Citizens in LaSalle were presented with three different bylaw approvals last month.
The first two were financial bylaws, and as such, they faced automatic registers for referendums at Borough Hall. According to Pierre Dupuis, the spokesman for the borough, no one signed either register, so the loan requests are now on their way to Quebec City.
The third right offered to citizens was the right to ask for a petition about a building modification bylaw allowing the building at 7770 Newman to be expanded for a new municipal court. Citizens had until noon Friday to ask for a referendum register, but no one did. Dupuis says that LaSalle Council will probably modify the bylaw at their meeting next Monday.
The financial bylaws are the 2013 results of plans made last fall when council adopted a three-year capital investment program during the budget process. If the Quebec government approves bylaws LAS-0082 and LAS-0083, LaSalle will borrow $500,000 for municipal building maintenance and another $750,000 to purchase vehicles, machinery, tools and equipment. The building fund will cover anything needed to maintain buildings and chalets in 40 city parks, borough hall, the cultural centre, two arenas, swimming pools and baseball, football and soccer stadiums. The money has to be spent by December 31, but the borough will have 15 years to repay the loans.
The municipal court project will be implemented by the City of Montreal. The borough simply had to allow a building on lot 1725359 to be expanded for the project.
The building is owned by numbered company, 4166035 Canada Inc., which is a real estate holding company operated out of Hampstead by Jaime Roskies, Arie Koifman and Edward Goldberg. The developer is Gino Melatti Construction, a firm founded in LaSalle in 1964, which still operates out of 7717 Newman. The company is behind some of the largest high-rises in the borough, including Tours Alta, Alba and Alfa.
Hi tracey, in regards to the building where the future municipal court Will be, we were told that the building was owned by the Melatti group. Thank you for the clarification.