Québec meeting summaries, agendas, and minutes

Executive Committee backs $2.27M pool contribution; borough councils approve zoning rules and grants

The city's executive committee approved a $2,274,000 contribution toward renovation of the L'Odyssée school pool and a $1,137,407 contract to Artelia Canada inc. for the TramCité project at its Oct. 14 meeting, according to the meeting summary. The committee also recommended a $1,505,125 expropriation settlement for a boulevard Laurier lot and a $353,797.43 software licence for the Police Service. Those two items were recommendations for city and agglomeration council approval, not final decisions.

Money and contracts at the executive committee

Alongside the pool contribution and the TramCité contract, the committee approved a $105,000 sale of land on rue Latulippe to 9508-7011 Québec inc. and authorized $7,300 in mission expenses to Marrakech, Morocco. It approved grants totaling $125,400 for various cultural and social organizations, and recommended multiple winter maintenance contracts for off-street areas.

Tourist lodging rules advance in Vieux-Limoilou and Cap-aux-Diamants

Instance CA1 adopted a second draft of zoning regulation R.C.A.1V.Q. 577 covering tourist lodging and restaurant quotas, recorded as unanimous with the president abstaining. It also adopted regulations R.C.A.1V.Q. 567 for tourist lodging in Vieux-Limoilou, and R.C.A.1V.Q. 586 and R.C.A.1V.Q. 587 for tourist lodging in zones 19204Mb and 19230Cb, each recorded as unanimous with the president abstaining.

The same body adopted R.C.A.1V.Q. 582 and R.C.A.1V.Q. 583 concerning occupation permission on lots 5 342 964 and 6 418 399, both unanimous, and issued a notice of motion to authorize a housing building up to 14 metres on those lots. A notice of motion is a procedural step, not an approval.

Grants to leisure and community organizations

Instance CA7 approved $163,030 in grants to three leisure corporations: Loisirs des Hauts-Sentiers ($50,014), Loisirs-Action Val-Bélair ($52,527) and Sports-Loisirs L'Ormière ($60,489), recorded as unanimous with the president abstaining. Instance CA5 granted $500 to the Fondation Ste-Thérèse-de-Lisieux, and Instance CA3 approved a $500 grant for 'La Baratte', unanimous.

Zoning variances and parking exemptions

Instance CA5 approved six minor variances: 91 rue Langevin (front and north side margins), lot 6 552 739 on avenue Joseph-Giffard (access alley), 878 avenue Sainte-Thérèse (margins and parking encroachment), 210 rue Bertrand (minimum lot width), 213 rue de la Plage (south-west side margin) and 123 rue des Feux-Follets (rear margin). It also exempted 878 avenue Sainte-Thérèse from one parking space requirement for a $500 fee, and updated regulations on public domain occupation.

Instance CA3 approved minor variances for 1234, rue de Fenouillet; 2865, chemin Saint-Louis; 1479-A, rue Negabamat; and 1530, rue Camus, all unanimous, plus four parking exemptions and three zoning amendment regulations. It adopted regulation R.C.A.3V.Q. 426 on public space occupancy and passed a motion congratulating newly elected provincial deputies.

Instance CA7 granted a variance for a parking access driveway at 1372, chemin de Bélair, and a variance for a rear margin of 6.6 metres and 13.5 per cent green space for a sports facility expansion at 86, boulevard des Étudiants, both unanimous. It also adopted a regulation modifying the delegation of powers for public domain occupation.

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Québec City Council approves $7.5M and $1.8M social housing subsidies; agglomeration council backs $4.07M Oracle contract

Québec City Council approved $7.5 million in subsidies for 222 social housing units at 1075 chemin Sainte-Foy and $1.8 million for 62 units at 2150 boulevard Père-Lelièvre at its October 6 meeting, both on unanimous votes, according to the official minutes. The same session authorized land servitude acquisitions for the TramCité project in La Cité-Limoilou on a 17-3 vote.

Social housing and land

Beyond the two subsidies, the city council approved a $124,000 acquisition of land at chemin Sainte-Foy (unanimous) and a $750,000 budget transfer for leisure corporation subsidies (unanimous).

The agglomeration council, meeting October 7, approved a loan extension for social housing at 2582–2600A, boulevard Montmorency (unanimous). The minutes summarized in the record do not state the value of that extension. The agglomeration council also approved a $900,000 grant to Ducks Unlimited Canada for land acquisition (unanimous).

TramCité and procurement

The TramCité project produced decisions at both bodies. The city council authorized land servitude acquisitions in La Cité-Limoilou 17-3, and the agglomeration council authorized easement acquisitions on various lots 5-1.

On software, the city council approved a $4.07 million Oracle software support contract for submission to the agglomeration council (unanimous). The agglomeration council then authorized the Oracle financial software support contract with Oracle Canada ULC for $4,073,266.37 on a 5-1 vote.

The city council also approved a $186,159 winter maintenance contract for the Lac Saint-Augustin sector (unanimous).

Namur partnership

The city council ratified a 2026-2029 collaboration protocol with the City of Namur on an 18-3 vote.

