[0:35] Ladies and gentlemen. Good evening, and welcome to the February 26th

[0:39] regular Council meeting. Histoire de noir. La Mort de vivir. A la Mort de l'histoire

[0:48] de la noir. Important. It's an important opportunity to recognize and honor the legacy

[0:53] and contributions of black individuals and communities to the historical, social,

[0:58] cultural and economic development of our country. This reminds us of the

[1:03] importance of diversity, inclusion, respect, values that are central to the richness of

[1:08] pointe. Claire and I congratulate them on their 30 years of fighting for all this.

[1:14] Nouvelle nomination de PC, VR. Remarkably, the unity of the South volunteered the Pointe

[1:25] Claire. Celebrate and celebrate on this and the service de Notre community. Since 1951,

[1:34] these women and men have stepped in whenever public health and safety are at stake,

[1:40] their volunteer commitment is truly essential. On this occasion, I would like to

[1:44] recognize three important appointments within the PC. First of all, Bruno Morelli has

[1:51] been appointed captain Peter Cointreau. Nino has been appointed assistant director

[1:59] and Mariana for a hello has been appointed director. She's the first woman to hold this

[2:07] position 75 years. I apologize for the bad pronunciations. None of them are easy names for

[2:12] me to pronounce, but congratulations on them all. This is a service given to our

[2:16] citizens that's absolutely outstanding. It's the best kept secret in Pointe Claire. And

[2:21] like I said, every time there's been an incident, if it's a weather fire, whatever, they've

[2:26] always stepped up to the plate. They are celebrating 75 years this year. We will make sure

[2:30] that we do something remarkable to mark their importance in our community. So on behalf of

[2:37] myself and the Council, thank you for all you do and congratulations on these

[2:41] appointments. We can on every winter weekend, I invite you to take part in our Winter

[2:47] Carnival weekend, which will take place February 13th to 15th in three city parks Cedar

[2:51] Park Heights, Belmont and Northview. Le ambiance. Celebrated. The full program is

[3:03] available on the city website. Where ready. The campaign read. We're ready. This campaign aims

[3:15] to raise awareness about heart disease in women, which remains one of the leading causes of

[3:20] death worldwide. Je vous vous invitation a rouge du rouge. De cette course. So first of all,

[3:34] it's been a really rough winter. It's been a winter going back probably like 20 years ago,

[3:38] when winters used to start in November. And in the last ten years they've probably been

[3:42] starting around November 15th. So we've had a regular winter where it snows almost every day,

[3:47] and it's not always the amount of snow. Sometimes it'll be two inches or four or whatever, but

[3:51] they still have to go out and still take some just as much time to go around. And it's a

[3:56] lot of work and there's been many, many different conditions ice and melts and so on and so

[4:00] forth. So I really want to thank them for their time that they've spent. Some of us have

[4:05] called and complained. But on the other hand, when you look at the overall picture, they've

[4:09] done an amazing job. There has been a shortage of salt. You've probably heard about it on the

[4:13] news. So we've been very conscientious of that. So we've been able to maintain our roads

[4:17] the best we can with what we got. So that too is a challenge. They've done a great job, and

[4:22] amongst all the snow and everything else they've had to do, we've had of course, many,

[4:26] many water main breaks, which is normal. But this winter has been exceptionally cold. Frost

[4:30] goes deeper, so on and so forth. So amongst all the snow removal and the blowing and everything

[4:35] else, they had to fix the water main breaks too. So really if you see them, thank them. But

[4:40] from myself and the council, thank you. You guys are doing a great job. Spring is around the

[4:44] corner. I heard the I heard the guy came out early, but it's going to be an early spring,

[4:49] right? Okay, so that's my messages. I'd like to go around the table and see if the

[4:54] councilors have anything to say. Mr. Potvin. Nothing this evening. Thank you, Cynthia

[5:00] Holman. >> Nothing this evening. >> Madam Demers. Mr. Ludovic.

[5:08] >> Me neither. Nothing tonight. >> Mr. Bruno Tremblay. No. Zero. Mr. Suszynski.

[5:17] >> Nothing this evening. Thank you. >> Merci beaucoup. Legenda.

[5:25] >> 1.1 adoption of the agenda. >> We have a mover and a seconder, please.

[5:35] >> Drew. Swidsinski district. >> All in favor? >> Merci, merci.

[5:41] >> To approve the minutes of the. Oh, yea. To approve the minutes of the regular meeting

[5:46] of January 13th, 2026. And of the special meetings of January 20th and 22nd, 2026.

[5:51] >> Mover and seconder, please. >> Andrew Swidsinski just like Catherine.

[5:56] >> All in favor? Merci. >> Can we answer the the questions, Mr. mayor, from the

[6:08] previous council meeting. >> Please do so. >> We basically had three

[6:13] questions that were left unanswered during the previous meeting. I'll read out those

[6:17] questions and then the responses. Question number one, during the previous four years,

[6:21] how much has the city spent on external lawyers when there are disputes and grievances between

[6:25] the city and city employees? The aggregate expense on external lawyers for disputes

[6:29] and grievances between the city of Pointe-Claire and city employees was $496,324 between

[6:38] 2022 and 2025. It includes fees associated with the renegotiation of collective

[6:42] bargaining agreements, which is standard during such process. More specifically, expenses

[6:52] have been on an annual basis in 2022, 62,121, in 2023, 172,190 in 2024, 122,335 in 2025,

[7:07] 139,678. Question number one. Question number two. How much was the accepted amount for the

[7:13] call for tender for the renovations and upgrades to the Public Works building, and how

[7:17] much has it actually cost? The Public Works Building renovation and expansion

[7:22] project was granted at $24,518,482.22 taxes included for expansion and renovation

[7:32] projects of this magnitude, it is typically standard to see total cost variations of

[7:36] between 5 to 10%. The Public Works building renovation and expansion was diligently and

[7:42] rigorously managed. Its total project cost variation fell below this threshold at 4.47%,

[7:48] for total project cost of $25,614,125.18. Question number three. Consultation sur les

[8:00] résultats des activités pour la disposition des citoyens et histoire de chacun des

[8:08] activités, des rapports de activités sur la plateforme. Web de consultation

[8:13] Pointe-Claire. Consult Sommaire. Des activités de participation est également sur la plateforme.

[8:21] Comme aucune activité urbanism, vous trouverez des informations sur les activités. La

[8:27] documentation de la section Compléter sous L'anglais révision des Urbanistes

[8:31] information editions, so the information is available on the city website. That is it.

[8:37] >> Merci Mr. Girouard. >> So for question period, the first person is Gary Carr.

[8:56] >> Good evening. I have two questions. The very quick and very fast. Number one, could we

[9:03] get an accounting from Montreal like Beaconsfield did on the 210 million that we sent to

[9:09] them on our services that we get from them? >> Oh, absolutely.

[9:14] >> Okay. Number two, for the vacant future electric building on Hymas. Does anybody know the

[9:21] status of that building? >> I know what is part of our there's been a lot of stuff

[9:27] going on. There's been some people interested in it. They've come to the city with

[9:31] different projects, different ideas. As you know, we're in reflection right now of a new

[9:35] urban plan. The building is presently empty and will be up to council in the near future

[9:41] to decide if the zoning stays what it is, is it going to change? But there's been no

[9:45] decisions made on the right of way. Thank you, thank you. >> Andrew Wilkins.

