Administration / Public Works Committee - Regular Meeting

D'accord. Euh, bienvenue à la réunion. Du 1er septembre de l'administration et des travaux publics. Nous allons commencer par l'appel nominal. Amy, si vous voulez bien procéder.

Conseiller Owen. Conseiller Tradier. Président Athenbourg. Conseillère Dadwell. Councilor Mintz.

Present.

Councilor Rambo.

Present.

Councilor Crayon, Vice-President of Council Albert.

Present. Uh, do you have Mrs. Dodwell? Okay, very good. Okay, President, can we check something quickly? I just wanted to know, Mrs. Dodwell, do you see a function? Raise your hand. I know you sent me a message. I want to make sure she has access to the function. Raise your hand. Okay, well, Ms. Duell is facing technical difficulties with the function, raise your hand. So, one moment, I'll fix that. Laissez-moi m'en occuper. E. Quelqu'un a-t-il quelque chose à dire sur le procès verbal ou souhaitez-vous proposer son approbation? E. Par le conseiller Rambo et appuyé par le conseiller France. D'accord, ça, c'est facile. Euh, nous allons avoir un peu de participation du public. Je pense que les deux messieurs ici présents vont tous deux prendre la parole. Appel nominal. Oh, désolé. Appel nominal. Vote à voix haute. Votez là-dessus. Tous ceux qui sont pour. Pour. Quelqu'un est contre ? D'accord. Le procès verbal est adopté. Désolé. Il faut que je sois plus attentif ici. Alors, euh, euh, donc. Qui est le premier, Amy, ou ?

Je suis désolée.

