This Week at Council: It Was a Planning and Trading Meeting

Delayed a week because city council gets March Break too, we finally come to the March planning meeting+. Why “plus”? Because this month’s meeting wasn’t just about planning matters, but about trades wars, or rather it was about how Guelph is ready to fight one. As for the actual planning part of the planning meeting, housing was the focus as council got an update about those efforts. To learn more, consult this recap! Continue reading “This Week at Council: It Was a Planning and Trading Meeting”

RECAP: City Council Meeting for March 18, 2025

March Break is over so let’s get 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 March 18, 2025”

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the March 18, 2025 Meeting?

City council takes March Break too. After the kids go back to school, council will get back to work with this month’s planning meeting. No specific project is on the agenda for discussion or approval, but there is going to be a lot of discussion about the creation of more housing as staff will talk about all the plans, plus the city-owned property that can help make it happen. Also, there are a tonne of heritage files needing approval. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the March 18, 2025 Meeting?”

RECAP: Heritage Guelph Wants to See Terms Before Council Approval

The November meeting of Heritage Guelph was split between process and designations. Guess which side had the more controversy?! At issue was an update to the changes to the Advisory Committees of Council, and though staff weren’t proposing many changes for Heritage Guelph, there were some members of the committee that wanted to cross all the T’s and dot all the I’s before council grants their approval. How did this all shake out? Read the recap below… Continue reading “RECAP: Heritage Guelph Wants to See Terms Before Council Approval”

MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Guelph Meeting for November 4, 2024

It’s going to be a busy slate for the Heritage Guelph meeting this November with changes, plans, designations, and maybe even a hint of conflict (?). Yes, there are new designations and future designations to consider, as usual, but there’s also the year-long plan to designate as many properties as possible and that massive designation project, the Heritage Conservation District study of the OR Lands. But wait, there’s more… Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Guelph Meeting for November 4, 2024”