[9:56] >> Good evening, Mayor and Councilors. Good evening. I have two questions. First, one

[10:01] is regarding the 2026 budget. Given that the Montreal agglomeration contribution

[10:07] expenses increased by 15.5 million, or 17%, versus 2025, what legislation is currently

[10:15] in effect to restrict annual contribution increases levied by the agglomeration Council on

[10:22] the city of Pointe-Claire? >> It's a great question. It's been a question that we've been

[10:27] trying to fight for over the last 20 years. We have no control over that. They're

[10:33] allowed to charge what they have to. What they charge is based on the value of our city.

[10:38] So for instance, the word so much so all the city of Pointe-Claire has a value and

[10:43] the taxes on that value. Okay. So in why it went up so much this year was because our the

[10:49] value of Pointe-Claire overall went up a lot, and a lot of it was due to the industrial park,

[10:54] the investments in industrial park in. And I'm trying to keep it simple. But in the

[10:58] residential field, what we do is we adjust. When your house goes up, we adjust the mill

[11:02] rate so we can come to a balance where it's kind of reasonable to people can afford

[11:06] it. The Montreal doesn't adjust the mill rate. They've had this, this, this number, this

[11:10] coefficient they've been using for years. And they just keep using the same number which is

[11:14] beneficial to them. The only people that can change that is the provincial government. We

[11:18] have made a case to Montreal over the years to the Quebec government over the years,

[11:22] saying that it's what we're paying, we're not getting what we pay for. And I can just

[11:27] speak for myself when I say between 17 and 21, we established we did an audit and

[11:32] it was established that we were getting about $300 million worth of services, all the

[11:38] major cities, but we're paying $450 million collectively. We met with the mayor of Montreal.

[11:43] This week was the first time the ASM, the city, was able to sit down with her, and she

[11:49] asked us that she liked to sit down and discuss and understand the parties with us. So she was

[11:54] very open. She was willing to sit with us six times during the year, which we've never met

[12:01] in a mayor of Montreal over the years. He never came to any of our meetings. So that's it will

[12:06] be on the table. And, you know, one way or another, it has to come to an end. And it's about

[12:11] capacity to pay. Right. And we just $106 million this year. I think the biggest you know,

[12:17] it's one thing to pay for if we're getting services, we maybe wouldn't complain, but

[12:20] we're not getting the services. So the long story short, we're working on it and it's on the

[12:26] table as we speak. >> All right. Thanks for the answer. Next question is along

[12:30] the same lines. Given that the mayor of given that the mayors of the 14 reconstituted cities

[12:36] on the island of Montreal together comprise less than 15% of the vote on the

[12:42] agglomeration Council, that Pointe-Claire residents are now paying a record 58% of their

[12:49] taxes to the agglomeration, and are ineligible to vote for the Mayor of Montreal. What are

[12:57] your plans to rectify this democratic deficit for citizens of this city?

[13:03] >> So just before the election in November, I believe in the month of October or maybe just

[13:09] beginning of November, mayor Gibson from Kirkland, mayor British from Centerville, and

[13:16] Alex Bertucci from due to the presence of the ASM, went to Quebec City and made a

[13:22] presentation. If you remember hearing in the news the. The CMM is an association of the

[13:29] urban all the urban planning in Montreal. So Montreal was had control. They had the majority

[13:34] vote on that association. So they got what they wanted and they Quebec City took away

[13:39] their majority and changed their voting structure and get more power to some other cities.

[13:43] So Montreal lost that. Hold on on the power in that, in that meeting in Quebec City in

[13:50] October with the other mayors, they've asked the Quebec City to look at the same thing for

[13:55] the ASM. So at least we'd have a say we'd have a vote in my counts, because basically it's

[13:59] like 85 against 15 all the time, right? So we want to change that ratio. So at least maybe

[14:04] we can get a few people together. We might be able to win and have a majority and

[14:09] stop some of these decisions being ruled in by Montreal. So that's on the table that came

[14:13] up recently. >> Thank you. Merci. >> Thank you.

[14:18] >> Ken Lyons. >> Good evening. A couple of questions. First one, when is

[14:26] the work going to start on the refurbishing of the aquatic center?

[14:31] >> I believe it's just going to tend to Rachel. It's gone to tender. It's going to tender.

[14:35] >> It will be going to tender. >> Yeah. And it will be done this year though. And it will

[14:40] be over many years because they're going to keep the facility open while it's being

[14:43] done. So it's been approved by council. They've gone to tender. Now we're just waiting for

[14:47] pricing to come in. >> Okay. Second question. It's similar to another question was

[14:53] posed, but I didn't understand everything concerning future shop. You know the building is

[14:59] well set back from the street. It's got beautiful trees there, which is really a nice haven.

[15:07] We missed a lights that we used to have at Christmas time. It was beautiful and the place,

[15:11] and now, I'm afraid, is that with the urban plan that we have, which is allowing

[15:20] multistory buildings, and what my big concern is that we're going to lose that beautiful

[15:27] frontage and it's going to be, you know, bricks, brick walls, practically to the sidewalk. I

[15:32] would certainly hope and ask that this City Council has some pride in our past and the

[15:39] beauty of our city and preserve that. >> I mean, thank you for your

[15:44] comments. I think we're all looking at options. And there are there has been some

[15:48] interest in that building because people have come here to use it for different things.

[15:54] So at least it looks like it won't be staying empty for too long, which is a good thing.

[15:58] But you know, that's just my gut feeling. But you're you're concerns are taken to heart.

[16:03] >> But what's your position. >> Might be you know what? I don't know if I'm allowed to

[16:08] take a position, but I absolutely love the way it is right now. I love that that low

[16:13] style building there in the green, I love it, but that's not that's my only my opinion.

[16:17] But hey, we'll it will be a council decision will be made with the information from

[16:21] experts, what we have to do and what will be the best for the city of Pointe-Claire. So we're

[16:26] in no hurry to do it. But we're it's work in progress. >> I'm hoping for the best.

[16:31] Thank you. >> Chloe. Mohsen. >> Good evening. My name is

[16:43] Chloe. I'm here on behalf of Wild Willy's. My question is, following the resolution

[16:49] adopted on January 13th regarding our application for the property located at 98

[16:56] Donegani Avenue, we are struggling to understand how the safety concerns we formerly

[17:00] raised were addressed. The approved recommendations require the removal of the only

[17:06] physical safety measures currently in place, namely the interlocked fencing and the

[17:12] vehicle used as a buffer between the Taurus and Donegani Avenue. Could Council please

[17:17] clarify how public safety considerations were evaluated in this decision, particularly

[17:22] with respect to families and children, and advise who we should engage with to obtain

[17:28] clear guidance on how an equivalent level of safety is expected to be maintained

[17:32] moving forward. >> So yes. So last month, when you got that decision of what

[17:38] was proposed or what wasn't allowed to be used, that came from the traffic committee. The

[17:44] traffic committee is made up of an engineering department, public works department, the

[17:49] police department. Who else? There's many, many people on the committee, urban planning.

[17:55] And they looked at your proposal and they decided to come up with the best practice,

[18:00] what they thought to be the best practice in the area is not an easy location to deal

[18:05] with. You bring a different clientele, which we super, super respect, and we're glad

[18:10] that you're there and we understand the concerns. A lot of kids coming down all those

[18:14] streets, running across the street to get to Wild Willy's, and there's the elderly people.

[18:18] And yes, it's a, you know, it's a new it's a new problem. In the village. There was a big

[18:23] plan. There still is a big plan to redo all the donegani. But Montreal has put that on hold

[18:27] because we're waiting for some infrastructure work to be done by Montreal before we do it.

