The Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction held a town hall at Hamilton City Hall on Thursday, November 23, 2017 to discuss and plan steps towards getting the recently released Income Security Reform Working Group report implemented.
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Hamilton City Council for November 22, 2017
Full video of the Hamilton City Council meeting for Wednesday November 22, 2017.
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HSR Extending Driver Shifts, Putting Articulated Buses on 1-King at Night Starting December 31
The HSR, struggling with a operator shortage caused by Council cuts is extending shifts for its drivers starting December 31 to increase its “spareboard” and cut cancellations.
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Hamilton City Council Governance Committee for November 21, 2017
Council’s Governance Committee heard from two residents suggesting improvements to Council’s Procedural Bylaw to improve meetings, and decided to recommend that Councillors pay for their own civic rings.
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Hamilton City Council Greater Bay Area Committee for November 21, 2017
The Greater Bay Area Committee failed to make quorum, while the Councillors and Mayor listened to presentation and discussed issues of mutual concern between Burlington and Hamilton, no decisions could be made.
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Hamilton Design Review Panel Says Brad Lamb's Television City Not Appropriate for Site
No member of the panel agreed with the proposed height, with some suggesting that even 30 stories may not be appropriate for the site.
The proponent has a full development and rezoning application submitted to the City. A date for the proposal to be debated by City Council’s Planning Committee has not been set.
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Environment Hamilton Meeting on HSR Transit Crisis, November 14, 2017 [Video]
Environment Hamilton hosted a meeting at Hamilton City Hall to discuss the ongoing Hamilton Street Railway Transit Crisis.
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Parrish & Heimbecker, Bunge, Harbour West Neighbours Take City to OMB on Pier 8 Development
Both companies operate industrial facilities at the harbour to the east of the lands and are concerned with the potential restrictions on their operations which may arise from mixed use development.
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Bay Street North Resident Writes Council in Opposition to Bay Street Bike Tract
Puzzo writes that he is opposed to the bike lanes as it removes on-street parking, he will no longer be able to have contractors parked on the street in front of his house, his visitors will have more difficulty, and the bike lanes are for “a few people that do not even live in the area”.
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City Staff Consulting on On-Street Patio Program
The feedback at previous meetings of the Business Improvement Area Advisory Committee was very positive; with many BIA leaders stating there is interest in having more than the current limit of two on-street patios for each commercial district.