[0:27] Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Merci de ce soir. And I said, nous avons

[0:33] celebrated. Anniversary of the United. Volunteer de Point Clare to the inauguration.

[0:40] Louisville inspection security public with firefighters and police officers in attendance.

[0:45] The event also marked the launch of Emergency Preparedness Week, a first in

[0:49] Pointe Claire. It is an opportunity to remind everyone that safety is shared.

[0:54] Responsibility this week aims to rise. Awareness about the risks in our community and

[1:02] encourage everyone to be a better to be better prepared in case of an emergency, not only

[1:08] on a citoyen. En plusieurs persons who participate participate en contact avec les

[1:19] citoyens. Karen Saint a une fois en distanced reunion. So merci beaucoup pour votre

[1:27] implication de la pour les besoins de les citoyens dans l'environnement tranquille. So

[1:37] the idea of those meet and greets was to be singing in an environment where we could have

[1:41] a relaxed conversation and hear your needs and your concerns. And like I said, we had as low

[1:47] as only well, the smallest one was 45 people and the biggest one we had 110. So it was great

[1:52] participation of all the districts and the citizens. We'll be doing it again in the

[1:56] fall will be an annual thing that we'll do twice a year. And I just want to congratulate you

[2:01] for taking the time and coming out and speaking your voice. We have a big weekend, big week

[2:10] coming up and exciting family weekend is coming up in Pointe Claire. Let's amend the May.

[2:15] Vinnie Découvrir la qualité de la ville de la travail de la journée des travaux public. So

[2:23] on Sunday, May 24th, take part in our outdoor cultural event focused on visual and

[2:28] performing arts during the cultural rendez vous and bell and bell for a planned Musée en

[2:37] famille. So again will be next. In the coming weeks, you'll have a Public Works day, which

[2:43] are very, very popular day. And they bring your kids, bring your grand, bring everybody

[2:47] there. The kids love it. They get to climb on tractors and play in all kinds of stuff. So

[2:51] make sure that you pay attention to our websites and you get the dates and times,

[2:55] right of of that activity and the other ones coming up. You've all clicked descend. La

[3:00] Marie. I like to remind you of what the Levant may give. Blood is a simple yet essential act.

[3:08] Every donation can make a real difference in someone's life. I encourage you all to

[3:12] participate. In La Villa. Effort pour la gestion et les. The. So the water pipes. Des

[3:26] actions, concrete in collaboration avec la ville et les citoyens. Les citoyens.

[3:31] This evening, we are presenting a draft bylaw aimed at supporting you in adopting your.

[3:36] Adopting your properties and improving stormwater management. This is one of the measures

[3:41] that the Council and the administration have implemented to help better adapt our living

[3:46] environments to climate change and build greater resilience. An. Anti-Violence. Some impact

[3:53] the. The. Fort Myers Portage no Monsieur de vie. So working together in these. With the

[4:01] climate change and doing the right things with the help that we're going to be offering

[4:05] tonight and the bylaw will be passing will, will facilitate and hopefully relieve a lot of

[4:12] the problems that we've had with the heavy rainfalls. Before I go to asking the

[4:20] councilors to say what they have to say, I'd just like to apologize for last public

[4:25] meeting. We had some confusion. Mr. Suszynski was asked if he could speak what she's actually

[4:31] allowed to speak. And in our bylaw, we have a ten minute time that we allow for each

[4:37] councilor to speak on certain subjects. And I was asked to ask Mr. Suszynski or was told

[4:42] as his ten minutes had come up, I didn't have a watch on. So I asked him to to please come to

[4:48] to finalize a statement. He continued. I asked him to please stop and he did stop.

[4:53] And in review of the video, he had eight minutes and 20s that he spoke. So I apologize, Mr.

[5:00] Suszynski, for cutting you off. And as we all heard here, we will have a watch on the clock

[5:06] going. We'll make sure that you get your allotted ten minutes. All right. Thank you very much.

[5:10] Sorry. Mr. >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. >> Okay. Let's go to Mr. Eric

[5:14] Stork, please. Any. >> Really not much to say. For the meet and greet? I think it

[5:26] was we were about 50 people, probably one of the lower ends. But I think we touched on all

[5:31] the major issues that are required and. Trois fois par une. That's it. Thank you.

[5:42] >> Mr. Padova. >> Yes. Hello, everybody. Bonjour. Tout le monde. CE soir.

[5:49] I wanted to echo on the meet and greet with my fellow councilor, Mr. Stork. I think

[5:56] it went very, very well. I'd like to thank all the residents who came out and asked some

[6:01] very, very important and excellent questions. I want to recognize the support from the

[6:05] mayor, Mayor Belvedere, and also the planning that Eric and I did for the event, which was

[6:11] really a teamwork event. I look forward to providing all the answers on the questions in an

[6:17] accurate and timely fashion. 0.4. Dimanche on the Masters de Pointe-Claire. Por the notation.

[6:30] Basically, it was the Masters in Pointe-Claire and we had 200 meter freestyle where we set a

[6:37] Pointe-Claire set, a Guinness Book of World Records. Okay, so. And on top of that, the last

[6:50] swimmer, because you can't do this with I saw it from my own eyes. So I had to make

[6:56] definitely some comments, but you can not do it with ten, 50, 75 or 80 swimmers. There was

[7:00] 100 swimmers planned and each one did the 200m. The last swimmer that went in was May

[7:06] Weldon, who was 91 years old. So I think you have to. For the first time, I was able to meet.

[7:17] Coach Paul Ryan was there doing his best at organizing, as he usually does. The key thing

[7:23] also is that the proceeds of all this, the swim meet or the record went to Y'a. It's the

[7:30] West Island Association for the the intellectual handicapped and they had a goal of each 100

[7:37] persons giving $20. Okay. At the end when she when she came, there were about 7500. I talked

[7:44] to her this morning. They made it to $9,000. So that's $7,000 over and above. And just a

[7:51] point when she came to see me, she said, oh, very, very glad you're here. Mr. But where's

[7:56] the mayor and where's the Kelly for district three? I said, unfortunately, they wouldn't be

[8:01] able to be here because they were out of meet and greet in from 1 to 3 on Sunday. At any

[8:07] rate, the whole thing, the the record and everything for me is a prime example of dedication,

[8:14] planning and teamwork. And I think that's very, very good for Pointe-Claire. I think it

[8:18] bodes well for the future. And thank you for your time. >> Cynthia.

[8:25] >> No, I have nothing this evening. >> Excellent.

[8:30] >> I echo the sentiments that everyone has about the meet and greets. Merci beaucoup et

[8:34] toutes les citoyens pour votre dévouement et engagement dans Notre communautaire ensemble. I

[8:40] want to do a special thank you to the de la garde de la Valois, because they supplied all of

[8:46] the treats and the coffee at each of the meet and greets, and did an outstanding job.

[8:50] There were no crumbs left over, no coffee at each site. So job well done. Merci beaucoup.

[8:58] >> Madame de mayors. >> Moi je voulais monsieur. You stole my thunder, Mr. Potvin.

[9:05] So I would like to recommend next time we start with me. Maybe. Merci. A meet and greet

[9:13] extraordinaire on the same person. Beaucoup questions pour toutes les réponses. Mais les

[9:18] réponses venir définitivement. We had some comments about the format and the content, where

[9:23] we were taking. These suggestions and adjustments will be made next time around

[9:27] when we have our next meet and greet. Thank you very much. >> On that note, it was a big.

[9:33] It was a good problem to have. We had over 100 people. We've done it before. We had. We you

[9:38] know, we had maybe 60, 70 people in district one, district two. And the numbers

[9:42] were so big this time. So we'll probably have to separate it. But it's a good problem to have.

[9:46] And it goes to show the participation. So again congratulations to citizens.

[9:50] Mr. Ludovic Matthews. >> Yes. Hi. I just want to congratulate the the swim team

[9:56] the master swim team for their record. And I would also like to thank the mayor and Claude

[10:02] for a great town hall last Saturday. And I look forward to having the opportunity to have

[10:08] have it more often. Thank you. >> Mr. Tremblay. No. >> Mr.

[10:15] >> Mr. Brzezinski. >> At Mon Assemblée du district. I would like to take a moment

[10:26] as well to salute the fact that we have on the agenda today a proposal for a a flood

[10:33] adaptation subsidy program. This is something I campaigned on during the election, and I'm

[10:37] very happy that the mayor, council and the city manager are taking the initiative to do

[10:41] this. Finally, after question period, I'll have an intervention under article 36

[10:47] to finish what I had to say on the maintenance and occupancy bylaw. Thank you.

[10:53] >> Thank you. And just on that note, thank you. Mr. You remind me of something. That bylaw for

[10:58] the maintenance of houses was supposed to have a second option tonight, but there's a

[11:03] process. So the motion was put forward two meetings ago last month. It was the first

[11:09] adoption. What it does is give us time for citizens to comment and hear stuff on the street,

[11:14] which we've been hearing, and we've had many emails, we've had many conversations, and we

[11:20] are now putting on the agenda tonight, and we'll come back on the agenda once we've been able

[11:24] to rewrite it in a format that everybody will understand, it will be fair and clear. And at

[11:31] that point, we will make the amended version available ahead of our public meeting, so

[11:36] everybody will be able to see it and read it before it gets to the adoption phase. So

[11:41] that's why it's not on the agenda tonight. We'll take our time to make sure it's done

[11:45] right. Thank you, Mr. Teboe. >> Daniel. Excuse me. >> Madame Gutierrez.

[12:02] >> 3.1. Approve the minutes of the regular meeting held on April 7th, 2026.

[12:06] >> Can I have a mover and a seconder, please? >> Ludovic Matthews, district.

[12:12] >> Second by district. All in favor. Thank you all. Mr. >> Mr. mayor, we have a few

[12:27] follow up questions, essentially on a. Aujourd'hui. I'll answer them in French and

[12:33] English. So the first question was with respect to the butterfly garden, Jardin des

[12:39] papillons de superficie de Corey, faire l'objet d'une reconstruction, complete

[12:46] transformation. Le jardin et pour les auteurs et sa localization et stratégique sur

[12:54] la migratoire du monarch. Le futur management par une configuration passé composé de

[13:02] plusieurs plantations utilisé pour la douleur de la actual. Donc. La sélection vegetale

[13:12] établi maximizer, la porte nutritionnel et la qualité de la habitat pour les papillons,

[13:17] en particulier les monarch. So now in English, the existing butterfly garden, covering an

[13:23] area of 451m², will undergo a complete reconstruction. Despite these transformations,

[13:28] the site will retain its function as a foraging garden and habitat for pollinators

[13:33] with a strategic location along the Monarch Butterflies Migratory route. The future

[13:39] layout will be distinguished by a redesigned configuration consisting of multiple planting

[13:44] islands, totaling almost double of what we have right now 935m². Plant species selections have

[13:52] been meticulously undertaken to maximize nutritional value and habitat quality for butterflies,

[13:59] with a particular focus on supporting monarch butterflies. Question two was with respect

[14:07] to three tree felling at 329 Hymas Boulevard Le disposed at six pour la plantation des

[14:19] arbres recommandée sous les équipes des travaux publics et inspections sécurité publique,

[14:25] Le suivi des. Propriétaires au risque de cette now in English, the property owner has been

[14:33] given a deadline of June 15th, 2026, to plant the recommended trees on the site. Our public

[14:39] works and inspection public security teams have been following up with the property

[14:43] owner and will continue to do so to ensure compliance with this commitment. Number three

[14:50] was with respect to work on the municipal golf club. Donc les travaux de renovation entrepris

[14:58] par le club en ont sur trois principal secteurs d'intervention la maison des

[15:05] forces de sobre la remplacement, des arts et des roses et l'amélioration de systeme de

[15:10] drainage indépendamment de ses interventions des travaux courants sont effectués par le

[15:16] club, notamment le nettoyage, des fossés et des berges des besoins de rétention. The

[15:23] renovation work undertaken by the club between 2023 and 2025 focused on the three main

[15:28] components the refurbishment of sand bunkers, the replacement of sprinkler heads and

[15:33] improvements to the drainage system. Apart from these renovations, ongoing

[15:38] maintenance work is carried out by the club, including the cleaning of ditches and the

[15:42] banks of the retention ponds. And now, last but not least, project at Terracotta Park, in

[15:51] line with Le Sud from l'École de Technologie Supérieure, an intervention du Parc des

[15:59] récepteurs de l'Ecole des travaux permettant, une meilleure gestion des eaux

[16:03] pluvial des territoires. L'étude est encore de l'État s et dans sa sector retard ou des

[16:10] ingénieurs hydrologic observée et se produire un impact positif sous le bassin de

[16:15] secteur. Nous ont également plusieurs autres sites territoires sont également

[16:20] l'objet d'analyse détaillée évaluée a la performance de la gestion des eaux de Selma. In

[16:27] Science special d'information sur la six Avril pour les citoyens du secteur pour

[16:33] présenter. Les specifications du projet. An intervention is planned in the southern part of

[16:38] Terracotta Park to improve stormwater management in the area. The ongoing study has

[16:44] identified this sector as a priority given the hydrological challenges observed, and the

[16:49] project will have a positive impact on the local watershed. We should also like to

[16:54] highlight that several other sites across the territory are undergoing detailed analysis

[16:59] aimed at assessing and optimizing stormwater runoff management. A special

[17:04] information session was held on April 16th for residents living near the area to present the

[17:09] project specifications. That is all. >> Thank you. Mr. Mr. Gerard

[17:14] Vallejo, you. The question. >> So just in order, I guess. Or the. You know. Two minutes.