[18:31] But again, we want to come see him. Myself in the Councilor Kelly, want to come see you to

[18:38] understand what they're telling you, what we can see differently, maybe being on

[18:42] site. And like I told you in the audience earlier today, it came back up on the agenda with

[18:47] the traffic committee. And we're looking our biggest concern is what what can we do

[18:53] short term to make that area secure? Long term is another problem. But what can we do for

[18:58] the spring when you open that there'll be measures in place. So yes, it's a concern. You

[19:02] know I know you've got a decision there. Can we make it better? Can we change it.

[19:07] Absolutely. But we need to have that discussion and we'll be reaching out to you shortly.

[19:11] >> Perfect. I'll be waiting for your visit. Thank you. >> Karim. Mohsen.

[19:23] >> And I have a couple of questions. First, I have a follow up question to Chloe's

[19:27] point. I don't understand how she can get a decision when things are still being

[19:33] discussed, but I'll let you ponder that or think about that. The other things. The other

[19:39] question I had was concerning some of the points in the agenda. How can citizens get

[19:44] visibility into what these points are? Because they're very brief. And last time I was

[19:49] here, you know, I saw things getting approved, but we don't really know some of the nature

[19:55] of the the things that are being requested, especially in urbanism. Right.

[20:01] >> It's I'm not going to disagree with you. It's about how much you can put on the

[20:05] agenda, I guess, and the information they can make public before the meeting. Can

[20:09] the format be changed? Possibly. There's a lot of information here. I know, I know, it's not

[20:13] an answer, but if you ever go to Montreal and see their agenda, like you get a lot of

[20:18] information, it's not the right answer. But yes, we could probably do a better job and

[20:22] and identify so you understand it as clear. >> Or publish something that we

[20:26] can refer to beforehand before the meeting. >> That'd be great.

[20:29] >> Thank you. And I did have one more question, because I've been working through some of

[20:36] these things with Chloe, and I find sometimes the bureaucracy is very heavy. Is the city

[20:44] actively trying to reduce some of that? You know, sometimes we, we, you know, I've worked with

[20:49] them for other things in the past, and I've gone through months of back and forths for,

[20:56] you know, one example was adding a window. I just find that very long and it's

[21:03] probably very costly to the city and to the citizens as well.

[21:07] >> So I think it's this council, if I can speak for this council, I think it's something we're

[21:12] all taking to heart, and we're looking at different ways of becoming more efficient and

[21:16] getting rid of bureaucracy. There is a lot of it, yes, for many reasons. Sometimes it's

[21:20] just a process. Timelines like if you make a request for a permit, you have to wait 30

[21:25] days before we can answer you. There's a lot of stuff behind the scenes that people don't

[21:30] know. But yes, we would. We started a process a few years back. We have to get back into

[21:34] it now. There's a new council, but yes, there's a I think it's a will of this council to be

[21:40] sharper and less bureaucratic for sure. Thank you, thank you. >> Brian Cowan.

[21:54] >> SH. >> Hello everybody. The view is a little different from over

[21:57] here I thank you I have just one question. It's not actually to you, Mr. Belvedere. It's to

[22:03] Mr. Tremblay and Mr. Potvin. Last month there was a vote on the composition of the planning

[22:09] advisory committee, and they voted in negative. Everybody else voted to support the the

[22:15] resolution that appointed the planning advisory Committee. And they cited when when they

[22:21] spoke to their vote, they said that they couldn't say anything because of caucus

[22:26] confidentiality. I don't think myself I don't think that's good enough. I think that here

[22:30] at this meeting, when you vote, you have to you should be prepared to substantiate your

[22:35] vote. The people who voted in favor of the resolution, their substantiation is the actual

[22:40] result, the resolution. But if you vote against it, I think it's a good idea to figure out

[22:46] how you're going to explain that to everybody and not to say, I can't say anything

[22:53] because I've got to respect caucus confidentiality. So I will ask the question, could

[22:58] you explain the two gentlemen, could you explain your votes with a little bit more depth

[23:03] than I can't I can't explain my vote. >> Would you like to go ahead,

[23:09] Bruno? I'll give you permission. Last month, it was because there was people that had to be

[23:14] notified because there was an application process. So we wanted to notify the people

[23:18] personally before they heard it here. I would think that was part of it. But go ahead, Bruno,

[23:23] for thank. >> You for your question. Mr. Nice to see you again. Yeah.

[23:27] The difficulty with this one is there are certain situations where you can receive when

[23:35] you're trying to make a decision on a particular point, as you know. Well, having been

[23:39] a councilor yourself, you you may receive data in the form of photographs, sketches, text,

[23:50] information of some sort or another. One type of information that I find very

[23:54] important is discussion. And I found that there was not sufficient discussion around a

[24:00] certain point that I had with regards to procedure and in terms of how that procedure

[24:05] operates and how we need to work. Now for me to get into the details of the procedure is

[24:10] where I start to get into a difficult position of being able to explain all of that.

[24:14] And so I felt that I was missing that information, and without it, I was in no

[24:20] position to to move forward with a vote, when to vote no. If I could abstain, I would

[24:25] have abstained to some degree and and complained, perhaps even louder about not getting

[24:31] what it is that I needed. But unfortunately that's the direction I had to take.

[24:37] >> Thank you. >> All right. >> Thank you.

[24:41] >> Hello, Mr. Cohen, thanks for coming down. Basically, on my side, I just basically wanted

[24:46] to make sure that I was in a position with all the information that I needed to

[24:52] make a decision. I still feel that's a little bit of confidentiality. I would have

[24:57] wished if a little bit more information at the time, but I didn't. I do believe that the

[25:03] people who have been chosen, the four people who have been chosen, will do a very good job.

[25:07] And from my end, if I do have to have some interactions with them, I will certainly support

[25:12] them. >> Well thank you. That's actually kind of informative.

[25:15] It suggests that two councilors were not particularly happy with the procedure that

[25:20] resulted in the planning advisory committee selection, which I think is important to

[25:24] know. So thank you. I have one other. >> Let me just respond to one.

[25:27] Just want to make one thing clear. The process was followed as far as the the way the

[25:32] applications were triaged. There was a committee that was formed. They made a decision,

[25:37] they brought it back to council. The whole process was was followed according to our

[25:40] bylaws. From what I understand. >> I have no doubt. >> That to make that clear,

[25:45] that's all. Go ahead. >> Next, next. Another point to make a follow up on the

[25:49] questions about the agglomeration. This year is the 20th anniversary of what I call

[25:52] the abomination of the agglomeration of the agglomeration. And it would be

[25:56] nice that we get out of what I used to scold my kids with the present participle of we're

[26:02] working on it, we're discussing it ING and actually get to a conclusion that maybe at the

[26:07] end of this year, we can actually make some progress in in improving the accountability

[26:13] of the agglomeration council, which I think is less to do with arguing over the

[26:19] allocation of the expenses and more about the determination of of the budget at the front end

[26:26] of it. And I don't really have a question because the question was asked.

[26:31] >> Well. >> So I'll leave my preamble and sit down again.

[26:34] >> Mr. Cowan, we're all on the same page. And you know the process. It's a big machine

[26:38] that we're trying to break into and to change, and it's the only people that can change. It

[26:43] is the provincial government. And I think there's an election this year, and I think it

[26:47] should be it should be a topic of the election. Who's going to address the agglomeration,

[26:51] who's going to the injustice that the the Mercedes are paid? What are we going to do about

[26:55] it? That'd be great. But nobody ever wants to talk about it. Because if you take if if

[27:00] Quebec was to tell Montreal you're charging the city's too much and you have to give them

[27:04] $150 million, Quebec's gonna have to come up with $50 million. Nobody wants to come

[27:08] up with it. So it's a you know, you know, you're a very smart man. You understand the process.

