2025.09.03 – Regular meeting of the Executive Committee of the City of Gatineau held in the committee room of the Maison du citoyen, 25 Laurier Street, Gatineau, on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, at 9:30 a.m.

CONSIDERING THAT the City adopted its 2024-2029 Water Management Plan (Plan de gestion de l’eau - PGE) via resolution CM-2023-983 by the municipal council on December 5, 2023;

CONSIDERING THAT the City adopted the first conservation plan for parc du Lac-Beauchamp via resolution CM-2025-495 by the municipal council on July 8, 2025;

CONSIDERING THAT the City plans, through these two plans, actions aimed at the protection of groundwater;

CONSIDERING THAT the ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs (MELCCFP) operates and develops the Quebec Groundwater Monitoring Network (Réseau de suivi des eaux souterraines du Québec), notably within the framework of the Climate Change Action Plan and the National Water Plan of the Quebec Water Strategy;

CONSIDERING THAT the City, having a collaboration agreement with Université Laval which was transferred to the MELCCFP for the monitoring of a well in the Aylmer sector, and that a new well was created at parc du Lac-Beauchamp, wishes to combine both wells into a single agreement;

CONSIDERING THAT the City has the powers to conclude this agreement, by virtue of its environmental jurisdiction provided for in the Loi sur les compétences municipales (Chapter C-47.1);

CONSIDERING THAT the City and the MELCCFP wish to record in writing the terms and conditions that will govern their respective obligations:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee recommend that the council authorize the Mayor, or in her absence the Acting Mayor, and the Clerk, or in her absence the Deputy Clerk or Assistant Clerk, to sign the memorandum of understanding with the ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs, as well as any other document necessary to give full effect to this resolution. This recommendation of the Executive Committee comes into effect on the day of its approval by resolution of the municipal council.

CONSIDERING THAT the municipal council, by its resolution number CM-2023-983 of December 5, 2023, adopted a Water Management Plan (PGE) aimed at ensuring a sustainable supply of drinking water;

CONSIDERING THAT in 2021, the City of Gatineau conducted a vulnerability analysis of its four drinking water sources;

CONSIDERING THAT the development of a drinking water source protection plan constitutes the follow-up to this analysis;

CONSIDERING THAT the City of Gatineau has reviewed the regulatory framework detailing the rules and standards of the Program for the Development of Drinking Water Source Protection Plans (Programme pour l’élaboration des plans de protection des sources d’eau potable - PEPPSEP);

CONSIDERING THAT the City of Gatineau wishes to submit an individual application to the ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs (MELCCFP) within the framework of the PEPPSEP:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee recommend that the council:

• authorize the Service de transition écologique to submit a financial aid application for $230,000 under the PEPPSEP; • authorize Mr. Frédéric Vandal, Director of the Service de transition écologique, to sign and file with the MELCCFP all documents related to the financial aid application for the development of a drinking water source protection plan under the PEPPSEP.

The Treasurer is authorized to make the accounting entries required to give effect to this. A certificate from the Treasurer was issued on August 29, 2025. This recommendation of the Executive Committee comes into effect on the day of its approval by resolution of the municipal council.

CONSIDERING THAT the City of Gatineau has adopted an Urban Forestry Plan aiming to plant at least 10,000 trees per year, to improve the city's canopy index to aim for a minimum of 30% in each community, and to decrease the impact of heat islands through tree planting in urban environments;

CONSIDERING THAT tree planting contributes to maintaining and promoting the growth of a healthy, rich, diversified, and dense urban forest that contributes sustainably to improving air quality, soil quality, water quality, biodiversity, and vital exchanges, to reducing energy consumption, and to improving the quality of life of neighborhoods and the City;

CONSIDERING THAT the City participated in the first component of the program to perform the necessary analyses to finance tree planting and the implementation of other green infrastructure as part of the second component;

CONSIDERING THAT the ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs (MELCCFP) has set up the OASIS program to offer financial support to municipal organizations to plan and carry out greening projects allowing them to better adapt their environment to the impacts of climate change;

