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Developers and big corporate landlords in Ward 2 are increasingly using “minor variances” to bypass Planning Committee – challenging the concept of what is minor in planning.
Today’s pre-hearing will finalize the “issues list” and witnesses that each party will be able to call to testify during the hearing.
I’ll be liveblogging from the hearing starting at 10am.
The reason I write this note, and post it publicly, is because I want to share with you the weighting I did. I share some with some of you a frustration that there wasn’t much analysis of the matter, the story focused on what was said and by whom, and I want to know more myself.
Hamilton City Council held their Council ratification meeting on September 13, 2017. Among the decisions, Council voted to not proceed with studying a 2030 Commonwealth Games bid.
Full Video Replay
An unexpected leave by a senior staff member at the City resulted in the sole-source paperwork not getting completed in time to process a purchase order (cheque) to the HWT. Thus, the payment was processed under a separate procurement policy (known at Policy 19) and thus came to be included in the non-compliance report.
The Tourism & Culture division gave the Waterfront Trust $95,000 without any purchase order documentation, in violation of the City’s procurement policy.
Flamborough’s business community had plenty of questions, and frustrations, about the Ontario Liberal government’s changes to the Employment Standards Act.
Full Video of Council’s General Issues Committee meeting for September 6, 2017
City staff are recommending approval, Ward 11 City Councillor Brenda Johnson is publicly opposed to the development, stating she opposes any height greater than three storeys in Binbrook.
“More than 3 storey is risky for air safety” – Johnson
Planning Committee approvals project, which meets urban in-fill density requirements with 62 units per hectare.
An Editors Note on NIMBYism and the question of how we help people to better understand the economics of a City and property taxes.
Joe was known by everyone. Active in ATU’s PAC, political action committee, regularly engaged in conversations at City Hall. Gone at age 30.