[27:12] And it's a it's a it's a heck of a battle. But it's not for lack of trying that we're not

[27:18] getting anywhere, that's for sure. Okay. Next. >> Hans Volstad.

[27:23] >> Yeah. Hi. This concerns the Lanlan sandalwood flooding situation. I was present here

[27:31] in December 15th for the stormwater session information session, and I guess at that

[27:39] time came out there was probably at least four options on the table, technically, of

[27:43] what to do. Only one of them was presented at the at the at the meeting. And that was far

[27:49] from being fully developed. So it really my question is. Oh, and I guess with a lot of the

[27:57] capital works projects, we tend to see them for the first time when they're about to go to

[28:03] construction. You've already been out for bids or tendered, or at least the design is 100%

[28:07] complete before we we see that. And that's appropriate, I guess, for a street rebuild or a but

[28:13] in this case, especially where we have four or more options available, are we going to be

[28:19] able to see this before the see the choice or the the reasoning behind the selection of a

[28:26] particular option before it's too late to make any changes? Will we be consulted?

[28:30] >> Well, there'll be a meeting coming up in March. There has been some great developments on

[28:35] that whole project. There's been all there's going to be everything's going to be done.

[28:40] That has to be done that we think has to be done. Not only one option. Do you want to go

[28:45] into more detail about. >> With respect to having information pertaining to that

[28:51] project? We certainly can provide it and we'll provide it. I'll speak to my colleagues,

[28:55] but we can provide it most likely in the meeting during March presentation. And during

[28:59] that presentation you'll have more information pertaining to stormwater management. So we'll

[29:03] be able to provide that information then with respect to the project itself and the

[29:10] details therein, changing those aspects at this point in time, not necessarily. The project

[29:16] has gone for tender. So it's it. >> Oh, right. All right. Could you tell me which option was

[29:25] selected? Is this a is this a surface water retention option was selected.

[29:31] >> Yeah. For this Shuttlewood project at a very high level. You've got the Belmont Park

[29:37] area right on top. >> Belmont Park or the the soccer field.

[29:42] >> Soccer field. Okay. Right. Right. So which is to be a a large retention basin.

[29:47] >> Right. Surface retention. >> Surface retention basin okay. Well surface retention, there's

[29:54] there's water that's going to be percolated below the surface into our network. Okay. And

[30:02] then beyond on the on the side of Terracotta Road, basically we'll have a burn that will be

[30:09] created as well. There. >> You've got a road. >> Oh okay. That's a separate.

[30:14] >> Well it's part of it's part. >> Of the at the other end. Yeah.

[30:18] >> Part of the entire project. The whole the whole sector has been looked at. And there's a

[30:22] smaller retention basin that's being also included. Lower Belmont. And then the fourth

[30:31] aspect is that we're we're redirecting the water from essentially Terracotta Park

[30:37] into the Belmont Park soccer field. My my apologies area okay. Because it sounds very.

[30:49] AD hoc right now, but we'll be able to provide you with visuals and the four steps that

[30:53] are included with the within the project. >> All right. Because I asked

[30:56] the question in in on December 15th for that option with surface retention, how was the

[31:03] water going to get from the creek onto that, onto that field and that that field is

[31:08] two meters higher than the road? We don't we don't want it to fill up when there's two meters

[31:12] of water on the road. It has to get there. Nobody was able to answer that question. So now

[31:17] we've actually come and finalized the solution and gone to tender in, what, six weeks?

[31:24] >> Well, yeah, basically over the course of the last several, several weeks, the team has

[31:28] been working on the project and we're planning on operating and and doing the work early, as

[31:36] early as possible in early spring. >> Okay. So in in March, then

[31:40] we can expect a presentation. >> Meeting here in March. >> Backed up with numbers and

[31:45] and reason why that particular option was selected. >> Well it is the there's

[31:52] there's no other option. The the four options that were selected were all part of an

[31:56] all encompassing option for that area. It wasn't option A, option B, option C, they're all

[32:02] part of the solution to rectify stormwater management. >> What I mean by options is

[32:07] one option was to get the city of Montreal and the agglomeration to build a new

[32:11] pipe from the creek down to the lake. That is an option. You rejected it for some reason.

[32:16] Another option is subsurface retention, which which would have been filled then by the

[32:21] sewer pipes themselves, which you also rejected. >> Well, when you're speaking

[32:27] about. >> I also mentioned why why not just retain that water in the

[32:30] park itself, where we have a big gully? That could be there? >> Still looking at the the

[32:37] option to redirect that water within the the park within the. >> I don't mean redirect, I

[32:43] mean just hold it back, build a berm to hold up a meter, a meter and a half.

[32:48] >> They're looking in those options with the city of Montreal that's separate from

[32:51] the project itself. >> So that could be done as well in the future. In addition

[32:55] to the retention is that. >> They're still looking at that. I don't want to speak to

[32:59] it. >> Yeah. I think. >> In March time, March comes

[33:02] around. We've got much more information to and you have a better visual of what they're

[33:06] actually doing, more work than what's expected. When they announced they were going to do

[33:10] the retention tank in soccer field, we've taken it a few steps further, and there's some

[33:14] other stuff that. >> Yeah, there's four parts of the project. I don't know which

[33:18] other options, but the the project itself has four main parts, which I explained

[33:21] essentially. Okay. The part on the soccer field, there's the burn, there's a smaller

[33:28] retention area as well. And redirecting the water from the street onto the soccer field.

[33:32] >> Okay. Right. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. The soccer field

[33:36] was always planned. >> And from the start, the soccer field was always planned

[33:40] to be dropped to accumulate that, that there was never a different.

[33:44] >> Option than that. So it would, would flow from the street onto.

[33:48] >> Onto, onto the soccer field. >> So there's a lot of dirt coming out of there.

[33:53] >> That dirt will be recuperated to create the burn on the side of terracotta. Yeah.

[33:58] >> Okay. >> It's the. >> Big brother to seeing those.

[34:01] >> Million dollar project. >> 4 million, 3.1 million. >> Point $1 million project,

[34:05] big project. But it has to be done. All right. Awesome. >> All right. Thank you.

[34:09] >> You're welcome. >> Joanne. >> Good evening. I have a

[34:20] concern and a question, please. So my concern is about individuals who have now

[34:27] realized the profitability of collecting and redeeming ten cent aluminum cans. They they

[34:34] go up and down the street and go into our yards into, like, trespassing and go through the

[34:42] garbage recycle bins. In my opinion, once the blue bin is at the end of the road, you can

[34:48] do what you want with it. But to trespass up onto the yard is is going a little bit too far.

[34:53] I don't know if public security is aware of it. I also have another angle on it, and I work

[35:00] at Nova as a volunteer, and I see two of these people coming to redeem on an almost daily

[35:05] basis, and they're redeeming 30, 40 and $50 a day. So it's a substantial amount of money,

[35:11] and it's a substantial amount of aluminum cans. I would like to know if there's a law or

[35:18] some kind of, well, a law forbidding them from going up into our yards to, to rummage

[35:25] through these blue cans. >> Well, I think I'll answer that question. I would say, yes,

[35:29] it's trespassing. And the other the other law is respect. Stay off my property. But what

[35:34] street? You don't have to tell us. But maybe you can give. >> I'm in district four. I'm in

[35:38] Cedar Park Heights. >> Does it happen? Like every week when you put your

[35:42] recycling bins, there are certain days we'll send somebody a we can send.

