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This Week at Council: Planning, Tribunal and Encampments Form the Trifecta

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There are busy weeks at council, and then there’s spending nearly half of a 28-hour period in the council chambers. That was the time frame this week at 1 Carden Street, and in that period there was a planning meeting, a meeting where council sat as tribunal on a matter of misapplied Development Charges, and, the big one, a marathon meeting about a Public Spaces Use bylaw. To see how it all turned out, consult this week’s recap below… Continue reading “This Week at Council: Planning, Tribunal and Encampments Form the Trifecta” →

LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for February 13, 2024

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Let’s get into some planning matters. You can click here for the amended agendas 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 Meeting for February 13, 2024” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the February 13 Meeting?

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Planning matters return on schedule for the second Tuesday of February, and there’s going to be some unusual business for this planning meeting just to keep things interesting. Council will be asked to make some decisions regarding some recent applications, they will be asked to made a decision about a new Official Plan Amendment, and then they will make a decision to keep to a previous decision. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the February 13 Meeting?” →

This Week at Council: Planning is Easy, Budget is Hard

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Two meetings at council this week; one was easy and the other was somewhat harder. The easy one was the planning meetings, some straightforward applications and designations, but the hard one had to do with the budget. The added workshop meeting about finding options to reduce the budget was predictably difficult, but there’s still a few more days until a final decision has to be made. For now, here’s the recap of this week’s meetings… Continue reading “This Week at Council: Planning is Easy, Budget is Hard” →

LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for November 21, 2023

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At this meeting, we’ve got planning matters! You can click here for the amended agendas 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 Meeting for November 21, 2023” →

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

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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?” →