It is the start of Council committee week.
Today, there are three meetings at City Hall: Public Health, Public Works, and Heritage Permit Review.
During the 1:30 p.m. Public Works Committee meeting, the owner of 94 Kingsview Drive will delegate to Council requesting that they not follow through with an order for him to remove structures he built on City of Hamilton open lands adjacent to his property. Will the Council stick to bylaws and policy, or will they risk a precedent by accepting $150,000 compensation for the land?
The Ontario Land Tribunal is scheduled to begin a hearing involving an industrial subdivision application beside the airport.
It is a short week following a holiday Monday. This means the Tuesday Planning Committee meeting is moved to Friday.
No other City Hall events are scheduled for today. Here’s a brief summary of today’s meetings:
All meetings at Hamilton City Hall unless otherwise noted.
City Hall
9:30 a.m. Public Health Sub-Committee
The two main agenda items for this meeting are how the City of Hamilton will “Embed Health Equity Methods and Analysis in Hamilton Public Health Reporting” and housekeeping updates to the City’s bylaw prohibiting smoking in parks.
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1:30 p.m. Public Works Committee
Hamilton Council’s Public Works Committee will return from the Victoria Day long weekend to a long list of agenda items, including:
- An alleged significant encroachment of City land, with structures built on it without permits;
- Protecting pedestrian events on public streets;
- Making 75 & 83 Frederick Avenue available for affordable housing;
- Honouring Ulrich “Uli” Nitka;
- Watermain break annual report;
- Improving swimming at Van Wagners Beach;
- 2024 DARTS statistical summary; and
- Tree planting annual report.
Of note: the owner of 94 Kingsview Drive will delegate directly to Council, requesting they allow him to keep his structures on City lands and accept $150,000 to purchase the lands.
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6:00 p.m. Heritage Permit Review Sub-Committee [ONLINE STREAM ONLY]
Five heritage permits will be reviewed at this meeting. All of them are routine.
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Ontario Land Tribunal
10 a.m. 3054 Homestead Drive
According to the OLT calendar, a hearing regarding 3054 Homestead Drive, 9166 & 9174 Airport Road is scheduled to begin on Tuesday.
Fengate is seeking to develop five industrial buildings on an extension of the East Cargo Road right-of-way, which would include a natural heritage compensation area.
This is a non-decision appeal, meaning no council record of decision-making or other documents is available for review.
The developer has an information page here: https://urbansolutions.info/3054-homestead-drive-fengate/
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WOW, looked like only a few people at the Public Health Sub Committee. I saw Clr Hwang post on FB at about the same time that she is in Montreal for a conference. Maybe some other councillors are with her.