[35:46] >> The most popular day is Wednesday because the bins are are full at that time. It's a

[35:51] concerted effort that this one gentleman puts in. He actually has a wagon with a crib

[35:55] attached to the top of it. And he's got three and four big, big green bag. He puts a lot of

[36:01] effort into it. One of my big concerns is that there's a a house with. There's a women's

[36:10] shelter beside my house, near my house, beside my house. And I know there's vulnerable

[36:15] people living there, and I, I worry for that as well. >> So I took a note on

[36:20] Wednesday in District four and we can send the we can maybe ask public security just to pay

[36:25] attention and go around and see if they see anybody. And if you're at home and you see it.

[36:29] >> I've thrown them off. I've asked him to leave twice. >> No, but he called public

[36:33] security calls 6301234 and tell them the situation. They'll send somebody over and they can

[36:37] talk to the gentleman then or the person, whoever it is. But I mean, absolutely, if you

[36:41] don't mind. That would help for sure. If not. >> I really wouldn't rather a

[36:45] confrontation at my home. No, I've elected to come here instead.

[36:48] >> No, but they don't have to come to your house. But maybe just call us and say the

[36:53] gentleman is in the area or the persons are in the area. They're going up and down the

[36:57] streets right now. Yeah, whatever. And at least we know where they are. We will ask

[37:01] Public Security to pay attention. >> I believe they're I believe

[37:04] they're everywhere. I mean, it's it's a it's rather lucrative. Yeah. The other

[37:07] question I have is why can't I have a tempo. >> It's not in our bylaws to

[37:11] allow them. It comes. >> Up okay. Okay. So I've done a bit homework. So a third of

[37:16] the point clear population is over 65 okay. To have a tempo which is not expensive. There

[37:20] are about $299 for an 11 foot. And there are about $399 for a 16 foot. It would allow older

[37:25] people to maintain their independence and stay in their home. Westmount has tempos it

[37:29] can't possibly be, you know, an issue of being unsightly there. They look quite acceptable

[37:36] these days windows, doors and that can be controlled by having a permit and holding a

[37:42] permit for no more than 8 or 10 years, when they might start to degrade. It's safer for older

[37:48] people getting in and out of their cars during ice storms and again reduces falls. It

[37:53] might allow some people to have reduced rates for snow removal. And in Pointe-Claire, in a lot

[38:02] of the houses, the bungalows and McGill splits, especially the McGill splits, an awful lot

[38:05] of people have converted their garage into usable living space so that they don't have to move.

[38:13] I did a little walk through the community often. Again, there's motorhome. He gets to put it in

[38:18] his backyard. There's another one off Hillview, another motorhome in the backyard.

[38:22] There's a tempo on Springdale. It's hidden behind the house. It's parallel to the back of

[38:27] the house. It might not be there now. I know it's been there in previous years.

[38:31] There's another tempo off Allston. It's a sophisticated tempo that just goes over a

[38:35] gazebo, but it's a tempo. There's also in terms of using garage in in terms of using

[38:42] driveway space, there's also trucks and trailers on Norwalk, Sedgefield and Allston that

[38:49] basically park their construction trailers and cars in the driveway. And one of

[38:56] them in particular, actually butts out into the road, over the sidewalk, into the road. So

[39:03] if we're looking at, you know, unsightly amounts of vehicles or unsightly situations, why

[39:09] have the tempos been excluded? And why do people who have their motorhomes in their

[39:14] houses like it just doesn't seem to be balanced to me. So I'd like it opened up for

[39:19] discussion or maybe public consultation. >> So we'll take your comments.

[39:26] Yeah, I did. >> A little bit of homework. >> We've done we've it's come

[39:29] up every year to the council. Every time council discusses around the table. And the

[39:35] consensus obviously is no because that's why they haven't been Council has never had the

[39:39] majority to say yes. But again we'll look at it. And I think that the last thing I heard if

[39:45] council does look at these certain bylaws, they'd like to if they do make a decision,

[39:49] they'd like it to be good for four years instead of just one year. So it doesn't keep coming

[39:54] up every year. So but something will definitely they will come around. The council.

[39:57] >> Statistic I wasn't able to find was how many people in Pointe-Claire over 65. And

[40:01] we're running about 30 or 35% who are 65 and older. What part of them live independently in

[40:07] their own homes? I couldn't find that. >> Well, it's not you know, it

[40:10] has its pros and cons and I'm not against it. I'm not for them. There's been there's both

[40:14] sides of it, how safe they are and how unsafe they are. They block visibility to the front

[40:19] door of the house. They block the address. They there's security. No, I'm just telling

[40:23] you. >> Not so much. They're in the driveway. I mean, if the front

[40:26] door of your house is in the driveway, I wonder who your architect is.

[40:30] >> You talk to the fire department or the ambulance drivers in this this gazebo.

[40:33] There's temples in the driveway, and sometimes it blocks the entrance or the. I'm just

[40:37] telling you what we've heard, but I'm not saying I'm for it. But we will bring it up to

[40:42] caucus and we'll make a we'll discuss. >> Well, I disagree with that.

[40:45] I truly. >> Do disagree. Civic numbers. >> The civic numbers at the

[40:48] front door. The front door is not the garage. >> All right. We'll bring it to

[40:52] council. And as was brought up here, we'll discuss the council and we'll we'll come back with

[40:57] a decision for sure. >> How about sending it to public consultation so that

[41:00] it's not so that it's not the same. The same, you know. >> We can.

[41:06] >> Conversation again and. >> Again that option too. Absolutely.

[41:08] >> Well thank. >> You, thank you. >> Nasal Darby.

[41:17] >> Good evening. I asked this question before about all the projects, the major project,

[41:24] what you're going to do. You put it in the website. So people in particular are very

[41:29] smart, the all professional, they can give you an idea. And also when you vote in it, you

[41:34] know what the the opinion of all Pointe-Claire. And you said they're going to look for it.

[41:39] So please can you put all the major project in the website ahead of time before you vote

[41:45] in it so we can know what you're going to do and we can give you opinion also for each

[41:51] location people, because I can hear too many people, you know, they they they know after you

[41:57] start decide how we do the project. Can you do that? Because I asked that before and

[42:03] you said they're going to look for it and they're going to do it.

[42:07] >> Well, I'll talk to Mr. Gerard. If we have something we can do. Usually we have a big

[42:11] project. We do do public consultations. Sometimes we do online consultation. We ask for

[42:15] people's input, you know, did that. I think you're referring more to the pool right now. The,

[42:20] the the work that's being done at the pool. The work is being done in the pool is work that's

[42:25] been ideas have been accumulated over the years of stuff that people have said.

[42:29] Did we do a public consultation or anything before we went to tender for before we launched

[42:34] the project. >> There were consultations with various groups, but not a

[42:39] public consultation per se. No. >> Yeah. But if you put it in the website, everybody, they

[42:44] going to give you opinion and you do the right thing. So nobody after complain about it.