CONSIDERING THAT the City can currently submit an application to component 2 of the OASIS program, which aims to support municipal organizations in carrying out tree planting projects and implementing other green infrastructure, with grants of a maximum value of $25,000,000:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee recommend that the council:

• authorize the Service de la transition écologique to submit a grant application to the second component of the OASIS program; • authorize the Director of the Service de la transition écologique, or his replacement, to sign any document necessary to obtain the grant; • authorize the Treasurer to transfer the amount granted by the MELCCFP to budget item 10449.02 STE PE - PFU - Donation d'arbres et verdissement.

The Treasurer is authorized to make the accounting entries required to give effect to this. A certificate from the Treasurer was issued on August 29, 2025. This recommendation of the Executive Committee comes into effect on the day of its approval by resolution of the municipal council.

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee:

• award a contract to the following firm for the purchase of a 10-wheel truck with an articulated aerial lift including an option for 2027, all in compliance with the tender documents and the bid submitted on July 21, 2025, the latter having submitted the only bid received and compliant, namely: Posi-Plus technologie inc., 100-486, boulevard Pierre-Roux, Victoriaville, Quebec, G6T 1S9, for a total amount of $809,260.31 including taxes; • authorize the Public Works Department to avail itself, if necessary, of the purchase option provided for in the contract for the year 2027, thus bringing the total approximate value of the contract to $1,683,261.34. The use of this option will be evaluated in 2027, based on budgetary availability at that time; • authorize the Treasurer to make transfers if necessary to give effect to the awarding of the contract. The funds for this purpose will be taken from the following budget item:

A certificate from the Treasurer was issued on August 29, 2025.

CONSIDERING THAT the Gatineau Fire Safety Service wishes to proceed with the replacement of an emergency boat essential for interventions on various bodies of water, which was scrapped following major damage, and that this boat is not provided for in the 2025 Investment Plan - Maintenance Component;

CONSIDERING THAT following a prioritization exercise, previous balances for fire vehicles can be released to the various Investment Plans - Maintenance Component in order to acquire the emergency boat:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee recommend that the council:

• authorize the replacement of the essential emergency boat in order to meet intervention obligations on various bodies of water; • authorize the Treasurer to use the balances released following a prioritization exercise of the Gatineau Fire Safety Service vehicles from the Investment Plans - Maintenance Component of previous years in order to acquire the emergency boat for the service.

The Treasurer is authorized to make the accounting entries required to give effect to this. A certificate from the Treasurer was issued on August 29, 2025. This recommendation of the Executive Committee comes into effect on the day of its approval by resolution of the municipal council.

CONSIDERING THAT the City's 2021-2025 municipal council program commits to structuring its interventions around a scientific and ambitious approach to climate change adaptation and the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions;

CONSIDERING THAT within the framework of the City of Gatineau's Climate Plan, the Service de transition écologique has the mandate to ensure the coherence of climate action with regional consultation bodies such as the Conseil régional de l’environnement et du développement durable de l’Outaouais (CREDDO);

CONSIDERING THAT the City granted financial support to the mission for the year 2024-2025 to the CREDDO (CM-2024-301);

CONSIDERING THAT the CREDDO is a non-profit organization (NPO) whose mission is to ensure the consultation of Outaouais stakeholders around the environmental issues of the region. Their mandates and projects provide solutions to residual materials management, the fight against and adaptation to climate change, sustainable development, biodiversity conservation, and the development of a green economy:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee recommend that the council:

• approve financial support in the amount of $140,750; • authorize the Treasurer to make the accounting entries required covering a maximum amount of $140,750 to the organization, according to the terms of the memorandum of understanding; • authorize the Mayor, or in her absence the Acting Mayor, and the Clerk, or in her absence the Deputy Clerk or Assistant Clerk, to sign the memorandum of understanding.

