Regular meeting, August 3, 2020
August 3rd, 2020
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Council Meeting Summary
The call for project proposals for the development of
independent public library (IPL) collections is an initiative by the Québec Ministère
de la Culture et des Communications (MCC) that provides financial support to
help public libraries develop their local collections. To receive the MCC
grant, the Municipality must contribute at least 10% of funds used to develop
library collections. In addition, MCC has asked the Municipality to confirm its
commitment to financing the
entire project, including the MCC grant.
In the fall of 2019, the Municipality of La Pêche began corrective work on Chemin Gauvin in response to the flooding that occurred that spring. The purpose was to provide residents with lasting protection against spring flooding. In November 2019, while construction was underway, the Municipality received a notice of non-compliance from Ministère de l’Environnement et de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques (MELCC). The Municipality was required to stop all work on Chemin Gauvin immediately until further notice. To comply with MELCC’s requirements, Council decided by resolution to bring in two environmental experts to advise it how to proceed. Those two experts are now working hard to find solutions so that the Municipality can resume construction on Chemin Gauvin.
Ministerial Order 2020-049 of July 4, 2020, allows for
the safe resumption of public, in-person council meetings. However, the
Municipality deems that the safety measures required to resume in-person meetings
would be difficult to apply in the Municipality’s situation. Moreover, the use
of videoconferencing and/or phone conferencing software such as Zoom makes it
possible to meet public safety objectives and broadcast Council meetings to the
public—and the rate of public participation in videoconference meetings is
actually higher than that for in-person meetings.
Given that the Municipality has been fully responsible for managing the sports complex since September 1, 2019, the rental fees for the sports complex and the Desjardins Room must be integrated into By-law 15-683 – Fees applicable to goods, services, equipment and selected requests. Municipal Council therefore authorizes the addition of Section F applicable to the rental of the skating rink and the Desjardins Room to By-law 15-683.
MTQ owns a lot located in the Alcove sector where illegal parking is causing safety issues for residents. This lot is used by some waterfront property owners to access their properties and by municipal emergency services to access public safety facilities (water access ramp). As a result, Municipal Council is asking MTQ to transfer a portion of the lot in question in exchange for payment of all professional service fees. Webcast: |