We’re dealing with a crisis we don’t understand because the City won’t release basic performance and staff complement data – the City claims they don’t have it, yet is able to state with confidence that there is a 19% “absenteeism” rate.
Hamilton City Council Special Emergency and Community Services Committee for November 7, 2017: Neighbourhood Action Strategy
Hamilton City Council’s Emergency and Community Services Committee held their meeting with a special 4pm start time to hear presentations from each of the priority neighbourhoods in the Neighbourhood Action Strategy and receive an assessment report from Dr. Jim Dunn of McMaster University.
Court Finds City of Kitchener Negligent for Failing to Salt Downtown Sidewalk in Timely Manner
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled two weeks ago that municipalities must have standards for the sidewalks they maintain, and the standards must be comparable to those for motor vehicle lanes.
HSR Director to Present Transit Crisis Response Plan to Council on Wednesday at 5pm
HSR Director Debbie Dalle Vedove states in an internal memo that she’ll be presenting a plan for responding to the Transit Crisis to City Council this Wednesday at the 5pm Council meeting.
DARTS Cannot Win
Councillors heard from two delegations of nursing home staff that the new buses are too small for their trips booked with DARTS. From DARTS, Councillors were told that DARTS operators have rejected the latest labour contract offer – despite their union negotiating team recommending the deal.
Hamilton City Council General Issues Committee for November 1, 2017
Hamilton City Council, only two weeks after praising HSR upper managers for their great work, held a special debate on the ongoing crisis at the HSR which is seeing dozens of buses not operating each day as a temporary hiring freeze imposed by Council have resulted in an operator shortage.
City of Hamilton PEDtalk on Tall Buildings Featuring Ken Greenberg and Steve Robichaud
Renowned planner and urban designer Ken Greenberg discussed urban design and community planning for higher density development and integration of tall buildings into Hamilton’s Downtown and other neighbourhoods across the City.
Hamilton’s Chief Planning, and Director of the City’s Planning Division, Steve Robichaud spoke about the City’s new Tall Building Guidelines and Downtown Secondary Plan.
Ontario Municipal Board Hearing on Hamilton Ward Boundaries Day 7 – Final Arguments [LiveBlog]
After two days of pre-hearing, and seven days of hearings, the Ontario Municipal Board case reviewing Hamilton’s ward boundaries enters closing arguments today.
Ontario Municipal Board Hearing on Hamilton Ward Boundaries Day 6 [Replay LiveBlog]
The day starts with appellant Robert Dobrucki on the stand to give his testimony and evidence in the matter.
Following this, Land Use and Planning Expert Gary Scandlan will return to the stand for cross-examination by Dobrucki.
Ontario Municipal Board Hearing on Hamilton Ward Boundaries Day 5 [LiveBlog]
Today, we’ll have start with participant statements in the morning. This afternoon, Dr. Robert Williams, an expert in municipal ward boundaries who was involved with the Watson & Associates team, is on the stand for the City being cross-examined.