[42:48] What is missing that, missing that. So I said that in the last administration they said

[42:54] yes, they're going to look at it but didn't do it the same. Exactly. When they start the

[42:59] renovation, the $25 million for the city. And I said, put it in the website so we know how much

[43:06] what exactly is spending 25 million for what? And also the same thing for the pool. You

[43:12] said it's $8 million. It's a lot of money. So we have to know what's exactly going to do

[43:18] with $8 million. So that's going to help us and to help you when you vote on it. So to

[43:24] be okay. >> Perfect. Well, I mean, I'm not against it. I just don't

[43:28] know how we have to go about doing it. So we'll we'll discuss it. We'll see what we

[43:32] can come up with. Better this better. Then let's try to make it more transparent if that's

[43:36] the right word. Yeah for sure. >> Okay. And also that please, you know when you discuss

[43:41] anything do it ahead of time so we know about it. So we give you all the right decision or

[43:49] to help you. >> We do a lot of consultations doing more consultation we've

[43:52] ever done before. And we're probably not perfect at it. We can do more, but we have come a

[43:57] long way with the doing streets and doing a lot. We do a lot of parks we go to, we do public

[44:03] consultation, you know, like Mr. Gerard said, they did talk to certain groups that use a

[44:08] pool all the time to get ideas. So there was some type of consultation. These decisions

[44:12] just aren't taken lightly. They're a lot of research. They hire experts. They they talk to

[44:16] the users. So yeah, but if we can make make it even more accessible, everybody for sure.

[44:20] If it's not, let's see what we can do. >> Yeah. And the website also

[44:24] it involves a lot of more people like, you see it's not too many people. They come to

[44:28] the city meeting. So but in the website everybody is going to look at it and you get more

[44:33] results. >> Perfect. >> Thank you, thank you.

[44:35] >> Thank you sir. Okay okay. >> Thank. De la Ville de Pointe-Claire. Election general

[44:52] municipality adopted a new code. Comportant. Des changements ou non par rapport a l'ancienne.

[45:05] La premiere étape de la procédure avec la vie demolition et une explication

[45:10] qui doit également par la vie de motion. >> To put the motion forward,

[45:16] please. >> Cynthia Holman, district five. The purpose of this code

[45:20] is to prioritize the values that guide the decisions of members of municipal council

[45:25] and contribute to a better understanding of the municipality's values.

[45:30] Establish standards of conduct that promote the integration of these values into the decision

[45:35] making process of elected officials, and more generally, into their conduct. In this

[45:41] capacity, prevent ethical conflicts and, if they arise, help resolve them effectively

[45:46] and judiciously. Ensure that control measures are applied in the event of the breach of

[45:51] conduct and section that has been added. Is interference. A member of the municipal council

[46:00] may not interfere in the day to day administration of the municipality. Interference

[46:05] includes giving instructions to municipal employees other than during a decision making

[46:10] process. In a public meeting of the municipal council, based on a directive from city

[46:16] management, or communicating with municipal employees to obtain information that is not

[46:21] generally available to the public other than through a procedure established by the

[46:26] municipality. It is understood that a member of council, who is a member of a committee

[46:30] formed by the municipal council, or who is mandated by the municipal council to represent

[46:35] the municipality in a particular matter, may nevertheless be required to

[46:40] collaborate with city management and municipal employees. Such collaboration

[46:44] is limited to the mandate assigned to the member by the municipal council. Under no

[46:50] circumstances may this section be applied or interpreted in such a way as to limit the

[46:54] mayor's right of supervision, investigation and control vested in him by law. Mr.

[47:01] Councilor Tremblay. >> Don't. Objective of the present code is objective

[47:10] according. De Conseil du Conseil de la municipalité et contribué a une meilleure

[47:17] compréhension de la valeur de la municipalité, des normes, des comportements l'intégration

[47:24] dans le processus de décision de l'art et de facon générale dans la conduite associate

[47:32] prévenir les éthique a. Aide efficacement et avec discernement. Contre les

[47:43] mesures de controle au moment de allergic. Donc, le point également. Six point du Conseil

[48:00] municipal dans la administration quotidienne de la municipalité constitute

[48:06] notamment constitute notamment de la fete des directives employés municipal autrement

[48:15] decision publique du Conseil municipal en fonction de la direction générale ou de

[48:22] communiquez avec des employees municipal pour obtenir des informations non généralement,

[48:27] accessible or public. Autrement par une procédure pour la municipalité. Le membre du

[48:35] conseil, qui a member du comité former par le Conseil municipal ou par le Conseil municipal

[48:41] pour la municipalité dans un dossier particuliere. Toutefois de voir collaborer avec la

[48:49] direction générale des employees municipal collaboration limitée au.

[48:56] Attribué par le Conseil municipal. En aucun cas article NE peut etre appliqué ou

[49:03] interpretation limité le droit de surveillance, investigation et de controle du. En vue de la

[49:12] loi. >> 5.2. The adoption of a bylaw concerning the establishment of

[49:21] a fund dedicated to expenses related to holding an election. The Council shall, after

[49:25] consulting with the returning Officer, annually allocate to the funds the amount sufficient

[49:30] to cover the cost of the next general election. >> The mover seconder 5.2

[49:35] please. >> Cynthia Holman, district five.

[49:39] >> District six. >> All in favor? Thank you. >> 6.0. De tous les membres du

[49:49] Conseil. Municipal municipality on election participation. Formation. Of municipal A tous

[50:01] les membres du Conseil. Participate a une telle formation.

[50:07] >> 6.2. To grant financial support for various nonprofit organizations, for a total

[50:11] amount of $11,619. The organizations benefiting from this support are West Island

[50:17] Association for the Intellectually Handicapped, the Mark Vanier Center for the four

[50:22] locations in Pointe-Claire, Yvon Lambert Foundation, and the West Island Habitation

[50:27] Jeunesse. >> Saint John Fisher pour un total de la somme de l'homme et

[50:37] des activités definition. >> And 6.4. To authorize and approve an application to

[50:43] designate an officiant. Mayor John Belvedere requests to be designated as an authorized

[50:47] officiant by the Director of Civil to perform marriages or civil unions within the

[50:51] Pointe-Claire territory. A council resolution in favor of his designation is required,

[50:55] along with the request to be sent to the Director of Civil. >> A mover and seconder for 6.2

[51:02] to 6.4, please. >> Mike Oneida. >> Second by Ludovic Matthews,

[51:08] district two. >> All in favor? Thank you. >> Is that. All?

[51:20] >> 7.2 to file the minutes of the November 27th, 2020 meeting of the Pointe-Claire Public

[51:25] Library Advisory Board set. >> To the Pointe-Claire. >> And 7.4 to appoint a member

[51:33] to the Pointe-Claire public Art Committee. Council appoints Madame Marie-Claude Landry for

[51:37] a three year term until December 31st, 2028. >> Moved and seconded for 7.4,

[51:43] please. >> District six. >> District eight. Oneida. All

[51:48] in favor? Thank you. >> UN Patrimoine. >> Seconder for 8.1, please.

[52:08] >> District one. >> District eight. >> I'd like to speak on this

[52:15] question, Mister Mayor. >> Go ahead. >> Sir point. IL s'agit d'une

[52:25] resolution concernant la question du Moulin de Pointe-Claire. Patrimoine

[52:35] générale. Le moulin de Pointe-Claire et de deterioration. Tout le monde

[52:42] autour du moulin et l'Eglise Saint George. De Montréal du propriétaire au courant. Cette

[52:52] période non dans un entretien parallelement la ville de Pointe-Claire responsible,

[53:00] selon la loi provincial pour la. Patrimonio sur son territoire également. Opportunité de Louis

[53:14] le Moulin de la cité de. Expropriate de prendre quand le propriétaire afin de

[53:24] entrepreneur ou. Une restoration qui. Propriétaire et non plus. Souvent de par des

[53:42] dernieres années. Conseil. Une solution viendra prochainement aucune de ces solutions

[53:51] potential. Le Mayor Thomas, son directeur général, Monsieur Y-maze, avec une option pour le

[54:04] moulin Pointe-Claire, un le conseil est et qu'il avait adopté en two la société pour

[54:17] la patrimoine de pointe Claire. Precedent a. ET puis intervient c'était un autre au moins de

[54:28] quand vous avec des fonds privée, donc. Négocier un pays de Saint-Quentin avec de

[54:38] Montréal, nous avons. UN groupe des travaux privée et Notre objectif de la signature. Était

[54:55] le ministere de la culture et directement aupres du ministere de la culture. Pour un

[55:01] financing provincial malheureusement la. UN investment municipalité et le

[55:11] reglement de la ville. En trois. Qui se retrouver dans les autres municipalités et ceux

[55:24] qui était le nom des programs du ministere de la culture du Québec. Normalement quand

[55:30] propriétaire patrimonial. Pour avoir des fonds pour patrimonial obtenir la on false.

