WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT Weekly. Vol. 5 No. 9c We are Westmount September 20-21, 20 11 Lemay out, consortium sought Tenders to call for new design/build approach for arena/pool project By Laureen Sweeney final design. It also means the chosen con - sortium would accept the risk of complet - Welcome back Roslyn In a surprise move, city council was ing the project on budget. slated Monday to cancel the remainder of “This is the best way to ensure we meet the Lemay architectural contract, and our $37-million budget,” Mayor Peter launch the search for a consortium to Trent told the Independent in explaining complete designs and build the arena/pool the rationale. complex. The “all-in-one” contractor/architect The afternoon council meeting was to team would design and build in parallel as take place, September 19, after press time. the work unfolds, explained project chair The new design/build approach is ex - Patrick Martin “This should save several pected to jump-start the process that had months on the overall schedule.” encountered a number of delays in the The process to find a consortium is to start immediately with the launch of “pre- qualifying” tenders to pre-select interested Inside parties based on their experience and fi - nancial backing. Those would then be al - City page p. 29 lowed to bid, likely by Photo: Martin C. Barry year-end. continued on p. 26 Social Notes by V. Redgrave p. 28 Magic was in the air at Roslyn School on Police, city await details for Sherbrooke plan September 16, when students and their parents Underdog by K. McNeill p. 20 got together in the schoolyard for a back-to-school Letters to the Editor p. 6 event. There was food, ice cream, music, inflatable games and a magic show courtesy of Ishkabibble Comin’ Up p. 24 Reserved bus lanes expected the magician, seen here doing a rope trick. to have huge impact By Laureen Sweeney not it directly related to the upcoming demolition and reconstruction of the Tur - A plan to create reserved bus lanes on cot interchange. Sherbrooke St. during morning and after - While details are lacking at this point, noon rush hours will have a “huge impact” Plourde said that Cst. Steven Goldberg – on Westmount, local police commander the local station 12 traffic officer – had re - Stéphane Plourde told the Independent last cently attended a meeting on the initiative, week. which probably JILL PRÉVOST JOAN PRÉVOST LouiseLouise RémillardRémillard CarlCarl R-FontaineR-Fontaineontainaineinenene The plan would be Don’t Miss It: would reduce reg - REAL ESTATE BROKER REAL ESTATE BROKER 514.935.3337514.935.3337 implemented by the ular eastbound STM to help ease traffic Greene Ave. merchants’ traffic to one lane 514.591.0804 1361,1361, Ave.Ave. Greene,Greene, WestmountWestmount congestion though it was in the morning PROFUSIONREALTY.CAPROFUSIONREALLTYTYY..CA9>H?IJ?;IH;7B;IJ7J;$9EC 9>H?IJ?;IH;7B;IJJ77J;$9EC sidewalk sale, www.jillprevost.com not known by police or FFhe\ki_edH[WbjoH<H[Wb;ijWj[7][dYohe\ki_edH[Wbjo H< H[Wb ;ijWj[ 7][dYo Fri., Sept. 23 & Sat., Sept. 24 city officials whether or continued on p. 25 Sotheby’s International Realty Québec LK | Real Estate Agency St.Ambroise Canada’s truly authentic Pale Ale. 2 – WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – September 20-21, 2011 BRIAN DUTCH ߜRespected ߜRecommended ߜResults ANOTHER JUST LISTED! 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WWW.BRIANDUTCH.COM 514 386 2902 Real Estate Broker RE/MAX WESTMOUNT Inc. Real Estate Agency/Independently owned & operated WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – September 20-21, 2011 – 3 To depict seasonal birds, wildlife, plants and trees Educational board on the way for Summit Woods By Laureen Sweeney been introduced to Summit Woods before two sides each measuring 30 by 40 inches, will be discussed by the SWAC at its meet - she met with him in June, even though she said. The plan is to install it at an area ing September 26, Fretz said. An ecological information board de - she had been to Mount Royal many times. called “Le Carrefour” – the crossroads of It took more than 15 years to rebrand picting seasonal highlights of Summit And she was immediately taken with the the main trails. One half of the board will the Summit Park as Summit Woods last Woods could be ready for installation this urban forest. be a permanent map with historical infor - November (see November 2, 2010, p. 1). fall. “It stood out for how natural it looks for mation. The other will be changeable sea - Records show that the “woods” designa - Designer Christina Idziak, an urban a small area in the middle of a city,” she sonal panels. tion had been the first of six key proposals forestry consultant and former curator of told the Independent last week. “It was very As a result, it will differ from the sea - made to city council on March 31, 1995, McGill’s Morgan Arboretum, agreed to quiet, and there were really nice areas sonal interpretation stations installed in emanating from a meeting the same day create it for the volunteer Summit Woods looking the way they should to me. spring 1998 dedicated to birds. on the urban forest and detailed in a report Advisory Committee (SWAC), at the ini - Though everyone has an idea of how an A progress report on the new project by then director general Bruce St. Louis. tiative of John Fretz, the group’s founder urban forest should look, I like the fallen and chair. trees – and the nice specimens.” “It’s an important element in our sec - As a result, Idziak hopes to feature, ond step to help sensitize people to the through illustrations and descriptions, the value of protecting our urban forest as a range of plants, birds and wildlife to be nature sanctuary,” Fretz said. 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Watch tower $2 450,000 barns. 4 home sites! $1,950,000 10 min. to Vermont. $695,000 4 – WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – September 20-21, 2011 Leaves a legacy of artwork Robertson drew on his love of the outdoors A wide community of friends, tennis hiker, as well as a former sailor, ski jumper exhibit in July, as part of a group showing players and artists are mourning the sud - and semi-professional musician, who only at the Gallery in Victoria Hall, he sold all den death, September 14, of longtime a few years ago, began turning his experi - he had displayed. Westmount resident and athlete Doug ences and interests into pastel art that in - “He was determined to be successful at Robertson. He was 83. cluded everyday scenes of Westmount.