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Des coquerelles ont été vues dans les portes des ascenseurs du F et du B. Elles utilisent les ascenseurs pour monter à d'autres étages.

• Cockroaches in an elevator of building B
• Cockroaches in an elevator of building F
• Cockroach in the middle of the garage
  

The administration recently distributed traps to residents of buildings D and E to detect the quantity of cockroaches present. There were already traps in building F for many months, often well filled:

There were so many friday that the extermination company had to hurriedly take them away without leaving any replacements!

The holes in the walls left by the removal of the old speakers remain wide open, three months later, with no plan to fill them. This constitutes a violation of housing sanitation and provides an easy entry point for insects.

Once more, litter ont the ground due to insufficient garbage bins after this area was just washed, creating a breeding ground for vermin:

Several living and dead cockroaches were spotted at the elevator entrace of building D in SS2:

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The same day, a visit in the F revealed a trap with cockroaches in it:

L'administration, avisée de cette présence, à indiqué qu'elle allait demander à la compagnie d'exterminateurs, de faire un traitement plus extensif de cet endroit. Nous avons indiqué qu'il s'agit d'un signe superficiel d'une infestation plus grave.

The administration, advised of this presence, indicated that it would ask the exterminators to treat this area more extensively. We advised them that it was a superficial signal of a deeper infestation.

Nothing has been done to eliminate the accumulation of old abandoned bicycles around several buildings, which are obstacles for pedestrians and monopolize the bicycle stands. Rusty bikes, flat tires, strewn about in every direction, bicycle stands placed haphazardly, block the way of pedestrians and give an appearance of neglect. Opposite the facade of building D, several wooden tables are additional obstacles.

The RTC obtained the incident report for the fire on April 30, 2024, provided by the Clerk's Office of the City of Montreal. Unfortunately only the french document was provided however we translated the most interesting parts below.

Relevant details:

• The fire chief determined that the fire was caused by a cigarette thrown into the garbage container.
• A sprinkler activated.
• An alarm system connected to a central unit activated.
• The smoke detector activated.
• The first firefighters were called at 9:10 AM and took 4 minutes and 41 seconds to arrive on site.
• Upon departure, the firefighters informed the dispatch center that the alarms raised by the system and the sprinklers were non-urgent, likely because they had difficulty stopping them (as described by eyewitnesses). The firefighters instructed Minto officials to call the alarm company for verification.
  

Conclusion:

• The source of the fire was minor but demonstrates that cigarette use is poorly controlled; cameras in strategic locations in the garage would help maintain the security of the premises.
• The alarm system and sprinklers operated, which is reassuring.
• The firefighters had to ask Minto to have the alarm and sprinklers checked. Is this related to incidents that occurred early in the morning, twice since the fire?

Additionally, witnesses mentioned that the new speaker system was not working, and residents were unsure whether it was a drill or a real incident.

The Collective has requested that tenants be informed of the status of the alarm project, especially since the old communication system was removed while the new one does not seem fully operational yet.

The lack of irrigation last summer causing the drying out of newly laid lawns, and the snow removal tractor's off-trail excursions mean that, with the arrival of spring, many areas on the Rockhill grounds have turned to mud, giving it the appearance of a construction site, rather than a property about which the Montreal Heritage Council said in 2013:

"The CPM considers it important that a landscaping management plan be implemented (...) in order to preserve the landscape qualities of the place in the medium and long term."

and about the "Contribution to the project for conservation of Mont-Royal":

"The layout should take more into account the fact that part of the site is located in the buffer zone surrounding the Oratory Woods."

(see l'avis de Réaménagement des espaces extérieurs - Appartements Rockhill)

In the face of such a disaster, one can only denounce the administration's lack of concern for Rockhill's green vocation. We demand that Minto take its ecological responsibilities seriously and dismiss contractors who are negligent with respect to landscaping!