2024.07.02 – Special meeting of the Gatineau City Council held in the committee room of the Maison du citoyen, 25 Laurier Street, Gatineau, on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, at 9 a.m. at which
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NOTICE OF MOTION is given by Mayor Maude Marquis-Bissonnette that she will propose, or that it will be proposed at a future council meeting, the adoption of Bylaw number 927-2024 authorizing an expenditure and a loan of $227,800,000 for the realization of the construction project of the City of Gatineau's Multifunctional Complex.
In accordance with the provisions of section 356 of the Loi sur les cités et villes (Cities and Towns Act), she tables at this meeting the draft bylaw number 927-2024.
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CONSIDERING THAT there is a significant lack of sports and community facilities in the western sector of the City;
CONSIDERING THAT on November 29, 2022, the plenary committee authorized the treasurer to draw $1,000,000 for the financing of the preliminary stages of the project (PFT/concepts) from a loan bylaw to be adopted for the construction of a multifunctional complex (CP-SLSDC-2022-41);
CONSIDERING THAT the project meets the guidelines for a level 3 building, the guiding principles, and respects the vision deployed in the Plan directeur des infrastructures récréatives, sportives et communautaires (Master Plan for Recreational, Sports, and Community Infrastructure);
CONSIDERING THAT the City of Gatineau worked from June 2023 to April 2024 on the functional and technical program, meeting the schedule given for the mandate:
IT IS PROPOSED BY COUNCILLOR STEVE MORAN, SECONDED BY MAYOR MAUDE MARQUIS-BISSONNETTE, AND RESOLVED THAT, following the recommendation of the executive committee number CE-2024-462 of July 2, 2024, this council:
• authorizes the construction project of a multifunctional complex and authorizes the decree of works to this effect; • authorizes the treasurer to prepare a loan bylaw of $227,800,000 for the construction project of the multifunctional complex, financed by: • $84.0 M to block A for the three community ice rinks; • $15.5 M to the PIVP for the fourth additional ice rink; • $128.3 M from funds available in block D.
A treasurer's certificate was issued on June 28, 2024. Adopted
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NOTICE OF MOTION is given by Mayor Maude Marquis-Bissonnette that she will propose, or that it will be proposed at a future council meeting, the adoption of Bylaw number 959-2024 authorizing an expenditure and a loan of $46,800,000 for the realization of the expansion and redevelopment project of the bibliothèque Guy-Sanche.
In accordance with the provisions of section 356 of the Loi sur les cités et villes (Cities and Towns Act), she tables at this meeting the draft bylaw number 959-2024.
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CONSIDERING THAT this council has undertaken to develop three library projects as a priority, namely Donalda-Charron (inaugurated in 2020), Lucy-Faris (under construction), and Guy-Sanche;
CONSIDERING THAT the expansion and redevelopment work of the bibliothèque Guy-Sanche will complete phase 1 of the Gatineau library deployment plan;
CONSIDERING THAT the work carried out at the bibliothèque Guy-Sanche will double its surface area (net area from 2,000 m2 to 4,000 m2) and that it aims to design a 'third place' type library with an improved service offer, increased technological support, diversification and enhancement of collections and programming, in alignment with the demographic growth of the sector;
CONSIDERING THAT this council, by its resolution number CM-2023-538 of July 4, 2023, approved the project as well as a loan of $45,431,691 to carry out the work;
CONSIDERING THAT the project was the subject of a presentation to the plenary committee on April 9, 2024, as part of a synthesis of Block D projects aimed at prioritizing them;
CONSIDERING THAT an update of the costs of the work was carried out and that these have been re-evaluated at $46,800,000;
CONSIDERING THAT the City has submitted a request for financial assistance to the ministère de la Culture et des Communications of up to $11,526,638, which may, if granted, reduce the loan contracted by the City;
CONSIDERING THAT the investments made by the municipal council for the Donalda-Charron, Lucy-Faris, and Guy-Sanche libraries will contribute to improving services to citizens and the City's performance in the BiblioQUALITÉ report:
IT IS PROPOSED BY COUNCILLOR STEVE MORAN, SECONDED BY MAYOR MAUDE MARQUIS-BISSONNETTE, AND RESOLVED THAT, following the recommendation of the executive committee number CE-2024-463 of July 2, 2024, this council:
• authorizes the treasurer to prepare a loan bylaw of $46,800,000 for the expansion project of the bibliothèque Guy-Sanche financed by the Block D envelope; • authorizes the treasurer to provide in the loan bylaws to be adopted a provision allowing the application of any grants or contributions in connection with this file to the reduction of the loan decreed by these bylaws; • authorizes the treasurer to use, if necessary, a portion of the cash financing available in Block D to pay for certain expenses of this project, and consequently to decrease the portion of the project financed by loan.
A treasurer's certificate was issued on June 28, 2024. Adopted
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IT IS PROPOSED BY MAYOR MAUDE MARQUIS-BISSONNETTE, SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR STEVEN BOIVIN, AND RESOLVED THAT this council adopts the agenda as submitted. Adopted
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IT IS PROPOSED BY MAYOR MAUDE MARQUIS-BISSONNETTE, SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR STEVEN BOIVIN, AND RESOLVED THAT this council agrees to adjourn the meeting at 9:02 a.m. Adopted
STEVEN BOIVIN, Councillor and Chair Me CAMILLE DOUCET-CÔTÉ, Assistant City Clerk Municipal Council