[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