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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.
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.
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.
Joe was known by everyone. Active in ATU’s PAC, political action committee, regularly engaged in conversations at City Hall. Gone at age 30.
Here’s the full video of Hamilton City Council debating a motion for transparency from the Hamilton Waterfront Trust moved by Councillor Donna Skelly.