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À VIVRE LAVALMunicipal news bulletin – Fall 2018 LAVAL À VÉLO Come pedal along with us! Bruny Surin Page 30 Spokesman Collecte Online Fête de de sang 3 Services 8 la famille 18 LAVAL IN BRIEF DROP ME OFF AT THE RIGHT PLACE! The safest place to drop off children is not always at the school door. police.laval.ca Municipal Agenda City Council meetings Compost sale Change clocks and check smoke alarm batteries Tuesdays—September 4, October 2, September 29, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m., November 6 and December 4—at 7 p.m. in the parking lot at November 4 at City Hall, 1 place du Souvenir. You 1333 boulevard Chomedey can watch live and recorded webcasts Closing of bicycle path Collection of fall leaves at laval.ca. November 14 Dates online: laval.ca, under Citizens/ Laval residents’ blood donor clinic Environment, Recycling and Collections/ Volunteer training day September 7 Collections/Fallen leaves November 24 (page 9) Volunteer tribute banquet Fire prevention week September 11 October 7-13 Municipal Services Enforcement of Bylaw on lawn Open House at fire stations Schedule watering October 13 Some departments and services will Until September 15 be closed for the Labour Day and Installation of temporary Thanksgiving holidays. More details may Mobile eco-centre rounds car shelters be found on Ville de Laval’s Internet site. September 15, in Chomedey Starting October 15 (structure) October 21, in Fabreville and November 1 (cover) laval.ca, under About/Municipal Administration/City Management, Municipal Court and Municipal Services 2 Vivre à Laval — Fall 2018 INDEX S Municipal News section ......................................... 3 EW N Laval in Action .................................................... 4 A Safe Environment .......................................... 10 AL Good to Know ................................................... 11 IP Green Scene ..................................................... 12 C Economic Development .................................... 15 Social Development .......................................... 16 Fête de la famille .............................................. 18 MUNI Spotlight on… .................................................. 20 The Mayor’s Message Cultural & Leisure Activities section .................. 21 Dear Residents: Libraries ........................................................... 22 This fall promises to be a very colourful one in many Maison des arts ................................................ 24 ways! As in every season, I take note of how well our Arts and Culture ................................................ 26 projects are taking shape and how dynamic our city is… The Outdoors .................................................... 29 This dynamic spirit can be seen everywhere, but Laval à vélo ...................................................... 30 especially in sectors undergoing major transformations, such as Cartier and De la Concorde. This summer, Sports & Recreational Activities ....................... 32 did you notice the temporary waterfront promenade District Life ....................................................... 34 facilities? On the following pages, you will learn more about the short-distance neighbourhood and the plans Your City Council .................................................. 35 for its development as well as the progress of the De la Concorde station project. I take this opportunity Keep this issue of Vivre à Laval until to highlight the achievements of the City’s Service de December 5, 2018. l’urbanisme, which in fact received a major award at the SOUL 2018 conference in Winnipeg. This issue of Vivre à Laval also contains a wealth of information on upcoming activities. Take out your agenda and make note of the fall events, including the Fête de la famille (September 2), Laval à vélo (September 16) and the Journées de la culture SEPTEMBER 7, 2018 (September 28-30). And above all, don’t forget the Laval residents’ blood donor clinic on Friday, › Centre sportif Bois-de-Boulogne September 7. Donating blood is saving lives! Then, to close Fire Prevention Week, the nine fire stations will › Mobile blood donation unit at Laval-Ouest hold an Open House on Saturday, October 13. For appointment — 514 832-5000 P. 5525 A great chance to have your children discover what a LAVAL.CA firefighter’s work involves. In addition, remember that in September, thousands of young people will be heading back to school. Make OLLECTE DE SANG sure you obey school zone speeds and yellow school DES LAVALLOIS bus signs. Drive carefully: accidents happen so quickly! In closing, I encourage you to subscribe to the City’s newsletter to receive weekly updates on its projects COVER PAGE and activities. For the 4th edition