Mayor says to CHCH’s Morning Live says local control of planning is better for Hamilton than the Province dictating boundary expansion. Talks truck routes as well.
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Hamilton City Council Planning Committee for April 5, 2022
Will debate a mid-rise development application in Ancaster’s Village Core (staff are recommending denial), allowing outdoor patio entertainment city-wide, allowing temporary tents on patios for three more years, early stages of a new Master Plan for the Stelco lands, and an appeal of a staff decision ordering the removal of a top soil pile in rural Glanbrook.
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Hamilton City Council Board of Health for April 4, 2022 [Post Meeting Summary]
Councillors heard COVID cases are increasing, but manageable, as public health encourages people to be “up to date” with their vaccinations.
Staffing shortages are challenging the ability to deliver services.
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Hamilton City Council Public Works Committee for April 4, 2022
Road safety will be the dominant discussion at Council’s Public Works Committee on Monday following three pedestrian deaths at The Delta and a serious injury at Dundurn Street.
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Council’s Truck Committee Votes to Axe Heavy Truck Cut-Through Routes
Lower City residents mostly pleased, some want a complete ban. Businesses and the Port say the changes will hurt the economy.
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BRIEF: Highway 403 Weekend Closures This Summer For Bridge Replacements
There will be two weekend closures between King Street West and Highway 6. Dates are not yet announced.
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James North Tivoli Property and Centre Point Plaza Purchased by Same Developer
New owners must restore the Tivoli Auditorium, here’s a look at what planning rules allow them to build on the site.
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“Anti-Housing”: Ontario’s Conservative Government Calls Hamilton Boundary Freeze
Hamilton MPP Donna Skelly (Flamborough-Glanbrook) asked the Minister to comment on Hamilton City Council “pushing an anti-housing and anti-growth ideology.”
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Red Hill Valley Parkway Inquiry to Begin Public Hearings on April 25
Hamilton City Hall asking to keep 43 relevant documents from being reviewed by the Inquiry.
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BRIEF: Clr Terry Whitehead No Longer Chair of Hamilton Council’s Governance Committee
Ward 1 Councillor Maureen Wilson was acclaimed as Chair. Wilson was Vice-Chair during the previous year.
Ward 13 Councillor Arlene Vanderbeek is the new Vice-Chair.