LOCAL ELECTION PLATFORM 2017 LE SUD-OUEST projetmontreal.org
Agente ofcielle Carole LeRoux MESSAGE FROM THE CANDIDATES
We are truly proud of both the work accomplished and the progress made throughout this past mandate across all of our neighborhoods: Ville-Émard, Grifntown, Petite-Bourgogne, Pointe-Saint-Charles, Saint-Henri, Côte-Saint-Paul. These are neighborhoods in which solidarity is at the heart of our community groups, and where the proximity of our services allow us to fully support local businesses and active transport. Above all, this is a borough where living together allows every citizen, regardless of their origin or profession, to feel welcome.
The Sud-Ouest, both its residents and its merchants, deserves only the best. This involves an unparalleled quality of life in which residents are at the heart of our actions, whether it’s regarding transport, trafc, economic development, housing, community life, heritage, the environment, sports and leisure, culture, or citizen engagement. Our platform is a natural extension of our previous mandate, which will help lay the groundwork for the success our projects in the years to come.
There is still a lot to accomplish together, and we are more determined than ever to make the Sud-Ouest a dynamic, welcoming and unique place for all its citizens.
VALÉRIE BENOIT CRAIG SOPHIE ANNE-MARIE ALAIN PLANTE DORAIS SAUVÉ THIÉBAUT SIGOUIN VAILLANCOURT Mairesse de Montréal Maire d’arrondissement Conseiller de ville Conseillè re Conseillère de ville Conseiller Mayor of Montreal Borough Mayor City Councillor d’arrondissement City Councillor d’arrondissement Borough Councillor Borough Councillor LE 5 NOVEMBRE ON NOVEMBER 5TH
514 660-6247 ÉQUIPE/TEAM 5980, boulevard Monk VALÉRIE PLANTE projetmontreal.org LE SUD-OUEST Agente ofcielle Carole LeRoux 1. TRANSPORT AND TRAFFIC SAFETY 5 Transform Public Space into More Welcoming Spaces Create a Strong Trafc Calming and Road Safety Plan for Active Transport Develop Safe, High Quality Bike Paths Manage Parking Efciently Regulation of Rail Transport 2. AN ECONOMY FOR EVERYONE 9 Create Locally Based Christmas Markets Actively Support Local Job Creation and Business Revitalize our Commercial Streets 3. HOUSING AND COMMUNITY LIFE 13 Buy Land for the Creation of Community Housing and Services Protect Rentors and Rental Housing Stock Verify the Sanitary Conditions of Housing Support Community Groups Work in Partnership on the Issue of Gentrification 4. PROMOTION OF CULTURE AND HERITAGE 15 Protect Residential Architectural Heritage Highlight the Historical Monuments of the Borough Showcase Heritage Parks Create New Spaces For the Exhibition of Art Support Artists and Cultural Organizations Democratize Arts and Culture in our Neighbourhoods Value Diversity
3 5. ENVIRONMENT, PARKS SPORTS AND LEISURE 20 Massive Greening of the Sud-Ouest Increase Composting Add More Dog Parks Plan and Maintain Parks and Sports Fields Encourage the Development of Sports and Leisure Develop Winter Sports Activites 6. QUALITY OF LIFE 24 Support Urban Agriculture Prioritize Universal Accessibility Improve Cleanliness and Diminish Grafti in the Sud-Ouest Encourage Reusable Diapers Improve Access to Public Schools Support our Seniors 7. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION, TRANSPARENCY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE 28 Consult Citizens on Issues that Efect them Directly Support and Encourage Citizen Participation Facilitate Access to Information Ensure Coherent and Holistic Planning of our Neighbourhoods Support Anticorruption Measures Increase Administrative Efciency
4 1. TRANSPORT AND TRAFFIC SAFETY
Transform Public Space into More Welcoming Spaces
IN SAINT-HENRI-EST– IN SAINT-PAUL–ÉMARD– PETITE-BOURGOGNE– SAINT-HENRI-OUEST: POINTE-SAINT-CHARLES– GRIFFINTOWN:
đƫ Create a federative cycling route đƫ Redesign and revitalize Place in Western Saint-Henri and Saint-Henri Saint-Paul for more welcoming and safe streets (PDUES-Turcot)
Create a Strong Traffic Calming and Road Safety Plan for Active Transport
đƫ Prepare a local transport plan for the entire borough in order to act in a comprehensive manner on through-transit, local trafc as well as active and mass-transit
đƫ Develop new pedestrianization projects in close collaboration with local milieu
đƫ Continue securing residential alleyways
đƫ Eliminate through trafc in residential neighbourhoods