[17:58] Directeur général de la réponse. L'Objet d'une nouvelle question. De tous. De la ville. De la

[18:24] ville. Personnel des insinuations d'utiliser. Denigrates or intimidates.

[18:40] >> And in English, any person wishing to ask a question must have registered in their name

[18:44] on the list. The maximum duration of the question period is 90 minutes. The number of

[18:49] questions shall be limited to two per person, with or without preamble, and the total time

[18:54] allotted to questions must not exceed three minutes, excluding the response time. Questions to

[18:59] members of Council are addressed to the chairman of the sitting, who may reply

[19:03] immediately or, if further verification is required, may reply at the next regular

[19:07] sitting or in writing. The floor may also be given to another member of Council or to

[19:11] the City Manager in order to reply or complete the answer provided. When. Three separate

[19:16] questions. When three separate persons have previously asked the question on the same topic,

[19:20] that topic may not be the subject of further questions until the next period. Question

[19:24] period of the next sitting. Questions and answers must be clear and concise in order to

[19:29] encourage the expression of all and maintain good order, as well as to enable as many

[19:34] people as possible to address, council and inquire about city affairs. Only questions of

[19:38] public interest are permitted, as opposed to those of private interest that do not concern

[19:42] city affairs. Question period is not intended to give opinions, advice or debate. All,

[19:47] all. All persons must refrain from making personal allusions, insinuations and using violent,

[19:52] hurtful, threatening or disrespectful language, or from using vexatious, denigrating or

[19:57] intimidating words. >> Merci beaucoup. >> Did you start the 90 minutes?

[20:19] >> Mr. Mayor? District? Merci pour le opportunité. Qui. ONT un drainage ditch dans les

[20:37] corps sont pour le drainage ditch on est et on the sunny side. Rencontre j'avais couvrir

[20:52] j'ai une réponse ici, la la la polling. Pour vous l'original. On puis je comprends dans votre

[21:12] question. Pour les drainage ditch. Nouveau bylaws, Monsieur le maire. Quels sont les

[21:30] mécanismes légale pour les les les? The properties that are actually blocking the flow of

[21:41] the water, the drainage. I've looked in the the law of the document et des ville, Le

[21:52] pouvoir de la ville sont tres clair au temps pour croisés entretenir et largeur et le

[21:59] pouvoir d'acquisition le pouvoir de expropriation le pouvoir d'entrée dans le

[22:04] servitude. UN peut aussi quels sont les droits on obstruction ou les pouvoirs? Qui vous de

[22:26] savoir si les propriétés qui block the drainage ditch? Monsieur le Maire de savoir si

[22:33] au fil des IL n'y a pas. If there was not a purchasing of the renunciation of the right

[22:41] of the of the right of, of the right to to maintain the the ditch, the responsibility of

[22:51] the resident is very clear. They have the they have the responsibility to maintain

[22:57] their portion of the ditch. You're also asking me yesterday whether I was the owner of the

[23:04] servitude, and I just want to be clear on that answer. Monsieur le Maire, I have here

[23:10] a copy of my certificate localization for you, and it does show that I own the

[23:18] portion where the drainage ditch is located, just at the same respect with Hydro-Québec

[23:24] and the other tele wires that are crisscrossing in the back of the property. The

[23:32] responsibility of the resident is very clear. It's not like they can erect any.

[23:37] >> Mr. Gendron, we are 12 minutes of déja passé, so. >> Sur le terrain.

[23:54] >> Okay. Merci pour le question on a three year on the ensemble. Come, je expliqué say in.

[24:05] Travail beaucoup de neuf ou de. UN peu les ditch. De chez vous en la beaucoup sur le terrain,

[24:18] private and public pour la intended regard et tout savoir faire de voir. Les enjeux dans.

[24:31] Responsibility de la propriétaire ou la responsabilité de la ville. Je

[24:35] crois dans la parlez vous avez expliqué dans le loir et le droit de les oeuvres, les

[24:42] forces bloquée madame en vacances. La semaine prochaine de la question on a vraiment au

[24:54] courant in the situation of Boulevard sur Sunnyside, je pense qui be Sunnyside pas to a

[25:04] Pointe Claire. Vraiment on on the. On the. To regard the preferred evaluation measure

[25:13] necessary. Active be. On. On vous en réponse dans cette. Mais pour de deux the kinds of

[25:28] of. The kind of part on the travail sur les dossiers comme oubliez pas perdus on. I intend

[25:37] to travel. >> Okay. Les. >> Documentation, madame. Missy.

[25:57] It's going to be one of those nights. Forget people's names. >> John McCusker.

[26:11] >> Mister mayor, Council. Good evening, good evening. I represent myself, I guess, in

[26:18] this case. So I own 60 donegani in Pointe Claire. Yeah, obviously Pointe Claire. And we

[26:26] just finished a conversion project on the second floor from commercial to residential.

[26:30] So mixed usage, which I believe last year was for Lands to parks I was here for and so

[26:37] forth. So I'm kind of spearheading this. I asked for a simple permit. I had an

[26:44] answer today just to build a shed in the back. So an eight by 12 shed, not a garage and so

[26:49] forth. And it was brought to my attention that we don't have the required space to do so. So

[26:57] I have roughly 600ft² in the back property, sizable area under normal residential

[27:06] margins or limits. There would be no problem to put a shed of that size respecting the

[27:11] margins. But it was brought to my attention that they can't even consider the request

[27:16] because the building, even though it's mixed usage, falls within the zoning CV7, which is

[27:22] strictly commercial. So as you know, in the village, there's a good portion of commercial. But

[27:28] I believe also the intention was to push forward for mixed usage and so forth to encourage

[27:33] more residential space. So I believe I could be correct, incorrect, but I believe I'm

[27:39] the first to do it. And obviously bringing bicycles because residential, you have

[27:46] things like garden hoses, you have lawnmowers, you have tools. I think everybody here probably

[27:50] has a garden shed. I'd like to put up a shed. I'd like to put my bicycle out of the rain and

[27:56] so forth. And right now, legally, the way the zoning is, I can't do it under residential

[28:04] normal conditions, no problem. But because I'm commercial, even though I'm mixed usage and

[28:08] there's a residential component of about 40 to 50%, I'm not allowed, but I'm allowed to put

[28:15] my bicycles and everything else and put a nice blue Home Depot tarp over it, and it looks like

[28:20] hell and have it floating around. But I can't build a shed. So I kind of feel that

[28:25] perhaps the city could start looking. The fact that the reality is the zoning is

[28:30] changing, or the reality is you want more residential, and it's not strictly a commercial usage.

[28:37] The village, it has a commercial component. I'm one of them. But there is a new

[28:41] reality coming, hopefully more and more. But I think the zoning or the bylaws should be

[28:49] adapted. Personal opinion now, so I'll make a quick. >> No, no.

[28:54] >> You said, you know, go to minor exemption and we'll study it. I pay taxes, I pay over

[29:01] $37,000 to you guys. Should I pay another $8,900 for a minor exemption that could be looked

[29:06] at, or that when I think personally that the bylaw should be looked at, and

[29:10] perhaps the reality going forward of the village and the component, what we want should

[29:14] be looked at to allow more flexibility. I didn't have time to reach out to anybody else,

[29:20] because I got this at 345 today and I said, oh, Council tonight, I'm coming to talk about it. So.

[29:25] >> Oh, great. You know what? >> You're ready for consideration.

[29:28] >> You're at the right place. And we're both here. We're here as obviously your.

[29:31] >> Counselor or anybody. But I'm saying, you know, if the reality is changing, it's a

[29:36] shed. >> I agreed. So can we. We can get in touch with you. I'd like

[29:40] to have this conversation conversation with you in. >> The office, and I'm sure

[29:44] Kelly knows. >> Right. So we'll take care of it. We'll get in touch in the

[29:48] next couple of days. >> Appreciate your time. >> And you brought some valid

[29:51] points. And we have to adopt them. We have to change. So let's take a look at it.

[29:56] >> It was unreasonable. I'm not looking for an in-ground pool. No, a shed would be nice for

[30:00] certain things. But thank you folks. >> Thank you for your comments.

[30:03] Great. Thank you. >> Susan Weaver. >> Okay. I don't you already

[30:11] talked about this in your opening statement, but I don't want to be redundant, but I

[30:15] want to read what I wrote. Okay. So at the last council meeting, Councilor Swidsinski spoke

[30:21] about a first draft bylaw concerning the maintenance of buildings. He disagreed with

[30:26] the wording and finds this should have been discussed and rectified in a caucus meeting

[30:32] rather than a council meeting. I understand that the councilor was given ten minutes to speak,

[30:37] but he could have easily got his message across in five. In my opinion, ten minutes is

[30:43] inefficient, too long and allows for political grandstanding. Will Council

[30:47] consider reducing the time limit for councilors to speak? And my second question, or

[30:55] whatever it is, in the same speech, the councilor mentioned 80 year old women being

[31:01] targeted by this draft bylaw. Anyone, no matter the gender or age, can be vulnerable. The

[31:08] description met my profile and I told someone that when the meeting had ended, I must speak

[31:13] out for my demographics, but no one group should ever be targeted. Maybe that was not

[31:19] the intention, but please consider your wording the next time.

[31:25] >> Thank you, Mrs. Weaver. I'll get to your first question about reducing the time. So we

[31:29] already did. When the bylaw was adopted, it was originally 50 minutes. We reduced it to ten.

[31:35] And that was the council decision. And we're happy with ten right now. And as far as

[31:41] your other comments, we're looking at the bylaw. It was unclear. The wording was maybe

[31:49] misconceived or whatever, but that's why we're looking at it. And all your comments will be

[31:53] taken into consideration. And moving forward. We're going to, like I said earlier, make it

[31:57] right. All right. >> Thank you. Given that I was named, I think I get to respond

[32:01] to that. >> Sure. If you. >> Like, though.

[32:04] >> I just want to be very clear. First of all, I practice as a notary for 13 years. I think I

[32:10] take my responsibility to scrutinize legislation seriously, and it's a lot more

[32:15] complicated to talk about a complicated piece of legislation than it is to get

[32:19] up and, you know, like attack somebody from the microphone, you know, requires a greater

[32:24] degree of work to do that. And second of all, in terms of the examples for people that I use,

[32:30] these are real people that I know in my district, some of them I've known my entire life.

[32:35] So it's not grandstanding. These are real people. Thank you.

[32:40] >> Okay. Next. >> Michelle. Sharon. >> Hi. Good evening. I, I'm

[32:51] actually want to talk about the maintenance and building and heritage movable bylaw. My

[32:56] concern my question is, is the powers that are being given to the inspector that can, at any

[33:02] reasonable time, can come into our domestic homes. And then why, why do I have to heat my

[33:10] house to 21 degrees? How does it bother anybody if my house is at 19 degrees while I'm

[33:18] sleeping and 21 when I'm awake? And if there's a paint chip outside that suddenly I can be

[33:25] threatened with a $5,000 fine. While the city of Montreal. The fines are for heritage

[33:32] buildings, and it's $1,000, and that every day that I don't fix it, I am. I can be fined daily.

[33:38] So I feel that as a citizen that we are being the potential for abuse, which I spoke about

[33:47] in the town hall meeting. And so I'm very concerned about this bylaw. And I think that

[33:54] all the citizens of Pointe-Claire should be very concerned that the powers that

[33:59] are being given to an inspector and the abuse that can happen if somebody wants to, to to

[34:09] give you a $5,000 fine, and then subsequent up to up to, what, $25,000, I think it is. I

[34:16] mean, come on. >> So do you want me to answer? So a couple of things. The

[34:22] spirit of the law is that's not the intent of the spirit of the law. We didn't write.

[34:26] >> I've read it. I've read. >> It as far as when you when you go to talking about keeping

[34:31] your house at 21 degrees, it's not what it says. He says you have to have a heating system

[34:36] in your house to be able to maintain a temperature of 21 degrees. And if your house is

[34:41] vacant, you have to have a heating system in place to be able to maintain, I believe, a

[34:45] temperature of ten degrees. The equipment has to be able to do it doesn't mean you have to

[34:50] keep it at that. >> But can I can I read the sentence? Yeah.

[34:53] >> The whole. >> Must be capable of maintaining in each room of a

[34:57] building or a heritage immovable, used for residential purposes. A minimum ambient

[35:01] temperature of 21°C, measured at the center of the room at the height of one meter above

[35:07] floor level. This obligation remains in effect except in the event of an emergency

[35:12] determined by a designated officer or by emergency services, including the fire

[35:17] department. >> So, at the very beginning of the paragraph, it says you have

[35:20] to have the equipment to be able to maintain. We don't have to keep it up anyway. I'm not

[35:25] going to get into all the what we're doing right now on. You brought some very good points

[35:29] to the table. Obviously it's unclear. We all interpret it differently. So that is why

[35:33] exactly why it's not on the agenda tonight. We're going to rewrite it. The legal

[35:37] department will rewrite it and it will be in terminology and clear as far as inspectors by

[35:41] law, inspectors are not allowed even by any law. They're not allowed to come into your house.

[35:46] Maybe that's what it says in there. That's how you interpret it. We are going to change that.

[35:51] Okay. We're going to make it so it's clear we didn't write it. We, we, we, we presented it.

