City Program

THE NEEDS OF OUR CITY

A WORD FROM THE BOISBRIAND MAYORAL CANDIDATE

Dear fellow citizens of Boisbriand,

I am very pleased to introduce our program based on your opinions.
Throughout our door to door encounters and by means of the on-line survey named “Orange Boisbriand”, we have gathered together your vision of a better city. We listened to what you said: so this program clearly represents the priorities we share. It reveals an important change in the management of our city: true democracy, administrative rigour, and open communication are the cornerstones.

Let us build this new Boisbriand together!

Mayoral candidate,
Marlene Cordato

Finances

Realism, professionalism, and vision

• Take control of the debt
• Establish administrative rigour and better cost controls
• Effect an economic revival of the Grande-Côte/Grande-Allée sector
• Develop and carry out a strategic plan for the social, urban, and economic development of our city.

Transparency

Decisions and actions in the interest of the population

• Improve rendering of accounts in the general administration
• Establish a process to avoid fraudulent agreements between and within suppliers of the city
• Publish and apply a code of ethics to ensure integrity
• Make the rules and specifications of calls for offer easily accessible

Communication

Better action through consultation

• Hold true consultations for  important issues of the city council
• Make available all information concerning the decisions and actions of the city council
• Establish a one-stop access for municipal services
• Create an automated communication system to inform the citizens in case of emergence

Citizens

• Improve public transport in Boisbriand
• Provide the Activities Card at no charge
• Stop the exodus of our older population by offering access to different types of housing within the Boisbriand territory
• Create a youth committee
• Develop a monthly program of cultural activities adapted to our youth
• Create a program to help families access home ownership

Security

• Control and reduce speeding by all means, particularly in residential areas
• Increase the number of police patrols, especially in the evening, for the safety of the citizens
• In collaboration with the fire department, take all possible measures to increase fire protection

Environment and sustainable development

• Plant more trees
• Offer ecological workshops (composting, recovery of rainwater, and drinking-water conservation)
• Establish a permanent form of 3-way refuse collection (composting)
• Engage in new energy technologies  (vehicle, bi-energy, and lighting)
• Resolve the recurrent problems of the water table
• Install sound or vegetation screens in some areas of Boisbriand 
• Beautify the entrances to our city

Infrastucture

• Modernize and enlarge the skate park
• Level the sports fields
• Repair the public arena and decide what to do with rink # 1
• Install a synthetic sport surface
• Install exercise stations for our seniors
• Improve the winter sports installations (skating rinks, slides, paths)
• Finalize and secure the cycling network (Grande-Côte, Domaine Vert)
• Build an auditorium
• Acquire the heritage house of Abraham-Dubois
• Publish and apply the road repair plans
• Improve lighting on various streets
• Ensure the repairs on Côte Sud
• Repair and enlarge Grande-Côte

November 1st, be sure to come out and vote.
Your voice counts in ensuring the well-being of our City