đƫ Add stop signs at problematic intersections
đƫ Multiply the number of sidewalk extensions
đƫ Slow down trafc on arteries
5 IN SAINT-HENRI-EST– IN SAINT-PAUL–ÉMARD– PETITE-BOURGOGNE– SAINT-HENRI-OUEST: POINTE-SAINT-CHARLES– GRIFFINTOWN:
đƫ Support the development of đƫ Enhance the ‘Sentier de la the Éco-Quartier’s Greenways Bourgogne’ project đƫ Build a Woonerf on Island St. đƫ Design the first ‘Autonomy Corridors’ đƫ Pedestrianize Charlebois St. đƫ Apply an aggressive trafc calming strategy in the neighbourhoods surrounding St. Jacques and St. Antoine Streets, as a follow-up of our community forum on the subject
6 Develop Safe, High Quality Bike Paths
đƫ Establish a portrait of the bike network and adopt a maintenance plan
IN SAINT-HENRI-EST– IN SAINT-PAUL–ÉMARD– PETITE-BOURGOGNE– SAINT-HENRI-OUEST: POINTE-SAINT-CHARLES– GRIFFINTOWN:
đƫ Fight for better service on the đƫ Fight for an improvement to the 36 bus line by having more reliability of the 71 and 57 bus buses for more frequency lines in Point-Saint-Charles
đƫ Fight for more BIXI stations in đƫ Adding bus lines in Grifntown Côte Saint-Paul and Ville-Émard, in order to adequately serve the in order to properly serve the heart of the neighbourhood centres of activity in those neighbourhoods đƫ Fight for more BIXI stations in Grifntown and the south Pointe-Saint-Charles in order to better serve those neighbourhoods
Manage Parking Efficiently
đƫ Adopt a parking strategy for Grifntown, long overdue from the city-centre (permits, trucks, reserved spaces, construction site, etc.)
đƫ Analyze parking needs by sector according the presence of certain nuisance generators
7 Regulation of Rail Transport
đƫ Fight for accountability from CN concerning transport of dangerous goods
IN SAINT-HENRI-EST–PETITE-BOURGOGNE– POINTE-SAINT-CHARLES–GRIFFINTOWN:
đƫ Continue watchdog role as stakeholder in the agreement between Nous et les trains and CN
đƫ Fight to secure level-crossing for pedestrians and cyclists in Saint-Henri and Point Saint-Charles
8 2. AN ECONOMY FOR EVERYONE
Create Locally-Based Christmas Markets
DANS SAINT-HENRI-EST– IN SAINT-PAUL–ÉMARD– PETITE-BOURGOGNE– SAINT-HENRI-OUEST : POINTE-SAINT-CHARLES– GRIFFINTOWN :
đƫ Create a Christmas Market on đƫ Create Christmas Markets at Monk Boulevard the Atwater Market and in Grifntown
Actively Support Local Job Creation and Business
đƫ Create a mixed working group on emerging businesses and sustainable niche markets to create jobs and stimulate the local economy
đƫ Consolidate our ties and increase collaboration with the Sud-Ouest Board of Trade en Industry
đƫ Promote the energence of a business incubator for young entrepreneurs stemming from diversity
đƫ Continue to strive for the targets of the Equal Access to Employment Programme of the Sud-Ouest (PALÉE) in order to raise number of borough employees stemming from diversity
đƫ Work closely with the RÉSO on special projects to promate local hiring
đƫ Continue working with PME-MTL Grand Sud-Ouest to support business start-up and growth, namely social economy enterprises
9 10 IN SAINT-HENRI-EST– IN SAINT-PAUL–ÉMARD– PETITE-BOURGOGNE– SAINT-HENRI-OUEST: POINTE-SAINT-CHARLES– GRIFFINTOWN:
đƫ Support the development of đƫ Focus on the business artist workshops, fab labs and Ecosystem of the Quartier de tech jobs in the Cabot sector l’innovation to attract new innovative businesses đƫ Create the first Artistic Free-Zone at 4000 Saint-Patrick St.
Revitalize our Commercial Streets
đƫ Continue our program of diversification subsidies
IN SAINT-HENRI-EST– IN SAINT-PAUL–ÉMARD– PETITE-BOURGOGNE– SAINT-HENRI-OUEST: POINTE-SAINT-CHARLES– GRIFFINTOWN:
đƫ Redesign and beautify Monk đƫ Beautify Center and Wellington Boulevard (signature entryway, streets redesign of intersections, greened sidewalk extensions, đƫ Support the Association of renewed street furniture, etc.) businesses and citizens to revitalize Centre street đƫ Pursue the Monk Blvd Revitalization Action Plan đƫ Finish the current renovation of Notre-Dame Street đƫ Revitalize de l’Église avenue
11 12 3. HOUSING AND COMMUNITY LIFE
Buy land for the creation of community housing and services
đƫ Put into place innovative methods to liberate land for the construction of social housing
đƫ Favour the construction of diversified housing, particularly self-governing housing projects (eg. : Habitat pour l’humanité, UTILE student housing, Family Group initiatives, etc.)
