2025.01.28 – Regular meeting of the Gatineau City executive committee held in the committee room of the Maison du citoyen, 25 Laurier Street, Gatineau, on Tuesday, February 28 at 9 a.m. at which are

2022-2023 Financial Assistance Program for the Development of Active Transportation in Urban Perimeters (TAPU) - Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility - Certification of Completed Works - Extension of the Parc de la Fabrique Multi-use Trail

CONSIDERING THAT this committee, by its resolution number CE-2022-851 of October 26, 2022, requested financial assistance from the ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable (MTMD) under the Programme d’aide financière au développement des transports actifs dans les périmètres urbains (TAPU) for the project to extend the multi-use trail of parc de la Fabrique, between rue de la Fabrique and the Parc-o-bus of boulevard des Allumettières, file number TAPU-2022-064;

CONSIDERING THAT on February 13, 2023, the MTMD granted the City of Gatineau financial assistance of at most $376,248, representing 50% of the eligible expenses granted, for the parc de la Fabrique trail extension project;

CONSIDERING THAT the City of Gatineau has reviewed the application terms of the Programme d’aide financière au développement des transports actifs dans les périmètres urbains (TAPU) and undertakes to comply with them;

CONSIDERING THAT only work carried out after the date appearing on the announcement letter is eligible for financial assistance;

CONSIDERING THAT for the 2022-2023 fiscal year, eligible expenses may include those incurred between April 1, 2022, and the date of the project announcement letter;

CONSIDERING THAT the work was carried out from October 2, 2023, to September 6, 2024;

CONSIDERING THAT the City of Gatineau is transmitting to the Ministry the accountability form as well as the reports of the work performed, which must include:

• supporting documents for expenses incurred (invoices, progress payments, and any other document attesting to the sums spent); • mention of any other reimbursement obtained for the work subject to financial assistance (tax reimbursement, other financial assistance, etc.); • the result regarding the following indicators:

• number of kilometers of bicycle, pedestrian, or multi-use paths completed, by type of development;
• number of kilometers of streets developed for pedestrians and cyclists (shared street, bicycle street, designated roadway);
• number of self-service bicycles and docking stations installed, by type (assisted or not);
• number of bicycle parking spaces added;
• number of structures (bridge, footbridge, underpass) developed;

CONSIDERING THAT the City of Gatineau undertakes to transmit to the Minister, no later than 18 months after the last payment of financial assistance, the data necessary for the program's management and evaluation process, including the results regarding the aforementioned indicators (these include a count, at the beneficiary's expense, of the traffic or use of the infrastructure or equipment that was the subject of financial assistance, with the exception of bicycle parking and spot improvements);

CONSIDERING THAT the work to extend the parc de la Fabrique trail, which is the subject of the grant awarded to the City, has been completed and accepted by the Service des infrastructures et des projets for an actual attributable cost of $828,249;

CONSIDERING THAT it is necessary, for the payment of financial assistance to the City, to transmit a detailed report of the work performed as well as a resolution attesting that the work to extend the parc de la Fabrique trail has been completed and that it complies with the description of the grant application:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee:

• attests that the work to extend the multi-use trail of parc de la Fabrique, between rue de la Fabrique and the Parc-o-bus of boulevard des Allumettières (Aylmer sector), with a length of 100 meters, has been completed for an actual attributable cost of $828,249, and that it complies with the plans and specifications and the description of the grant application; • authorizes the presentation of the work report, including the accountability related to the eligible work according to the application terms in force, recognizes that in the event of non-compliance with these, the financial assistance will be terminated, and certifies that Rita Chahine, director of the Service des infrastructures et des projets, is duly authorized to sign any document or agreement to this effect with the Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility. The treasurer is authorized to make the accounting entries required to follow up on this.