Special 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 Friday, July 12, 2024, at 9:00 a.m., at which were present Mayor Maude Marquis-Bissonnette and the councillors,

CONSIDERING THAT the municipal council, by its resolution number CM-2024-569 of July 9, 2024, committed to supporting the organization Transition Québec in the construction of a transitional housing village called Village Transition, to reserve a portion of lot 5 428 972 of the Quebec cadastre for the project, and to sign a letter of intent for the loan of the land;

CONSIDERING THAT the organization Transition Québec has mandated the firm CIMA+, s.e.n.c., for the preparation of plans and specifications as well as consulting services for the project to extend municipal services to serve a portion of lot 5 428 972;

CONSIDERING THAT the project to extend municipal services to serve a portion of lot 5 428 972 is subject to authorization from the ministère de l'Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs (MELCCFP), under the Loi sur la qualité de l’environnement (LQE) and the règlement sur l’encadrement d’activités en fonction de leur impact sur l’environnement (REAFIE);

CONSIDERING THAT the project to extend municipal services to serve a portion of lot 5 428 972 could be subject to other government authorizations;

CONSIDERING THAT a resolution of the City is required to authorize the mandated firm to file the authorization requests and the certificate of compliance for the work on behalf of the City of Gatineau with the competent authorities:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED 0020981 THAT this committee authorizes the firm CIMA+, s.e.n.c. to submit:

• any authorization request as well as all documents required relating to this work to the MELCCFP, and to present any commitment in connection with the authorization requests required for the project to extend municipal services to serve a portion of lot 5 428 972;

• any authorization request as well as all documents required relating to this work to the competent authorities in the matter, if the situation is rendered necessary, and to present any commitment in connection with the authorization requests required for the project to extend municipal services to serve a portion of lot 5 428 972;

• to the MELCCFP and the concerned authorities, no later than 60 days after the end of the work or according to the prescribed deadlines, an attestation signed by an engineer or an authorized professional, as the case may be, regarding the compliance of the work with the authorizations granted.