IN SAINT-HENRI-EST– IN SAINT-PAUL–ÉMARD– PETITE-BOURGOGNE– SAINT-HENRI-OUEST: POINTE-SAINT-CHARLES– GRIFFINTOWN:
đƫ Construct a community and đƫ Build the 1295 Laprairie Project: leisure centre in Ville-Émard Community Centre with housing
đƫ Purchase Lot # 5 for Social economy and community needs
đƫ Build the Point Saint-Charles Seniors Pavillion
13 Protect Rentors and Rental Housing Stock
đƫ Reinforce measures to counter the eviction of rentors
đƫ Use the new powers of preemption the Metropolis Law to protect rental housing stock
đƫ Study with the community sector for other measures to protect rental housing stock
Verify the Sanitary Conditions of Housing
đƫ Hire extra resources to ensure the salubrity of housing
Support community groups
đƫ Implement the Integrated Social Development Action Plan, whose priorities are the fight against poverty and the reinforcement of social cohesion
đƫ Implement the Organizational Recognition Policy, which seeks to better insti- tutionalize the collaboration with the community partners of the borough
đƫ Support the community development project for the Canada Malting
Work in Partnership on the Issue of Gentrification
đƫ Organize a forum on gentrification in order to debate and propose measures so that economic growth benefits everyone
14 4. PROMOTION OF CULTURE AND HERITAGE
Protect Residential Architectural Heritage
IN SAINT-HENRI-EST– IN SAINT-PAUL–ÉMARD– PETITE-BOURGOGNE– SAINT-HENRI-OUEST: POINTE-SAINT-CHARLES– GRIFFINTOWN:
đƫ Highlight the ‘Veteran Houses’ đƫ Continue the promotion of and build awareness for their heritage identified in the renovation Project for the village cores of Saint-Henri
đƫ Highlight the older residential architecture of the South of Point Saint-Charles and build awareness for their renovation
Highlight the Historical Monuments of the Borough
IN SAINT-HENRI-EST– IN SAINT-PAUL–ÉMARD– PETITE-BOURGOGNE– SAINT-HENRI-OUEST: POINTE-SAINT-CHARLES– GRIFFINTOWN:
đƫ Highlight the Louis-Cyr đƫ Support the Montreal Irish monument in the Parc des Memorial Park Foundation Hommes-Forts project for the Black Rock
đƫ Preserve the Canada Malting
đƫ Save and restore the water reservoir in the cabot sector in partnership with companies in the area
15 16 Showcase Heritage Parks
đƫ Adopt a maintenance plan for heritage parks (ex. : Saint-Paul, Saint-Henri, Sir-George-Étienne-Cartier)
Create New Spaces For the Exhibition of Art
IN SAINT-HENRI-EST– IN SAINT-PAUL–ÉMARD– PETITE-BOURGOGNE– SAINT-HENRI-OUEST: POINTE-SAINT-CHARLES– GRIFFINTOWN:
đƫ Support the development of the đƫ Expand Saint-Charles Library Théâtre Paradoxe đƫ Consult the population on a đƫ Create the first Artistic new Cultural Centre in Point Free-Zone at 4000 Saint-Charles Saint-Patrick St.
Support Artists and Cultural Organizations
đƫ Implement a digital repertoire of artists and creation/difusion spaces
đƫ Put together an association of cultural actors of the Sud-Ouest
đƫ Ensure a stable financing of the Musée des ondes Émile Berliner
đƫ Implement the recommendations from the Portrait on cultural vitality put together by Culture Montréal
17 Democratize Arts and Culture in our Neighbourhoods
đƫ Continue the public showcasing of art (programme Plein Art)
đƫ Create a program to acquire art made in or reflecting the Sud-Ouest
đƫ Deploy more ‘Ludothèques’ in borough parks
Value Diversity
đƫ Continue bridge-building initiatives between cultural communities and reinforce social cohesion
18 19 5. ENVIRONMENT, PARKS SPORTS AND LEISURE
Massive Greening of the Sud-Ouest
đƫ Massively plant around the Turcot interchange and Highway 15 in order to create a green bufer zone
đƫ Adopt an urban forestry plan to ensure better practices in terms of planting and to build awareness with citizens for better tree and plant planning with regard to climate change
đƫ Enable citizens in appropriating green/tree squares and other unused space
đƫ Add more green alleys
đƫ Add more green sidewalks
Increase Composting
đƫ Expand the composting programme to buildings of over 9 units
Add More Dog Parks t IN SAINT-HENRI-EST– IN SAINT-PAUL–ÉMARD– PETITE-BOURGOGNE– SAINT-HENRI-OUEST: POINTE-SAINT-CHARLES– GRIFFINTOWN:
đƫ Build a new dog park in đƫ Build two new dog parks : in partnership with Verdun the north of Saint-Henri and in Grifntown
20 21 22 Plan and Maintain Parks and Sports Fields
đƫ Adopt a new Parks Master Plan in order to better evaluate needs for investment and maintenance for parks and sports fields
đƫ Implement a parks monitor program
đƫ Build the first ‘natural’ parks in Montreal
Encourage the Development of Sports and Leisure
đƫ Adopt a Policy for Sports, Leisure and Healthy Living Habits
đƫ Continue and Expand the Sud-Ouest Cyclovia
đƫ Modernize the Gadbois Sports Centre in order that it contributes to the full development of more sports for youth and other (arena, gymnasiums, locker rooms, etc.)
