VOL. 06 • N° 04 AUGUST 2018 - Canton de Hatley · 3. Z oni g by-l aw dpte The municipality adopts zoning by-law 2018-07 changing by-law 2000-08. Among other things, the municipality

VOL. 06 • N° 04AUGUST 2018

Summer is endingand it’s back toschool, a bittersweettime for many.

HATLEY CENTREROADOver the summer,the municipality has

kept busy. Important in vest ments havebeen made including major road workon Hatley Centre road and one of thelinks to Route 143 and North Hatleyvillage. The road work will haveincluded paving part of the road and theintersection with Lac road.

DUTIES ON TRANSFERS OF IMMOVABLESWith adoption of Bill 122, munici-palities may apply to the part of atransaction above $500 000, ratesabove the 1,5% allowed by the law forvalues exceeding $250 000 and up to amaximum of 3%. Canton de HatleyCouncil has decided not to increase this rate that would have affected agood number of transactions in themunicipality.

SHARING THE ROADWith the advent of the electric bicycleand the general popularity of cycling ingeneral, sharing the road has becomean important issue. The SAAQ remindsus that:

All road users have a duty,especially toward more vulnerableusers, to be careful and consideratewhen travelling on a public road.

Drivers of road vehicles have aduty to show extra care towardmore vulnerable users, such aspeople with reduced mobility,pedestrians and cyclists.

Too often, we forget to be patient andtolerant when we get behind the wheel.We are “in a hurry” by default. Sharing

the road forces us to be careful and toshow consideration to others.

PUBLIC SECURITYThis year the government adopted a by-law concerning alert and mobilisationprocedures and minimal protectionassistance to protect people and propertyin case of a disaster. What was once a recommendation has become anobligation. The by-law includes a dozenarticles including the following:

A local municipality must, at alltimes, be able to sound an alert andmobilize those designated by themunicipality.

For this reason, the Canton de Hatley hasput in place an automated alert system

and is contacting all residents to updatetheir contact information in case of adisaster or emergency measures.

Also, let me remind you that it isrecommended to keep an emergency kitcontaining everything your familyneeds to be autonomous for 72 hours in case of a disaster.

MASSAWIPPI RIVERIf you have not had the chance todiscover the Massawippi River bycanoe or kayak, I invite you to do so.The municipality has set up accesspoints on Kingdom road and in the Capelton mines sector. Obviously,you should proceed with caution.Check the conditions, wear a personalfloatation device and bring a soundsignaling device.

Have a great back-to school!

Martin Primeau, mayor

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STAYINFORMED!Did you knowthat you cansubscribe tothe Canton ofHatley’s news -letter?

The newsletter helps you get infor -mation on news, events and importantnotices from the municipality. Tosubscribe, you need only to enter youremail address under “Newsletter” atthe home page of the cantondehatley.caweb site.

CANDIDATE DATABASE FORPUBLIC WORKS AND OTHERPOSITIONSGive us your application at any time,even if no job offer is posted!

A spontaneous application allows you tooffer your services without a recruitment ad.

These applications are analyzed as soonas needs arise.

The municipality is looking forcandidates for various work in themunicipality:– Public works, road work, flagman, etc.– Manual labor– Snow removal– Land and building maintenance

If you are interested, please send us yourc.v. at [email protected]

MUNICIPAL INFORMATION

OPEN HOUSE DAY AT THE DJL QUARRY

A family event you do not want to miss. The entry is free. October 6th, 2018, between

10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.2300, rue Bel Horizon,

Canton de Hatley, QC J0B 2C0For full details about the program, pleasevisit eurovia.qc.ca

A Open House Day at the DJLquarry is: • A guided tour about the transfor -mation process of aggregates, on themain stages of manufacturing of thebituminous coated and on laboratorytests;

• A meeting with professionals who willdiscuss their jobs (manager, operatorof crushers, shippers, environmentteam, blasting company…);

• A festive barbecue;

• Entertainment for children;

• A musical performance.