[35:55] It's here on the floor in order to get questions and concerns. And now we understand how

[36:00] unclear it is. So we're going to make it right. And when it comes back you'll be able to

[36:04] comment on it again. So your comments are legit comments. >> And thank you. So how will I

[36:09] know when when the rewrite will. >> Be so when the rewrite will be done? I've asked the legal

[36:14] department, can we post it 15 days before on our Facebook, put it out on our make the

[36:19] public aware of it. Normally you would come to a public meeting and it would be on that

[36:23] table and we'd be adopting it that night. That's the process. That's just the process. I've

[36:28] asked, can we make the process once it's written? Can we make it public 15, 20 days before

[36:33] let the people read it, let them comment on it. Come to the public meeting. You'll be well

[36:37] aware of what it says, and we'll move on forward from there. So we will make it as

[36:42] accessible as possible. We have nothing to hide in this. The government asked us to adopt it

[36:46] by April 1st. Obviously, we're behind and I don't care if it takes us another two months to

[36:52] do it. We'll get done when we feel comfortable with it. >> I'd like to thank my

[36:56] district, Andrew, for for everything that he's done for this, because I wouldn't have

[37:02] known anything was going on except for you. So I thank you very much. Anyways. Thank you.

[37:09] >> Comment on on just on on the interpretation. No, no. >> No thank you. I think it's

[37:16] clear. I think we're good. >> It's just it's a simple statement to help clarify is

[37:24] that many of us had concerns about some things in there. The Quebec Charter of Freedoms is a

[37:31] quasi constitutional. Document which supersedes any municipal bylaws, which is basically you

[37:40] cannot enter a home without warrant or consent. So that needed to be further explained

[37:45] as well. But even the way it's written now, it falls under the Quebec Charter of Human Rights.

[37:51] So you would need you could refuse, but it definitely needs to be made more clear in the in

[37:56] the bylaw. >> Thank you. Eric. Okay. Next. >> Sheila Larsen.

[38:11] >> Oh. >> Good evening. >> Good evening. First, I'm

[38:13] really glad to hear that there were so many people that came out to the town hall meetings.

[38:18] Unfortunately, in my sector, it was on Sunday morning and I am active in my church and I

[38:24] couldn't go. I would have been there if it was any other day of the week actually. So. But

[38:30] that is good to hear. Two months or so ago, I was at this same microphone and I asked a

[38:37] question about the public consultation process that happened almost two years ago

[38:43] now. I participated with hundreds of fellow citizens, and we had wonderful sessions

[38:51] that were led by a consulting firm of discussing what was important to us about the

[38:58] character of Pointe-Claire for the Future Urban Plan. What was the character, the values, the

[39:04] green space, etc. And in every session that I was in, every four of the five, there was

[39:13] unanimity, not total agreement, but the values were very well expressed about what people

[39:20] want to keep in the character of Pointe-Claire. My time at the microphone was to ask when

[39:27] we were going to have the results, when were we going to? The citizens who participated

[39:32] in this get to hear what the recommendations were. And you said, they're coming, they're

[39:38] coming. Just be patient. They're coming. And so then I was shocked when I read about

[39:46] two projects that had been pulled out of the freeze and were going to be put into place

[39:53] in Pointe-Claire. I don't remember either of those areas being in any of the discussions

[40:01] during that public consultation series. So my my question is mainly the Barbie barn. I

[40:08] happen to come in and well, that was going on. So I know what's planned there. While I'm

[40:15] happy to hear there's going to be some affordable housing built 14% of 239 or whatever

[40:21] isn't that much, but it helps. However, the one that really concerns me is the one that's

[40:27] going to be done in the parking lot in front of Moe's and right beside the medical building

[40:33] that I go to, and where last weekend, for example, that parking lot was full. And what

[40:40] do I discover? There's going to be maybe a 17 story hotel built there. So I have a few

[40:47] questions. Why there? Why a hotel? Because it seems to me we have Hotel Alley all along

[40:56] the 40, and I really don't see that many people coming and staying in our hotels. But I

[41:03] could be wrong because I'm not in the business and I don't know about our our hotel rates,

[41:08] but I don't think we need a hotel there. And if there is a hotel there, where will they

[41:16] park? Where will anybody park? Because that parking lot was full. So I was dismayed about

[41:23] discovering something that I've been told we would find out about soon. And I have those

[41:28] questions about the particular way the the council is going. >> So I'll start with the the

[41:37] first part of your question about when is the plan? When are you going to see all the

[41:42] comments that people have made over the last couple of years? We've been asking the same

[41:47] question. They're in the process of writing it and putting the words into bylaws

[41:51] and into into a proposition, into a master plan that will all be seeing at council before

[41:57] the fall. But any project that's being looked at that let's take the Barbie bar, for

[42:04] instance. That project was brought to the council in 2022. It's been worked on for the

[42:08] last 2 or 3 years, taking into consideration what I've been told, even though there's an

[42:14] RCI, there's a freeze there. When they're looking at those projects, they're using what

[42:19] the what the people discussed in those consultations in the last two years, more green

[42:24] space parking type of building. There's a lot of things they heard around that table were

[42:30] proposed to that developer when he developed the designed that building. Even though the

[42:35] master plan hasn't been adopted, they used that as a tool to get more than what our actual

[42:40] bylaws are looking at. As far as the hotel on Saint John's Road, what we did last month

[42:47] was on that particular property. It is zoned conditional use. In the conditional use bylaw.

[42:52] There's a list of things you could do there. Okay, 5060 different. But when the owner

[43:02] wants to add something to it, he has to council and say, in my condition, that conditional

[43:07] bylaw, I can do a hotel, I can do this. So I'd like to move forward, look at a hotel. We

[43:13] have to. Okay. Go ahead. Move forward with the hotels. We were we were approving that he

[43:19] goes forward with looking at putting a hotel there. We have not seen a finalized plan.

[43:25] There's a whole plan for that whole that whole shopping center. I can give you an

[43:30] example. This is going to be moving out of there. So the parking lot was full, but it's

[43:35] going to roll these fills the parking lot twice a day. So, you know, if a hotel ends up

[43:40] going there, nobody's talked about the height. So you heard 17 stories. That's great. Maybe

[43:43] we maybe we have no idea. We haven't. There's been no discussion about height, but

[43:49] that that area is going to it's going to change. The shopping center is going to change. It's

[43:54] not just adding a hotel into the corner. There'll be other things happening in there. And

[43:58] we'll see that plan when he gets there. Now that he knows that, yes, we're willing to

[44:02] look at that and then he'll start moving his plans forward. And then you'll have to work

[44:06] with urban planning and the park committee, and then they'll make a proposal.

[44:10] >> So do I gather it was one that had been given or presented to council before the

[44:16] freeze as well. So it was. How come now? >> Because even there's a

[44:21] freeze, you. We are allowed. And we have to. We can look at plans, we can look at any

[44:27] project. Even though there's a freeze. You can't stop somebody from depositing a set of plans

[44:31] or making a request. You cannot stop them. And that's urban planning is a situation, not

[44:35] ours. So they do what they have to do, and then they come to council and say, okay, we've

[44:39] got this plan or we got this request deposited. What do you want? What do you want to do

[44:44] with this? And that's how the process works. So they're following the process. That's

[44:48] all they're doing right now. And Barbie Barn, they followed the process and it's in the

[44:52] since the the all those consultations two years back, there's also been a new map

[44:57] that's been adopted. And the two, the new Piedmont, especially in the Tod area,

[45:03] dictates the number of doors per hectare and everything else. So the Barbie barn is within

[45:07] one kilometer of a. So that says you need 300 doors per hectare. So how do you put 300

[45:13] doors per hectare? You understand. So that's why this is how all these things. It's

[45:17] not us sitting here saying, oh, we want that. No, there's there's a process we have to

[45:21] follow. And urban planning follows it. And they go through all the steps and then we see

[45:25] it at the end of it. But there's a, there's a and that's how it gets to where it is. All

[45:31] right. >> Thank you. I probably wouldn't have contested so much

[45:34] if it was housing, affordable housing. So instead of a hotel. >> So yeah. And, but just going

[45:39] to the affordable housing thing just because we're all learning, right? So the Barbie barn

[45:44] project, if you look at the numbers that slide they showed and the rent was, I think 1049

[45:50] 1099. Okay. So when you're doing affordable housing, CMHC says, okay, you have to be 10%

[45:56] lower than whatever the market rate in your area. And it's based on the average salary of

[46:00] the area. Okay. But that particular project did because the, the program that they've

[46:05] applied for with CMHC, they have to use the average salary, I think, of Montreal. So the

[46:11] average salary of Montreal is much lower than the average salary of Pointe-Claire. So

[46:15] that's why you got a unit of $1,099 versus 1450, whatever the lucky number is. Okay. So

[46:22] that's so that already is a bonus. They have to pay because they're in the Tod just to

[46:28] advance the tax, you have to pay the rent is $4.2 million. So that's $17,000 a door. The

[46:35] developer has to pay to the REM. So that adds cost to it, to right to the project. And they

[46:41] added on nine other doors because we asked them to increase the density, not the

[46:46] increase the affordable housing. So they added on nine more doors and they based that on

[46:50] the average price in Pointe Claire, because they're already $4.3 million behind the ball

[46:55] because they're in a REM sector, you understand? So they made it work and they, you know, it has

[47:00] to work financially for everybody. So I, you know, that's, that's how they got

[47:04] those numbers. All right. >> Thank you. Thank you. I'll be following it.

[47:08] >> Thank you. >> Yeah. >> Can I just add also that any

[47:14] new project must maintain the parking requirement for whatever is left behind. So if

[47:22] anything does occur in this project, the existing commercial that will remain

[47:28] must provide the minimum number of parking for that commercial space. So there should never be

[47:33] any overlapping or loss of parking spots. >> Thank you. Next.

[48:06] >> Point for viewpoint. Claire. Alors Q. Qui sont l'heure actuelle de construir des

[48:19] edifices ou les edifices qui doivent construire le lors de la derniere rencontre de

[48:27] district qu'on NE mais passé quelque chose avec la construction ou Fairview Pointe

[48:35] Claire. Quelques un moment donné sa vie en contrepartie sa vie, et les permis ont été mis

[48:41] en contra de durée de stationnement, qui vont conseillé alors comment sa

[48:48] régler, on peut pas comme on IL. >> Exactement. Voir la construction les.

[49:04] >> De construction. >> Pour le rem. >> We. Les deux ou trois

[49:19] construire. >> La. >> Construire ou Fairview

[49:34] Pointe Claire. >> On demand dans la zona de la. C, la. Plus or West Fairview.

[50:02] La la rem rem annually le. Fairview EA0. Okay zero Boulevard de source you a

[50:19] Fairview EA0 la ville de Pointe Claire se a new la rem. En la. La remeron negotiations avec

[50:34] Fairview pour utilisée a morceau de partie de Fairview, mais pas a new en avec la

[50:44] demande de demande de his boss. Come on. Savoir. Nous. En dehors de Fairview dans les

[51:01] Fairview, on a no parking avec de maison pour voir le droit de la rue, Sino. So they plan to

[51:13] rem right on the Fairview. La qualité de vie. So on the. It could see. Like this with me.

[51:25] Beaucoup de justement la. Beaucoup porte. Claire beaucoup chose a beaucoup.

[51:44] >> Des especes de la ville de Pointe-Claire aussi est concernée la.

[51:51] >> Ville de Kirkland, monsieur qui qui vive but see sur la santé de la Kirkland. Pour voir

[52:00] for me la Kirkland, la ville de Kirkland a faire. The list, I say, is possible just on. Plus

[52:10] de. On a par. Fairview. La petite negotiators chose a new. >> Difficile pour nous une pour

[52:32] faire des pour protester alors comment on peut faire des pression fairview on a besoin

[52:38] de. >> Plus l RTM. The mayor prefer utilisé pour la m plus on a

[52:49] utilisé le rem. La p. On besoin de sa a West Island on a. With me. On a sur la. So. I regulate.

[53:16] >> La deuxieme question. Plus facile. Entre des adjustments de Tobias de Tobias et. De la

[53:32] en la mais. Vous la alors entre deux entre un par exemple et c'est de field. Du autobus qui

[53:46] sont ajouté. Mais entre les intersections et c'est sa don ces Somerville Gardens qui vont

[53:55] donné sur la de Tobias. Mais sur Saint Jean. Les deux se font face, mais qui prévu

[54:05] éventuellement qui est un corridor pour pouvoir traverser d'un coté d'un coté et l'autre

[54:13] de l'autre coté de Saint Jean, IL peut savoir ou parce qu'il vous avez.

[54:19] >> Pour referred to Boulevard Saint. Jean May se. Pour la sécurité et short term probably

[54:33] may focus on regards réponse. Merci beaucoup. >> Ken Lyons.

[54:45] >> Good evening. >> Good evening. >> I put in a a request for

[54:52] fixing the sidewalk in front of 242 Hymas that's where they put up a a new building part of the

[55:01] Q one West. The sidewalk has been demolished since last fall. It forces the pedestrians to

[55:09] walk on the street. It was all muddy in the springtime. In the winter time. It was not even

[55:15] cleared, and the manhole cover was upside down on the lid and nothing has been done. I can

[55:23] understand there's construction and all that, but complete disregard for the pedestrians

[55:28] to me is unacceptable. Why do we have to put up with that? >> I don't think we'll we'll

[55:34] send somebody tomorrow, Mr. Gibbard. We'll take send somebody tomorrow. We'll take a

[55:38] look at it and we'll. We'll take the necessary measures. >> As I said, I, I put in the

[55:43] request, you know, like requests for work. >> You're now you're requesting

[55:47] it right here. We're going to react tomorrow. Okay. We'll get back to you. We'll react

[55:51] tomorrow. >> Because as I said, it's it's quite long and it's not, it's

[55:54] not very nice on, on a positive side, I like the work that public, the patching work that

[56:01] the public works have done on Saint-Jean at Sedgefield. Perfect. Beautiful work. I hope

[56:10] it's going to continue on to Douglas Shand, because it's not in the same status by far.

