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.
Posted inCity Hall
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.
Posted inBriefs
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.
Posted inPlanning and Development
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.
Posted inPlanning and Development
“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.
Posted inJoey's Notepad
Joey’s Notepad: Lloyd Ferguson and the 2023 Council Calendar
Ferguson has not yet declared if he is seeking re-election. Read what you will into his interest in the 2023 council meeting calendar.