Nann and Sheffield both excelled at managing challenging situations during electronic meetings this week.
Joey’s Notepad: On UHOP Changes Removing Fifty Road and QEW as a “Future Multi Modal Hub”
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A brief on why the change and what the change means.
Joey’s Notepad: The Risk of Classroom Outbreaks to HSR Staffing Levels
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A significant number of the HSR’s bus operators live in Caledonia and surrounding communities in Haldimand County. Their children go to the same schools, meaning it is prudent to plan for staffing shortages due to isolations.
Joey’s Notepad: Will 2030 Bring the Commonwealth ESport and Youth Games
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In an end of the year address, the head of the International Commonwealth Games hints at ESports being key to the future of the Games. Looking at the Hamilton bid team, the connections are there.
Joey’s Note: Six-Unit Financing and CMHC
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For years, I have not questioned why so many developments have come in at six units. I kinda accepted that three-storey zoning results in six-unit walk-up apartments – two units each floor with amenities and storage in the basement.
Hamilton Health Sciences at 25 Years: Notes from Innovation in Real Places
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The founding of Hamilton Health Sciences 25 years ago features prominently in this year’s Balsille Prize for Public Policy winner Innovation in Real Places: Strategies for Prosperity in an Unforgiving World authored by University of Toronto professor Dan Breznitz.
Joey’s Notes: The 317 Unvaccinated, Untested City of Hamilton Staff
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If they wish to resist vaccination, the City of Hamilton is allowing them.
The 317 holdouts are now resisting testing, which is even more absurd.
Hamilton’s Urban Boundary Debate on TVO’s The Agenda
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Key highlights of the discussion between Councillors Lloyd Ferguson, John-Paul Danko, Lily Noble of Stop Sprawl Hamilton, and Mike Collin-Williams of the Homebuilders.
BLOG: A brief note on the LTB and Hamilton rents
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Reading the Landlord and Tenant Board rulings for Hamilton released this week, I find myself struck by the cases involving long-term rental tenants. A few examples:
The monthly rent is $949, with a rental deposit of around $800. The “below market” rate and the differential between the present and deposit indicate a long-term tenancy. A downtown apartment at $1050 per month, a deposit of $1000. East Hamilton apartment at $782 per month, a deposit of $725.
Joey’s Notepad for September 17, 2021
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Urban Boundary Report, Mayor Eisenberger on CHML discussing Encampments, and the CMO posts incorrect information again.
Blog: Coleman’s Notes on Hamilton GO Service Expansion to West Harbour
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There’s a deliberate campaign to fix public transit to and within Hamilton – all-day GO service is the latest announcement of this campaign.