[56:16] >> Thank you very much. We have your contact information. We'll get in touch with you about the

[56:22] sidewalk. Thank you. >> Jennifer. >> Hi. Good evening. Good

[56:33] evening. So first of all, regarding the new bylaw, I realize that it is a draft. I

[56:40] spent a lot of time this week reaching out to several organizations like the tableau

[56:46] de Cartier West, West de Lille, the CS. I also took a look at the census information for

[56:55] Pointe-Claire Stats Canada, information that I. Because I reread the the bylaw, I

[57:03] highlighted things. I'm really, really concerned that I. And I realize it's a draft. I realize

[57:10] that it's going to be redone. I am going to send you the links to the information that I do

[57:16] have. There are over. In 2023, there were over 780 homes, households in Pointe-Claire

[57:24] that were living below the poverty line. So or at needing housing needs. Okay. A lot of

[57:33] these people probably it's probably more now we're in 2026, the house, the price of oil for

[57:40] heating homes. A lot of the homes in Pointe-Claire are still using oil. So again, a

[57:45] lot of the expenses have gone up. I'm sure that the number is bigger than that. The the three

[57:53] things in the in the draft that were really concerning were, number one, the fines, they

[57:58] were very disproportionate. Number two, the right for inspectors to enter the home

[58:04] without no notice. I realize, I realize that's good if it's written there. I think that it

[58:11] shouldn't be written there. If that's the case and it's not the intention, it shouldn't be

[58:15] written in the bylaw. Clear and concise. It needs to be. And there needs to be, leaving no

[58:21] chance for the abuse of people that are in a compromising position. I'm going to fight

[58:27] that, and I'm going to make sure that people there are organizations that will back me

[58:33] in a fight to make sure that the bylaw is just. I would like, if possible, if we can look at

[58:40] considering splitting the maintenance and the abandoned homes, I think they're two very

[58:45] different things. I think it could be two very interesting bylaws. I don't think a $5,000

[58:51] fine on an abandoned house that's going to sell for 1.5 million when it's rebuilt. They

[58:57] don't give a crap about a $5,000 bill, $5,000 fine on a on a person that's 80 years old

[59:06] can put them out of their home eventually. Okay. So, so that was the that was the first

[59:12] thing. And I, again, I realize it's a draft bylaw. I don't think that a draft bylaw should

[59:17] have been out, been put out there without proper consideration for all of the

[59:22] constituents in the city. And there are huge amounts of people that this could affect

[59:26] single mothers, elderly single fathers. There's a lot of them in Pointe Claire, you might not

[59:32] know that, but I'll send you the statistics. >> I know all about that. And

[59:35] again, the the intent of the spirit of the law, the way it was written, maybe it's unclear,

[59:40] maybe it's being interpreted. We didn't write it. >> So I read the bill a couple

[59:44] of times. We're going to keep saying the spirit of the bill. Your spirit of the bill does

[59:48] not matter. What is written in paper legally. To cover the constituents is what's

[59:54] important. So I would ask that you make special consideration to take a good look at what's

[59:59] written there, because I don't care about the spirit. >> We will.

[1:00:02] >> You you will be listened to, and everybody that's commented will be listened to. We don't

[1:00:07] have to fight. We're going to write it together so that it's acceptable to everybody.

[1:00:12] Understand that's that's what we're what we're doing that we're consulting and we're

[1:00:15] going to make it right. And we'll take the time we need to make it right.

[1:00:19] >> All right. >> Perfect. The other thing I just quick, quick, because I

[1:00:22] have four seconds terracotta, lots of noise there this weekend. Lots of the wood chips

[1:00:26] and the dirt were put again right behind the the townhouses again in the double parking lot.

[1:00:32] Nobody blocked off those two spaces with no parking signs. So citizens had to go around

[1:00:38] these beautiful porches that were parked there to go drag their wood chips in between two

[1:00:45] porches to get to the back of their car. If we're going to use that area, we have to make

[1:00:50] sure that it's accessible to the people. Okay. >> Thank you.

[1:00:54] >> Thank you. Have a great night. >> Caroline Atwell.

[1:01:05] >> Good evening. Good evening. >> Mr. Mayor. I'll ask my question first. I'd like you

[1:01:12] guys to consider banning door to door solicitation. Reason. I looked it up on the website, so

[1:01:22] I checked everything. It went back to 1997, almost 30 years. Mayor Knox brought in a

[1:01:30] procedure that if you want to go door to door, the companies, they have to apply for a permit.

[1:01:36] They have to go through public security, get a lanyard with the photograph. They have to do

[1:01:44] it within a certain times. Okay, so they come to your door. Can I see? First thing I asked,

[1:01:51] where is your lanyard? Nobody has identified. It's always here. Check my phone. Well,

[1:01:57] anybody can modify it on the phone. So they're supposed to have it. So next thing I do,

[1:02:04] phone public security. At one point a few years ago, because I do check our website from

[1:02:11] time to time, we did see that if you go under public security, it tells you different

[1:02:18] companies that are working in the area selling. They don't have that anymore. It was taken

[1:02:23] out and when I phoned public security, they say, well, it's the legal department that

[1:02:29] issues it and they tell us who's going around. So it's not very safe, especially for

[1:02:36] seniors. I'm a junior senior myself, not senior senior. But, you know, it's it's like I had

[1:02:43] some and it's like young kids that are selling as well. Sure. I understand sales. I'm not

[1:02:50] insulting any salespeople. They have to learn. Yes, but they sometimes get quite insistent

[1:02:56] and not take no for an answer. The kid from Bell came and Bell is like verboten at my house.

[1:03:05] You cannot come near. So when I said no, he said no, I have to tell you about this. No, get

[1:03:11] off my property. Leave. So now you have to phone public security. So would you please

[1:03:17] consider banning permit? No permit, banning door to door solicitation, please. And thank

[1:03:24] you. >> Thank you. >> And one comment I'd like to

[1:03:28] do is find out why we don't have that list of who who has permits in the area. So you can

[1:03:33] go and check that out. That'd be a good start. Why we stop that. We'll look into that and

[1:03:38] the other conversation will take place in caucus another time.

[1:03:41] >> Yeah. >> But if we stopped it completely, especially folks

[1:03:43] that work at home don't have time to get up and answer the door. So that means little

[1:03:48] Johnny is doing it. Sorry, no offense to you. So that's what I'm saying, you know, so we

[1:03:54] don't have to be disturbed. >> Thank you. >> Daniel Monti.

[1:04:04] >> Yeah. Okay, let's be fair. Let's be good. >> That's what. The backstop.

[1:04:38] Winthrop. Westcliff. Monsieur. Rest. S yes. So. See? Merci. >> Merci beaucoup. Merci

[1:05:25] beaucoup. >> En francais, monsieur. Les autres. Le tout le monde.

[1:05:46] >> He's consistent. Bon soir. >> Does. Does does. La direction générale qu'on NE pas

[1:06:09] besoin de NE pas droit de celebrar de l'avance pour félicité, c'est lui. Monsieur.

[1:06:29] Des gens de la ville des architectes. Villeneuve, qui ont travail sur. Des

[1:06:40] renovations. Saint Louis et puis moi et. A un point avancées pour le moulin. Mais

[1:07:08] monsieur, monsieur le sage était entendu. De trois dollars rendu ou avec le deuxieme volée.

[1:07:23] Adaptée pour des. Dioceses include a solicitor pour sa merci.

[1:07:38] >> Pour le Moulin. De la ville de Pointe-Claire, son et le gouvernement de Québec on

[1:07:47] demand, an application for PEAP. Patrimoine Society patrimony heritage de Pointe Claire. You

[1:07:56] have to play twice on mill on bank. You don't. Oh, see me, Monsieur le sage de trois.

[1:08:08] Point 1 million comme la ville. Nous. NE me. Pour les enfants. Load shows a reglement pour les.

[1:08:24] But. Touchet diocese PAGQ. We see a couple of what they adaptations on the Diocese de

[1:08:40] la p to the convent. Okay. Next. >> Oh. >> Gary Carr.

[1:08:59] >> Good evening everyone. I'll be very quick. A year ago from April, I brought up the issue

[1:09:06] of Hymas and still view. So what's the situation on that? And if there's anything

[1:09:12] starting when. >> It's an ongoing story, it comes up the traffic committee.

[1:09:16] Every month we discuss it. Now we have a we told you we were going to move the line over to

[1:09:21] make the. Now we're waiting for some authorization from another level of government to do

[1:09:25] something. I can't remember what the whole story was. The street. Anyway, it's. We're

[1:09:29] we're. It's work in progress. Everybody's on it. Public security's on it. Every time we

[1:09:33] we find a solution, we want to implement it. Then we find another little problem. We have

[1:09:37] to get other permission from somebody. But yes, we're it's ongoing and we're we're taking

[1:09:43] it again. We're looking at it and working on it really, really hard.

[1:09:47] >> Okay. Because I'm sensing two high rise buildings are just about finished. And right

[1:09:52] now the traffic flow is very, very heavy. You had work today done by whoever company that

[1:10:00] narrowed down one lane on the corner of Hymas. Yeah. And there was a backlog of cars

[1:10:06] right up to almost Elkton. So when those buildings get full, you're going to have problems.

[1:10:13] Thank you. >> You're very welcome. >> Thank you.

[1:10:18] >> Nasal. Debbie. >> Good evening. >> Good evening.

[1:10:26] >> First, I have a positive question. How come since more than five months now we don't

[1:10:34] have a city manager and we have already a gentleman here doing all the good job for us. Are

[1:10:42] you? >> Well, because there's a process. So when we had to go

[1:10:46] through whole process, we had to post a job. Mr. Gerard was was put, he was the assistant

[1:10:51] director before then. We put him in the interim director general. But there's a process

[1:10:56] we have to go through, so we have to give him a chance to settle in, do some work, then

[1:11:01] we have to post it. We have to give opportunities to other people to apply. They have to

[1:11:05] go through the interview process. Then there's many, many steps. We expediate as

[1:11:09] fast as we could, but there's a process because of all the rules and hiring. So so that's

[1:11:13] why tonight it's on the agenda. >> Okay? Because I live here for 33 years and I, he's belong

[1:11:20] is doing very good job in French and English. >> We'll find out tonight. He's

[1:11:26] doing a good job or not. >> No. >> 16.2 I think.

[1:11:31] >> Okay. >> If it's. >> If it's happened,

[1:11:34] congratulations for you. And I wish you doing really good job. Better than the one before.

[1:11:40] >> Whoa whoa whoa whoa. That's not nice. That's not nice. Okay, next.

[1:11:46] >> I want to follow up about three questions I ask, not me. Too many people ask about the

[1:11:53] first one, about stopping the burning, the the wood and all that, the pollution for our

[1:12:01] health and for the environment. >> Let me ask you that right away. So I'll save you some

[1:12:07] time. Eric Storch, Bruno Tremblay, and some people from the city have sat down. They've

[1:12:11] written, they looked at all the data. They're writing a bylaw. We're going to come up with new

[1:12:16] regulations. You'll be made aware in the near future. >> We can you let me finish the

[1:12:21] three things. The second one is we said when you have when you prove any any project, you have

[1:12:30] to put it in the website with the cost and with the plan. So we know what is going on with

[1:12:37] it. The third one is for the car shelter in in winter. To give option to old people, to

[1:12:47] able to choose the three thing when you're going to have those. >> So like I said, the

[1:12:53] fireplace bylaw, we we started working on it. Mrs. Haley asked for. We started working on

[1:12:57] about 3 or 4 months ago, Mr. Storch, I believe. And they've been working. They've had

[1:13:01] regular meetings. They're trying to. That's coming. The. The temple request is something

[1:13:07] that we have to discuss at council. It's. We're looking at all kinds of new bylaws and

[1:13:12] regulations and stuff. And that will be a discussion. And we've had that discussion every year.

[1:13:17] It's always been no, no, no, no, no, it's going to be. But we're going to come out with a one.

[1:13:22] What one councilor suggested was one. We do a survey survey of the whole city on all these

[1:13:26] different topics. And then the city wide survey is then. And take that data and use it in

[1:13:33] our in our in our in our decision process. That's one possibility. And the third

[1:13:37] thing was the fireplace or the wood stoves, the tempos and. The what? Oh, yes. Documents on

[1:13:48] the website. Sorry. So we've talked about that many times and it hasn't gone unheard. But

[1:13:53] it's a again, it's the communication department. All these guys have to do that.

[1:13:58] It's just it's just they're overwhelmed right now with everything. There's just too

[1:14:01] much work and it's in it's been noted, it's on the list, but we just haven't got to it yet. And

[1:14:06] that's the honest truth. There's just too many things happening.

[1:14:09] >> Okay. All right. The second question, please. This is double standard when you

[1:14:13] penalize people because they don't able to renovate their house because they are all the

[1:14:22] cost of living went so high. So they can't able to do that. And the fixed income and the city

[1:14:28] does double standard. When the city didn't do their job since the 1950s and 60 for the sewer

[1:14:35] and drain and cause us thousands of dollars for renovation and clean up. And

[1:14:41] nothing happened for the city. US we have to pay penalty because we're not take care of

[1:14:47] the house. And the city went causing all the trouble for all of us. No, no, I'm just saying

[1:14:52] this double standard. I live in the city. All this old people. What, are you going to penalize

[1:14:57] them? They live in the city for maybe 40, 50 years. They pay all their taxes, and now you're

[1:15:03] going to penalize them because they are not able to to renovate their house. That's my

[1:15:08] comment. That's double standard. Please. We have to focus how to help each other, not to tear

[1:15:14] down each other. And also, I remind you, you all get elected with the resident of Montclair.

