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The City originally forecast to collect $106-million in development charges for 2020.
As of June 30, the City has only collected $30-million. The decrease is primarily related to COVID development delays, Zegarac said.
Among the proposals, standards for elevator service in residential buildings, and fines for violations. Former City Councillors says long overdue and needed for quality of life.
With Hamilton needing to modify existing emergency homeless shelters and potentially needing to create new temporary shelters, funding could be timely.
Meeting runs smoothly as CoA approves all but one application.
The picture is becoming more clear, LRT’s path to nine votes in favour needs either Ward 13’s Arlene Vanderbeek or Ward 7’s Esther Pauls, likely both.
What happened at City Hall this week, a long at our deficits which COVID has laid bare, and a proxy LRT debate on Upper James.
Janette Smith says COVID is not a reason to stop building transit, ridership will rebound, Hamilton will grow, and transit such as LRT will be needed to prevent congestion.
City quietly makes significant change as Council didn’t meet in the first week of May.
Council does a lot of fighting over a Task Force which has already served its purpose.
The following is the summary of the press conference. Full video, as livestreamed by the City of Hamilton, is available on YouTube.
Chief Librarian says HPL is working to safely provide access to materials as the COVID situation improves. Library pivoted online in March, using its existing Pandemic Plan to guide their response.
