[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.

2025-02-04 Conseil de la Ville de Pointe-Claire

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