Develop Winter Sports Activites
IN SAINT-HENRI-EST– IN SAINT-PAUL–ÉMARD– PETITE-BOURGOGNE– SAINT-HENRI-OUEST: POINTE-SAINT-CHARLES– GRIFFINTOWN:
đƫ Design a maintained ski/slide-hill đƫ Continue to work with Parks to initiate people to skiing Canada in order to clear the and sliding in Ignace-Bourget snow on the Canal Bike Path Park (a unique ofering with and create a skating rink on the Mont-Royal) canal
đƫ Develop winter programming in Angrignon Park (including the construction of Refrigerated Skating Loop as of 2018-2019) and winter sports infrastructure
23 6. QUALITY OF LIFE
Support Urban Agriculture
đƫ Adopt urban agriculture program and add new collective gardens in all the neighbourhoods of the borough
Prioritize Universal Accessibility
đƫ Create an advisory committee on universal accessibility which will develop recommendations on all the policy projects of the borough (e.g. : Local Sustainable Development Plan, Point Saint-charles North Intervention Plan, etc.)
đƫ Revise our urban planning bylaw to require higher standard for universal accessibility than currently required by the building code
Improve Cleanliness and Diminish Graffiti in the Sud-Ouest
đƫ Continue our work in fighting illegal garbage heaps
đƫ Continue eforts in removing grafti tags and greening walls
đƫ Add better adapted garbage and recycling bins for our streets
Encourage Reusable Diapers
đƫ Create a subsidy program for reusable diapers
24 25 Improve Access to Public Schools
đƫ Support the construction of a public school in Grifntown
Support our Seniors
đƫ Continue to develop services and urban design for seniors
đƫ Work toward free and reduced tarifs for seniors, particularly for culture, sports and leisure, as well as construction permits and snow clearing
đƫ Build the Point Saint-Charles Seniors’ Pavilion
đƫ Build ‘autonomy corridors’ to help our seniors get around by active transport
26 27 7. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION, TRANSPARENCY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE
Consult Citizens on Issues that Effect them Directly
đƫ Given that citizen referendums are no longer legally mandatory (reform of Loi sur l’aménagement et l’urbanisme), implement a exemplary policy for information and citizen consultation when modifying bylaws
Support and Encourage Citizen Participation
đƫ Continue to hold innovative public consultations on the developement of the borough and other urban issues
đƫ Continue organizing citizen cofee parties with the elected ofcials
đƫ Create a Sud-Ouest Youth Council in order to encourage more youth participation in local democracy
Facilitate Access to Information
đƫ Implement a new online tool to communicate about construction permits and public domain occupation permits emitted by the borough
28 29 Ensure Coherent and Holistic Planning of our Neighbourhoods
đƫ Demand the organization of a public assembly regarding the plans around a new Réseau électrique métropolitain (REM) station under the Peel Basin
đƫ Create citizen follow-up committees for borough action plans and urban planning
đƫ Implement the orientations and urban interventions identified by the local planning exercises recently completed by the borough (Plan de développement urbain, économique, et social (PDUES) Turcot$; pôle Lionel-Groulx–Atwater$; Plan d’intervention spécifique de Pointe-Saint-Charles Nord)
Support Anticorruption Measures
đƫ Ensure the Sud-Ouest borough gets a ISO 37$001 certification — Anticorruption Management Systems
Increase Administrative Efficiency
đƫ Create a new projects department for a more efcient management of borough investments, towards the goal of completing more of our Capital Works Investment Plan projects more rapidly
đƫ Integrate the 311 division directly into the Public Works department in order to ofer better efciency, better communication and expertise to citizens
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