D'abord, nous avons... C'est un peu plus informel aujourd'hui. Vous savez, ce n'est pas une chose interactive. Euh, je n'ai pas le grand discours habituel ici, mais vous avez cinq minutes. Soyons respectueux du temps de parole. et du langage utilisé, et je vous préviendrai quand vous serez près de la fin. Super, merci. Merci beaucoup. Bonjour, je suis Tony Bosworth. Euh, notre projet se situe dans le quartier 8. Euh, mon bureau est à Chesterfield, dans le Missouri. Euh, nous sommes les promoteurs de Latitude N38, au 2448-2454 Elton Road et 16928 Craveview Drive. La plupart d'entre vous sont au courant, je sais qu'il y a quelques nouveaux conseillers dans ce conseil d'administration. Eux, et j'ai envoyé un email dimanche. La plupart d'entre vous ont probablement eu l'occasion de le lire. Je vous ai transmis le document que j'ai distribué, qui contient le plan du site, nos nouvelles élévations, ainsi que des informations sur les finitions et quelques modifications. Nous avons eu une audience en avril et nous avons prévu une audience en appel le 14 septembre. Je voulais profiter de l'occasion pour discuter avec vous lors de cette audience administrative et vous expliquer pourquoi cela devrait vous satisfaire. Nous avons travaillé très dur avec le personnel, Tom et Monsieur Vounir, depuis le mois de mai. Notre première réunion a eu lieu le 17 mai. Nous avons participé à une réunion de planification des parcs à laquelle Monsieur Rambeau a également pris part et nous avons intégré les commentaires issus de cette réunion. One of the major points, visible on the first page of this plan, is that we have extended the route at our expense through our project to create a cul-de-sac serving the western part of Village Green Phase 2, including the inclusive playground and 62 parking spaces for the benefit of the city. You will also notice a blue area at the southern end of the property. If you have the landscape plan under your eyes, this is the blue area here. We have added a fountain to the city's demand. This is therefore a wetland area. Unlike the previous plan, which was located at the end of our property and provided for a dry retention with a path, this is a multifunctional wetland area. One of the important points on which Mr. Lee will be able to make comments following our presentation or as part of the capital investment plan later. We work with staff, including RIC, to absorb and coordinate the retention of rainwater at the regional level, which covers practically the entire south of Créview Drive, including the town hall. As you know, you have a rainwater problem at the back of the building. We have therefore worked with the staff to manage the rainwater retention collectively between the city and latitude N38, in order to help solve your problem and create a more harmonious, less overcrowded and more aesthetic plan. As you know, according to the municipal councils, the village of Brightleaf has made the object of many criticisms concerning the open retention and its maintenance. Although according to the code, it was considered unethical. In collaboration with Joe and your engineers, we have developed an underground retention plan, currently in the process of completion, which, we hope, will benefit from everything throughout the process. We hope that you will see in these elevations, which have been considerably modified, how much we have worked with the staff to reduce the number of units from 55 to 46. We had 44 in our recourse. But we have reintegrated two units. On the one hand because we had the space, and on the other hand to absorb the cost of out-of-site improvements to which we are invited to contribute. We do not yet have a budget for this. BRIC may have comments on this subject, but I do not think that the improvements related to the rainwater to which we must contribute have yet to be figured out. Once again, we hope that you perceive the public-private partnership and the efforts we have made during the seven meetings held over the past four months. We have created a new access to the park. We have received considerable criticism from the council and staff. Thank you. The staff, the council and various other parties have contributed to improving the plans, the elevations, the site's layout, the architecture and the public space. We have created a 26-meter-wide landscape area on the south side of the project, which represents an increase of 30% of our public space. We bring substantial improvement, substantial commitment towards the city, substantial financial commitment towards the city. One of the questions that has also been raised independently concerns tax implications. We currently pay $18,000 per year in taxes on this property. We have consulted the county register and projected the future tax impact at $240,000 per year, of which $5.5 million is intended for the city park. 600 will go to the roads and bridges of Wildwood. These are direct impacts for you. 5600 will go to the school district and 4900 additional will go to the fire service. There are therefore substantial improvements and all this will continue on some of the other aspects related to the plan. Thank you. Thank you, sir. William Levenson Good evening, William Levenson. I am, with Tony, one of the promoters of Latitude 38. I am also president of Benton Home Builders. My office is located in Creve Coeur, at 11605 Saint, Creve Coeur, Missouri 63141. I will continue on some points for which Tony was short of time. First of all, when he mentions $ 5,600, it is for $ 100 of taxable value. Thus, our project will contribute up to $ 240,000 per year in tax. The city gets its share, the fire department gets its share, parks and resorts get their share, the school district gets its share. Let's see. Il y a eu quelques publications et commentaires sur Facebook, et je sais que le maire a tenu une discussion portes ouvertes sur Facebook ce week-end, ce qui a généré beaucoup de commentaires. Eux, une chose que je tiens à souligner, c'est que le maire a justement fait remarquer que le centre-ville représente 2% de Wildwood. C'est la zone désignée pour un type de logement à plus haute densité. We, them, we are in the city center. We respect all the directives of the city center. We respect all the architectural requirements of the city center. We respect all the requirements in terms of rainwater in the city center. We respect all the requirements, them, and therefore, we think that the attitude should be approved on the basis of its merits. In addition, beyond that, we make a 12-meter strip of land necessary for the main street. It is a property that we have bought, paid for its market value, and that we give to the city. e. In addition to this, we have worked with the staff and have found a way to adopt a regional approach for rainwater by channeling them underground in phase 2 of Village Green for the north side of our property and by creating a retention basin that we will build at our expense to offer it to the city, thus creating a lake with a fountain. e. There are therefore advantages that exceed the simple tax revenues for the city. The other point is that we have worked with the Urbanism Service to design a way to extend our street to the park and create 21 parking spaces that do not need to wait for the construction of the main street, nor all the discussions that will take place regarding the acquisition of land on the north side of the road involving many different parts on which we have no control. So we have a way to give the city access to the park from the west and to offer a playground immediately, without any other requirement, regardless of the other initiatives of the city. The last thing I would like to say is that I understand that change can be destabilizing, but I also know that change can allow us to achieve the objectives of the city. We have a plan that we will present to the council and that allows us to achieve many objectives of the city. Donc, sur ce, eux, c'est tout ce que j'ai vraiment à dire et nous sommes certainement disponibles pour répondre à toutes vos questions si vous en avez. Merci. D'accord, merci. Eux, personne d'autre ici et quelqu'un en ligne pour. Eux, je voulais juste dire que cette réunion pourrait être assez courte. Je ne sais pas si vous comptez rester longtemps. Si quelqu'un souhaite leur parler après la réunion, c'est tout à fait possible, vous savez. Nous allons donc passer à l'ordre du jour. Let's move on to the administrative part of the meeting, and I believe that the first two points are only informative, Mr. Lee. That's right, Mr. President. And you want to continue from there, sir? Yes, certainly. And the two points that we are going to address quickly tonight concern the offer call for the audit services of Exercise 2026. We will also have an option for the selected person to cover the next three years. This would be subject to an annual approval by the municipal council. In addition to the documents provided this evening, it is rather an extension of the July discussion, because our charter requires a competitive offer call every four years for audit services. We will therefore seek to obtain these rates. Cela dit, une chose n'est pas incluse dans le rapport de ce soir, mais je voulais donner un peu plus d'informations au comité sur les entreprises que nous comptons solliciter. Actuellement, notre liste comprend Antcan, KB, UHY, Ruben Brown, l'auditeur actuel de la ville, Sikich et Clifton Larsen-Hallen. These are the ones on the list, but we will probably add a few more. These are auditing offices respected in the region of Saint-Louis who work with many of our partner municipalities. I wanted to add this precision. We will send a note to this subject in our weekly report, but I just wanted to add this addition. Moreover, I wanted to highlight on this same report that if the committee has questions or wants to discuss other points, I am ready to answer them. Mais honnêtement, nous espérons que cela sera publié demain. S'il n'y a pas d'objection de la part du comité ce soir, le plan serait de clore l'appel d'offre le 25 septembre. C'est un vendredi. Une fois les réponses reçues, le trésorier de la ville, le directeur financier et moi-même les examineront, puis nous reviendrons en octobre avec une recommandation pour la suite. Then, once the committee has examined it, it will go to the municipal council in its entirety, and we will obviously need an ordinance for that as well. Anyway, I remain available for any question, but in general, tonight's report includes a joint piece that contains the entirety of the call for offer. This is what we expect from the candidates, that they fill and submit to the city. I will be happy to answer your questions. Thank you. Okay. Does anyone have any questions for Mr. Lee regarding audit services? Very well. Let's move on to the next point. Very well. Thank you, Mr. President. It's just a brief update, too. A few organizational questions tonight. I would like to give a general overview of the budgetary process to come. We are starting the budgetary process right now. We have been working on it for a few weeks, but the formal launch this month and until October will constitute the heart of the discussions, if you will. E. Since we have new members in the council who are sitting for the first time, I wanted to take a look at the examination process and the way in which different elements can be integrated into the budget. But first of all, I would like to point out that at any time, if a resident wants to take part in a concern or a request from a councillor, for us to include or examine it during the budget process, this is the ideal time to do so. During this time, I would say that the budget is always tight, especially for the operating fund. That said, if there is a project or an aspect that we could improve, it is the right time to evaluate it. Because we will examine all of our operations to identify efficiency gains, but also to respond to certain critical needs. That being said, regarding the examination phase, September is mainly devoted to internal work with staff and consultation with the mayor to discuss the investment budget, which we will talk a little about tonight, as well as our operating fund for roads and bridges and some special revenue funds. Then, in October, we plan the examination by the committee. The current plan is therefore to transmit the preliminary budget documents to the entire municipal council. On October 9, This is the plan for the moment. Then, we will submit the independent exploitation accounts to the examination of the various committees concerned. This includes the Public Security Council on October 15. They will examine the operating budget of police services, as well as their contracts as part of this review. We will also have a discussion on this subject at the next municipal council. We will also present part of the administrative budget to the Economic Development Committee on October 19. They will proceed with its examination. This recommendation will be transmitted to the full municipal council before returning to this committee. We have two meetings scheduled in October. The first will be an ordinary meeting, but the one on October 19 will be more focused on the budget, with the examination of those of the administration, the tax office, the municipal court and public