[1:15:20] So we have to all work together to make our life better. >> That's exactly what we've

[1:15:24] been saying. All night. We pulled that bylaw, we're adopting the bylaw, and we're

[1:15:28] listening to the people. We can't do more than we're doing everything that we're that

[1:15:32] everybody's asked us to do, right? That's why we're working together, which is why it's not

[1:15:36] on the agenda tonight. That's why when it's ready, people get to see it earlier. So nobody's

[1:15:41] going to pull anything faster. Nobody's going to lose their homes. Nobody's going to be

[1:15:45] thrown. It's not going to happen. That's what you believe. That's what you maybe read or

[1:15:49] what you hear. But that is not what's going to happen. Okay, I promise you. Okay. Thanks a lot.

[1:15:53] Thank you. And that comes from everybody in. >> The.

[1:15:56] >> City. >> Which. >> Will not happen.

[1:15:58] >> I'll be watching. >> You all watch. Watch all you want. Be part of the process.

[1:16:02] We're not taking any more questions on the on the bylaw for the maintenance. We've

[1:16:06] already taken four. So we're not going to talk about it. We're going to go okay.

[1:16:10] >> Go ahead. >> I see it says bylaws up for the maintenance bylaw. Okay.

[1:16:17] You want your time at this might go go. >> It's just has to do with the

[1:16:25] fireplace bylaw. Yeah. Will the same type of draft be presented so that we can look at it

[1:16:34] before it is adopted. Adopted, such as what happened with the maintenance.

[1:16:39] >> Absolutely. Absolutely. >> Okay. And when should we expect that draft?

[1:16:43] >> I would say in the next couple of months. I know there are you going to be ready for

[1:16:48] the fall? I think so, he said. >> I mean, the latest discussions were the first

[1:16:52] notice of motion to advise citizens should be happening, you know, the next 2 or 3

[1:16:56] months. That's where we're working as diligently as we can. As I said, there's a lot of

[1:17:00] files, the first draft bylaw. But our ultimate goal, you know, is to have it obviously in

[1:17:04] place for this winter. That would be the ultimate goal. >> Right?

[1:17:08] >> Right. But you. Yes, citizens, the first notice of motion advises citizen. The

[1:17:12] first draft by shows you the first draft bylaw. So you will see that prior to make the

[1:17:17] second adoption. And then based upon that, we go to a final, final vote.

[1:17:21] >> Okay. So that sounds good. Thank you. >> All right. Thank you.

[1:17:27] >> Hans Volstad. >> Good evening everyone. Good evening. As most of many of you

[1:17:44] know anyway, I'm quite preoccupied with the flooding and the terracotta village. We

[1:17:51] have a, I guess, a policy now to answer questions, questions that can't be answered in, in

[1:17:58] session or deferred till the month after. I ask questions two months ago that have not

[1:18:03] been answered here in Council. Though you did answer personally to myself.

[1:18:07] >> Though, right? You received the phone call? >> No, no, no, we met

[1:18:11] personally. We we. >> We met. >> We met personally on April

[1:18:16] 13th and we got the answers. But I thought nobody else did. So I thought maybe I would

[1:18:21] present those answers. I guess one of the questions I had is, when is the city going to

[1:18:26] complete the cleaning of the drain from Terracotta Avenue? As it stands now, the the pipe

[1:18:33] is blocked. It's blocked on the sea, on land. And I think the answer was, it's out of your

[1:18:40] control. You're going to continue doing the same thing you've been doing for four

[1:18:45] years, which is send emails to Cncp. >> No, we have we've got.

[1:18:50] >> Is there something new? Has there. >> An update? Let me just not

[1:18:54] eat up your time here. I was able to reach a CP two weeks ago. So we've been. They've.

[1:19:02] Which is good news. And we've been essentially in discussion. We. We're. If it wasn't today,

[1:19:09] it will be this week. We're admitting essentially a work order to. They're giving us the

[1:19:14] permission to go and clear out their end of the the block pipe. We're going to go through the

[1:19:18] the manhole that's on the bike path there. So as soon as I get a date, I can communicate with

[1:19:26] you exactly to that effect. That's on the CP portion. That's that's currently blocked

[1:19:31] between the railroad track and the city of Pointe-Claire portion.

[1:19:37] >> Okay, so that's one of the three problems. You also have blockage on the C CN land and

[1:19:44] on transport Quebec. >> On the CN. We've been trying to communicate. I haven't had a

[1:19:49] return yet. And on Transport Quebec, yes, we were able to. And thank you for the the

[1:19:53] information on that. They have replied back and they're looking into it on their end

[1:19:58] and we're supporting them in their efforts. But I haven't had a specific date. They're

[1:20:02] supposed to go check online to see what they can do in terms of intervention. As soon as I

[1:20:08] get a date of when they're going on, I'll once again, I can communicate with you.

[1:20:12] >> Yeah, they need to dig. So all right, on the other side, last council meeting, I asked

[1:20:19] questions about the just how, how you're being, how the benefits of this sponge park is

[1:20:27] being quantified. And you said you would come back this week and this this session and yeah,

[1:20:32] you answered yes, digging a big hole in the park is positive. Okay. I, I would like to see

[1:20:41] some real numbers though, in terms that I highlighted, that the volume of that sponge park

[1:20:46] holds about 2000m³ of water. That's equivalent to one millimeter of rain falling in

[1:20:53] the catchment area out of it. So 1%, the so still, I'm going to obsess over this. And just

[1:21:03] what are the numbers that support the the work that is being done there? All right.

[1:21:12] You also in the last council meeting, there's a lot of questions I, I requested the I

[1:21:18] requested the the tender documents that the contractors saw for the for the sponge park.

[1:21:24] I've had a chance to go over that. I have a long list of questions that obviously I

[1:21:29] can't bring up here. I was hoping I could bring that up at the information session. In the

[1:21:33] last council meeting I was told the information session would be in May. The information

[1:21:41] session turned out to be April 16th. When I heard that it was in May. I booked a trip so I

[1:21:47] couldn't make it to the the information session. So now I have a long list of questions.

[1:21:51] >> Well, you can make a request to meet with us and we'll sit down with you and go over it

[1:21:57] again. We have no issue with that. There's no problem, >> Okay, with people who can

[1:22:01] answer the questions. >> Oh yeah. >> Said people who were

[1:22:03] involved in the design. >> Whether engineering department and director general

[1:22:06] will sit down. There's no problem. >> All right.

[1:22:08] >> Call them. Book a book, an appointment. >> Do I book an appointment

[1:22:12] with you, Mr. Joel? Okay, okay. Thank you. And, oh, yeah. Mrs. Swidsinski, thank you very much,

[1:22:19] sir, for bringing up this. The issue of the potentially abusive nature of this

[1:22:25] renovation bylaw. I think without had you not done that, I think that might have been a

[1:22:30] bylaw that would have been rubber stamped. And. >> Thank you very much, sir.

[1:22:35] Thank you. Thank you. >> Judith P country. >> It should be corrected.

[1:22:43] That's terrible. >> Okay. >> Bonjour, Monsieur Mayor. Sir.

[1:22:55] We can je duvoisin qui ont subi sur la rue quelque chose. Dans la font par.

[1:23:08] >> Le vous etes sur. >> La rue. Saint Louis ou. >> Saint Louis. So la mayor

[1:23:18] peut faire si vous? >> Rapportée de vol dans le secteur?

[1:23:35] >> De la. OU dans les derniers mois, whatever it's going to be fair in in intervention. So.

[1:23:47] >> Comme dans les maisons. >> Okay. Okay. Good. Okay. So. For an intervention. Okay.

[1:24:01] Merci beaucoup. >> Dans les voitures ou parler de vol de personnes sur la

[1:24:08] personne. >> Okay. So we can. Auto queue. For a. Pour le chemin. De

[1:24:26] l'autre et. Les personnes qui sont pas a tout Vitesse. CE qui est arrivé this weekend dans

[1:24:34] mon sector proche de sector. Yeah. PC de plus en plus nous autour du monde depuis depuis

[1:24:47] qu'on est la est encore. Parce qu'ils NE vraiment du monde, qui les milieu de la rue qui

[1:24:55] Marche tout et trottoir pas tout vraiment comme un probleme depuis.

[1:25:07] >> Merci beaucoup. >> David Hawkins. >> Yes, hi. Good evening

[1:25:20] Council. Good evening everybody. So my name is David Hawkins. I'm representing myself, my

[1:25:26] organization and kind of the collection of organizations that are planning West Island

[1:25:30] Pride. In 2024, we held the first ever West Island Pride here in Pointe-Claire. And it

[1:25:35] was a really wonderful event. And it went off really successfully within the

[1:25:39] community. And last year, we again got offered through the city of Pointe-Claire to run

[1:25:44] West Island Pride in the city of Pointe-Claire. And over the course of several months, we

[1:25:51] encountered a lot of challenges that led to us, unfortunately, having to relocate the event on

[1:25:57] short notice because we were not able to get clear answers from Pointe-Claire on when,

[1:26:01] where and what spaces were available and things like that. And I was informed that the

[1:26:07] council was supposed to be discussing this event sometime in the near future. We had

[1:26:11] submitted the application back in February, and I was the person who was liaising with us

[1:26:18] at Public Works said that it was supposed to be brought up, and they should have answers

[1:26:23] kind of by the beginning of May for us. And so when I saw the agenda tonight and I saw that

[1:26:28] it still was not on the agenda, that raised some really big concerns for me, because I feel

[1:26:32] like we're going to get stuck in the exact same position where we were last year, where

[1:26:37] we said no to other cities, because Pointe-Claire had kind of confirmed a space to us. And

[1:26:41] then for months, we got the runaround and then got told, sorry, the space we told you

[1:26:45] you had, you don't have. And so I've got two questions. My very first question is, when can we

[1:26:50] expect to get a firm answer on date, time, location? If Pointe-Claire is going to work

[1:26:54] with us on this? And my second question is what's being done to, to ensure that kind of the

[1:27:00] things that happened with us and other organizations like us last year are not going to be

[1:27:05] repeated going forward, because it feels like we're still kind of stuck in that cycle.

[1:27:10] >> I'll have to look into what the Mister Award tomorrow, and we'll get back to you when we

[1:27:14] can possibly give you an answer back. I know we've heard about it. I know that you it's in the

[1:27:20] system. It hasn't come to our level yet. The council to discuss it. I just remember one

[1:27:25] thing. If I can say last year. I think your request was quite hefty. The equipment that was

[1:27:31] required, the number of tables, the number of tents, the number of chairs, the number

[1:27:34] generators, the number it is. There's a lot, a lot, a lot of stuff. And we we try to

[1:27:39] accommodate many, many associations. And I think last year I was not there, but I

[1:27:44] just heard about it once I got elected that we were overwhelmed. We just couldn't

[1:27:48] handle it, not because we didn't want to. Your request was too big.

[1:27:51] >> But if I if I may, when we spoke with the people at Public Works, they said, these are

[1:27:56] things we cannot do for you. And we said, that is okay. Knowing that info, we can

[1:28:00] resolve that and we can resolve that on our side. And we still got the runaround and then had

[1:28:05] to relocate the event. And I was approached even by multiple councilors from Pointe-Claire

[1:28:09] when we announced that we were changing venue to ask, hey, why? Why is it not happening in

[1:28:13] Pointe-Claire? We thought it was happening and we had to respond with confusion because

[1:28:18] we got a complete runaround from the city, and the councilors didn't seem to

[1:28:24] understand why that was happening either. >> You were in Beaconsfield

[1:28:26] last year, right. >> Out of out of necessity, yes. >> Okay. And then are you going

[1:28:31] did you try beacons? Do you have another option if it's not Pointe-Claire this.

[1:28:35] >> Year, what? We're trying to follow up with the cities, but one of the cities that actually

[1:28:39] was actively going to work with us last year, they felt a little bit burned by the fact

[1:28:44] that we went with Pointe-Claire and rejected their option, only to then decide to not do it in

[1:28:48] Pointe-Claire. >> Well, okay, we'll give you a call tomorrow because there's

[1:28:51] there's stuff going on here. We'll talk tomorrow. >> I would appreciate that.

[1:28:55] >> Because I won't be myself. It could be I could get somebody to take care of that.

[1:28:59] Okay. We'll get in touch with you. Alright. >> Thank you very much.

[1:29:02] >> Thank you. >> Yeah. I'm gonna take the. Yes article 36 intervention to,

[1:29:15] well, finish what I had to say about the maintenance and occupancy bylaw, but also

[1:29:19] respond to some other points about it that have been raised. So the fundamental problem with

[1:29:25] the bylaw is that it doesn't just protect heritage buildings and target negligent owners or

[1:29:32] speculators who allow vacant houses to fall apart so as to better justify demolishing them.