[55:41] Donc par exemple une année en la maison du batiment. On contractor, on de la

[55:54] facturation aupres du ministere de la Municipalité et on des fonds la ville, un reglement en

[56:04] janvier, trois. Fait du moulin donc pour obtenir des fonds pour le moulin, le propriétaire

[56:22] ou le locataire obligé restaurant avec des fonds privée de la ville pour obtenir

[56:32] des fonds. IL était impossible pour nous de la ville et pour cette raison qu'on negotiate un

[56:41] by et qu'on NE la province. Cependant, nous avons appris. En février vingt cinq. Adressée

[56:55] au minister. Existed sur le program de mobilization avait remplacé par un nouveau program.

[57:07] Qu'elle the financement provincial NE pouvait pas pour la ville si nous program. The

[57:15] program des un patrimoine et le program de la ville. Face a demande de faire une demande ce

[57:25] soir. ET la société. On a décidé de prendre l'initiative ou moins pour leur pour un

[57:36] financement. ET si le ministere de la ville de Pointe-Claire, une étude negotiated avec la

[57:46] ville de Pointe-Claire. ET la ville. Une rencontre avec Madame Verdon, la société pour

[57:59] la sauvegarde. UN jour. Resolution est le fruit de cette reunion. Pourquoi et

[58:13] historique de la fete? L'accent sur deux? Yeux? Nous avons souvent avec des situations au

[58:24] cours des dernieres années ou la villa adopté un resolution. Moyen le dossier et le dossier

[58:37] n'est pas pour cette resolution qui pourrait etre un peu dans la bonne direction. Mais pour

[58:46] l'etre. Droit et la société. Pour quels sont projects restoration? ET en deuxieme la

[58:56] ville d'avray reglement pour permettre a la société pour la sauvegarde d'obtenir du

[59:03] financement par force, plutot la fin du projet changement réclament. Projet de

[59:12] restoration de l'avant donc l'histoire a vigilant continuer a faire de vos preoccupations.

[59:24] Le dossier, la deuxieme point. Je suis un quelconque. Président de la société. Je

[59:37] voudrais donc également un premier. Président de la société. Intégrée on voting ou

[59:49] un sur cette question, la loi clairement. Lorsqu'on intéret pecuniary dans un dossier et

[1:00:00] nous avons confirmé avec la voie de la ville plutot dans la réunion. La réalité. Je

[1:00:13] effectivement. Comme administrateur de la société pour une raison qui ont la Mort.

[1:00:24] Mr. Belvedere on insisté. Démission et son intermédiaire et la société soit un monsieur

[1:00:34] normal. Le point pour le dossier avancée. Donc c'est importante Q la raison. Je NE

[1:00:44] suis pas pour. C'est une politique du meilleur. J'ai accepté afin de voir avec le

[1:00:52] dossier. Donc également la mais pour les responsabilités dans le dossier soit abandonment la

[1:01:03] merci. >> Thank you, Mr. Swierczynski. I'd just like to make one thing

[1:01:08] clear here tonight, these items are on the agenda because everybody at this table wants

[1:01:13] to move forward. We're not living in the past. We're moving forward and we're

[1:01:18] passing these resolutions in, in, in with the legalities of the new program that's coming

[1:01:24] out by the government, which will give $640,000 towards a windmill. And the resolution

[1:01:28] that was passed in 2023, I believe, was for the city committed $960,000, which has

[1:01:36] been put aside, which is which is equivalent to up to 50% of renovations have to be done. We

[1:01:42] are moving forward. We want this windmill taken care of. We don't own it. They've got a

[1:01:46] lease for it. Fantastic. The mayor's for the last 30 years have been trying to deal with

[1:01:51] the diocese and tried all kinds of things. We're at this point now. It's fantastic. Thank you.

[1:01:56] Everybody put work into it. But we're not. We're not living in the past. We're moving forward.

[1:02:01] And this work is that we're all working together. It's happening fast because a

[1:02:05] government program, they informed us two weeks ago that the application on behalf of

[1:02:09] the diocese has to be filled and sent to government by February 21st. February 20th.

[1:02:16] >> February 27th. >> February 27th. So there's a lot of work that has to go into

[1:02:20] it. A lot of papers and documents have to be signed not only by us, by the diocese, by

[1:02:25] everybody. And yeah, so I'm looking forward. We're all looking forward to gain the

[1:02:28] windmill to where it should be, and we're going to do our part to make sure that it happens.

[1:02:33] Thank you. You have a mover and seconder. Do I vote no okay. >> Time to vote.

[1:02:40] >> Time to vote. >> Time to vote. >> Mover please a mover and

[1:02:45] seconder. Oh we did all right. Sorry. Yeah. All in favor. All in favor.

[1:02:49] >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> 10.1 to for the list of

[1:02:53] budget amendments and the Register of checks for the period of December 24th, 2025

[1:02:57] to January 23rd, 2026. >> This point. >> Contractual 10.3 to

[1:03:07] authorize the use of current reserves for the reimbursement of refinancing for the year

[1:03:12] 2026. Some debts have balances to be refinanced for which it is beneficial to pay cash. To

[1:03:17] do so, the city must use its current reserve to make the refinancing reimbursements

[1:03:21] scheduled for the following dates April 19th, 2026 A reimbursement of $6,112,000.

[1:03:29] April 20th. 5,957,002 payments on September 28th. 1,827,011 million 447,000.

[1:03:42] >> This point. Avec ce connection pour les années. Autour de la mise au montagne

[1:03:52] de. Pour des travaux de Réparation et emplacement informatique 10.5.

[1:04:00] >> To award a contract for the purchase of two Cisco Series X chassis with technical support

[1:04:05] and maintenance for a period of 60 months to ity, Inc. for a total amount of $74,683.94.

[1:04:13] Taxes included. This investment will improve performance, scalability, and reliability in

[1:04:18] alignment with the operational and security standards. >> This. Maintenance of the

[1:04:27] fiber optic pour une période de pour un monton de. Modifications. Travaux publics.

[1:04:40] >> Mover and seconder for 10.3 to 10.6, please. >> Andrew Susaninsky, district

[1:04:44] for. >> Matthews District, do. >> All in favor.

[1:04:50] >> Thank you. Ten 12.1 File the list of delegated staff changes for the month of February 2026.

[1:05:02] >> Personnel. >> Moved and seconded for 12.2. >> Cynthia Homan, district five.

