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Council’s AF&A committee meets for one report on their July agenda – the budget variance report as of April 30, 2016.
Overall, the city budget is expected to be 0.2% above budget at year end.
A walk-on motion by Ward 5 Councillor Chad Collins, Ward 3 Councillor Matthew Green, and Ward 2 Councillor Jason Farr will see each use $17,500 in area rating funds to support the hiring of 10 youth from CityHousing units or on social assistance by The Threshold School of Building for a pre-apprenticeship program renovating 24 social housing units.
Two developments on the agenda – a proposed student residences at 210 Main Street East and a mixed-use development on the former All-Saints Church at 15 Queen Street South on the southeast corner with King Street.
The House of Commons is reviewing the federal electoral system with the possibility of formally proposing changes to how we elect federal Members of Parliament. To this end, the Government of Canada launched a webpage early today on the topic and the Special Committee on Electoral Reform which is mandated “to identify and conduct a study […]
Murdoch says the City requests residents to water trees planted by the City in front of homes and provides residents receiving a tree from the City’s free program a brochure explaining how to nurture and maintain the trees.
Council’s EC&S committee will discuss many important items during their July meeting including the future of Kiwanis Homes and restructuring their housing stock, an update on poverty and employment statistics in priority neighbourhoods, the Hamilton housing allowance program, and more.
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The Fraser Institute, a conservative think-tank, issued the following statement to media this morning: CALGARY—On Thursday, July 7, the Fraser Institute will release a new study (the first of its kind in Canada) spotlighting the effects of municipal regulations on housing affordability in Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary. The study, The Impact of Land-Use Regulation on […]
Inclusionary Zoning is the only item on the agenda for this special meeting of Planning and Economic Development’s Development Industry Liaison Group meeting.
This is the first public opportunity for the development industry to publicly ask city staff questions on IZ and how staff are planning to approach the matter in an expected report to Council.
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The HSR is expecting to see a $1.6-million shortfall in 2016 with the majority of the shortfall due to lower than expected fare revenues. Overtime and a half-million overbudget in parts contributing to shortfall.
The dates of the conversations are July 7, 21, August 4, and 18, from 3:30 to 5:30pm in front of the Evergreen Community Storefront at 294 James Street North.
