This month’s planning meeting had more than a few surprises, including a cliffhanger! The stacked agenda covered an important heritage designation, a new plan for affordable housing, the approval of new housing geared to students, and the beginning of the final phase of the Heritage District study for the Ontario Reformatory Lands. Easy-peasy, right? Don’t be so sure until you’ve read till the end of the recap! Continue reading “This Week a Council: Planning Meeting Interruptus”
There is a lot of planning to do for this planning meeting! 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 “RECAP: City Council Meeting for November 13, 2024”
It’s a packed agenda for this November planning meeting, covering a lot of bases and requiring some pretty big decisions. Whether your jam is development charges, heritage protection, affordable housing, or student residences, there is something on this agenda for everyone and it is surely going to generate a big number of delegations. So, fair warning, this may be one of those “pack your sleeping bag” council meetings. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the November 13, 2024 Meeting?”
It’s “Back to School” time for Heritage Guelph, though there’s really nothing related to school on this month’s agenda. This busy docket for the heritage conservation team will see a couple of permits, an appointment, at least one new future designation to consider, and another three to pass on to council. Put your history shoes on, nerds! There’s going to be a lot of ground to cover!! Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Guelph Meeting for September 9, 2024”
It was a busy agenda with about half-a-dozen items, but that doesn’t mean that Heritage Guelph didn’t handle it all industriously. A handful of new designations are now on their way to council to get their seal of approval, but it was a past designation that will likely make the news. Ahead of next week’s council meeting on the very same subject, the heritage committee had their say about holding up a heritage property that the owner doesn’t seem to want to protect. Let’s recap…
Continue reading “RECAP: Heritage Guelph Says ‘No’ to Kidd Barn Demo”
There’s going to be a busy slate at this month’s Heritage Guelph meeting as the local heritage protection committee’s got a lot of extra protection to do. First up, they will asked again to put themselves between history and the wrecking ball as a property already under protection is threatened yet again. But other matters this month are less urgent or dire as the committee adds three more properties to the formal list of designated properties. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Guelph Meeting for May 6, 2024”
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