[1:05:13] >> District. >> I'm all in favor. Thank you. >> 13.1 to adhere to the City

[1:05:20] of Montreal's group purchase for the purchase of thermal infraction tickets, the City of

[1:05:24] Montreal Agglomeration Council approved the awarding of the contract for the supply of

[1:05:28] thermal paper tickets on Thursday, December 18th, 2025, for a firm term of 24 months

[1:05:33] beginning in January 2026. The contract was awarded to Communications Data Corp. Under

[1:05:39] this contract, tickets are sold at $0.24 each. The city of Pointe-Claire has reserved

[1:05:45] between 10,000 and 20,000 units. >> Avec. Canada, Inc. Environmental. Services Center

[1:06:04] mobile contract organization. La coordination des activités des quatre dans le corps des

[1:06:11] travaux publics surplus. Le transport et la valorization of materials, environmental

[1:06:18] equipment et la nécessaire pour la journée. >> Collect for 13.1 and 14.1,

[1:06:25] please. >> Andrew Swidsinski. District four.

[1:06:28] >> Mike. District eight Oneida. All in favor? Thank you. >> 14.2 to exercise the renewal

[1:06:39] option provided for in the contract entered into with Environment Energy Inc. for the

[1:06:43] period of April 1st, 2026 to March 31st, 2027, and the amount of $77,782.89. Taxes

[1:06:52] included for the collection by crane and transportation of waste materials for semi-buried

[1:06:56] containers. This contract ensures the continuation of waste and organic material

[1:07:00] collection and transportation services. It guarantees regular collection of semi underground

[1:07:05] containers using specialized equipment, as well as the proper treatment, processing or

[1:07:08] disposal of materials at authorized sites. >> Waste Management Quebec,

[1:07:21] Inc. for. $6 million. It includes for services to transport the material organic.

[1:07:34] Des ombres et des contenus Roll-off. >> 14.4. To exercise a renewal

[1:07:40] option provided for in the contract entered into with orange, Inc. for the year 2026,

[1:07:45] in the amount of $21,161.15. Taxes included for buckthorn eradication works in the Tony

[1:07:52] Proudfoot Park Woodland. This project will enable phase three of the control program to begin

[1:07:56] and the works carried out in phases one and two, in 2024 and 2025 to continue in order to

[1:08:02] prevent the growth of buckthorn and invasive exotic plants, and to maintain the new planting

[1:08:06] throughout the site. The works also involve maintaining of the maintaining or replacing young

[1:08:12] plantings, which are either dead or damaged trees. >> An installation D'un machine.

[1:08:21] A equipment Stinson for. >> A mover and seconder for 14.2 to 14.5, please. Mike

[1:08:33] Beauvais, district eight. All in favor? Thank you. >> 14.6 to award a contract for

[1:08:45] the supply of bituminous mix without delivery for the period of February 1st, 2026 to

[1:08:50] January 31st, 2027, to Group Quebec, Inc. and Construction, a division of Group CR Canada,

[1:08:57] Inc. for a total amount of $347,799.38. Taxes included with one optional period. This

[1:09:05] contract allows us to ensure the supply of hot asphalt in the event that our main

[1:09:09] supplier is unavailable. >> For a orange. Tax. Includes the. Les Travaux de controle

[1:09:31] des especes vegetales de control vegetal. Incluant des travaux de Fourche de mécanique

[1:09:39] de extraction. Manual and package. Restoration de la plantation arbustes et concerne

[1:09:49] des travaux de mise en valeur naturelles dans entretiens hebdomadaires des séances

[1:09:56] pédestre l'installation des pays dans les sciences realization des travaux de

[1:10:01] réparation sur les ponts et bois nettoyage de Cordeau. >> Over 14.6 and 14.7, please.

[1:10:14] >> Cynthia. Home in district five. >> All in favor? Thank you.

[1:10:20] >> 15.1 to exercise the renewal option provided for in the contract entered into with

[1:10:23] Mechanical Action, Inc. for the period of March 15th, 2026 to March 14th, 2027, in the amount

[1:10:29] of $400,559.10 taxes included for plumbing and piping maintenance and repair works.

[1:10:35] This contract provides for the following services. General plumbing and piping maintenance

[1:10:39] services for municipal buildings to ensure their safe operation in accordance with

[1:10:43] applicable laws and regulations. Gas system maintenance works. Construction works under the

[1:10:48] supervision of the project team. >> Joseph Skaff. Architecture and design for the service

[1:10:58] professional. For information at. Excusez moi pour la permeabilisation des fondation

[1:11:05] et la reflection de masonry de la. >> Mover, in seconder for 15.1

[1:11:15] and 15.2, please. >> District six. >> Rick Matthews, district two.

[1:11:22] >> All in favor? Thank you. >> 16.1 to award a contract for a for professional services for

[1:11:30] the analysis of the location and condition of the infrastructure of Lakeshore

[1:11:35] Road between Golf and Victoria Avenues. The T2 Service Engineer, for a total amount of

[1:11:43] $86,508.63. Taxes included. The city wishes to obtain the professional services of an

[1:11:47] engineering firm to conduct subsurface utility engineering investigation. These services

[1:11:53] are required to support the design and planning of infrastructure rehabilitation

[1:11:57] work in the village of Pointe-Claire. >> ET le Boulevard des sources.

[1:12:12] Lorraine Lorraine, for a total. Tax includes the. Installation, complete modification of. ET le

[1:12:25] boulevard des sources. >> Moved and seconded for 16.1 16.2.

[1:12:32] >> District six. >> District eight. All in favor missing.

[1:12:40] >> 17 before moving on. The persons present may address Council on Item 17.1, so 17.1.

[1:12:47] It is to consider a request for conditional use concerning the property at 32 a brunet Avenue,

[1:12:52] to authorize the addition of a new building to accommodate an accessory dwelling unit, the

[1:12:56] Planning Advisory Committee recommends authorizing the conditional use.

[1:12:59] >> Have a mover and seconder for 17.1. >> District one.

[1:13:06] >> Andrew Swidsinski, district four. >> All in favor.

[1:13:11] >> So Council approve the request of conditional use. My understanding.

[1:13:16] >> Yeah, exactly. >> Thank you. Set point two implementation and integration.

[1:13:23] Architectural. Avenue. Brunet pour le nouveau pour une accessory. ET vous avez une

[1:13:33] recommandation du comité consultatif d'urbanisme. >> A mover and secondary for

[1:13:37] 17.2. >> District one. >> Andrews Osinsky. District

[1:13:41] four. >> All in favor? Thank you. >> 17.3 approve the Inventory

[1:13:48] of Heritage Immovables constructed before 1940, the City of Montreal is required to

[1:13:53] produce an inventory of heritage buildings. To do so, it must compile a list of

[1:13:56] buildings built before 1940. Identify buildings with heritage value in accordance

[1:14:01] with the methodology imposed by the Ministere de la culture du Québec and adopted by April 1st,

[1:14:06] 2026, at the latest. For its part, the city of Pointe-Claire must collaborate with the

[1:14:10] agglomeration at the various stages of the process, adopt the inventory produced by the

[1:14:14] agglomeration, and also adopt a bylaw relating to the occupancy and minimum maintenance of

[1:14:18] buildings. >> Moved and seconded for 17.5. >> District six.

[1:14:26] >> Second by. >> Andrew Swidsinski, district. >> All in favor? Thank you.

[1:14:30] >> This is with. The. Libre Familiale at the residence de soins Palliatifs Teresa de la

[1:14:39] la résidence de soins Palliatifs Teresa de la organized. De fond de la Saint

[1:14:47] Valentin, 26. ILS ont fait la demande pour un abonnement de. >> 18.1.

[1:14:57] >> Matthews district de. >> Like district number eight. >> All in favor? Thank you.

[1:15:06] Closure mover and seconder for. >> District six. >> Cynthia Hoffman, district

[1:15:11] five

2026-02-03 Conseil de la Ville de Pointe-Claire

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