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.
Hamilton City Council General Issues Committee for September 6, 2017
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Full Video of Council’s General Issues Committee meeting for September 6, 2017
Developer Seeks Two Four-Storey Buildings with 90 Units at 3100 – 3140 Regional Road 56 in Binbrook
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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
Councillors Approve 10 Townhouses on Former Industrial Site at 53 Gibson Avenue
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Planning Committee approvals project, which meets urban in-fill density requirements with 62 units per hectare.
Video: August 18 City Council Debate on Waterfront Trust Transparency Motion
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Here’s the full video of Hamilton City Council debating a motion for transparency from the Hamilton Waterfront Trust moved by Councillor Donna Skelly.
With Major Changes to Management and a New Slogan, HSR Wants to Be Your First Choice
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With an aspirational slogan “HSR Your First Choice”, and major changes to HSR’s upper management structure – including a smart promotion, HSR Director Debbie Dalle Vedove signals that after a year, she’s planning to tackle the crises embattling Hamilton’s public transit agency.
Hamilton City Council for August 18, 2017 [Live Blog Archive]
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City Council meets to ratify their decisions of the past week, and of the August 9 special LRT meeting.
With Council Looking to Change Art Gallery of Hamilton Funding, Can the Gallery Fix It’s Deficit Problem?
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Jackson says that he’ll bring forth a motion at a future meeting to remove the guaranteed $1-million per year in funding for the Gallery from the City, and have them evaluated as part of the arts funding process. This could result in more or less funding for the Gallery.
Hamilton City Council General Issues Committee for August 14, 2017 – Video Replay
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Hamilton City Council meets as a whole for their only August GIC meeting today.
Council Begins Their Annual Budget Dance as 2018 City of Hamilton Budget Outlook Presented
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The traditional budget process sees staff present a higher budget increase than Council will approval, and then Councillors spending eight months scaling it back. The process involves much theatrics, and being an election year, we can expect to see even more posturing than usual.
Council voted to instruct City departments to submit 2018 budgets with an increase of only 1.5%.
Hamilton City Council GIC for August 14, 2017 [Liveblog Replay]
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Hamilton City Council meets as a whole for their only August GIC meeting today. On the agenda: 2018 Budget Guidelines, Tax Incentive Grant for 27 Bold Street, Environment Remediation Grant for 1165-1167 Cannon Street East, Cooling Off period for former Councillors, Creating a fashion incubator at the former Eastmount School in Ward 7, update on the Hamilton Future Fund, Poverty Reduction spending strategy, and buying school properties from the public and Catholic English language school boards.