With an aspirational slogan “HSR Your First Choice”, and major changes to HSR’s upper management structure – including a smart promotion, HSR Director Debbie Dalle Vedove signals that after a year, she’s planning to tackle the crises embattling Hamilton’s public transit agency.
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Hamilton City Council for August 18, 2017 [Live Blog Archive]
City Council meets to ratify their decisions of the past week, and of the August 9 special LRT meeting.
Posted inCity Hall News, Videos
With Council Looking to Change Art Gallery of Hamilton Funding, Can the Gallery Fix It's Deficit Problem?
Jackson says that he’ll bring forth a motion at a future meeting to remove the guaranteed $1-million per year in funding for the Gallery from the City, and have them evaluated as part of the arts funding process. This could result in more or less funding for the Gallery.
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The Public Record's Week in Photos Review for August 7 to 13, 2017
Our new weekly photo gallery.
Posted inCommunity Events
Hamiltonians March in Response to Charlottesville [Photos]
Over 150 people gathered at Hamilton’s main intersection of King and James, and marched along Hamilton’s downtown streets to Durand Park. The Public Record was there, and here are our photos:
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Hamilton City Council General Issues Committee for August 14, 2017 – Video Replay
Hamilton City Council meets as a whole for their only August GIC meeting today.
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Council Begins Their Annual Budget Dance as 2018 City of Hamilton Budget Outlook Presented
The traditional budget process sees staff present a higher budget increase than Council will approval, and then Councillors spending eight months scaling it back. The process involves much theatrics, and being an election year, we can expect to see even more posturing than usual.
Council voted to instruct City departments to submit 2018 budgets with an increase of only 1.5%.
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Hamilton City Council GIC for August 14, 2017 [Liveblog Replay]
Hamilton City Council meets as a whole for their only August GIC meeting today. On the agenda: 2018 Budget Guidelines, Tax Incentive Grant for 27 Bold Street, Environment Remediation Grant for 1165-1167 Cannon Street East, Cooling Off period for former Councillors, Creating a fashion incubator at the former Eastmount School in Ward 7, update on the Hamilton Future Fund, Poverty Reduction spending strategy, and buying school properties from the public and Catholic English language school boards.
Posted inAdvisory and Sub-Committees, Videos
Hamilton Design Review Panel Workshop on Hamilton's New Transit Oriented Corridors Zoning
Hamilton’s Design Review Panel met on August 10, 2017 for a workshop from senior City planning staff on the City’s new Transit Oriented Corridor Zoning.
The video and discussion is a good primer for those looking for an introduction into the concepts of the zoning and how it will interact with urban design in Hamilton.
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Hamilton City Council Special Meeting on Light Rail Transit, August 9, 2017 [VIDEO REPLAY]
As for what the vote means to the LRT project both timelines and risks; it is not yet clear. Andrew Hope, the project lead for Metrolinx, says he needs to go back to consult with the Province as to how to proceed, and that at the least, this will delay the project a few weeks.