[1:29:38] It applies to every building in this city. Instead of focusing on the overall state of a

[1:29:44] building. The preamble in section 2.1.2 especially target and create specific offenses

[1:29:51] for deteriorated components, defined as broadly as any part of the exterior of a building

[1:29:57] from which there have been leaks, metal components that haven't been painted, any

[1:30:01] rusted elements, cracks in a brick or foundation wall, damage to a staircase or

[1:30:07] walkway, inadequate gutters for redirecting rainwater, and the inability to heat any

[1:30:13] particular room up to 21 Celsius. These minor offenses carry a minimum fine of $5,000,

[1:30:20] and a maximum fine of $25,000, and they can be charged for every day. The issue goes

[1:30:26] unfixed. Now, also, all cities in Quebec are required to have this bylaw, but of the ten

[1:30:33] biggest ones that have adopted versions of it, the average minimum fine is just over

[1:30:39] $1,000. So essentially one fifth of what is being proposed in this bylaw in Pointe-Claire.

[1:30:46] Now, by contrast. If an inspector receives a complaint about a home that is so

[1:30:56] dilapidated that it can't be lived in, in that instance, instead of giving a fine, they

[1:31:03] have the discretion to charge no fine at all and can give the owner 12 to 18 months to carry

[1:31:09] out corrective work, during which time they can, of course, file for a demolition permit

[1:31:15] with the planning department. So it creates kind of a perverse situation where the

[1:31:20] offenders, who we should be targeting with this are the ones who could effectively get

[1:31:25] the best treatment. And that's something that I think needs to be corrected. In terms of the

[1:31:32] issue of notice. Now, I acknowledge that nobody can force their way into their home.

[1:31:42] If you if you won't let them, that that's a question of criminal and and human rights

[1:31:47] law, as Councilor Storch mentioned, however, the bylaw clearly indicates the inspector

[1:31:54] can visit in any reasonable time without notice. And if you do not let them in, they can

[1:31:59] charge you the $5,000 minimum. Fine. So I think most people, unless they're running a grow

[1:32:06] op, tend to let the inspector in. I represent the district that I think has the largest

[1:32:17] number of lower income homeowners in Pointe-Claire, the part of Cedar Park Heights

[1:32:22] that I grew up in was a blue collar neighborhood full of bungalows and townhouses built

[1:32:27] in the 1960s, where you still have pensioners and families living paycheck to paycheck.

[1:32:34] These are the people I've known my entire life. If a complaint from a difficult neighbor or

[1:32:41] house flipper brings an inspector to their door who finds them $5,000 or almost as

[1:32:46] much as their tax bill, and gives them a month to fix a minor problem they've been

[1:32:51] saving to fix in 1 or 2 years, or face a second fine of up to $25,000, then it's no

[1:32:59] exaggeration to say that the bylaw could force them to sell their homes. It's not fear

[1:33:05] mongering. It's an economic reality that I think we need to be sensitive to. So my proposal

[1:33:13] to amend the bylaw is to limit it to two categories of buildings heritage buildings,

[1:33:19] as we're required to by provincial law and buildings which are either vacant or in

[1:33:25] such bad overall condition that they aren't considered to be livable or usable as places of

[1:33:30] business. In a commercial context, I would reduce the fines to the same level as

[1:33:36] Montreal's, which are about a fifth of ours, and include a minimum notice period for

[1:33:40] inspections. Finally, I would ban owners who receive a notice of deterioration or corrective

[1:33:47] work from submitting it to the planning department in support of their request for a

[1:33:53] demolition permit, so that the application of this bylaw can't actually provide greater

[1:33:59] justification for demolition. Now, if those changes or changes substantially similar

[1:34:04] to those can be made, I could vote in favor of the bylaw in its final version. Just en

[1:34:15] francais avec les excuse a monsieur mon petit subsequent principalmente en francais. Je

[1:34:26] vous dirai. Proposé reglement en la catégorie patrimonial qui sont occupé. Soit dans un état

[1:34:38] général et qui NE sont pas considérés comme éviter la défaite commerciale. Je les

[1:34:47] amants pour les années de la ville de Montréal. Qui sont la cinquieme de ceux qui nous

[1:34:54] proposons actuellement. Minimum pour les inspections. Aux propriétaires qui avait une vie

[1:35:04] de deterioration ou des travaux corrective de la présentée au service de urbanisme et d'une

[1:35:11] permit demolition pour les effets du reglement n'est pas de facilité le processus meme

[1:35:20] content empeché. OU des modifications substantial peuvent etre en faveur de

[1:35:30] reglement dans sa version ultime. Dans le contraire. Donc je vous merci, merci.

[1:35:44] >> Thank you, thank you. Mr. Straczynski. I would just like to say one thing, and I don't

[1:35:48] disagree with anything you're saying. All these conversations are going to take place in the

[1:35:52] caucus room, in the back room. That's where our business takes place. We discussed the bylaws.

[1:35:56] We had an hour and a half discussion. One day we had another hour discussion one

[1:36:00] time, and we going to have many hours of discussion will be on our agenda in the back room.

[1:36:05] Discuss exactly what Mr. Swanson just said. That's how we come up with a bylaw. That's

[1:36:09] how we come up with rules and regulations. So it will be a group effort and we'll work

[1:36:14] together behind there. And that's where it should take place. Everything that

[1:36:17] everybody said, every email that we've received has been taken into consideration. We

[1:36:20] had a chance to adjust the fines. We had a chance to make different categories. It was

[1:36:25] all on the table. It got put out there for everybody to see it and then work at it. There's

[1:36:30] not a one man show. Two man show would be a team effort, and we'll come up with

[1:36:35] administration, and every councilor here will write it the way it's going to be

[1:36:38] written in order to make it right for everybody, and it will take place back there. So

[1:36:43] thank you for your comments. I'll be taken into consideration and so will all

[1:36:46] your consideration. This was never the intent was to have people removed from their homes

[1:36:50] and throw people out. And that's not the intent. Nobody here would ever want to do that.

[1:36:54] We all have. I'm not going to get into it, but thank you. We're moving forward. You'll

[1:36:58] see it when it's ready. You'll be well. You'll be made well aware. Thank you.

[1:37:02] >> Thank you, Mr. Mayor. >> Okay. Next agenda please. >> Thank you. Hermitage.

[1:37:18] Hermitage. Avenue. Portway. Hermitage. The round tree Crescent. The Carmel Crescent.

[1:37:23] The sunrise Crescent. Glen forest. Portsmouth. Greystone. Plymouth. Old post. Crescent.

[1:37:30] Said. Proximity. Residential. >> Permits 5.2. Notice of motion filing of a draft bylaw

[1:37:55] establishing a financial assistance program for stormwater management on

[1:37:58] private residential property. The bylaw aims to establish a financial assistance program to

[1:38:03] encourage residential property owners to implement sustainable stormwater management measures

[1:38:07] directly on their own property. This program addresses the increased frequency of rainfall

[1:38:11] events linked to climate change, with a view of reducing strain on the sewage network and the

[1:38:16] risk of flooding it targets. It targets all single two dwelling residential properties within

[1:38:21] the city territory, commercial and industrial buildings, as well as buildings with three or

[1:38:26] more dwellings are therefore excluded. The bylaw provides that the city may retain the

[1:38:30] services of an external firm, also known as a mandatory to carry out evaluation visits to

[1:38:35] properties in order to diagnose drainage problems and recommend the most appropriate measures.

[1:38:40] Financial assistance can cover up to 50% of the cost of eligible works, including the

[1:38:45] city's mandatory evaluation, up to a maximum of $5,000 per property over a five year

[1:38:51] period. The program covers various technical and landscaping measures, including

[1:38:56] backflow valves, roof drains, sealing of water inlets, catch basins, basins and foundation

[1:39:01] drains, rain gardens, permeable surfaces, rainwater harvesting barrels, disconnection of

[1:39:06] gutters and correction of ground slopes. >> Can I have a seconder for

[1:39:11] this please? >> No. We just. Yeah. >> District six.

[1:39:18] >> Thank you. >> Six. Hillside. Demolition. Demolition. Hillside.

[1:39:41] Demolition. >> Move in a second, please. >> Eric Storch, district seven

[1:39:58] second. >> Before you move on, I'd like to know what you're moving for.

[1:40:02] >> To. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. I'm moving to

[1:40:07] uphold. What am I right again? Sorry. I'm moving to uphold a decision by the the demolition

[1:40:17] committee, I apologize. >> Excuse thank you. >> And, Cynthia Holman, I

[1:40:22] second it. >> All in favor. To uphold the decision of the demolition

[1:40:28] committee. >> Mr. Matthews. >> Thank you.

[1:40:42] >> 6.2 authorize the lending of equipment to the organizers of the lyrics and lemonade event

[1:40:46] to benefit the Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation. The equipment provided includes

[1:40:50] a stage, tent, folding tables and the services of an electrician electrician to

[1:40:54] connect equipment. >> Six point. Four strangers in the night, strangers in the

[1:41:06] night. Six. Belvedere. And. Eric Stewart and Mike Potvin for a total of $60.

[1:41:20] >> 6.4 authorized members of council to participate in the 27th edition of the golf

[1:41:24] tournament organized by Kiwanis Lakeshore Montreal, to be held on June 15th, 2026 at the

[1:41:29] Summerlea Golf Club. This authorization is for the participation of Mayor John

[1:41:34] Belvedere and Councilors Kelly Cullen, Eric Stork and Mike Beauvais for a total cost of

[1:41:40] $1,400. >> Is this a VIP organisé par le Festival de Louis de l'Ile

[1:41:49] de la vie. Authorization concernant la participacion de Monsieur Jean Belvedere et des.

[1:41:57] Kelly Collins, Cynthia Hoffman, Ludovic Matthews, Eric Stork and Mike Potvin. For.

[1:42:05] >> Kevin moved and seconded for 6.36.6. Please, >> Eric Stork, second set.

[1:42:11] >> Second by Cynthia. >> Home in district five. >> All in favor? Thank you.

[1:42:19] >> 7.1 file. The minutes of the February 5th, 2026 meeting of the Pointe-Claire Public

[1:42:22] Library Advisory Committee. >> Greg Casgrain. Introduced by. Quebec. La lutte contre la

[1:42:38] ville de la ville de Pointe. Municipality. La défense de la ville de Pointe-Claire.

[1:42:59] >> 8.2 Award. A contract for assistance for assistance for Climate Change adaptation

[1:43:03] measures to improve the resilience of buildings, to flooding to eco habitation for

[1:43:07] a total amount of $100,000. Taxes included several. Several buildings in Pointe Claire have

[1:43:12] been impacted by flash flooding events in recent years. In light of the growing impact of

[1:43:16] climate change and its repercussions on urban areas, infrastructure and the physical

[1:43:21] assets of the city's residents, the city seeks to implement concrete measures to prevent

[1:43:25] the recurrence of similar situations. To this end, the city is calling on habitation

[1:43:31] and its expertise in adaptation and prevention prevention measures to address the impacts

[1:43:35] of climate change, such as urban flooding, in order to rule out information and

[1:43:39] support services for residents whose homes are particularly at risk of flooding.

[1:43:44] >> Got it moved and seconded for 8.18.2, please. >> Mike eight.

[1:43:51] >> Second by. >> Kelly Cullen. District. >> All in favor? Thank you.

[1:44:00] >> This point. >> 10.2 file. The 2025 Financial Report and External

[1:44:09] Auditor's report for the 2025 fiscal year, as well as authorize the publication

[1:44:12] thereof on the city's website. >> At this point. Saint Vincent. And. The.

[1:44:44] >> 10.4 award, a contract for the purchase of Omnicef licenses for a 12 month period

[1:44:49] to Micro logic for a total amount of $70,371.35. Taxes included. The purchase of

[1:44:56] licenses for all employees will enable us to efficiently deploy and scale virtual desktops and

[1:45:00] applications from a single management console, providing end users with rapid updates,

[1:45:05] automation, and simplified management movement. >> Seconded for 10.3 and 10.4,

[1:45:10] please. >> Ludovic Matthews, District two.

[1:45:13] >> Second by district. All in favor? Thank you. >> En tout en partie

[1:45:32] aujourd'hui active et. >> I have a mover and a seconder.

[1:45:41] >> Cynthia Ulman, district. Thank. >> Second by. Thank you. All in

[1:45:47] favor? Good. Thank you. >> 12.1 file. The list of delegated staff changes for the

[1:45:54] month of May 2026. >> Dues point a la Direction Générale.

[1:46:00] >> Okay, so a lot of people are here today and they've all speculating that we're going to

[1:46:04] have a new director general. It is with great pride and honor that I have this opportunity to

[1:46:11] welcome. Oh, I haven't welcome yet. We have to vote on it. So don't get. But to put your name

[1:46:16] forward to be the next director general of the City of Pointe Claire. As usual, Ward is a

[1:46:21] gentleman. He's been working for the city of Pointe Claire for 21 years. He started at the

[1:46:25] low levels in the Recreation department and moved his way up. And today he's sitting in the

[1:46:30] chair as interim director general. He holds an MBA. He holds a CPA. He's a from Molson

[1:46:40] School of Business. He's a passionate Pointe-Claire resident. He has a young family.

[1:46:46] Growing up here, he's. I don't think I've ever seen somebody so committed to what he does

[1:46:51] and to his community. His family has worked for the city of Pointe Claire. His family

[1:46:56] still lives in Pointe Claire, so it's up to the City council here now to take a vote to move

[1:47:02] this forward. But let's hope it goes the right way. And then I'll say a few words after that.

[1:47:09] So okay, I see a mover and a seconder for the proposition to appoint Mr. Joseph Ward as

[1:47:15] Director general of City of Pointe. Claire. >> Mike.