of the Enjoy reading this issue of Vivre à Laval and all the Laval à vélo cycling tour, best to you as you return to your regular routine. spokesman and Olympic champion Bruny Surin, a n e n t r e p r e n e u r a n d Laval resident, is inviting you to take part in these Marc Demers festivities. (See page 30.) facebook.com/MarcDemersLaval Shoot Studio ©Martin Girard, Vivre à Laval — Municipal News 3 LAVAL IN ACTION CARTIER SECTOR The Short-Distance Connectivity, Greening and Redevelopment Neighbourhood The streets, green spaces, public squares, services and facilities will be redesigned, and the neighbourhood will be completely revised over a 20-year Last May, during an evening period. Updating infrastructure networks and transforming streets will promote public information session, nearly active mobility. The new road network will be enhanced with landscaping that 200 residents learned about the will form a series of high-quality public green spaces. This feature will become new vision for the sector around the image and pride of the neighbourhood. Cartier metro station: the short- distance neighbourhood. Over the next 20 years, this clear concept will Connectivity guide the progressive transformation of the neighbourhood, one of the tImproved road traffic busiest entrances to the City. tUser-friendly streets Joint reflection tAdditional bicycle lanes and sidewalks The planning work is the result of a Greening process carried out for more than two years by a team of several municipal t Addition of green spaces, parks, public squares, furniture departments, in collaboration with and public works of art residents. Based on the concept tImproved stormwater management of transit-oriented development (TOD), the area will become a dense neighbourhood for living, working Redevelopment and taking part in leisure activities, tDismantling of old buildings without having to use a car. The neighbourhood will be very urban, tDefinition of a real estate strategy in keeping with Pont-Viau’s original character. tRedevelopment of the City entrance tIncreased business vitality tConstruction of a new municipal court The constructions of public buildings will get under way with an architectural competition that will enable Laval, the third largest city in Québec, to equip itself with a new municipal court on its own scale. The building will stand at the entrance to the City, along boulevard des Laurentides, as a symbol of renewal. ©Ville de Laval Revitalization project in the Cartier sector 4 Vivre à Laval — Fall 2018 ©Vincent Girard ©Vincent Girard Promenade du pont Viau: A Real First Reflecting All summer long, thousands of residents took advantage of this new temporary space, which was the first concrete action within the overall upcoming the residents transformation of the neighbourhood. Sparked by residents’ own desires, the Since 2016, residents, organizations tactical urban planning approach aimed to speed up the process of transforming and business people have regularly the territory by means of the rapid installation of facilities dedicated to activities, attended meetings organized by socialization and contemplation of the river. the City, where they have been This development, which spreads over some of the pavement of boulevard able to learn about the project’s des Prairies to expand the waterfront park, may be set up during the summer progress and make comments and season again over the coming years and take various forms depending on suggestions in the interest of creating the users’ feedback. This temporary space will subsequently make way for a neighbourhood that reflects their the permanent transformation of the bridgehead sector starting in 2021. A own image. vast series of green spaces will be created, while the network of streets will For more information on the consultation be completely redesigned. process accompanying the revitalization facebook.com, in the La promenade du pont Viau group project as well as to find out about and take part in the upcoming activities: repensonslaval.ca New! Buy Local at the Farm Stand Fresh fruits and vegetables plus other local products are all on sale at the north entrance of the Cartier metro station until October 15, at the following times of day: tWednesday & Thursday, 3 p.m. – 7 p.m. tFriday, 2 p.m. – 6 p.m. This initiative on the part of Ville de Laval comes within the vast project to revitalize the Cartier area and comes under the Saveurs de Laval banner. It responds to a need expressed by the residents of this rapidly changing sector and has been made possible through the collaboration of three Laval organizations: the Association des popotes roulantes de Laval, Enfant d’Abord and Au Panier. saveursdelaval.com ©Vincent Girard Vivre à Laval — Municipal News 5 LAVAL IN ACTION Parking Policy: For a Lively, Healthy,