Zoning and borough decisions

Three borough-level sessions recorded as Instance CA1, CA3 and CA5 also met on October 13.

Instance CA1 adopted several urban planning regulations covering commercial tourist lodging in Vieux-Limoilou and Cap-aux-Diamants, including R.C.A.1V.Q. 577, 567, 586 and 587. Each was recorded as unanimous with the president abstaining. The same session approved R.C.A.1V.Q. 583 and 582 for occupation requests on lots 5 342 964 and 6 418 399 (unanimous) and issued a notice of motion to authorize a housing building up to 14 metres on those lots.

Instance CA5, identified in the record as Beauport Council, approved six minor zoning variances — for 91 rue Langevin, lot 6 552 739 (avenue Joseph-Giffard), 878 avenue Sainte-Thérèse, 210 rue Bertrand, 213 rue de la Plage and 123 rue des Feux-Follets. It exempted 878 avenue Sainte-Thérèse from one parking space requirement for a $500 fee and approved a $500 grant to Fondation Ste-Thérèse-de-Lisieux.

Instance CA3, the Sainte-Foy-Sillery-Cap-Rouge borough council, approved four minor variances (1234 rue de Fenouillet, 2865 chemin Saint-Louis, 1479-A rue Negabamat and 1530 rue Camus), four parking exemptions, three zoning amendment regulations and regulation R.C.A.3V.Q. 426 on public space occupancy, all unanimous. It approved a $500 grant for 'La Baratte' and passed a motion congratulating newly elected provincial deputies.

The agglomeration council also approved a derogative real estate project at 3350 and 3390, rue de la Pérade (unanimous), adopted its 2027 meeting calendar (unanimous) and adopted fire station regulation amendment R.A.V.Q. 1875 (unanimous).

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Québec executive committee authorizes $5.6M climate agreement, recommends $9.3M in housing subsidies; Rivières borough adopts zoning by-laws

Québec's executive committee authorized a $5,629,757 agreement for a provincial climate transition program and recommended $9.3 million in subsidies for two social housing projects at meetings on Sept. 30 and Oct. 2, while the Rivières borough council adopted a series of zoning by-laws at its Sept. 29 meeting.

Climate transition agreement authorized

On Oct. 2, the executive committee authorized a $5,629,757 agreement with the ministère des Affaires municipales for the Accélérer la transition climatique locale program. It appointed François Trudel as the city's representative on the agreement's monitoring committee. The committee also recommended adopting a proposal to optimize traffic and analyze financial support for businesses in the Lac-Saint-Charles–Saint-Émile district during roadworks.

Social housing subsidies recommended

At its Sept. 30 meeting, the executive committee recommended a $7.5 million subsidy for 222 social housing units at 1075, chemin Sainte-Foy, and a $1.8 million subsidy for 62 social housing units at 2150, boulevard Père-Lelièvre. The minutes record these as recommendations. The committee also recommended acquiring land from the Centre culturel Islamique de Québec for $124,000 and acquiring two servitudes for the TramCité project in La Cité-Limoilou.

Rivières borough adopts zoning by-laws

The Conseil d'arrondissement des Rivières adopted several draft by-laws amending the urbanism regulation. They include omnibus changes on margins and housing in Neufchâtel Est-Lebourgneuf (R.C.A.2V.Q. 447) and Duberger-Les Saules (R.C.A.2V.Q. 448), both referred to the neighbourhood council; a 100-year personal authorization for the Salvation Army for religious use at 735, boulevard Wilfrid-Hamel (R.C.A.2V.Q. 449); a zone change at 1610, boulevard Bastien (R.C.A.2V.Q. 446); an omnibus by-law for the boulevard Père-Lelièvre/boulevard Central sector (R.C.A.2V.Q. 443); and a zone change at 8720, rue Colette-Samson (R.C.A.2V.Q. 441).

The council granted three minor exemptions — a 2.44 m fence at 8100, rue Armand-Viau Nord, a 7.5 m rear margin at 9060, rue Chauvet, and a 0.25 m side margin at 4795, avenue Erlanger — and enacted parking by-law O-614 for rue Rageot. It authorized $4,300 in grants to Loisirs Duberger-Les Saules inc. ($1,300) and Loisirs Vanier ($3,000), and awarded a $200 grant to Club des Aînés Les Saules. The minutes record that all items were adopted unanimously, with the president abstaining from every vote, and that no members of the public spoke during the consultation periods.

Contracts, lease and personnel

The Sept. 30 committee approved a $245,740 contract to Fourgons Élite for light trucks and a $465,689.42 contract to R. L. Doucet inc. for valves, and recommended a $1.29 million contract to FST Canada inc. for sewer cleaner truck rentals. It approved a $59,600 annual lease for spaces at 1330, chemin Sainte-Foy.

On Oct. 2, the committee recommended modifying the purchase offer inspection clauses for lot 1 213 514 (25-27 rue Saint-Stanislas and 1075-1085 rue Saint-Jean). It recommended hiring Martin Lefebvre as associate director of Citizen Relations and Communications for Oct. 11, 2026 to Feb. 1, 2027, and Marie-Claude Brousseau as director of Citizen Relations and Communications effective Oct. 11, 2026.

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