The funds for this project will be taken from the surplus allocated to the Green Fund (Fonds Vert). A certificate from the Treasurer was issued on August 29, 2025. This recommendation of the Executive Committee comes into effect on the day of its approval by resolution of the municipal council.

CONSIDERING THAT each of the Parties operates an emergency communications center, which includes a 9-1-1 emergency center as well as a secondary emergency communications center which is a dispatch center for a fire safety service and a police force;

CONSIDERING THAT each of the Parties possesses a backup center capable of respecting the provisions provided for in the Regulation on standards, specifications, and quality criteria applicable to 9-1-1 emergency centers and certain secondary emergency communications centers when it replaces the emergency communications center;

CONSIDERING THAT the 9-1-1 emergency centers of the Parties as well as the secondary emergency communications centers are subject to the regulation on standards, specifications, and quality criteria applicable to 9-1-1 emergency centers and certain secondary emergency communications centers;

CONSIDERING THAT a backup plan must be developed by each of the Parties in order to ensure the continuity of operations of the 9-1-1 emergency center in the event that it is no longer able to operate effectively, and this, in accordance with articles 23 and following of this regulation;

CONSIDERING THAT the Parties have jurisdiction notably in matters of security following the Loi sur les compétences municipales and following the Loi sur les centres de communications d’urgence;

CONSIDERING THAT each of the Parties wishes that the 9-1-1 emergency center of the other Party process emergency communications in the event of the incapacity of its backup center;

CONSIDERING THAT articles 468 and following of the Loi sur les cités et villes allow cities to conclude an intermunicipal agreement regarding all or part of a field of their jurisdiction;

CONSIDERING THAT the Parties wish to agree to this agreement for the reasons above mentioned;

CONSIDERING THAT the Parties possess the necessary powers to conclude this agreement:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee recommend that the council authorize the Director of the Police Service to sign the agreement between the City of Gatineau and the City of Sherbrooke so that they comply with the regulation on standards, specifications, and quality criteria applicable to 9-1-1 emergency centers and certain secondary emergency communications centers. A certificate from the Treasurer was issued on August 29, 2025. This recommendation of the Executive Committee comes into effect on the day of its approval by resolution of the municipal council.

CONSIDERING THAT according to the Policy for the evaluation of needs and assignments of adult school crossing guards S-ING-2005-01, the Service des infrastructures et des projets conducted an analysis of new requests for this fall in June 2025;

CONSIDERING THAT 166 school crossing guard assignments are necessary according to the Policy S-ING-2005-01 in effect in order to ensure adequate safety around primary schools, including an adult school crossing guard assignment maintained for replacement calls (between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m.) and morning recess at école Notre-Dame (Hull sector), according to the collective agreement in effect;

CONSIDERING THAT two new requests for adult school crossing guard assignments were addressed to the City of Gatineau and validated by the Service des infrastructures et des projets in 2025;

CONSIDERING THAT seven new requests for adult school crossing guard assignments were addressed to the City of Gatineau, will be filled temporarily, and will be subject to an analysis by the Service des infrastructures et des projets in September 2026;

CONSIDERING THAT two additional temporary assignments justified for road repair and/or development projects, in order to strengthen safety around schools affected by the various project(s);

CONSIDERING THAT one assignment was abolished following the redevelopment of a school corridor;

CONSIDERING THAT the Gatineau Police Service, Parking, Animal Control, and Adult School Brigade Section must effectively ensure the safety of primary school students across its entire territory:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee recommend that the council:

• approve the 166 adult crossing guard assignments for the 2025-2026 school year; • authorize the Treasurer to finance the additional amount required in 2025 of $55,296.73 with the City's payroll. The funds for this purpose will be taken from the budget item of the concerned service; • authorize the Treasurer to provide in the 2026 budget the additional funding required of $78,337.06.

A certificate from the Treasurer was issued on August 29, 2025, conditionally upon the adoption of the 2026 budget. This recommendation of the Executive Committee comes into effect on the day of its approval by resolution of the municipal council.