This Week at Council: Community Permits and One Big Development

It’s another one of those times when city council schedules two meetings in one 24-hour period. We’ll worry about that second meeting another time, for now we’re all about planning matters, and at the first meeting on this subject this year there was a first look at a major new piece of policy, and a first look at a pretty major new development in the east end. So let’s get into all of that with this week’s recap! Continue reading “This Week at Council: Community Permits and One Big Development”

RECAP: City Council Meeting for January 21, 2025

Are you ready to do some planning? 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 January 21, 2025”

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the January 21, 2025 Meeting?

Let’s start planning! For this first planning meeting of 2025, there are three big items on the agenda, one decision and two new proposals including one new piece of planning policy. From a new way to streamline planning processes, to a big new development in the east end, and a heritage demolition that might be substantially less controversial than other recent events, let’s dig into what’s being planned for planning this January. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the January 21, 2025 Meeting?”