works. We will continue the examination of the Immobilization Improvement Plan for Exercise 2027 and that over 5 years. We will also examine the fund for the roads and bridges of Exercise 2027. In addition, we generally include at this time the call for offer for the municipal maintenance contract. This goes hand in hand with the budget process. All this is planned on October 19 for the Committee of Administration and Public Works. On the other hand, the Committee of Urbanism and Parks will meet on October 20 to examine their respective budgets. They will review the calendar of special or municipal events as well as the associated costs. They will examine the Immobilization Improvement Plan for Exercise 2027 and the 5-year plan. As a general rule, this constitutes the main part of the committee examination, then recommendations or adjustments will be transmitted on October 26 to a budgetary work session of the municipal council. Nous avons instauré ce processus l'an dernier et c'est une excellente occasion d'ajuster ou de faire des recommandations avant l'audience publique. Le plan prévoit, après l'examen par les comités, d'annoncer l'audience publique, de tenir la session de travail, puis en novembre, d'effectuer la première lecture du projet de loi lors de l'audience. Ensuite, nous prévoyons généralement la revue et l'approbation du budget en décembre. Ce n'est pas à l'ordre du jour, mais j'apprécie ce que vous venez de présenter. Cependant, pour l'évaluation des employés, nous devons vraiment être vigilants cette année. En toute équité envers les employés, je pense qu'ils ont reçu leurs augmentations en retard. Donc, je pense que nous devons respecter le calendrier, et selon ce que j'ai compris, le 30 septembre, les rapports d'évaluation sont envoyés au Conseil. In general. Just a little clarification on this subject for everyone, except for the municipal secretary and the city administrator. Their adjustments are made through the budget process, so they are not concerned. Those who are explicitly managed by the council are those of the city administrator and the municipal secretary. That said, I will discuss with the president of the committee, and he should come back to us with a proposal and send the documentation to the committee. Okay. Thank you. Very good. Okay. Did we have anything on this last point? Anyone else? No. Okay. Eh bien, notre dernier point sur le plan administratif est une mesure à prendre, et là encore, cela reviendra à M. Lee concernant le plan d'amélioration des infrastructures. Nous lui laissons donc la parole à nouveau sur ce sujet. Merci, M. le Président. J'apprécie. Je voulais simplement passer en revue ce dossier ce soir. Évidemment, c'est un rapport assez conséquent, alors je remercie tout le monde pour sa patience. Je vais essayer d'être aussi bref que possible. Il y a quelques mois, nous avons discuté de notre matrice de priorités mise en place l'an dernier, qui a permis de belles améliorations du fonds de taxes sur les ventes pour l'amélioration des infrastructures, mais aussi une meilleure hiérarchisation. Nous avions surprogrammé pendant quelques années et certains projets devaient être ajustés pour garantir que les revenus correspondent aux dépenses. And the way to proceed equally, ensuring that everyone can have the chance to note the projects and understand the underlying methodology, was to create a kind of evaluation grid to examine each project and note it according to the needs of the community. We had already established this in 25, but it continues in 26. The committee asked that we group the criteria more closely, because before we had a scale of 18 for 1. Technically, for the management plan compared to the tourist or recreational impact, there was a factor of 18x, which created a real separation. We could get a high score in one or the other, but the one had much more impact on the priority score. The demand was therefore to regroup them logically and to reduce this separation a little. We ended up designing a matrix of grouped criteria based on 12, 10, 8, 6 and 4. This allows us to bring this factor of 18x to only 4x. In this case, not 4x, 3x, all my apologies. In this case, we proceeded to the elaboration of the two matrices using the grouped methodology and the 18 for 1 methodology. In reality, after doing both, we found that there was not much difference. There have been some changes in the rankings from one to the other, but once the levels are divided, a project ranked in the upper third did not necessarily end up at the bottom of the list. This shows that we have a relatively stable way of evaluating each of these projects. I just wanted to highlight it. It includes this evening both the grouping and the independent criteria. That said, to come back to that and make a quick summary, we have established, on the basis of the scores, level 1, 2 and 3 projects. In the table itself, you will see them coded in green, yellow and red. By examining the projects in green, I will read them to you quickly. We have the projects of the 386 and 387 bridges of Wild Horse Creek, which are funded by the federal government. This is an important part of their high score, just like the fact that it is a need for public safety. There is also the development of trails, or rather the resurfacing and repair of the current trails. Nous avons eu un programme d'amélioration de la sécurité des piétons, qui consiste essentiellement à remplacer certains de nos feux clignotants installés sur les passages piétons. Il s'agit de rattraper le retard sur certains travaux de maintenance associés. L'équipement d'investissement et les achats directement liés, vous savez, si un portique de balançoire casse ou si un équipement dans nos parcs tombe en panne, cet argent sert à le remplacer. We have also registered the investment in the Hotel de Ville as a major priority, as well as the project of refurbishment and improvement of Valley Road, which also includes rainwater. This project is funded by the federal government. These were all level 1 projects, at least according to the evaluation chart that we used. This being said, from the point of view of the service, we can rely on the anticipated revenues of 2027, which we estimate at about $ 3 million. We can therefore predict that these projects could be financed by the available revenues. Moving on to level 2, we had the projects of the work group on the erosion of the Versant basins, for which I have a note, but to go through these points quickly, we will come back to it. Then, the repairs of the old Old Pond school, simply to maintain an asset belonging to the city. Regarding the purchase of vehicle replacement, we have a vehicle that arrives at the end of life cycle. and also the extension project of Main Street, which I know we will discuss in a moment. Then the general bridge maintenance program. They were all ranked at level 2 according to the rating criteria. And for level 3, we had the structure of the scene at Village Green, the public lighting conversion program, the replacement of trees in general, the project to improve the safety of the Hortner Park, and finally the beautification of the 109 road roundabout on which we are currently working. It is not about the construction itself of the project. It is the landscaping and the beautification of the roundabout once it is finished. That said, when examining these points, there really were a few remarks to make. When we look at it, it really brings us back to the Main Street issue. Regarding the extension of Main Street, the project is currently estimated at around $ 3.6 million just for the road. This does not include public lighting, nor the spread of light bulbs or electric lines. That said, when we planned the extension of Main Street, we had divided it over 2027 and 2028 because we did not necessarily know when the construction would start. We have therefore divided it. Currently, we have registered 1.8 million in the budget of 2027 and 1.8 million in the budget of 2028. That said, if we had an agreement with the file concluded in 2027 for the total amount, we could technically account for the totality of the amount this year. The main difference here is that we wanted to make sure to cover it over two different years. So that it is not, you know, left aside. That said, to come back to this specific question, we have noticed that once again, we are over-programming for the coming year. If you consider this $ 1.88 million expense for half of the extension of Main Street, then the other half in 2028. On the five-year plan, we have recorded it and we have the necessary funds, but a few other projects have been added following suggestions and discussions last year, which has slightly pushed back the deadline. The question that the department really wanted to raise during this discussion is that in any franchise, if you have all these projects and the extension of Main Street is not included, you can technically finance them all and have $500,000 extra to finance other improvement projects. But if you include the Main Street extension project, even if it is only half, it will put us in a deficit situation. Currently, we are accounting the extension of Main Street without withdrawing any. This is level 1, level 2 and level 3. This would represent $ 1.3 million more than the expected revenues, taking into account the also scheduled subsidies. The point that the department really wanted to emphasize is that, in general, we are crossing paths. If we launch the Main Street extension project in full swing and that we are programming it, we will have to make decisions regarding certain projects listed for 27. And for the future, we may also have to make some adjustments. If we do not manage to obtain the land takeover or if we want to postpone the project, it is also an option. Mais étant donné que le parc est ouvert et que l'ère de jeu arrive, nous sommes dans une situation où nous devons prendre une décision sur le projet d'extension de Main Street. Soit aller de l'avant à fond et continuer à chercher l'emprise foncière. either make a decision on the improvement in general and start moving forward, or, if we decide not to continue or postpone, there are other options such as the search for federal funding. We are not sure, but there is a good chance that it will be listed, the main street is technically listed in the framework. So the federal government considers it a street, but it remains to be seen whether it would technically approve it, given that we extend the two sides of the same street. E, je tenais à le souligner, et je suppose que nous pourrions ouvrir un peu plus la discussion à ce sujet. Mais nous pourrions faire une demande de financement par ce biais, ce qui permettrait de réduire cet impact net de 1,8 million sur nos revenus annuels. Cela pourrait couvrir jusqu'à 80% du projet. It is therefore an option available. Or, if we decide to move forward, and this is where we want to open the discussion tonight, if we proceed to include the Main Street extension project, we should probably bring some projects back to a later year to guarantee full financing. The services are available to answer questions, but I wanted to start there. And I think I saw Ms. Dodwell raise her hand too. Okay. Thank you for all your work on this subject, as was the case last year. It is a useful tool for everyone. Et maintenant, je laisse le soin à chacun d'eux. Posez des questions. Membre du Conseil, vous avez la parole. Oui, merci. Eux, je comprends que le financement fédéral de 80% ne constitue pas nécessairement une garantie. Je le comprends bien. Il y a donc un risque de ne pas l'obtenir. Mais en dehors de ce risque, n'y a-t-il aucun autre risque à part le temps consacré ? No, yes, if we make the request, the only disadvantage is the staff's working time. But given the costs associated with obtaining such funding, I would say that it is largely worth the investment and the risk from the simple point of view of the request. RIC may have more information on its eligibility. This is the case. This is a somewhat particular case because, if it were an improvement project, according to my interpretation, if we were doing work to improve safety on the current Main Street, it would seem quite eligible. That said, as we extend the two ends of the street, it will be interesting to see how they interpret it, because you technically add a road, even if it bears the name of an eligible road, but technically you add something to it if it makes sense. Eh, je vois que le conseiller Dodwell a levé la main. D'accord, monsieur. Oui. Oh, pardon. Pardon. Attendez. Eh, oui, merci, monsieur le président. Juste, eh, membre du conseil, j'allais suggérer que, de mon point de vue, demander un financement pour Main Street est une évidence. Assuming that it is eligible, which we will know more in detail this fall, they usually open the candidacy period in November. So, we will have a little more information by November. Even if it is eligible, it does not guarantee that we will be selected. So, but the candidacy process, since we master the projects well, we would be well placed to submit a financing request and at least see if it succeeds or not. Merci. Quelque chose d'autre à ce sujet? Le conseiller Dodwell a une question. Oui, nous essayons de terminer ce point. Je vous ai noté. D'accord.

