The City of Guelph, and it’s various partners and agencies, put out a lot of information on a weekly basis, and while it all ends up on the City’s website somewhere, wouldn’t it be easier to just scroll through it all on one easy-to-read article on Guelph Politico here…? Continue reading “CITY PAGES: More Gardens, More Rides, and New Equity Advisor”
There are 145,000 stories in the Royal City, and this is some of them. Looking at a week’s worth of media releases from the Guelph Police Service, there’s a lot going on in our little city crime-wise speaking, so let’s run down some of the charges, issues, and requests for information from the Guelph Police Service over the last seven days. Continue reading “POLICE NOTES: Caught Sleepers, Hatchet Men, and Stolen Wheels”
This is the regular meeting for July, and you know what that means… Yes, this is the last meeting of city council before summer vacation but there’s a lot of work that has to be done before the break. Remember the patio program? E-scooters? Potential bylaw reviews? All this unfinished business from Committee of the Whole returns along with one additional item about future election business. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the Meeting on July 25?”
Everything was going pretty smoothly at this month’s Committee of Adjustment meeting until a very old black walnut tree was threatened by the severance of a property in the west end. Then the committee was basically ground to a halt as the members tried to figure out what to do. How did that situation resolve itself? You will have to consult the recap to see how that vote went, and how the vote went on the 10 other applications… Continue reading “RECAP: Committee of Adjustment Challenged By One Tree”
There’s been a lot of discussion around the council table lately about the future of cycling in Guelph and whether or not staff and council are serious enough about taking on the challenge, and some of that debate centred around the G2G Trail. While the trail is 99 per cent complete, the one per cent of the portion that’s incomplete is exclusive in that second “G” in the trail’s name, Guelph. Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #381 – G2G Trail Fail”
It’s time to talk about housing again! You can click here for the amended agenda from City Hall, and you can click here for the Politico preview. For the complete blow-by-blow of today’s council meeting, you can follow along on Twitter, or follow the tweets below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “LIVE BLOG: Second City Council Meeting for July 11, 2023”
A few planning matters to clear up before summer break! You can click here for the amended agenda from City Hall, and you can click here for the Politico preview. For the complete blow-by-blow of today’s council meeting, you can follow along on Twitter, or follow the tweets below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “LIVE BLOG: City Council Planning Meeting for July 11, 2023”
Summer vacation started later than usual for Heritage Guelph who held their July meeting Monday with an agenda featuring three projects. Before taking a mid-summer break, the committee sent another heritage designation to council for their consideration, and heard about two more potential designations now warming up in the queue. We probably won’t hear any more about any of those till September, but for now, here’s the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Heritage Guelph Preps New Designations for Fall”
Some committees take the summer off, but Committee of the Whole is still in session, at least for July anyway. Committee this month dealt with a number of complex issues including the new version of the City’s Strategic Plan, the new version of the Seasonal Patio program, new bylaw reviews that need to be conducted, and a new bylaw for the use of e-scooters. So what final decisions were made? Let’s check out the recap… Continue reading “This Week at Council – Bars, Bylaws, and Bicycles”
The City of Guelph, and it’s various partners and agencies, put out a lot of information on a weekly basis, and while it all ends up on the City’s website somewhere, wouldn’t it be easier to just scroll through it all on one easy-to-read article on Guelph Politico here…? Continue reading “CITY PAGES: Store Extended, Resiliency Funds, and Summer Programming”
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