{"id":1155,"date":"2011-09-22T08:46:09","date_gmt":"2011-09-22T12:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/?p=1155"},"modified":"2012-11-04T20:52:47","modified_gmt":"2012-11-05T01:52:47","slug":"citizens-have-their-say-about-mid-level-seniors-residence-on-5th-avenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/citizens-have-their-say-about-mid-level-seniors-residence-on-5th-avenue\/","title":{"rendered":"Citizens Have their Say About Mid-Level Seniors\u2019 Residence on 5th Avenue"},"content":{"rendered":"

The planned Habitation Vieux Moulin seniors\u2019 residence in the old Allion School at 5th<\/sup> and Edouard faces its biggest test this week. If enough people sign a register at City Hall between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Wednesday, September 21, the project will face a referendum in December or could be halted entirely.\u00a0 The rules for the register and referendum, if needed, are overseen by Quebec\u2019s Chief Electoral Officer and managed by Lasalle Borough secretary Marc Morin.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf 177 people sign the register, I report to the councillors at the next meeting on October 3. Then it\u2019s up to them what happens,\u201d said Morin. \u201cLasalle holds referendums rarely. I think they\u2019ve only held one once or twice since I\u2019ve been here. If there\u2019s a lot of objection, they may choose to halt the project.\u201d<\/p>\n

They opposition comes from residents in La Village des Rapides, which lays between 1st<\/sup> and 9th<\/sup> avenues, and between Centrale and Lasalle boulevards and used to be known as Le Bronx. They say a register for a referendum is the only way they can influence councillors to consider their needs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe city has had this in the works since 2009 but they announced it first to residents on April 26,\u201d said David Pryde, who lives next door to the former school. \u201cThey passed the flyers to announce the consultation on Friday of the long weekend and the meeting was during game six of the playoffs, which shows that the minimum of consultation was being done.\u201d<\/p>\n

A closure of a school during a mini-baby boom in the neighbourhood seems short-sighted, says Pryde, but he\u2019s most concerned about the size of the project in terms of height and number of residences. He says plans call for only 23 parking spots for 93 apartments and there\u2019s no space for adapted transport and emergency vehicle pickups. He\u2019s also upset about promoters pitching the project as a way to allow current residents to stay in the neighbourhood as they aged. \u201cAt one of the meetings, the mayor admitted that Lasalle residents would get no priority on spaces available,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is just misinformation, they\u2019re selling.\u201d<\/p>\n

One silver lining about the whole experience has been neighbours get to know one another. One of the neighbours Pryde\u2019s met since the process started is Sylvie Clement, who is equally dismayed about the plans, but for different reasons. \u201cWe are all cottages and duplexes, and they\u2019re going to destroy the whole architectural character of the neighbourhood,\u201d says Clement, who\u2019s lived in Village des Rapides for 23 years. \u201cWhen this neighbourhood began, there were a lot of chalets, so that\u2019s why there\u2019s such a disparity of homes. But the height is always no more than two stories. After this, what will stop them from adding more buildings that are equally high?\u201d<\/p>\n

Like Pryde, Clement expressed concern that neighbours weren\u2019t consulted on the project while it was being developed so they could help determine its direction. \u201cThey spent two and half years working on this project without speaking to any of the residents concerned because they don\u2019t want us to meddle in their project. This is a neighbourhood where everyone lives in their home and they\u2019re changing our environment. We have to remind our elected officials sometimes that they represent everyone, not just a few developers.\u201d<\/p>\n

The residents have a blog that details their concerns at http:\/\/projetallion.blogspot.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The planned Habitation Vieux Moulin seniors\u2019 residence in the old Allion School at 5th and Edouard faces its biggest test this week. If enough people sign a register at City Hall between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Wednesday, September 21, the project will face a referendum in December or could be halted entirely.\u00a0 The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"0","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lasalleposts","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2buQs-iD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":573,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/lasalle-borough-approves-wanklyn-vote-hospital-expansion-public-consultation-and-building-modifications\/","url_meta":{"origin":1155,"position":0},"title":"LaSalle Borough Approves Wanklyn Vote, Hospital Expansion, Public Consultation and Building Modifications","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"June 7, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"If 65 people sign a register at City Hall between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 21, the Wanklyn project will face a referendum, a reinvention or it could be halted entirely.\u00a0 The rules for the register and referendum, if needed, are overseen by Quebec\u2019s Chief Electoral Officer\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "LaSalle"","block_context":{"text":"LaSalle","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/category\/canada\/lasalleposts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/WanklynZonechange.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1157,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/citizens-refuse-seniors-project-at-allion-school\/","url_meta":{"origin":1155,"position":1},"title":"Citizens Refuse Senior’s Project at Allion School","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"September 23, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"202 people signed the register for a petition held by the Borough of Lasalle on September 21 to ask for a referendum to consider the Habitation Vieux Moulin plans for a new seniors\u2019 residence in the old Allion School at 5th Avenue and Edouard. 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