D'accord. Merci.

Oh, d'accord. C'est à vous, conseiller Dodwell.

Merci. Euh, premièrement sur le fait que vous étiez préoccupé par l'éligibilité à la subvention. E. I think it is a road improvement that would strengthen safety. Etc. So, E, as Mr. Brown said, I think we can, E, obtain a more marked enthusiasm from participants or donors on this subject. E. The other question I have is, what is the current balance of our economies? Pour le fonds de taxes de vente sur les améliorations capitales, soit le fonds de taxes de vente sur les améliorations capitales, soit la ville dans son ensemble.

La réserve. Eh bien, la réserve du fonds général est d'environ 20 millions de dollars, en route vers les 20 millions, et pour le fonds de taxes de vente sur les améliorations capitales, là, je devrais jeter un œil aux chiffres, mais il y a environ 5 millions dans ce compte également.

D'accord. So, there are a few places where, if we want to move forward for the next financial exercise in order to be able to finish this project and make the movements of our residents towards and from our Green Village and on Main Street in general safer, we have alternative funds that we could consider using.

Yes, and I, I, I would agree with that and one thing too. And that actually raises a very fair point. Oh, have you finished, Miss Dodwell? Yes, sir. Okay, thank you. I was just going to mention that it actually brings me back to the erosion elements of the river basin. So they are currently listed on, it's just that we had to ventilate the projects. There are technically four basins, but the two that have been prioritized, then the next two will come after. But the first was the basin, it was Copper Lake, it's Lake Chesterfield. They were estimated at $ 541,000 and that was what Wagner & de Sochiets had presented to us. We are currently working with HR Green to develop the final design and come back to the board with the contract to do exactly that, for the four basin placements in reality. That said, one thing I would like to note is the way it is articulated with the budget of last year. This year, we are probably planning costs related to the proper design. We had reserved $ 500,000 for the erosion projects of the basins this year. We will probably not spend all this year. since we will probably work on the design during the next months until 2027. So, that being said, I just wanted to note here that even if you know, this money has not disappeared, it is still there. So, the $ 500,000 that we had budgeted for this project, if for example we spend you know $ 60,000 to $ 90,000 for the design in 2026, this means that in theory, in net sales, you will still have $ 410,000 that you could technically reallocate. The thing that makes it a bit tricky is that at least from a budgetary point of view and the documents that we present to the council for examination, it will always show that there will be a deficit of income in relation to the expenses for this fiscal exercise. But if you continue with the reasoning, well, we had this budget, we did not spend it, and we added it to the total fund balance, there is a way to make sure that, you know, you can always spend this money for the desired projects, even if the project calendar has slipped a little since we had to design a little more. So, I just wanted to highlight that and we will make an effort as a team here to highlight these little notes when we compile all this. Just to make sure you see the total balance of the account, the fund, if you want, it tells you one thing. But if you know a little about the story behind, well, we have added, you know, let's say 490,000 to this account because we did not spend them this year. This makes it a little easier to say. D'accord, nous pouvons peut-être nous lancer dans ce projet, eux, en utilisant ce financement puisque nous ne l'avons pas dépensé. Donc, je voulais juste le souligner. Nous veillerons à inclure quelques notes lors de la préparation du dossier complet, eux, mais je pense simplement que c'est une considération importante qui rejoint, eux, un peu ce que disait Madame Davos également. Merci. Conseiller Rambo. Au suivant. Oui, j'étais, eux, désolé, le micro est un peu sensible. Je pensais dans la même veine que Cathy. We, you know, the tax responsibility is at stake with public security and a few other priorities for all of us. And we don't want to spend without counting. But we don't want to be too greedy either, because it's an important project and things have converged on this Main Street project to help us. And, e, I don't know what became the analysis we had to do to determine which was the prudent reserve fund and which part was double our needs, which looks a bit like what we have. And so, e, if there was a project that seemed, e, reasonable to finance, at least partially, on the reserves, this one seems to be the good one. So, my first question for you is, what happened to this analysis on what our reserves should be, and also, if you want it, what is your opinion? Is it a reasonable use of reserve funds? Because we have all this money. We want to be careful with it, but it would be unwise to sit on it without doing anything about it, especially since it does not benefit much, given the limits on the types of investments that we can make. Non, et je pense que c'est juste. Et pour revenir à l'analyse, nous avons effectivement eu un consultant pour la réaliser pour nous. Eux, nous l'avons ramené devant le comité administratif PW, et nous avons essentiellement examiné la situation sous l'angle du montant théorique dont la ville aurait besoin pour se présenter aux urnes si nous subissions une défaillance catastrophique de toutes nos sources de revenus, ou si les gens cessaient tout simplement de dépenser de l'argent du jour au lendemain, étant donné que nous dépendons des taxes de vente. You know, we are quite resistant, but it is not as strong as a tax. That said, there is a certain fluidity, but they have come to the conclusion that, to be careful, we should have about 100% of the annual expenses of our rolling stock. This means that you can work for a whole year, put things in order, then go back to see the voters to ask for a new source of income or other. But in reality, this would represent about 12 to 13 million dollars that the city should hold. This brings out about 6 million dollars which are technically excessive compared to this 100% threshold. To come back to this point, if we wanted to do something about your question about the appropriate time to use it, the best practices generally show that these types of reserve funds must be used for punctual expenses largely supported by the community. Capital expenses such as this would therefore be considered an ideal expense for which you would like to use the reserve, wouldn't you? And this allows us to close a case that has been bothering us for years, and it seems that there is a convergence of facts that indicate that this project is a good thing to achieve potentially. But at the same time, it's a lot of money and you're right, the future is uncertain, the future sources of income are worrying, and so on. But Yes, I don't know where I can go with that for the moment, but I think it's worth considering something like that for the reserve. In this case also, and to add to that, here's how it would work. We have a recourse in the course of examination that will determine a part of the passage rights, but there are still 7 properties at the northern end that we must acquire the passage rights. Nous venons tout juste de recevoir le plan d'emprise de la part des consultants nous l'avons donc entre les mains et il est en cours d'examen. La prochaine étape de ce processus consisterait à solliciter des offres auprès des particuliers. In theory, this could be well coordinated with a financing request. Even if we finance a part, it does not prevent us from making a financing request. I also wanted to highlight it. But given the cost threshold and the importance of this sum, I wanted to make sure to draw your attention, because it represents a large part of what we have. Of course, yes, yes, some things that we have to do, such as the work on rainwater and erosion. It's a financial storm. It's a whirlwind. We will inject money into it indefinitely and 2 million dollars of our reserves will not change anything. But it will be a significant improvement for the community, it seems fair and not frivolous. It looks like an infrastructure that we need because, as I have already said, I think it is probably the first route drawn during the planning of the city 31 years ago. Main Street, I mean, and it's still in this state. Anyway, I get off my bus and I'm quiet. I've already said too much, but thank you very much. Anyone else here? Councilor Municipal Crayon. In addition to this money for rainwater, I think we also receive 300,000 from the MSD. That's what we understood and it's every year too. It doesn't disappear and we have to make a request. It's a reimbursement program, if you can say so. That said, it will generally be used, as you can see for the 541 over there. What was it? There is a security margin over there. 300,000. Yes. Where I see that it could be useful is that it is some 300,000 dollars that the MSD put aside. There are cities that have. I mentioned it simply because I knew it was available and that you had not mentioned it. The other thing, we are considering 3.6 million dollars and Mr. Brown said that we could delay, maybe we can do it the second year. The first year, ask for 1.828 million next year. The idea is really, the question today is to know if we have to keep this in our plan for 5 years, and this is what is happening technically at the moment, because in theory, if we proceed and we start construction in 2026, E2027, all this would be recorded as this expense since we had the contract in 27. So, what we did in the past in the plan over 5 years, which is a little different from the year to come immediately, is that we have it in a way put in 27 and 28 because it was the approximate calendar. It could start, you know, in spring 28 if everything aligns, E, in a favorable way, but you know, let's say it's a little postponed. So it could have been, sorry, it was supposed to be 27, it could have been 28. That's why we kept it there and divided it in two. So, at least when you look at the total over 5 years, you realize this expense. So, we did it. However, for 2027, you could, you should practically almost take in 28 the amount we paid, double it, then remove it from what you spent in 28 to raise your total reserve fund balance. Take money in the reserve to launch Main Street. And you ask for 1.8 million the first year. Is that what you're saying? That's right. Okay, I'm all for it. I just want it to be consigned to the legal process. I'm going to have to leave. E. I think. E. How long do you think the access to the right of passage will take? So there is E, you know, obviously, there is an element that is on call at the moment. So this one could theoretically be a fairly rapid process on the north side. E, the service had discussions with some of the owners. Some are a little more disposed than others to participate. But in general, what we see on the right-of-way plans, it is not necessarily a large strip that we need at the north end. I would mention that at the south end, you need this width of 40 feet and I think it's 760 feet long. So it's a pretty big piece of land that you need on the south side. On the north side, we're talking about 10 to 15 feet deep. But you have to have it on the entire length of Main Street. Anyway, I think it really depends on the call process. If this project succeeds, it guarantees the necessary takeover to do something relatively fast. Otherwise, the process will be much longer. Does anyone else have questions about this? Good. As far as the process of acquiring the company is concerned, I think our recent history shows that we could do it in about nine months. If we start tomorrow and work on it constantly, it will take about nine months to acquire the company. Thank you. Very well, Mr. Lee, what do we need? Okay, yes. Ce soir, l'essentiel était d'obtenir une orientation, ce que nous avons déjà un peu fait aujourd'hui, concernant la situation de Main Street. Je pense qu'une chose que nous pourrions faire, mais du point de vue du comité, ce serait de soutenir la ville dans sa demande de financement fédéral pour le prolongement de Main Street. It is therefore a question of obtaining an opinion on this approach. Secondly, there seems to be support to maintain Main Street in the project. So, you keep Main Street. Should we proceed with the total as listed? Level 1, Level 2, Level 3? Or are there specific projects within this group that we should exclude? Even if we don't do it, if the extension of Main Street is not budgeted in 2027, you could carry out all the other projects with a surplus of about $ 500,000. Anyway, it's a bit of an elephant in the room, if we can say, regarding the project to be pursued. So I would say that I would divide this into three different points. First, for the extension of Main Street, should we ask for federal funding? Secondly, for this extension, should we include it whatever happens and show that the budget reserve is used for this purpose? Or should we use another tax? Should we wait for certain issues to be resolved in priority? And thirdly, for the other projects listed here, is there any that the committee would like to exclude, especially at level 3, or which should be the subject of a more in-depth examination? I can review them if you want to. So, I think the candidacy is an evidence. This should already be done for federal funding. Concerning the extension of Main Street, we may be addressing the problem from the wrong angle. I think it must be divided into well-defined perimeters. We could have acquired these services years ago, thus preparing the future success of this project. Instead, we present colossal budgets year after year that we cannot hold. Si nous divisons cela en morceaux plus petits et que nous les traitons dans l'ordre, je pense que cela permettrait une discussion légitime sur l'utilisation des réserves ou la recherche d'un autre mécanisme de financement. C'est juste une réflexion personnelle. Et je peux aussi ajouter une note à ce sujet. Une chose que nous avons faite par le passé, c'est de distinguer, comme on le fait toujours, la conception et l'ingénierie, puis les droits de passage, en les listant indépendamment. Une chose que le Conseil avait mentionnée il y a quelques années, c'était que cela devait être inclus dans le plan quinquennal, que cela devait être couvert. C'était considéré comme une priorité majeure. Main Street must be done, that's why it was a bit of an atypical project, with a budget line for two years when it is generally only registered for one year. It's a bit of the elephant in the room that we're trying to address now, ensuring that whatever we do, it will be finalized regardless of the year, as well as the components of the cutting. Because currently, we have budget funds for the acquisition of transit rights that could be used soon, and we will return to the Council with the plans laid out. There is therefore movement, but given the unexpected, including the large plot of land necessary, this raises the question of whether you really want to immobilize all this money while other projects are waiting in the background. We are therefore crossing paths, all the other projects having a consistent rating. The costs associated with them have been cancelled as a result. Main Street is the one that has remained suspended and that must be treated in one way or another. Donc, oh, je me demandais, devons-nous faire une proposition pour adopter l'option 1, 2 ou 3? C'est comme ça que vous voyez les choses ce soir? Oui, nous pouvons faire ça. Euh, mais puis-je? Oui, bien sûr, je suis désolé. Oui, j'ai interrompu et je pourrais. Très bien. Yes. So, you were saying how to immobilize the money. You said. Yes. When I talked about immobilizing the money, it was more to refer to the five-year plan to improve the immobilizations by budgeting it over the two years. So you immobilized the money in the sense that we budgeted it. It is essential, we had it before necessarily having the plans taken and a calendar established, because the council had ordered that Main Street be included in the five-year plan. Yes. I spoke to you. That's very good. Oui, et je pense que nous pourrons obtenir l'emprise, du moins nous aurons commencé et nous ferons des offres cette année. Cela dit, il y a un recours en cours pour une grande partie de l'emprise qui devra être traitée par le Conseil. Et puis de l'autre côté, les 7 à l'extrémité nord, je pense que cela peut être fait raisonnablement. Cela va prendre un peu de temps, mais cela dit, c'est une plus petite partie du terrain nécessaire et il y a une certaine marge de manœuvre. Nous embellissons le bord avant, etc. Eux, je pense que tout cela peut être fait cette année, mais il y aura encore une bifurcation. Ça va être un peu plus compliqué avec cet appel. Nous devrons, une partie concerne la dédicace, c'est ce que je... Oui. Cette porte. Est-ce que... Non, il n'y a pas de problème. Il y a une parcelle actuelle à vendre là-haut. Oui. Eh bien, dans ce cas, lors des conversations que nous avons eues, il y avait deux résidents dont l'un, dont la succession est gérée par leurs enfants, et la mère est un peu âgée. and one of the children does not really want to sell and especially does not want us to touch the property. The other brother or sister is a little more open to the thing. And then there was another property. It is not the most distant. The penultimate to the west. They had indicated that they had just bought the property, I think about two years ago. They, they thought the area would remain more rural. Hum, they didn't necessarily want to see the street coming. So, there are two that come to mind, and the others were all very, when we talk about, you know, add the sidewalk, add improvements. Hum, there were a lot of them, there was encouragement from people, it was an encouraging discussion from most people. Okay. Okay. Well, Je ne sais pas encore comment cette motion doit être formulée. Je, je peux, je peux la rédiger si vous le souhaitez. Monsieur le Président, oui, hum, donc, je suppose qu'il y a quelques points à ajouter à cela également. Revenons également à la méthodologie concernant la façon dont nous évaluons tout cela. Donc, nous, hum, basé sur les résultats fournis ce soir, mais aussi sur ce dont nous avons discuté, eux, pour aller de l'avant, Does the committee want us to use the group methodology we discussed these last two months, or should we, after having examined the scores, go back to the old methodology? Hum, that was one of the first things we wanted to discuss and get an answer. Hum, I guess you want me to group it all up. Probably. Okay. I think. Yes. Yes. Okay. So that's the first point. So, use the group methodology or the 18 for 1, and the second point concerns more the main street, either you know, keep it, and we will continue to examine it as we do in the budget. Hum, and then, either 2, they, do not include it, while it seems that tonight, some of the returns included the main consideration. And they, did they have other projects? If we include it, we can present it almost in October, because it will change the discussion. If we include the extension of Main Street, this obviously eliminates many other projects, whereas if we do not include it, you could finance them all and even add additional work. This is therefore a quick note on this subject, since we have a few elements to come. We get an answer on the methodology and plan to present the file in October, unless there are any feedback tonight on the question of whether Main Street should be included or not, a definitive answer. Hum, I would not recommend doing this, given that we have unforeseen issues concerning the passage rights that will be resolved soon. So, we simply want to vote on maintenance. Of the same methodology? Yes. What notation methodology do we want to use? The grouped or the original? The 18 for 1. Okay. What is the best way for them to ask for as much urgency as possible on the Main Street project? Because we want it. Tout le monde le veut. Et eux, je ne veux pas que ça, vous savez, disparaisse de la liste des priorités. Je dirais de le garder dans le garder budgété alors. Gardez juste le d'accord. Oui, d'accord. Conseiller.