[1:47:19] >> Second by. All in favor. One last word, guys. He's 41 years old. He's got 21 years in the

[1:47:36] city. He has a long career in the city of Pointe Claire. You cannot get a better director

[1:47:42] general of a city that somebody is living and going to be here for a long time. So my Jill is

[1:47:46] going to be a pleasure to work with you for the next who knows how many years, but so far it's

[1:47:52] been an honor. I'm really, really looking forward to moving forward with you. All

[1:48:00] right. You guys were right. You see. >> 12.3 approve the list of non

[1:48:07] delegated staff changes as of May 5th, 2026. >> En fonction de la

[1:48:20] consommation province de Québec de Précédent. >> Grab a mover and seconded

[1:48:27] for that purpose. >> Oh, sorry. >> Mike. Kelsey.

[1:48:32] >> Second by. All in favor. I see. >> 12.5 award a contract for

[1:48:44] reducing our dependance on recruitment agencies and increase our employer branding

[1:48:48] exposure for a three year period to LinkedIn for a total amount of $84,387.01 taxes

[1:48:55] included the cost of of acquiring a recruiter license and the ability to post six

[1:48:59] jobs simultaneously on the platform, in addition to allowing the use of LinkedIn

[1:49:03] tools, is $24,465.32 per year with a three year agreement. >> Mover and a seconder. For

[1:49:11] that, please. >> Cynthia Holman, District Cinq.

[1:49:13] >> Second by. >> Kelly Thorstad Cullen, district three.

[1:49:16] >> All in favor? Thank you. We did not skip 12.4. We did 12. >> No we did it. But we did it.

[1:49:23] >> Okay. Perfect. >> Yeah, we grouped it with the wrong one, but okay.

[1:49:27] >> There you go. Paying attention. Thank you. >> Get those. Crucial.

[1:49:46] >> I have a mover, please. >> Andrew Swidsinski. >> Second by Cynthia. All in

[1:49:52] favor? Thank you. >> 15.1 exercise. The renewal option provided for in the

[1:50:02] contract entered into with aqua techno specialist Aqua Aquatic Inc. for the period of June 1st,

[1:50:08] 2026 to May 31st, 2027 in the amount of $77,202.36. Taxes included for the supply of

[1:50:16] supply and delivery upon request of various chemicals for indoor swimming pools. This

[1:50:20] is the second and final renewal period. >> Kings Point. Tax includes.

[1:50:38] Electric IL s'agit de la deuxieme period Renouvellement. >> 15.3 award. A contract for

[1:50:44] the replacement of the boilers at the Stuart Hall Cultural Center to Plomberie Charbonneau

[1:50:48] Inc. for a total amount of $243,747. Taxes included. >> Kings Point. Montreal, Inc.

[1:51:01] for. Tax includes. >> 15.5 award, a contract for professional services for

[1:51:08] renovation works of the Kitchen and Saint Louis Room at Stuart Hall Cultural Center to Les

[1:51:12] architect Gagné e Villeneuve, for a total amount of $54,153.22, taxes included.

[1:51:19] >> In Kings Point six. West Cultural, Stuart Hall Construction, Inc.

[1:51:31] >> Includes mover and seconder for 15.1 through 15.6, please. >> Mike numero eight.

[1:51:38] >> Second by. >> Bruno Tremblay, district six. >> All in favor? Thank you.

[1:51:45] >> 16.1 A water contract for the repair of the stairs at Terracotta Park to Construction,

[1:51:50] Inc. for a total amount of $342,791.06. Taxes included. The city plans to replace the

[1:51:57] stairs located at the west entrance of the park, accessible via Viburnum Avenue.

[1:52:08] >> Novatech, Inc. Tax includes. >> 16.3 authorized the city to initiate discussions with the

[1:52:26] Minister of Transport regarding an agreement to share responsibilities and costs for

[1:52:31] the repair project for the highway 40 and Boulevard overpass.

[1:52:36] >> Gavin moved and seconded for 16.1, 16.2 and 16.3. >> Kelly said district Trois.

[1:52:43] >> Azure second Andrew Swidsinski District Court. >> All in favor? Thank you.

[1:52:57] >> Lakeshore 16.5 approved an agreement to be entered into with Hydro-Québec regarding

[1:53:01] works to relocate the utility pole at 302 Lakeshore Road East. >> Size points. This approval.

[1:53:10] Management, Inc. for the management of terracotta. Tax includes the. Tax includes.

[1:53:31] Modifications. To. $6. Includes the modification. Contaminée. Qui. Pour les cubes. ET une

[1:53:54] fois. AU. Dans les documents et. Dans les documents de plus, soit le bon, une quantité

[1:54:14] estimée. Dans les documents. >> Mover and a seconder for 16.4, 16.5 and 16.6. Second

[1:54:31] bite. >> Cynthia Ulman, District cinq. >> All in favor? Thank you.

[1:54:41] >> At this point, the persons present may address Council on Item 17.1 to 17.9.

[1:54:51] >> And that would be me, Tim Thomas Pointe Claire. Monsieur le Maire, councilors Madame

[1:55:01] Leonard et Gutierrez and Gilles, the master of chill. Congratulations, dude. You're

[1:55:06] more than deserving. I'm really happy for you, man. I recently received a notice in the mail

[1:55:13] alerting me to the fact that the building right beside mine is requesting special

[1:55:17] permission to do what I think is deviate away from the architectural norms specified

[1:55:23] in the Village Code. The. The letter says it's a minor exemption, but it is anything

[1:55:29] but. It is, in fact, a first step in a process that will lead to the diminution of the

[1:55:35] said village code and the said village cachet. These are the village codes words, by the way,

[1:55:42] and it will do this by initiating a deviation away from architectural continuity

[1:55:47] and unity of facades and roof lines. Again, all words right out of the village code. For 27

[1:55:55] years I've lived in a heritage home in the village. All along one side of the home, our

[1:56:01] windows allowing one of the most or one of the more attractive rooms in the village.

[1:56:06] Many of you have seen it. It is, I think, lives up to that. That wording. The room is open

[1:56:13] concept with kitchen, dining area and living room all flowing into each other in

[1:56:17] succession. The sun rises in the kitchen and sets in the far end of the living room, so that

[1:56:22] the entire open area receives sun all day. 37 Cartier is 15ft away from this room and runs

[1:56:29] the entire distance of the room. A third story would absolutely block sunlight the entire day

[1:56:36] on both first and second floors. So by seriously diminishing the quality of life of an existing

[1:56:42] heritage building in the village, is this not detracting from the preservation of the

[1:56:47] village cachet as worded in the village code? Secondly, the village is composed of three

[1:56:55] architectural styles traditional Québécois, Victorian and Boomtown, the

[1:57:01] latter being the most dominant. 37. Kachi is quintessential boomtown. In fact, the picture

[1:57:09] of Boomtown Boomtown in the Village Code is, I believe, an early incarnation of that

[1:57:16] building of 37 khaki. Two days ago, I walked out my front door and visually could see four

[1:57:23] homes with the same style and staggered rooflines. Ironically, my barn has the same staggered

[1:57:31] roofline, so my home was is typical Québécois, but the barn itself, which was built after,

[1:57:37] is actually Boomtown, which is kind of interesting. I have a Boomtown barn in a Québécois

[1:57:41] home. The village code specifies that we should not, and I quote, deviate away from

[1:57:49] architectural continuity and should encourage a homogenous built form, end quote. The

[1:57:57] three blocks of Cartier leading to the village consist of predominantly two story

[1:58:05] boomtown homes. If you drive down Cartier, that's all it is. There are no three story

[1:58:12] boomtown homes in Pointe Claire. None. Not one. And by allowing one with a third floor, we are

[1:58:19] effectively creating a new architectural form, something the Village Code warns against.

[1:58:25] And that village. That new form will effectively stand out like a sore thumb. Because there's

[1:58:30] only one three story building in the village other than this proposed one, and that would be

[1:58:36] the the Charlevoix or the the former pioneer. So you go down Cartier with all your two story

[1:58:41] Boomtown homes. You got blip and then you keep on going. It's going to look kind of

[1:58:45] weird. It's a 20 by 20 foot home, which will be three times the height that it is wide. So

[1:58:50] it's effectively a skyscraper in the village, or it'll look like one. In clause one. The

[1:58:59] village code states, and I quote again, all constructions should be of a height, scale

[1:59:05] and width similar to adjacent buildings and to building types in the sector. Quoted. I'm not

[1:59:12] making this up. This is straight out of the village code. Clause five states the

[1:59:16] main floor and tops of structures must align with neighboring buildings. 37

[1:59:23] Cartier 39 Cartier. One would hope the character and uniqueness of the village and

[1:59:30] city are in dire need of protection, Mr. Mayor, and the first line of defense should be

[1:59:36] our CCU or PAC committee. And I'm just wondering how in the world did this project project

[1:59:43] make it to this point and make it to council? And has anybody on PAC read the Village Code?

[1:59:50] I'm just wondering. It's just a question. Anyhow, I would urge all of you to not make this

[1:59:57] step, take this step of starting the diminuation of what I think is the cachet of

[2:00:01] the village, because it's moderate, it's moderate height, gives it part of part of its

[2:00:06] charm and its architectural heritage as part of its charm. You take one building, you look

[2:00:11] at it and you go, it's it's a hokey little building, but all those hokey little buildings

[2:00:15] together make up a pretty cool village. So I would hope that you can protect this hokey

[2:00:19] little village or this hokey little building. Excuse me, 37. Thanks.

[2:00:25] >> Thank you. >> Anybody else? Okay. 17.1 consider a minor exemption

[2:00:34] request concerning the property situated at 119 Chestnut Avenue. The request submitted is to

[2:00:41] permit a floor space index of 3.329, rather than the maximum permitted of 0.3, a dwelling

[2:00:48] facade width of 80.7% of the lot frontage, rather than a maximum, rather than the

[2:00:53] maximum permitted dwelling width of 70%. An extension with a front setback of 6.25m,

[2:00:59] rather than the minimum required front setback of 7.50m. An extension with a right side

[2:01:05] setback of 1.98m, rather than the minimum required side setback of 2.4m.

[2:01:17] >> Okay, Mr. Matthews, I'd like to say something. Do we motion first?

[2:01:23] >> Well, I need I need a mover in a second or first, and then there'll be comments.

[2:01:27] >> So we're doing chestnut, right. So a mover for a mover for 17.1 please.

[2:01:32] >> Just to be clear we're moving. >> I got this one this time I

[2:01:36] remembered yeah. I'm moving to approve the recommendations of the administration.

[2:01:43] >> No. >> Seconder. >> Cynthia. Home in district

[2:01:47] five. >> Sorry. Just to clarify. The the recommendation of the

[2:01:51] administration was to approve the request. >> Right. Exactly.

[2:01:54] >> Okay. Okay. So move or seconder is done. Mr. Matthews, you like to say something?

[2:01:59] >> Yeah. I just wanted to to say that. This project simplement car je NE pas mineur

[2:02:10] pour une modification de densité et autorisé. Je pourrait avoir mais je peux pas

[2:02:15] une validation avant de prendre cette décision. Merci. >> Okay. Can I have a show of

[2:02:25] hands? All in favor, please? >> Quelque chose avec. Contre. Okay.

[2:02:32] >> I see a raise of hands. All in favor? Perfect. Show of hands, but not in favor. Mr.

[2:02:42] Mr. Matthews. Perfect, madam. >> Okay. >> Okay. 17.2.

[2:03:04] >> A une propriété Victoria. La construction. Troisieme étage par rapport a la ligne de

[2:03:12] implantation. Alors et qui est la recommendations du Comité consultatif de la demande.

[2:03:21] >> Can I see a mover and a second mover to accept the package?

[2:03:27] >> Yeah, I move to approve the unanimous recommendation from the Planning Advisory Committee

[2:03:33] concerning 37 Avenue Kelly Cullen, district three. >> Second by.

[2:03:38] >> Cynthia Holman, district five. >> All in favor, please.

[2:03:45] >> Mr. Mayor. >> Sir, I'd like to just intervene on this one briefly.

[2:03:58] Effectivement un une problematique avec le pour moi, le le cachet de la petite

[2:04:07] centrale de. Mega et une protection special est un projet qui. Problématique un

[2:04:18] terme de disposition de village relatifs a la preservation of character. Architectural et

[2:04:28] limitant la possibilité de simulation. J'ai également un peu plus tard dans l'ordre du

[2:04:36] jour. Une problématique avec le fait qu'on propose une exemption de stationnement pour

[2:04:44] le nouveau projet. EST important de stationnement dans le donc sa représente et contre

[2:04:57] pointe du. Resolution correspondant, qui sont également fait une fois pour

[2:05:05] les trois rapport aux autres du point. >> Okay, so you will see a show

[2:05:12] of hands again, please. A mover mover, a seconder. >> Now we need.

[2:05:16] >> The vote. Now we need a vote. All in favor, please to to consider the committee's

[2:05:21] recommendation to approve it. >> Okay. Please hold. >> Cynthia Holman and everybody

[2:05:29] against it. Please. One. Perfect. >> Okay.

[2:05:40] >> 17.3 consider a minor exemption request concerning the property situated at 144

[2:05:45] Broadview Avenue. This is to permit that future lot 6665238 have an area of 5.8 2.4m²

[2:05:54] rather than the minimum. The minimum error required of 650 meter squared. Sorry, that

[2:06:00] future lot 6665239 have an area of 580.7m², rather than the minimum area required of 650m².

[2:06:10] The recommendation is to approve the request. >> You have a mover and

[2:06:14] seconder to approve the request. This second, by. >> Ludovic Matthews, district

[2:06:21] two. >> All in favor. Thank you. >> Said. Recommendation

[2:06:43] approved. >> Moving seconder for 17.4, please.

