Lettres envoyées à l’Arrondissement ou aux médias

Letters sent to the borough or to the media

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2010-08-04
Demande envoyée à l’arrondissement pour obtenir une copie du règlement qui interdit les enregistrements lors des réunions du conseil ainsi qu’une copie du texte de la prière lue par le conseil au début des réunions.

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June 14 2010 Letter sent to West Island Gazette

To: West Island Gazette
Subject: Pollution- Riviere des Prairies

Last year I wrote to you concerning the persistent serious pollution of the Riviere des Prairiesr near Rive Boisee street. The problem has existed for many years, and I felt that it was time to do something about it.

Upon bringing up the situation at the Borough Council, I was assured that the problem was caused by crossed connections, and that the city would correct the problem.

You can imagine my disappointment when,upon regarding the results this year, it appears that the situation has become worse. During the last test (june 6 2010), the pollution was at a stratospheric 66000 coliform per 100 ml. Note that 1000 is considered polluted. Also, I noted that four other points in Pierrefonds-Roxboro were seriously contaminated.

It is clear that the borough has a serious problem when after every rainfall, the sewers overflow to this extent, since with the increasing development,the problem can only get worse in the future.

George Boutilier, Pierrefonds
Click here to see more info on this pollution problem
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Au sujet – Compte de taxes 2010
Lettre envoyée au Conseiller Beis février 2010

M. Beis,

Ayant reçu mon compte de taxes de la ville de Montréal, j’ai constaté qu’il y a une augmentation de 6.8%. Je considère cette augmentation innaceptable car je ne rappel pas d’avoir subi une si haute augmentation depuis que je me suis établi à Roxboro il y a une cinqantaine d’années.

Je dois donc considérer notre adhésion à la ville de Montréal comme un échec et je me demande si le conseil de notre arrondissement a contesté cette augmentation afin de défendre les droits de l’arrondissement.

M. Guy Billard
Roxboro

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2009-11-22 – Letter sent to The Gazette

Dear Editor;

Montreal’s budget will be delayed until January  – Gazette November 19 2009

So Montreal can delay its budget decisions until January 2010 to take the proper time to review the numbers.

Yet, when residents ask, and this 10 days prior to a council meeting, if their borough officials can provide any information at all on their upcoming budget and three year capital expenditure plan that council wants to approve at their first post-election council meeting, no such information is made available.

When asked why the rush to approve such large expenses so quickly after the election and why not share information with the public prior to council approving all plans and amounts, our mayor, now a member of Montreal’s executive committee answers, and this on the same day Mr. DeSousa told the Gazette Montreal’s budget would be delayed, that the election had taken up valuable time, that timelines were short and that this was required for Montreal’s budget.

The only information received was a 4-page excel printout on Budget numbers and this at the time of the council meeting. Also, though it was requested, there was never any information presented on the three year capital expenditure plan that was also approved by council. Residents are in the dark on this one.

Some members of council could not believe that residents dared to ask for such information. According to some council members, this is never done and residents need not worry since councilors were elected to make those decisions for us. (Recall that councillors and the mayor won with the votes of about 15% of elligible voters)

Councillors seemed to want to work with God though. Not only did they recite a prayer prior to the meeting but they also mentioned different versions of the name of our Lord after some of the budget questions were asked by the public.

Lewis Poulin – Pierrefonds-Roxboro

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2009-11-08 – Demande d’information sur le budget et le PTI

Une demande pour de l’information sur le budget 2010 à l’avance de la réunion de conseil du 18 nov 2009.  L’information de ce type n’est pas disponible – cliquez ici pour voir la réponse de Mme Worth (document Word)

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2009-10-22  Re: 3,771 Montreal kids injured by cars in past decade

Letter published in the Montreal Gazette

Dear Editor;

In 2008, Pierrefonds-Roxboro officials paid almost $25,000 for a parking study by CIMA+ which was then used by council to justify bringing more cars to narrow residential streets of Roxboro, in proximity of schools and a train station.

Study results were unveiled to a full capacity crowd at the Roxboro Chalet one fine spring evening. Then questions were taken from the floor.

Worried parents wanted to ask why council wanted to bring more cars on our streets when kids presently had to walk to school on narrow streets (made even narrower in the winter) with, in some cases, no sidewalks.

I could not believe it when I heard the head of the chair of the meeting (who was also the head of the traffic comittee and public security) shout loudly to the crowd: « We are not here to talk about kids and sidewalks we are here to talk about parking »

Though asked to do so, they never did do a risk analysis prior to deciding to bring more cars or our residential neighbourhood, despite what the transportation and urban plans recommend.

Lewis Poulin

Note: A post mortem of the Roxboro street parking study is available here

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20 Octobre 2009 – Objet : Communication lors des travaux majeurs

Lettre envoyée à l’Arrondissement

Vous avez entrepris des travaux majeurs sur ma rue à la fin d’août, travaux justifiés. Je me suis déjà plainte du manque de communications concernant l’impact de ces travaux sur notre vie en tant que citoyens.

Au début des travaux, sans me prévenir, vous avez abattu un arbre situé sur la partie de terrain appartenant à la ville – mais que j’entretiens – et vous avez sévèrement émondé un arbre m’appartenant. Je m’en suis plainte aux travaux publics. J’ai même été au conseil d’arrondissement de début septembre pour vous dire ma profonde insatisfaction et vous demander de communiquer avec nous lorsque les travaux nous concernent.

Ce soir, après ma journée de travail, je rentre chez moi en transport en commun, comme d’habitude. Je constate que vous avez fait la bordure de trottoir et qu’il m’est impossible de sortir ma voiture, restée dans mon entrée. Je dois même enjamber la bordure et les deux fossés adjacents, ce qui est toute une gymnastique avec les valises que je transporte.

Pouvez-vous nous avertir quand vous faites des choses qui ont un impact sur notre vie? Je me sens traitée comme du bétail. Aujourd’hui, d’ailleurs, je suis coincée dans mon enclos ! L’autre fois, vous avez coupé des arbres comme s’il s’agissait de simples poteaux. Un arbre, c’est vivant!

À ce qu’on lit sur la ville dans les journaux ces jours-ci, vous avez de l’argent, notre argent soit dit en passant, à gaspiller et à donner à des gens pas très honnêtes, mais vous n’en avez pas pour nous informer de ce qui nous concerne.

Ce manque de communication …c’est un manque de respect flagrant envers les citoyens.

J’attends une réponse.

fin de la lettre

Note: Il n’y a pas eu de réponse, ni pour la plainte portée via le site d’arrondissement, ni pour l’appel au superviseur des travaux, M. Bournival, ni pour la plainte téléphonique !

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October 18, 2009 – Speeding on residential streets

Letter sent to the borough

Subject to your email Wednesday May 13th, 2009 (copy enclosed) I am curious to know what the City plans to do regarding continual speeding in a 30 kph park and school zone. Today is no exception as I see speeding continue unabated. What were the results of the Nu-Metric measuring plates?

End of letter

Note: If a response is provided we could also post it here

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