Je propose que nous allions de l'avant avec eux, Main Street inclus. de l'examiner avec le conseil au complet puis de travailler vers un budget final vers la fin de l'année. Cela vous donne-t-il assez d'informations, Thomas ? Ou ai-je besoin d'en dire plus ?

Cela conviendra. Cela ira très bien, Madame Duel. D'accord. Euh, j'appuie cela et ensuite nous pourrons. Mais en fait, nous devrions peut-être laisser parler. Nous devons l'appuyer, je pense. D'accord, je l'appuie et ensuite nous pourrons parler d'eux. Appuyé par Monsieur le conseiller Rambo. Et ensuite nous pourrons passer au conseiller TR maintenant. Exact. Donc, je suppose que ceci est pour vous Thomas et j'essaie juste de comprendre tout ça. Si nous gardons Main Street au budget, cela va éliminer une série d'autres projets que nous aurions pu terminer avec des capitaux restants pour des éléments auxiliaires. If we have two options. So, you can either do Main Street by paying it with the funds available to them and then you will have to delete some projects. There was also a discussion this evening, if you want to use the balance of the reserve fund specifically for this project, you can technically do all of them, but there will be an associated cost of about 1.3 million to carry out these other projects. If we use the reserve for Main Street. Comment cela ne libère-t-il pas ? Cela libère effectivement. Donc si vous, alors nous pouvons faire tous les autres projets et il nous reste un demi-million.

C'est exact. Donc ce demi-million irait à Main Street, bien sûr. Et ensuite vous auriez environ un million ou plus qui irait au reste.

Mais étant donné l'état des finances de la ville et que nous avons déjà du retard sur de nombreux projets, et nous avons vu maintes fois que lorsque nous prenons du retard sur ces projets, ils deviennent de plus en plus coûteux à corriger plus nous les repoussons. I would strongly recommend not to include Main Street in the operating budget, but to plan its financing via the reserve, thus releasing the capital that would have been allocated for all its other maintenance or project work. And I don't know if this is what is prescribed in this motion or if we have to reformulate the motion. Je recommanderais la motion. Je recommanderais de reformuler la motion. Je pense que ce serait approprié. Mais cela. Je vais renvoyer la balle à Madame Dodwell pour connaître son avis, puisqu'elle a fait la motion initiale. Oui.

Oui. Conseillère Dodwell, c'est à vous. I would agree with the recommendation to use the reserve funds, as indicated by Councilor Tradier, to finish Main Street, then to continue the recommendations provided in our improvement plan for the year 2027. Year. We will treat the improvement of Main Street as a distinct project, outside our investment plan. Oui, j'ai appuyé et cela me convient parfaitement.

