[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