COMMUNITY

CONTACT INFORMATION

CITY HALL4765, chemin de Capelton, Canton-de-Hatley (Quebec) J0B 2C0Tel.: 819 842-2977 • Fax: 819 842-1997Email: [email protected]: www.cantondehatley.ca

Opening Hours : Monday to Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

MAYOR’S OFFICEYour Municipal Council

General ManagerKyanne Ste-Marie

Assistant to the DirectorPaul Conway

Assistant TreasurerAnnie Deshaies

Secretary ReceptionistValérie Brassard

Building and Environment InspectorÉric Gravel

Public Works DirectorJean-François Laflamme

Recreation Development AgentVacant position

Graphic Design & printing of NewsletterLes Publications Municipales – 1 877 553-1955

Martin PrimeauMayor

Jacques BogenezCouncillor n°3

Vincent FontaineCouncillor n°2

Maryse GaudreauCouncillor n°4

Danielle CôtéCouncillor n°5

Patrick CloweryCouncillor n°1

Sylvie CassarCouncillor n°6

IDEAS FOR BETTER COMPOS TINGWITH THE BROWN BINNewspaper to the rescue!

- Use newspaper in your bin to coveryour food scraps and every time youput something in the bin;

- Put your food scraps on a newspaperor make into a bundle. Deposit inyour kitchen bin or directly in thebrown bin;

- Newspaper is useful to avoid gettingthe bin dirty. If you must use a bag,paper is best. A compostable bag isalso acceptable. Biodegradable bagsare not accepted as they contaminatethe compost.

Keep you compost frozen!If your freezer has space, you can putyour kitchen container directly in thefreezer until it is full. In that case put anewspaper at the bottom so thecompost doesn’t stick. Or you can onlyfreeze meat, fish and other things thatare smellier. You can freeze them innewspaper or a big ice cream or yogurtcontainer that you have recycled forthat purpose.

RIDESHARINGDifferent platforms exist forridesharing between municipalities.However covoiturage.ca offers theoption for short distances, for example between Canton de Hatley

and Sherbrooke. All you have to do isfill in the required information.

You may reduce the transportationcosts while reducing CO2 pollution.

You need to leave your vehicle at acommon meeting spot? The muni -cipality now offers a few parking spotsfor that purpose. Happy ridesharing.

DID YOU KNOW?It would take 5 planet earths for humanity if all women and men lived like we do in North America..

Source : http://www.wwf.ca

ENVIRONMENT

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JULY 9, 2018 COUNCILMEETINGBy-law 2018-04 concerning publicnoticesThe municipality adopts by-law 2018-04concerning the publication of publicnotices.

Public notices will be posted on the Website and on the outdoor bulletin board nearat the main entrance of the Town Hall.

By-law 2018-05 code of ethicsThe municipality adopts by-law 2018-05concerning the code of ethics for municipalelected officials.

Draft by-law concerning theoccupation of the public domainThe municipality adopts draft by-law2018-06 concerning the occupation of thepublic domain. The public domainincludes all lands, immoveables, trails,roads, parks, bridges, bike paths, thepublic road right of way, gardens ownedby the municipality or for municipal useand for public purpose including anymoveables there found.

Occupation of the public domain means anobject, construction, borehole, well,landscaping, equipment, installation,access authorization or any otherauthorization to be on the public domain.

Deputy MayorMr. Patrick Clowery is named deputymayor for the municipality from August1st 2018 to March 31st 2018.

Agreement with Bootcamp RaceThe municipality signs a frameworkagreement with the organizationresponsible for the Bootcamp Racemountain obstacle course for the BistroHall rental.

Construction at 115 Érablière Council accepts the construction of aresidence at 115 chemin de l’Érablière.By-law 2000-13 concerning architecturalintegration applies to this project.

Minor variance requestA minor variance request for the propertylocated at 20 Highland road (lot 4 029471) is refused. The request consisted of aproject to create a lot of 660 m2 instead of8200 m2.

