2025.03.11 – Special meeting of the City of Gatineau executive committee held in the committee room of the Maison du citoyen, 25 Laurier Street, Gatineau, on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at 1:32 p.m., at which

Agreement and Request - Municipal Services - Student Residence Project at 259, boulevard Alexandre-Taché - Manoir-des-Trembles-Val-Tétreau Electoral District - Jocelyn Blondin

CONSIDERING THAT the Université du Québec en Outaouais has filed a request to proceed, at its own expense and in compliance with current regulations, with the installation of municipal services to serve the student residence project located at 259, boulevard Alexandre-Taché;

CONSIDERING THAT an agreement must be signed between the City of Gatineau and the Université du Québec en Outaouais to establish the guidelines governing the construction of municipal services for the student residence project located at 259, boulevard Alexandre-Taché:

PROPOSED AND UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED THAT this committee recommends that Council:

• Accept the agreement to be entered into between the City of Gatineau and the Université du Québec en Outaouais regarding the student residence project located at 259, boulevard Alexandre-Taché, as shown on the overall plans prepared by the firm GBI, bearing number G-2024-054-04;

• Ratify the request submitted by the Université du Québec en Outaouais to construct, at its own expense and in compliance with the City of Gatineau’s current regulations (Règlement 98-2003 and Règlement 99-2003 and their amendments), the municipal services for the project;

• Notify the ministère de l’Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs that the City of Gatineau does not object to the issuance of the authorization required for the installation of municipal services for this project;

• Attest that the existing water and sewer networks are capable of serving the aforementioned project and comply with the various infrastructure master plans;

• Authorize the aforementioned Université du Québec en Outaouais to have the specifications and plans necessary for the execution of the work mentioned above prepared, also at its own expense, by the firm GBI;

• Endorse the request of the Université du Québec en Outaouais to entrust the supervision, with residency, of the aforementioned work to the firm GBI, with the resulting expenses to be assumed by the University;

• Accept the recommendation of the aforementioned Université du Québec en Outaouais to retain the services of the firm Paterson Group to perform quality control of materials, with the resulting expenses to be assumed by the University;

• Require that the Université du Québec en Outaouais, its assigns and legal heirs, cede to the City of Gatineau, free of charge, the municipal services and the easements required for this project;

• Authorize the Mayor, or in her absence the Acting Mayor, and the City Clerk, or in her absence the Deputy City Clerk or Assistant City Clerk, to sign the agreement and the contract regarding the acquisition of easements that are the subject of this item, all as they will appear on the final plans to be filed with the Land Registry Office (Bureau de la publicité des droits);

• Authorize the Treasurer to reimburse, upon presentation of documents produced by the Service de la planification des actifs et des investissements, the City’s share related to the extension and oversizing of the sanitary sewer as well as the extension of the water network, up to a maximum of $500,000 plus applicable taxes. The funds provided for this purpose will be taken from the following budget item:

The Treasurer is authorized to perform the accounting entries required to give effect to this agreement.

This recommendation of the Executive Committee comes into effect on the day of its approval by resolution of the Municipal Council.

Adopted

STEVE MORAN, President, Executive Committee Me VÉRONIQUE DENIS, City Clerk, Executive Committee