D'accord, toujours appuyé par le conseiller Rambo. D'autres discussions ? Alors, tous ceux qui sont favorables à cette motion ? Pour. Pour. Pour. Des oppositions ? Aucune opposition. C'est donc adopté et nous espérons que cela avancera. Il nous faut une autre motion. C'était, c'était quoi? Oui, ce serait, ce serait souhaitable de la part du service. Eux, voulez-vous la présenter? Je suppose qu'avant de la présenter, quelle est, quelle est la recommandation? Y a-t-il une recommandation de la ville sur la méthode qui semble être la plus efficace? Yes, as there have not been many notable changes in using the two, we think that by examining each project individually, it helps to provide a clearer framework for outsiders on how you group them. So the group methodology, since there is no major change in the way in which everything has been placed on the table. The group methodology could very certainly be accepted and it also helps to answer the critics about this 18x factor, you know that tourism may not even really count since it is only 1x, while your plan director is 18. This helps to control it a little when you examine the statistics. In general, you get the same type of arrangement when you finish the scoring. Mais ce qui finit par changer, c'est que cela resserre la fourchette, ce qui aide toujours. Je veux dire, le seul argument que j'aurais pour conserver le système actuel serait si nous voulions vraiment nous assurer que ces éléments de bas de gamme soient faiblement pondérés. Si c'est ce que nous voulions, alors l'ancien système serait parfait pour cela. Mais le service recommande les critères de groupe. Donc, je propose de nous en tenir à la méthode de notation par groupe. D'accord, je seconde. Appuyé par le membre du Conseil Minsk. Tous ceux qui sont en faveur de cette motion, pour, pour, pour, contre ? Personne contre. Donc, c'est également adopté. Et je voulais demander à Amy, étiez-vous d'accord avec tout cela lors de la précédente motion ? D'accord, très bien, merci. Est-ce que cela conclut tout pour le moment, Monsieur Lee ? Oui, cela conclut tout pour le moment. D'accord. Alors, nous sommes prêts à passer aux travaux publics et je pense que les deux premiers points sont uniquement informatifs, Rick, n'est-ce pas? Donc, je vous laisse la parole sur ces deux points. Euh, oui, monsieur. Euh, membre du conseil, le premier point est la mise à jour mensuelle des projets. E. J'essaie de vous fournir ces informations chaque mois. E. Je n'avais pas l'intention de passer en revue chaque projet, mais je suis disponible pour répondre à vos questions spécifiques. Je noterai que Théil Construction avance sur le projet de sentier à usage partagé de Old State Road. Je sais que Monsieur Vanik serait très heureux de voir cela. He is not with us, but he is making good progress on the shared use trail project of Old State Road and we are planning to do a follow-up with the county later this week on the question of the pedestrian crossing at Lake Country Lane. So, it's moving forward. I hope we will have a resolution on this subject soon. Apart from that, we will talk about 109B just after. So, if there are specific questions on other projects, I will do my best to answer them. Sont-ils entièrement financés pour le bas ? Eux, ils en sont proches. Eux, et j'allais aborder ce point dans le prochain sujet, mais eux, désolé, je... Restons sur le... Quelque chose d'autre sur le projet d'amélioration des immobilisations de la part de quelqu'un d'autre ? Okay. Sorry, Rick, for taking the lead. Go to B on... Very well. Yes, we will go directly to the next point which is an update on the roundabout improvement project 109 BA. You have already had it under your eyes and we talked about it to the municipal council during the last monthly meeting. They advance and make progress on the roundabout of route 109 BA. Ils ont marqué une pause d'environ 30 jours pour résoudre une divergence entre les plans et les conditions sur le terrain. Nous avons réglé ce problème. Eux, ils ont le feu vert pour aller de l'avant. Ils ont commencé à retirer les bordures la semaine dernière et ils remettront en place la base en pierre pour la chaussée très prochainement. Et nous espérons les voir paver, je pense, Brendan, la semaine prochaine, si tout va bien. Donc, eux, ils commencent à s'y remettre. Je pense que les entrepreneurs ont une grosse charge de travail dans l'ensemble en tant qu'entreprise. Ils font donc de leur mieux pour organiser et planifier leurs équipes en conséquence. Et nous comptons sur le retour d'une équipe de goudronnage en ville la semaine prochaine. Nous devrions donc constater des progrès à ce moment-là. Peu après ces travaux, nous basculerons la circulation vers la deuxième phase du projet. Nous sommes donc plus ou moins à 50% de l'achèvement à l'heure actuelle. Phase 2 will divert traffic to the west side of the roundabout so that it can build the A side. Once the guttering is complete, we will make the change of traffic, we will inform the school district in advance, then we will shift the traffic to allow the construction of half of the roundabout. We are working on an avenue to deal with the modifications brought to the project. Je n'ai pas de coût total à ce stade. Cela se chiffrera probablement en dizaines de milliers de dollars, malheureusement, mais cela devrait être couvert par le budget actuel du projet. Cependant, il faudra régler la question du remboursement de la ville par le consultant. C'est ce qui est prévu et c'est ce que nous indique actuellement HR Green. On this, I am ready to answer your questions. Rambo. Yes, Rick. An avenue implies that we must pay. And, as far as I know, it is because the road has been found with several inches of gap in relation to the plan, in one way or another. You are not responsible for it. So do we have to pay for it? And if so, why? Eh bien, nous devons payer à l'avance, mais nous sommes ensuite remboursés. C'est, en tout cas à ma connaissance, la façon dont cela doit fonctionner. Nous sommes le maître d'ouvrage du projet. Nous devons payer l'entrepreneur pour effectuer les travaux. Mais nous comptons sur le fait que le consultant en conception nous remboursera ses coûts. Et devons-nous les poursuivre pour cela ou ont-ils reconnu l'erreur ou... Ils ont reconnu l'erreur. C'est exact. They, we are therefore about to total all the costs, they have admitted the error and we are waiting to be refunded for these fees. So we are still working on the details at the moment. Okay. If someone paints your house, you do not pay him before he has finished the list of reserves or others, but here it is different and it suits you. Eh bien, je dis que nous les paierons, eux. Vous savez, le flux de trésorerie réel pourrait être, eux, peut-être pas aussi simple. Ils feront le travail d'abord, ensuite ils nous factureront et nous les paierons. En même temps, nous demanderons le remboursement par le consultant en parallèle. Je disais juste cela parce qu'on perd beaucoup de poids une fois qu'on a payé, peu importe qui effectue le remboursement. Compris. And once again, to arrive at the exact amount and to account for these costs is a priority. And I'm waiting for us to get there, let's hope so, this week. Okay, I understand. And I see exactly what you mean, believe me. And my priority is to make sure that we carry out this process as quickly as possible and that there is no misunderstanding between the parties involved. And you are comfortable with these dates, like September 9 for this, and on October 29 they will be on the new road for the islands, or probably not. The dates I gave you were in the most recent calendar provided by the entrepreneur. They always depend on the weather, it is obviously our first non-responsibility clause. For this September 9 date, I don't know if they gave you something more recent or not. Yes. So, the team in charge of the asphalt, assuming that they respect the plan, will be able to shift the traffic, and yes, the completion date is shifted by about a month, we are now at the end of the year. And that will depend heavily on the weather that we will have in the fall and whether winter arrives early or not. So we will have more rain. Yes. Other questions about the low project? Conseiller professeur, travaillons-nous conjointement avec l'État sur ce projet? Puisqu'ils en sont propriétaires? Oui, nous travaillons conjointement avec le MDOT là-dessus. Pourquoi ne peuvent-ils pas payer cela au lieu de Wildwood? Je veux dire... J'aimerais que ce soit le cas. Mais ce n'est malheureusement pas le cas. Nous avons signé un accord de financement fédéral avec le mot d'eau. Nous avons réussi à obtenir un financement fédéral pour réduire nos coûts de construction, mais nous sommes les promoteurs du projet et sommes ultimement responsables du solde des coûts dépassant les fonds fédéraux reçus. Pour plaisanter, je ne pense pas que nous ayons versé une larme, mais bref, j'apprécie. Y D'accord. E. I think that our next point is a measure to be taken, Rick, for the Wild Horse Creek bridge. Exactly. Very well, let's move on. E. Member of the Council. Yes. E. The next point concerns another federal funding request for which we applied in February and that we obtained. It is therefore an additional federal fund for us. Tonight, we recommend essentially the first stage of the process, namely the approval of a federal financing agreement. This is the bridge or structure 3 to 107 on Wildorse Creek Road near Centaure Road. It is a small masonry bridge that will be replaced by a complete one-way bridge. The project has therefore already been conceived. We have the project plans and quite detailed cost estimates. The total cost of the project is about $ 1.1 million. Thanks to this federal funding request, we will be refunded up to 75% of the project cost. Our cost, if this estimate is exact, is about $ 284,000 to replace this structure. Once again, the Department essentially asks to validate the recommendation we make to the Committee. La recommandation de ce soir au comité est d'aller de l'avant avec l'accord de financement fédéral avec le modo pour sécuriser les fonds fédéraux afin de remplacer la structure 3 à 107 sur Wildorse Creek Road. Sur ce, je conclue et suis disponible pour toute question. Des questions avant que nous ne passions à une motion ? Membre du Conseil romain. Merci. Ai-je bien lu que le financement de la construction ne serait disponible qu'en 2030 ? Il est actuellement identifié pour une disponibilité en 2030. Cependant, je suis optimiste en supposant que nous puissions l'intégrer dans notre programme d'amélioration des immobilisations. Il est possible que nous puissions avancer cette échéance. Nous devons prendre en compte les autres ponts là-bas que nous souhaitons également remplacer. Il faut donc que tout cela ait du sens dans l'ensemble, bien sûr. Mais s'il n'y a pas d'autres problèmes, si nous avons les plans prêts et le droit de passage dégagé, ce n'est pas impossible. It is generally very feasible to advance your financing. We do not usually do it because we do not often find ourselves in this situation, but here, in this specific case, we have the projects. It is designed, it is, it is already on paper. We will need a service of passage on the property in the north and I believe that the objective in the south is the Babelé Park and we would like to avoid the park if possible. Donc, je pense que ce sera l'objectif du côté A, ne nécessiter aucune servitude venant du parc. Allez-y. S'agit-il d'une situation où nous devrions examiner une mesure de sécurité en raison de la situation actuelle, ou est-ce ? Euh, eh bien, nous l'inspectons régulièrement en ce qui concerne la structure. Believe me, if we found a reason to worry, we would be the first to report it. I don't think this is a source of concern at the moment. No, we have restricted traffic to a single route on the structure as you know, I'm sure of it. Partly, it was simply to give us an extra security margin, given the age of this structure and the fact that we had to do a lot of work to keep it viable in the past. Yes, yes, yes, okay. Je suis un peu confus parce que... Attendez une minute. Je suis désolé. Je suis désolé. Attendez, nous devons d'abord avoir un second, et ensuite nous pourrons prendre les commentaires. Quelqu'un pour appuyer la motion ? Le conseiller main appuie la motion. Et maintenant, nous passons aux commentaires du conseiller CR. Mon audition n'est probablement pas excellente et j'essaie de suivre. Mais bref, eux, vous avez dit que c'était prévu pour 2030. Did I get it right? That's right. When you ask for federal funding, the planning usually takes about three years. The first year where funds are officially available is generally three years, and when we made the request, we indicated the first year possible, or 2030. All I'm saying is that if we have other priority areas to finance, instead of using this money for 2030, we should take it and use it from today for this project. I don't understand why we would repair something if it is not yet ready to be treated. And you are four years away from the deadline. I'm just saying that if there are other bridges and bridges to replace, I will focus on that. C'est quelque chose que vous envisagez pour 2030. C'est ma suggestion. Non, j'apprécie votre remarque. Croyez-moi, nous nous concentrons sur tous nos besoins, nous ne les ignorons pas pour privilégier ce projet ou les autres ponts de Wild Horse Creek Road.

