WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT Weekly. Vol. 66 No. 7a We are Westmount February 9, 7569 Design-build contract targetted for year-end Sweet! Greenhouse risk analysis reveals many challenges to overcome BN L;KH>>E SM>>E>N brought to light at a risk analysis work - shop January 11 for members of the city If all goes according to plan, the city is council, staff and others who will be in - aiming to award a design-build contract by volved in the process, said Benoit Hur - the end of this year to rebuild Westmount’s tubise, the city’s assistant director general iconic greenhouse complex, the Indepen - for infrastructure and engineering. dent learned last week. The start of work “The existing greenhouses were built would not be known until that time when around the needs of the 1920s,” Hurtubise a consortium is chosen for the work. told the Independent last week. “It’s a whole The complexity of the project was different ballgame now.” The next steps include an ongoing needs analysis, the technical preparation of ten - Letters p. 6 ders, evaluation of the bids and creation of Photo: Ralph Thompson Bought & Sold by A. Dodge p. 17 the design before con - Five-year-old Olivia Laberge can’t wait to get her hands on a maple taffy stick offered at King George Social Notes by V. Redgrave p. 21 struction can even start. continued on p. 12 (Murray) Park as one of the city’s winter carnival events February 4. More photos, p. 20. Febr uar y 1 5 d eadline coming up Max Sports department looks to Castle community to design medals General Dentist Comprehensive Dental BN L;KH>>E SM>>E>N city’s semi-annual sports banquets. The Restoractive Services hockey one takes place April 19. Advanced Aesthetic The number of entries received so far to Andrew Maislin, operations manager Smile Design 514.941.8802 the city’s “Design Your Medal” contest is for Sports and Recreation, said the cur - being kept secret until the deadline rent medals depict generic players of each 1 Place du Commerce Suite 100 Wednesday, February 15, city officials said sport. These have been bought in bulk île des Sœurs H3E 1A3 last week. The contest is aimed at finding “but we thought it would be fun and in - RE/MAX ACTION INC. a new design for the hockey, baseball and teresting for the commu - 514 769-3939 1225 Greene Ave, Westmount soccer awards presented to teams at the nity to create its own de - continued on p. 3 drmechanic.com Your local propterty expert with the global network. Competence, exclusivity, and passion. 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Also cult at the management level, “it should the office in the Westmount recreation new is a week of hockey camp from Au - make it easier for the community,” said On the approach of registration opening centre. gust 21 to 25. Andrew Maislin, operations manager for February 14, a Tuesday, for the spring and This applies to any Westmount resident the Sports and Recreation department. summer session of Sports and Recreation registering for the new sessions. Fee in - Changes in summer camp weeks “This is what we’re aiming for.” programs, Westmount residents have been creases are also in effect for many activi - Another major change involves the sum - Jazz dance will also be introduced to the receiving notices rather than the custom - ties. These range mostly from 6 percent to mer day camps. These previously took youth spring line-up as well as “Chanson ary activity brochure. 13 percent (see story below). place in two-week sessions but will now be Magique” in two separate classes for one- “We’re going green this year and print - held instead as eight separate weeks. to two-years olds, and another for three- to ing only a limited number,” said Claude New youth programs offered “What we saw was that a lot of kids at - four-year-olds. Danis, program and community services Among the activities for youth, adults tended only one of the two weeks,” Danis Registration for swimming activities director. The brochure is accessible on the and seniors are a number of new offer - explained. opens April 25 online or in person at the Sports and Recreation webpage at West - ings at the youth level. While the change is expected to make pool desk starting May 23. mount.org. These include the introduction of fenc - the scheduling of counsellors more diffi - Also because of the new calendar year, ing to the spring session as well as spring she said, “we’re reminding people that hockey for Novice through Bantam from their online accounts have been “sus - April 28 to June 23 and three weekly ses - Fee hikes range from 6% to 13%; pended” and can be reactivated only by sions of intensive summer skating lessons some rates unchanged Medals cont’d. from p. 1 BN L;KH>>E SM>>E>N Mount Royal, Montreal West, Hampstead, signs,” he said. last week? That won’t be known until the LaSalle, Verdun and Dorval) shows the “We always try to be on the cutting three entry boxes are opened, Maislin said. An increase in sports and recreation increased Westmount charges to be lower edge,” he added. “This is meant to be a These are located at the Westmount recre - fees for the spring and summer season’s by some 40 to 90 percent than an average community effort. Anyone of any age can ation centre (WRC), Westmount Public Li - registration period opening this month of the others sampled. participate, not only people involved in the brary and Victoria Hall. “I want it to be a range from about 6 percent to 13 percent In general, many of the youth activities sporting programs.” surprise,” he said. “No one has seen the en - for many of the programs and activities, that cost $50 or even $65 or $85 last year How many entries had been received by tries. People just drop them into the according to tariffs By-law 1505 adopted by have been raised by $5. While weekly boxes.” city council December 5. Some remain youth swimming classes remain un - PSO assists woman He said he had “peeked inside” the box unchanged. changed at $55, the adult master’s swim at the WRC using a flashlight and judged The price of the annual facility access fee goes from $75 to $85 for the swim locked out on Windsor there to be about 25 entries. He’s assured card as well as youth swimming and ten - season. Pilates for adults rises from $70 to A public safety officer remained with a there will be designs in each category be - nis lessons for example, are among those $75. locked-out resident of Windsor Ave. Jan - cause he knows of families planning to remaining at last year’s level. Increases in some of the fall and winter uary 31 until a locksmith arrived to open submit them for all three sports. “While there is typically less of an in - programs will kick in with the June reg - the door, Public Security officials said. The The winners should be known about a crease in the youth programs than the istration period. This will see 10-percent officer had answered the call to assist the week after the deadline, Maislin said. adult ones,” said department director increases in adult hockey, in particular. woman at 8:18 pm but was unable to find The designs are to be drawn or painted Dave Lapointe, “we haven’t raised the fees Participation in the Senior hockey league, any way to access the home and help her to fit a 6-cm square box on the entry form. much in 10 years while our costs for in - for example, goes from $400 to $440. inside. She was unsure whether she had This can be obtained at the three munici - structors, for example, have increased.