City’s downtown zoning bylaw doesn’t allow high ceilings and large windows, favouring the low quality concrete and stucco buildings
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Hamilton City Council GIC for November 2, 2016
Hamilton City Councillors meet to finalize the Piers 7 & 8 solicitation (sale) process, vote on interest in purchasing the former Hamilton Psych. Hospital lands on the mountain, and an update on the John/Rebecca Park.
This and more, live video starts at 9:30am.
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Hamilton City Council Public Works Committee for October 31, 2016
Hamilton City Councillors meet as the Public Works Committee to decide on PRESTO equipment maintenance contracts, closing an alleyway abutting 131 Ivon Avenue in Ward 4, adding on-street parking (while maintaining bike lanes0 at Stone Church and Upper Paradise, repairs to the Eastern Sanitary Interceptor Sewer on South Service Road at Fruitland Road, expanding floral traffic islands, urgently replacing water servicing on west portion of Scenic Drive and Goulding Avenue, begin City studies on a proposed private-public partnership at Roxborough Park in Ward 4 bordering the Red Hill Valley, and funding a feasibility study to convert Queen Street South to two way traffic.
Live video starts at 9:30am
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Hamilton City Council SPECIAL GIC for October 27, 2016 on Ward Boundaries
Hamilton City Council is being forced to discuss ward boundary review based upon a consultants report which finds the current boundaries do not provide fair representation due to extreme population imbalances.
Live video begins at 11am.
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Hamilton City Council for October 26, 2016
Hamilton City Council meets to ratify their committee work of the past two weeks. Among the items on the agenda – surveying public opinion on waste collection, and more.
Live at 5:00pm
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SPECIAL Hamilton City Council GIC Meeting on Light Rail Transit for October 25, 2016
Hamilton City Council is holding a special Council GIC meeting to discuss the Light Rail Transit B-Line construction.
There are 25 registered delegations today. Officially, there is a “reaffirmation” motion on the agenda, however, due to Council turning the LRT into a fiasco, it’s unclear what will happen with the motion, what other motions will be placed on the table, or even what the meaningful purpose of this meeting is.
Live video starts at 10:30am
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Hamilton City Council Emergency and Community Services Committee for October 24, 2016
Council will decide on a submission to the National Housing Strategy Consultation, a staff plan for the next three years of the early years community plan, a $30,000 increase to City funding of the Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction, granting permission to CityHousing to sell 100 detached and semi units to fund new multi-res units.
Live video starts at 1:30pm
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Hamilton City Council: Audit, Finance, Administration Committee for October 24, 2016
Council’s AF&A Committee meets to decide on the request of a citizen in regards to a “personal property tax concern”, extending $1.67-million in development charge credits for the Centre on Barton, and a legal report on the requirements for a binding municipal referendum.
Live video starts at 9:30am
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Hamilton City Council GIC for October 19, 2016
Hamilton City Council meets to debate the City’s new economic development action plan, dropping the $100 fee for filing a complaint with the Integrity Commissioner.
Live at 9:30am
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Accessible Transit Meeting Cancelled Due To Lack of Councillors Showing Up To Work
Council’s Accessible Transit Review Committee failed to make quorum this morning, leaving residents who took DARTS to the meeting on the hook for their transit fare and sitting around City Hall for hours as they waited for their scheduled DARTS pick-up times.