Rick, si nous attendons pour repousser cela à 2030, nous devrons reprendre tout le processus, ce qui signifie que le pont ne pourrait probablement pas être construit avant 2034. Exact. E, encore une fois, le.

Projet est conçu, donc nous avons une longueur d'avance en ce moment. Et E, nous avons les plans complets. Ils devront être mis à jour et révisés pour intégrer les exigences fédérales liées au financement, mais dans l'ensemble, nous avons une étape d'avance sur notre situation habituelle. L'acquisition des emprises devrait être relativement simple si nous pouvons éviter le parc. I think the servitude on the west side should be quite easily achievable. It is essentially a flood zone. So, I don't really think it is of much value. I am therefore quite optimistic about the respect of this calendar, or even its progress to a closer year. Once again, we must examine the other bridge projects on Wildorse Creek Road because we cannot realize them all at the same time. They must be scaled. Mr. Peter, does this disturb the budget in any way? No, in fact, I was just going to add something to this subject. We had planned at the beginning the total amount for the project. I believe that at the beginning, last year, the most recent estimate was 900,000, not a million. This has therefore increased a little, but the idea was nevertheless to pay the full cost. Then we decided to ask them, not to ask, but to request federal funding. Now that we have this federal funding in our five-year investment plan, we will see a nice drop of a total of 836,000, we will see, finally it's about this amount. We will see a decrease in the amount of federal funding that we will receive, and I think it was for the year 2028 or 2029 that we had planned it. This will come back with the five-year plan and will now appear in the table that we have just seen, ou vous avez cette colonne de financement par subvention prévue. Vous l'aurez maintenant répertorié si le conseil approuve l'accord de financement. Et ce que cela fait, c'est simplement libérer des dollars nets que la ville obtient directement de sa base de revenus, ce qui est le TIP, et je note simplement cela. Eux, sans le processus fédéral du TIP, They, the city would have a hard time financing these needs. We appreciate their work, that of East West Gateway and all the partners, because we are able to make savings, just this year, they, for the year to come, they, when we start in these projects. I mean, it's about 4 million, 3.6 million dollars that we plan to receive in federal financing. So, it's just a nice addition to that. I hope to continue this good work with them. Municipal Councilor Rambo Cela devrait être rapide. Eux, je ne connais pas ces ponts par leur numéro, Rick. Est-ce celui qui s'est affaissé à une extrémité et qui a environ cinq ou six pieds de chute à l'évacuation? C'est. Je veux dire, c'est. Celui-là est dans un état désastreux. Est-ce le mauvais qui se trouve là-bas? I think we can say that. It is the one that is marked as a unique route. Yes, yes, which is on Centaur Road. But your description seems exact. Yes, yes, and it is. It's atrocious. And I'm afraid for the people who borrow it every day, it is clear to me that at the next torrential averse of 15 cm in two hours that we will have, this bridge will disappear and it will close Wild Horse Creek Road. My question for you is therefore, first of all, I had a minor technical question. A ditch is supposed to be more resistant during these future torrential downpours. Is this the reason why we replace a bridge by a ditch bridge? Eh bien, c'est une bonne question. Je ne suis pas tout à fait sûr d'être prêt à y répondre ce soir. C'est très bien. C'est juste. Donc, la vraie question est, eux, êtes-vous à l'aise, aussi à l'aise que possible, à l'idée d'attendre jusqu'en 2030, car il semble que ce pont puisse s'effondrer à tout moment ? Hum, je suis aussi serein, je pense, qu'on puisse l'être. Hum, il est clair qu'il s'agit d'une structure ancienne et nous la surveillons. Lorsque nous avons identifié des besoins urgents, nous y avons répondu. Et si cela se présente, nous ferons de notre mieux pour intervenir. Y répondre du mieux que vous pouvez, et donc, hum, attendre jusqu'en 2030. C'est assez inquiétant. Je pense que mon objectif serait de It seems, it seems bad. I mean, you can go see for yourself, but it's a bridge that has a bad mine. I'm not, but it's true. And neither am I. That's exactly why I'm asking Arik. But, so the goal would be to advance it by a year or more if possible. So I don't want to give you a false impression. And I think it would be, hum, feasible from the point of view of Swiss Gateway, because they often seek to advance projects in their planning. Hum, and also according to the stage where we are currently in, the design of the project is essentially already finished. The objective would therefore be to treat the bridges 386 and 3D7 there in priority before being able to attack this one. So, that's it, that's the other side of the coin. Okay. Yes. Okay. Well, any other comments on this project? Okay. We have a motion on which we must vote, with the hope that it may be advanced for them. le réparer dès que possible. Donc, eux, tous ceux qui sont en faveur de, eux, la motion pour le pont 3 à 107. Dites, pour, pour, pour. Des oppositions? Contre. D'accord. Hum, la motion est adoptée. D'accord. Passons maintenant au point sur la plantation d'automne. Rick. Very well, thank you. Hum, member of the council, this last point concerns our annual efforts to replant trees in the city of Wildwood. We have been doing this for a while. Hum, we have really intensified our efforts in response to the hail and its impact on our hail. Hum, we have therefore programmed funds in our immobilization program to treat hail, but we also have funds available to replant dead trees. To do so, this year, we have $50,000 in budget and we have launched an offer call for entrepreneurs interested in tree planting for us this fall. Mike Walsh played a decisive role in this process and we announced it publicly, sent to entrepreneurs that we thought were interested, and in the end, we had 4 respondents to this offer call and the lowest, they, I think have included the amount of the auction in my note for you. Le répondant le moins disant est une société au nom nouveau, SP Professional Service. Eux, bien qu'il s'agisse de Marty Hull, propriétaire de Go Green, l'un de nos entrepreneurs en entretien de voirie. Donc, bien qu'il ait créé une nouvelle société, il s'agit d'une personne avec qui nous avons beaucoup travaillé par le passé. Il a déjà réalisé des projets paysagers pour nous et fournit actuellement des services d'entretien paysager en tant qu'entrepreneur en voirie. The prices proposed by Marty are actually lower than those of last year. Last year, Omniterry was used to plant our trees and this year the cost is therefore lower. In fact, Marty made us an offer to plant more than 100 trees. He specified that for any tree beyond 100 planted this fall, he would apply a 20% discount. The department therefore recommends to the committee tonight to conclude a contract with SP Professional Service for tree planting this fall, in order to plant 133 trees and benefit from this return. Once again, it is cheaper than last year. And everything that exceeds 100 trees benefits from a 20% reduction. The total cost of the contract would be $ 47,400. We could plant 133 trees, for which Mike Walsh already has positions in mind. C'est donc la recommandation. De cela, heu, je ne peux pas dire. Je ne peux pas dire quelle part du coût global est allouée à l'arrosage. Eh bien, pour être honnête avec vous, je n'ai pas inclus l'arrosage car, heu, Mike a équipé son camion avec. La capacité d'arroser les arbres. Je pense donc qu'il devra s'en charger lui-même, comme il l'a fait par le passé. C'est une excellente nouvelle. D'accord, merci, très bien. D'accord. E. Oh, pardon, conseiller Dodwell.

