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Concluding Agreements with Communities
As part of the cooperative relations it maintains with communities, Hydro-Québec enters into various types of agreements: partnering arrangements for its projects and operation of its facilities, agreements for the leasing of properties for community purposes and agreements under its Integrated Enhancement Program (IEP). The main objectives of these agreements are to:
  • harmonize Hydro-Québec's operations with the local community's activities
  • provide compensation for any inconvenience resulting from facility operation or project construction
  • enhance the company's facilities
  • reclaim residual materials produced by the company
  • promote community development
  
Some Examples
 
Altogether, 20 agreements were signed in 2007, including 11 agreements under the IEP.

Some Agreements Signed Recently by Hydro-Québec
Partner/Signatory Subject
Province of Québec
Union des municipalités du Québec (UMQ) and Fédération Québécoise des Municipalités (FQM) – 2007 Partnering agreement instituting various initiatives for carrying out energy efficiency projects in municipalities.
Montérégie
Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton – 2006 IEP – Development of the municipal recreation park with walking trails, a bowling green, multipurpose skating rink, play sets for children, trees, etc.
Municipality of Roxton Pond – 2007 IEP – Acquisition of a building that will serve as an intermunicipal fire station (with Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton); addition of play sets at Ovila-Lacasse Park; construction of a town skating rink and purchase of equipment for a skatepark.
Capitale-Nationale
Québec – 2006 Development of a park on the banks of the Saint-Charles River.
Lanaudière
Intermunicipal board for the Chutes-Monte-à-Peine-et-des-Dalles regional park – 2005–2008 Three-year partnership and transfer of 80 hectares of land.
Côte-Nord
Municipality of Les Bergeronnes – 2007 IEP – Refurbishment of Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Désir Church; construction of an outdoor skating rink at Quatre-Saisons high school and a comfort station at Bon désir campground.
Montréal
City of Montréal – 2007 Agreement signed with the city of Montréal that is a model of cooperation for urban vegetation control. The agreement covers technical aspects of pruning operations and applicable tree-felling standards. Joint training will be provided to both parties' employees and subcontractors.
Laurentides
Village of Grenville – 2007 Contribution to the construction of a decorative beacon above the building that houses the Hydro-Québec level meter on the wharf on Grenville's historic canal.
 
 
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