[2:06:49] >> Eric stork. >> Second by. >> Ludovic Matthews. District

[2:06:53] two. >> All in favor. Thank you. >> 17.5 consider a minor

[2:06:59] exemption request considering the property situated at 66 Donegani Avenue, this is to

[2:07:04] permit a total of zero parking spaces rather than the required 18 parking spaces. The

[2:07:09] recommendation is to approve the request. >> Mover, please.

[2:07:14] >> Kelly Thorstad Cullen, District. >> Second by.

[2:07:17] >> Eric Storch second. >> All in favor. Thank you. >> Set point. Lakeshore.

[2:07:38] Carries recommendation. Approval. >> For 17.6.

[2:07:46] >> Cynthia Holman, district five. >> Second by.

[2:07:49] >> Mike wheat. >> All in favor? Thank you. >> 17.7 consider a minor

[2:07:57] exemption request concerning the property situated at 15 Parkdale Avenue. This is to

[2:08:01] permit the construction of a landing representing 9.2% of the footprint area of the main

[2:08:05] building, rather than the maximum permitted of 5%. The recommendation is to approve

[2:08:10] the request. >> I have a mover for 17.7, please.

[2:08:13] >> Eric Storch, district seven. >> Second by district. All in favor, please. Thank you.

[2:08:21] >> Said. >> Approval move for 17.8. Second by.

[2:08:41] >> Cynthia Holman, district. Thank. >> Absolument important de

[2:08:54] maintenir les trois reglements qui sont déja en place pour. La donc je vais contre la la

[2:09:04] demande de derogation. Bruno Tremblay. >> Okay, all. All in favor,

[2:09:10] please. Thank you. Against Mr. Thomas. >> 17.9 consider a minor minor

[2:09:19] exemption request considering the property situated at 19 Kinkora Lane. This is to permit

[2:09:23] a vehicular access with a width of 8.25m, rather than the maximum permitted width of 6.1m.

[2:09:30] The recommendation is to approve the request. >> For 17.9. Please.

[2:09:36] >> Mike. >> Second, by. >> Seconding nine Kinkora Lane,

[2:09:43] not 19. Okay, just to clarify, Kelly Thorstad Cullen, district five.

[2:09:48] >> All in favor? Thank you. >> This point. This. Exterior transformer commercial on the

[2:10:09] recommendation. Approved. >> A move for 17.10, please. >> Kelly Thorstad Cullen,

[2:10:17] district three. >> I'd like to comment to this, please.

[2:10:19] >> Yeah. Second by. >> Second. >> Cynthia home in district

[2:10:29] five. >> Mr. stark. >> Yeah. I, I just like to say

[2:10:32] that I'm not against everything that's happening here per se, but I think this file has been

[2:10:39] gone through a lot. And I think, you know, there's no one reason why I'm against any of this,

[2:10:45] but I think that my concerns are about the interpretations of a lot of what's going on

[2:10:50] here. And I think this possibly gives the owner a chance to, to get back to what I think he

[2:10:56] originally wanted, they originally wanted. So I will be voting against this.

[2:11:03] >> Okay, so I second. The comment. Go ahead. >> Pardon pour le fait. En

[2:11:21] francais je seulement prix et le reglement en anglais. Donc. En anglais. I would like to

[2:11:31] state that I'm not against the addition of a third floor, but rather against the esthetics of

[2:11:35] the projects presented as per the village code UP2, subsection architecture.

[2:11:41] Article eight states. Apart from reconstruction or restoration of a building of

[2:11:46] heritage interest based on archival documents, no construction or transformation

[2:11:52] should have the effect of creating a building that imitates an old building. I

[2:11:57] believe we are ignoring this article, and this is why I'm voting against this specific

[2:12:03] resolution. >> Okay, so hands of who's in favor? Against this? Thank you.

[2:12:20] >> 17.17 consider the Site Planning and Architectural Integration program plans with

[2:12:23] respect to the property situated at 144 Broadview Avenue. This is for the

[2:12:28] subdivision of a lot and a. And construction of a single family dwelling dwelling. The

[2:12:33] recommendation is to approve the plans. >> I have a mover for 1711.

[2:12:39] District second by. >> Bruno Tremblay, district six. >> All in favor? Thank you.

[2:12:53] >> Any modifications? Concernant les travaux de grande renovations. Exterior.

[2:12:59] Commercial accommodations. Consultative approval. >> I move for 1712, please.

[2:13:09] Second by. >> Cynthia Hoffman, district five.

[2:13:12] >> All in favor? Thank you. >> 17.13 consider the Site Planning and Architectural

[2:13:19] Integration Program plans with respect to the property situated at 134 Lakeshore Road.

[2:13:24] This is for extension and renovation work of a single family dwelling. The

[2:13:28] recommendation is to approve the plans. >> Okay, I have a mover for

[2:13:32] 1713 please. >> Eric Storch, district seven. >> Second by.

[2:13:35] >> Andrew Swidsinski, district four. >> All in favor? Thank you.

[2:13:41] >> Said. The recommendation. Approved. >> 1714, please.

[2:14:00] >> Eric Storch, district seven. >> Second by district. All in favor? Thank you.

[2:14:09] >> 17.15 consider the Site Planning and Architectural Integration program plans with

[2:14:12] respect to the property situated at 42 Saint Anne Avenue, this is for the

[2:14:16] installation of a commercial terrace associated with a restaurant establishment. The

[2:14:20] recommendation is to approve the plans. >> I have a mover for 1715,

[2:14:24] please. >> The district one. >> Second by.

[2:14:27] >> Bruno districts. >> All in favor? Thank you. >> And integration.

[2:14:37] Architectural. Recommendation approved. >> For 1716, please.

[2:14:48] >> Mike. >> Second by Kelly. >> Thor said Cullen, district

[2:14:52] three. >> All in favor? Thank you. >> 17.17 consider the Site

[2:15:00] Planning and Architectural Integration Program plans with respect to the property

[2:15:03] situated at 6321 Trans-Canada highway, this is for the installation of commercial

[2:15:08] terrace associated with the restaurant establishment. The recommendation is to approve

[2:15:12] the plans. >> Do you have a mover please? For 1717.

[2:15:16] >> Eric Storch, district seven. >> Second by. >> Ludovic Matthews, district.

[2:15:20] >> All in favor? Thank you. >> ET des travaux de la maison existent.

[2:15:40] >> I have a mover. A second for 1718, please. >> Ludovic Matthews, district

[2:15:45] two. >> Second by district. All in favor? Thank you.

[2:15:53] >> 17.19 consider the Site Planning and Architectural Integration Program plans with

[2:15:56] respect to the property situated at 142 Broadview Avenue. This is for the

[2:16:00] subdivision of a lot and construction of a single family dwelling. The recommendation is

[2:16:04] to approve the plans. >> Have been moved and seconded for 17.19, please.

[2:16:09] >> Eric Storch, district seven. >> Second by. >> Second district six.

[2:16:16] >> All in favor? Thank you. >> The recommendation. Approves exemption.

[2:16:42] >> For 1720, please. >> Kelly Cullen, district three. >> Second by.

[2:16:47] >> Cynthia Hoffman, district five. >> All in favor?

[2:16:51] >> Excuse. Us. >> All in favor, please? People against.

[2:17:03] >> Okay. >> That's all right. >> How many?

[2:17:14] >> Vous pouvez vous si vous n'avez pas considérés negative. Donc.

[2:17:22] >> It's only for the parking, right? For the exemption, for the parking spaces. So I'm not

[2:17:28] going to vote on it. We'll leave it as is. >> Perfect. Thank you. Sont

[2:17:35] également la dans le negative. Donc c'est pas des. >> That way. Just cleans up.

[2:17:43] Just forget it. I want the comments. Okay. >> 17.21 adopt a resolution for

[2:17:51] a specific construction alteration or occupancy proposal for an immovable. Also

[2:17:55] known as a scalp at 100 and 7-117 Gun Avenue, authorizing a shooting club and an indoor

[2:18:01] hockey training center. This is the final adoption of the resolution. The provisions of

[2:18:06] bylaw 2957 on specific construction, alteration or occupancy proposals for an

[2:18:11] immovable allow for the review of projects that do not comply with current regulations,

[2:18:15] provided that the project meets the objectives of the planning program PC2768 and, where

[2:18:20] applicable, those of a special planning program. The submitted project meets the objectives of

[2:18:25] the planning program and generally it complies with the objectives and criteria of

[2:18:29] bylaw PC2957 on scalps. Consequently, you have a favorable recommendation from

[2:18:35] the pack. >> A move for 1721, please. >> Eric Storch, district seven.

[2:18:42] >> Second by. >> Mike Kelsey. >> All in favor? Thank you.

[2:18:56] >> Resolution for the construction of the modification or Boulevard des.

[2:19:01] Sources for the construction of Multi-residential. Residential. Multifamily. Commercial doit

[2:19:19] faire l'objet d'une analyze dans le cadre d'une PPC moi residential proposé.

[2:19:25] Residential. Multifamily n'est pas une. Proposé la diversité. Des deux ou trois chambres.

[2:19:40] Abordables et par la société canadienne des droits de l'homme. ET la demande

[2:19:49] resolution Référendaire. >> A mover and senator for 17.22, please.

[2:19:57] >> Kelly Thorsett, colon district trois. >> Second by.

[2:20:01] >> Cynthia Homan, district five. >> All in favor, please. Yes. Go ahead.

[2:20:11] >> Bonjour. Selon plusieurs citoyens, j'ai été élu principalmente pour mon

[2:20:18] expérience on design urbaine et pour cette raison. Je dois maintenant mon intégrité

[2:20:26] professionnelle j'aimerais je suis pour le développement de cette propriété qui pourrait

[2:20:34] servir comme catalyseur a la création d'un nouveau voisinage qui promouvoir un milieu de vie.

[2:20:41] Or. ET al. CQCAGATD batsman fata par contre projet se trouve dans un tod. Des un

[2:20:56] espace stratégique de développement, ainsi qu'un cat corridor d'aménagement de

[2:21:01] transport et. A cause de ces et de. Des principes développé par la CMM dans le payment. Je NE

[2:21:13] puis. Voté pour ce projet qui est présentée. Merci. >> Thank you.

[2:21:20] >> Just a quick one as well, too. I'll be very quick. As I said at the last meeting, I

[2:21:29] would have preferred that this property would be developed commercially, or that the very

[2:21:33] least we have first floor commercial in order to align with what Doe is doing. And

[2:21:39] because I think it's going to be an important choke point for people accessing the realm by

[2:21:44] crossing the sources overpass over the 40, just in addition to what Miss Ansell raised in

[2:21:54] the public consultation earlier, I do think that it is important that we perhaps look at how

[2:21:59] this is aligned with DD0, because this is a property that will be cut off from a lot of

[2:22:04] the Pointe Claire services, and I'm just not certain whether in terms of in terms of traffic,

[2:22:10] in terms of service integration with, with DD0, that this has been sufficiently defined at

[2:22:17] that time for me to be able to make a decision. One thing in particular that that I think

[2:22:22] ought to be considered for this property is that given the lack of access with Pointe Claire

[2:22:29] services, it should be considered that this property, through some sort of deal with

[2:22:33] the city of Dollard. Pay a certain amount so that its citizens perhaps could use the

[2:22:39] services of their pool or civic center or something of that nature. But, I mean, this is

[2:22:43] just these are things which I think might have been perhaps a bit better defined before we

[2:22:47] voted on it. So that's all I have to say. Thank you. >> Yeah. Mr. mayor, just a

[2:22:52] final comment as well. As I explained last time, my preference is for a commercial

[2:22:57] orientation in that area. I am open to the comments made by my colleagues, Councilor Matthews

[2:23:03] and Swidsinski, on this matter, but I think also it was interesting to hear the

[2:23:10] commentaries coming from DD0, I found her interesting and in some ways connected to some of

[2:23:16] the comments I've had in the past, which is to be able to think about these projects from

[2:23:20] a perspective of the city of Pointe Claire and in a much wider way, in terms of the

[2:23:25] services and elements that are included in when we're considering these kinds of

[2:23:29] developments. So for those reasons, I will be voting against as well.

[2:23:35] >> Excuse me, just a point. Commercial. Traffic. Alors je vous quand meme pas besoin de

[2:23:57] regarder une approche preocupar por la peut pas comme pour le projet.

[2:24:05] >> Can I see a show of hands in favor, please? Against. So is it. I will be voting. I'll be

[2:24:22] voting in favor of the project. >> Okay. >> Thank you. So just just

[2:24:33] before we just after I know we did contact Dollard. We were in the we talked to Dollard. The

[2:24:40] integration of the building, the way it looks. Dollars done, lots of developments in the Tod

[2:24:44] for people who don't know where the Tod is, it's transport into the transport oriented

[2:24:50] development, and they're within one kilometer that dictates the number of doors. It's within

[2:24:55] walking distance of all the commercial. There's coffee shops, restaurants and grocery

[2:24:59] stores 500ft in the back of that building. So why? So there's many reasons why it got

[2:25:04] approved. There's a lot of thought went into it, and there was obviously a lot of

[2:25:08] consideration for commercial down there, but nobody wanted commercial. There's not a need

[2:25:12] for office, office space and stuff right now in the West Island. There's a shortage of

[2:25:16] homes, and these people who are development met the needs that we requested them to do to get

[2:25:22] as many affordable housing doors there as possible. So that's why I'm voting for it

[2:25:26] anyway. That being said, number 20 closure. Do I have a second, a mover and a seconder, please?

[2:25:36] >> Ludovic

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