Désolé, une question rapide. Quels types d'arbres vont être plantés?

Beaucoup.

Je sais, beaucoup. Je suis désolé, le conseil. Je craignais que quelqu'un ne cherche dans le devis les types d'arbres spécifiés ou si la ville leur avait indiqué des variétés précises lors de l'appel d'offres. Si vous ne le savez pas de tête, ce n'est pas grave.

Euh, je n'ai pas cette information. Il s'agit d'une variété d'arbres que Mike identifie comme étant les mieux adaptés aux plantations dans les situations qu'il rencontre ou selon les demandes qu'il reçoit. Donc, il travaille généralement avec l'entrepreneur pour les identifier, se rend chez le pépiniériste et les sélectionne. Je peux certainement vous fournir plus d'informations plus tard si vous le souhaitez.

Est-ce que Mike pourrait m'envoyer un petit email avec la liste des arbres que nous commandons ? Je suis juste curieux. Absolument. Bien sûr. Absolument pas.

Non, nous pouvons tout à fait faire cela. Oui.

D'accord. Merci.

Très bien. Pouvons-nous avoir une motion pour procéder à la plantation d'arbres d'automne, s'il vous plaît? Quelqu'un? Proposé par le conseiller Rambo, appuyé par le conseillement. Tous ceux qui sont en faveur disent « pour ». Pour. Des oppositions? D'accord. The autumn tree program is adopted and I think we have one last one for public works. Rick, a few more bridges. Yes, thank you, member of the council. This last point concerns the improvement project in progress that I mentioned earlier on Wild Horse Creek Road. We have the two structures located near Austin Fort Road. Structure 386 and structure 387. Nous travaillons avec les ingénieurs de CDG sur ce projet d'amélioration et nous essayons d'atteindre l'étape de l'approbation des plans préliminaires du projet par le MDOT. Encore une fois, il s'agit d'un projet d'amélioration financé par le gouvernement fédéral. Ils sont tous deux financés séparément par le MDOT. Donc toutes les approbations passent par le modo. Et la première étape majeure est celle des plans préliminaires. Nous aimerions donc atteindre ce point pour les deux projets d'amélioration. Once the preliminary plans are approved, we will proceed to the development of the take-up plans, we will make them approved, then we will negotiate the services and the new take-ups. And finally, the construction plans constitute the final stage of the process. Tonight, we identified additional work that our CDG engineer must do to reach this stage of preliminary plans with the MDOT. J'ai identifié ces travaux et je souhaiterais obtenir l'approbation du comité pour conclure un accord avec le consultant afin de les réaliser. Il y a deux aspects nécessaires ou que nous aimerions aborder. L'un d'eux concerne une réévaluation du pont proposé pour le pont 387. Des deux structures, c'est celle qui est la plus coûteuse. L'autre est un ponceau. It is a smaller structure, but the 387 is currently a two-storied steel beam bridge, and we think that with an additional analysis and value engineering, we could find a more economical option for this bridge. The consultant is therefore ready to carry out an additional analysis, a value engineering study if you want to call it that, to see if a concrete beam bridge is feasible and will fulfill the same function in terms of rainwater and flooding, while being cheaper. For the concrete beam bridge, we expect it to be cheaper, we will determine how much if this is confirmed. The only drawback is that to make the concrete beam bridge, the structure is essentially deeper and the ground floor must be raised. Thus, the ramp or the necessary lift can, to a certain extent, compensate for the cost reduction. It is therefore part of the demand to devote efforts to the analysis of the existing structure to see if a less expensive structure can be proposed and potentially conceived. La seconde partie concerne les autorisations environnementales nécessaires. Encore une fois, il s'agit de projets d'amélioration financés par le gouvernement fédéral qui entraînent une série d'exigences fédérales liées à la législation environnementale en vigueur. Nous devons donc fournir des documents environnementaux supplémentaires, incluant une étude sur les zones humides, une étude sur les espèces menacées et, enfin, les études d'inondations pour le pont 387. to demonstrate the lack of elevation of the water level. In total, the additional work will not exceed the amount of $ 25,000. I would like to present it to the Municipal Council for approval in September so that these works can be carried out as soon as possible. I would like to emphasize that, as I mentioned, this only allows us to reach the preliminary plans stage. The next stage consists of the plans to be adopted following the construction plans. What I would like to do is submit an additional approval for a second contract with CDG covering the construction and construction plans. This could therefore, I hope, be submitted to your examination next month. That being said, I will stop there and, if you have specific questions, I will do my best to answer them. But once again, the recommendation is to move forward with this additional agreement with CDG to carry out additional work for a maximum amount of $ 25,000. Des questions pour Rick? Conseiller Fran. D'accord. E. Quelqu'un pour appuyer cette motion? Conseiller trié appui. Tous ceux qui sont en faveur des ponts 386 et 387, dites pour. Pour. Pour. Des avis contraires? Adopté. D'accord. Merci. Merci, Rick. Autre chose? Rick? Non. Non, je ne crois pas. D'accord. Euh. Voyons voir. Sujet pour les futurs ordres du jour. Avons-nous quelque chose à prévoir là-dessus, Monsieur Lee? Non. D'accord. Je ne veux pas parler de ces marches. Elles ont besoin de travaux. Oui, d'accord. Divers. Quelque chose pour les divers ? Quelqu'un ? Oui. Je dirais que je me sens très vieux car je me souviens quand c'était le nouveau pont et maintenant vous parlez de devoir le remplacer. Alors ? Bref, la vie continue. Très bien, c'est tout. Désolé, juste, ce n'est pas grave. Alors, quelqu'un pour proposer la levée de la séance ? Conseiller Rambo, appuyé par le conseiller Minns. Qui est pour ? Pour. Prochaine réunion. Prochaine réunion le 6 octobre. Merci.