AUGUST 6, 2018COUNCIL MEETING1. Code of ethics by-law The municipality adopts by-law 2018-05concerning the code of ethics for electedofficials. It is a requirement of themunicipal ethics and good conduct act.

2. By-law concerning the occupationof the public domain

The municipality adopts a by-lawconcerning the occupation of the publicdomain. A municipality may not chargeproperty of the public domain with a

private right of way but it may issue, inaccordance with a by-law, a permitallowing such occupation under certainconditions.

3. Zoning by-law adoptedThe municipality adopts zoning by-law2018-07 changing by-law 2000-08.Among other things, the municipality willbe changing the regulations concerningthe implementation of towers to ensure abetter distribution of internet on itsterritory.

4. Construction at 203 des MéandresThe municipality accepts the constructionproject at 203 Méandres street. By-law2000-13 concerning architectural integra -tion applies to this project.

5. Policy concerning complaints andrequests

The municipality adopts a policyconcerning complaints and requests. Thepolicy spells out the different responsi-bilities of those receiving the complaintsand requests and how they are to beprocessed.

6. Pavement of Hatley Acres and LacThe municipality will be paving HatleyCentre (725 meters) and part of Lac (300meters). It awards the paving contract toPavages Maska inc., the lowest bidder, for$229,975 tax included.

FOLLOW-UP ON COUNCIL MEETINGS

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BUSINESS PROFILE

HISTORYThe Bleuetière des Étangs began in 1998 with the planting of 200blueberry shrub plants on a 10,7 acrelot bought in 1994. Other plants wereadded in 1999, 2001 and 2006 and theblueberry farm now has 800. Beforedeveloping the blueberry farm, theowner Bertrand Letendre had built ayear round pond fishing known as lesÉtangs des Cantons.

QUALITY PRODUCTSTo offer its customers an excellentproduct, the blueberry farm quicklyspecialized in frozen organic blue -berries. The fruit is picked at just theright moment and quickly frozen toconserve all the flavour and nutrients. Itis important to eat them it frozen orsemi-frozen unless it’s for cooking.

Fresh blueberries are also available in season.

A UNIQUE PRODUCTIn 2009, the blueberry farm startedproducing blueberry products such as

sorbet, juice, jams, chocolate andvinaigrette. Notably, beginning in2012, it started production of theBlueberry vinegar Élixir, a product thatis unique in the world according to MrLetendre. An elixir is “the most puresubstance that may be extracted fromsomething, its quintessence”.

A TIRELESS WORKERThe production of organic blueberriesand blueberry products requires a lot oftime and work. The farm’s owner,Bertrand Letendre, has operated thefarm on his own for many years whileconstantly developing new blueberryproducts.

LA BLEUETIÈRE DES ÉTANGS Only the blueberry picking is left tolong time collaborators.

WHERE TO FIND THE PRODUCTS?The Bleuetière des Étangs is a memberof Créateurs de saveurs Cantons-de-L’Est, that certifies that the productsare locally grown, transformed orprepared in the Eastern Townships. Thefarm is also part of the SherbrookeMarché de Solidarité régionale.

“The market is made up of peoplewho believe in healthy local eating.They believe in environmentalprotection (…)”

Source : https://www.atestrie.com/producteur/Bleuetiere_des_etangs/profil

Where you can find the blueberrryfarm’s products:

• At the Marché de la Gare inSherbrooke from June 1st toDecember 31st

• Through the Marché de Solidaritéde l’Estrie :https://www.atestrie.com/

• At the farm, at 1 Montplaisir,Canton de Hatley - please call inadvance

• You may also pick your own –please call in advance

BLEUETIÈRE DES ÉTANGSCertified biologicalBertrand Letendre owner1, chemin Montplaisir, Canton de Hatley819-842-2489

Élixir devinaigre de vin de bleuetfrom laBleuetière des Étangs.

Photo of la Bleuetière.

Bertrand Letendre, owner of the Bleuetière desÉtangs.