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Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the February 6, 2024 Meeting?

Published on Jan 26, 2024Jan 28, 2024 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

Hope everyone enjoyed the extra time off in January, because there’s a lot of serious business to take care of this February starting almost immediately with Committee of the Whole. For this first CoW of 2024, there’s some left over budget business to talk about, plus some construction business ahead for the downtown core. Also, there’s some staff recognitions, governance changes, and the return of downtown parking concerns. Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the February 6, 2024 Meeting?” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the January 16 Meeting?

Published on Jan 11, 2024Jan 16, 2024 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

The first Guelph City Council meeting of 2024 is a planning meeting, and it will be a largely procedural affair. If you’re wondering about what the new Development Charges are going to look like in the spring, or if you’re wondering about the fate of a specific project on Bristol Street, or if you’ve just been hankering for some council action after a very long winter’s break, check out what’s on this agenda!. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the January 16 Meeting?” →

Planning Staff Looking to Reverse Course on Some Official Plan Changes

Published on Dec 1, 2023Dec 5, 2023 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

The adventure continues… Earlier this year, Ontario’s Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing returned to the City of Guelph the latest version of their Official Plan with 18 modifications. There was some disagreement about that. Since then, the new Minister announced that he was going to rescind those changes made by his predecessor, but what does that mean for Guelph? There’s a meeting for that! Continue reading “Planning Staff Looking to Reverse Course on Some Official Plan Changes” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the December 12 Meetings?

Published on Dec 1, 2023Dec 11, 2023 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

Your holiday gift? These are the last two city council meetings of 2023! This business is not unimportant and begins with a bit of unusual scheduling, the regular meeting of city council. After that, council will hold the monthly planning meeting, which will feature two decision reports and a new application. After that, we’ll get the biggest gift all: Three weeks off before the next city council meeting! Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the December 12 Meetings?” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 29 Meeting?

Published on Nov 24, 2023Nov 26, 2023 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

After a solid month of hard work and preparation, the moment for hard decisions has arrived. At this special meeting of council, the horseshoe will walk though the minefields of affordability and need in order to reach a decision on the 2024-2027 multiyear budget that’s unlikely going to please anyone. Let’s lay it all out on the table with this preview of what may not actually be the final budget meeting (if a certain someone uses a “V” word). Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 29 Meeting?” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the December 5 Meetings?

Published on Nov 24, 2023Nov 26, 2023 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

Two big meetings back-to-back, united in the fact that there’s only one issue on each of their agendas. The final Committee of the Whole meeting of 2023 will actually look ahead to next year with a brief report, and after that, council will look to the past. Sort of. That Official Plan Amendment that was approved, sent to the Ontario government, rewritten, sent back to council and re-adapted… It’s back again! Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the December 5 Meetings?” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the Meeting on November 28?

Published on Nov 17, 2023Nov 21, 2023 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

This last meeting of the month is not the last meeting of the month in November. No, after this meeting there’s still the multiyear budget decision meeting the very next day, but on this night, there’s some relatively lighter matters to consider. Among them are the ratification of this month’s Committee of the Whole agenda, some new appointments and a couple of new motions from members of council. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the Meeting on November 28?” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 21 Meeting?

Published on Nov 10, 2023Nov 18, 2023 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

In the midst of all this budget madness, we don’t want to forget about the usual business of city council like the monthly planning meeting. This November meeting will be pretty straightforward with a couple of new designations from the Heritage Guelph factory, plus a couple of new applications for council’s consideration. A nice planning break before diving back into budget business so let’s see what’s on the agenda. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 21 Meeting?” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the Meeting on November 15?

Published on Nov 5, 2023Nov 7, 2023 by Adam A. DonaldsonLeave a comment

By now, you’ve seen the 2024-2027 multiyear budget documents. Well, maybe you’ve seen that they’re now available. You will probably get around to reading it, and that point you will probably have some thoughts, and maybe you might like to sharing those thoughts with city council. You may be interested to know that there’s a special meeting of council that will be specifically dedicated to your point of view about the budget. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the Meeting on November 15?” →