the estimated
[1:41:54] quantity. 16.6 Engagement de
[1:41:55] respecter les modalités pour le
[1:41:56] dépôt de la programmation finale
[1:41:57] dans le cadre du programme de la
[1:41:58] taxe sur l'essence et de la
[1:41:59] contribution du Québec
[1:42:01] (TECQ)
[1:42:02] 2019-2024.
[1:42:07] Le gouvernement du Québec et du
[1:42:09] Canada octroie l'ensemble des
[1:42:10] municipalités un important
[1:42:12] soutien financier afin de
[1:42:13] favoriser la relance de
[1:42:14] l'économie, dans tous les
[1:42:15] régions du Québec. Ce programme
[1:42:17] permet de prioriser les travaux
[1:42:19] d'installation, la mise aux
[1:42:20] normes des équipements d'eau
[1:42:21] potable et d'assainissement des
[1:42:23] eaux. Les études visant à
[1:42:24] améliorer la connaissance des
[1:42:25] infrastructures municipales, les
[1:42:28] renouvellement des conduites
[1:42:29] d'eau potable, ligue où est la
[1:42:31] voirie locale. Pour 16,5 à 16,6,
[1:42:35] ...
[1:42:36] Do I have a mover?
[1:42:37] >> Tara Stainforth, district 4.
[1:42:40] >> And a seconder?
[1:42:41] >> Brent Cowan, district 8.
[1:42:42] >> All in phase.
[1:42:45] >> 16.7 Authorize the submission
[1:42:47] of a request for and on behalf
[1:42:48] of the City of Pointe-Claire
[1:42:49] within the framework of Active
[1:42:51] Transportation Fund
[1:42:52] (ATF)
[1:42:53] of the government of Canada for
[1:42:54] the construction of a
[1:42:56] multi-purpose bike path on Des
[1:42:57] Sources Boulevard between
[1:42:58] Saint-Louis and Belmont avenues.
[1:43:00] The project to build a
[1:43:02] multipurpose bicycle path on
[1:43:03] sources between St. Louis and
[1:43:05] Belmont avenues has been
[1:43:06] approved in the latest version
[1:43:08] of the CIP for the year 2025. -
[1:43:09] 16.8 Autoriser la signature de
[1:43:10] la convention d'aide financière
[1:43:11] pour et au nom de la Ville de
[1:43:12] PointeClaire dans le cadre du
[1:43:13] Programme d'infrastructures
[1:43:14] municipales d'eau
[1:43:15] (PRIMEAU)
[1:43:16] 2023 - volet 2. The engineering
[1:43:17] department of the city would
[1:43:18] like to analyze the possibility
[1:43:19] of using this fund to support
[1:43:20] the realization of this project.
[1:43:24] Les programme Primeau 2023
[1:43:27] offert par le ministère des
[1:43:28] Affaires municipales et de
[1:43:30] l'habitation permet la force des
[1:43:31] efforts gouvernementaux en
[1:43:33] matière de déménagement durable
[1:43:34] du territoire d'utilisation
[1:43:36] responsable de l'eau potable
[1:43:37] était gestion des actifs en
[1:43:39] haut, en accordant une aide
[1:43:40] financière aux municipalités en
[1:43:41] cacher.
[1:43:47] >> 16.9 Approve an agreement to
[1:43:48] be entered into with the
[1:43:49] ministre de la Culture et des
[1:43:50] Communications du gouvernement
[1:43:51] du Québec regarding the loan of
[1:43:52] the archaeological collection
[1:43:53] collected in 2022 on the
[1:43:54] territory of the City of
[1:43:55] Pointe-Claire. In the summer of
[1:43:58] 2022, the City mandated -- to
[1:44:01] carry out an archaeological
[1:44:03] inquiry on demerit, St. watching
[1:44:05] and St. on avenues. This
[1:44:07] discovery led to the discovery
[1:44:08] of several archaeological
[1:44:09] objects, all listed in the
[1:44:11] report prepared. In the
[1:44:13] archaeological collection
[1:44:14] inventory is the property of the
[1:44:15] City of Pointe-Claire, but in
[1:44:16] the absence of a rule allowing
[1:44:18] adequate storage, the city wants
[1:44:19] to send the collection to the
[1:44:21] laboratory and be -- provided by
[1:44:24] the Ministry of culture and
[1:44:26] communications.
[1:44:27] >> For 16.7 to 16.9, do I have a
[1:44:31] mover?
[1:44:32] Bruno Tremblay, district six. >>
[1:44:33] Bruno Tremblay, district. Six
[1:44:35] >> Paul Bissonnette, district
[1:44:37] two.
[1:44:38] >> All in favour. 18.1 Autoriser
[1:44:41] un don de documents usagés
[1:44:42] provenant des collections de la
[1:44:43] Bibliothèque Publique de
[1:44:44] Pointe-Claire aux Amis de la
[1:44:45] Bibliothèque et autoriser les
[1:44:46] ventes de livres usagés en 2025.
[1:44:49] Pour une 19e année, le groupes
[1:44:50] de bénévoles les amis de la
[1:44:52] bibliothèque de Pointe-Claire
[1:44:53] soit organisé la vente à livrets
[1:44:56] usagers de la bibliothèque afin
[1:44:57] d'en faire profiter la
[1:44:59] communauté d'en retirer les
[1:45:00] bénéfices pour ses activités.
[1:45:03] - Pour 18 verges, alors
[1:45:06] Do I have a mover?
[1:45:07] >> Cynthia Homan, district five.
[1:45:09] >> And a seconder?
[1:45:10] >> Bruno Tremblay, district six.
[1:45:12] >> All in fun.
[1:45:14] - La veille de la séance.
[1:45:15] (applause)
[1:45:16] All in favour.
[1:45:17] >> Closure.
[1:45:18] >> You have a mover?
[1:45:19] >> Tara Stainforth, district
[1:45:20] four.
[1:45:21] >> Seconder?
[1:45:22] >> Eric Stork, district seven.
[1:45:23] >> All in favour. Bonne soirée!
[1:45:25] Good evening, everyone.
[1:45:26] Good evening, all.