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City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the April 18 Meeting?

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This month’s planning meeting, again delayed a week because of a special occasion, will be a pretty big one. It’s not because of the heritage designation or the request for a sign bylaw variance, but because after four years of work the Comprehensive Zoning Bylaw is finally ready for approval. It’s been nearly 30 years since this piece of regulation has been formally updated, and this month, we have arrived at the end. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the April 18 Meeting?” →

LIVE BLOG: Committee of the Whole Meeting for April 4, 2023

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April is the cruellest month, but will it be a cruel committee 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 “LIVE BLOG: Committee of the Whole Meeting for April 4, 2023” →

This Week at Council: Parking Master Plan and Short-Term Rental Licences Approved

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This week at council marked this last two meetings of the month. The first one was the surprisingly straightforward regular council meeting that was all about affirming the decisions from Committee of the Whole plus some GMHI business. The other meeting was more interesting, the opening of feedback from council about the new Downtown Parking Master Plan. Let’s cover it all in this week’s recap… Continue reading “This Week at Council: Parking Master Plan and Short-Term Rental Licences Approved” →

LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for March 29, 2023

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Time to talk again about parking downtown. 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 “LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for March 29, 2023” →

This Week at Council: Economic Development and OR Lands Boundary Approved

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After a week off for March Break, council returned for a busy work week that saw a major piece of a major heritage project completed, and some new work on the local economic development and tourism picture. But along with the regular order of business, there was some irregular order as council met at 10 am on Wednesday as a new measure of inclusion for the Muslim members of our community this Ramadan. Shall we recap… Continue reading “This Week at Council: Economic Development and OR Lands Boundary Approved” →

Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the April 4 Meeting?

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The first Committee of the Whole meeting for spring brings some cleaning to the council chambers. New, long-in-the-works plans will finally come before the horseshoe for consideration, and will cover the topics of water and transit. Speaking of cleaning, a key bit of government policy will get some streamlining, and committee will hear about another year of good water quality. This is what’s on the agenda for April’s Committee of the Whole meeting. Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the April 4 Meeting?” →

LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for March 22, 2023

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Council will fill their minds with thoughts of economic development. 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 “LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for March 22, 2023” →

LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for March 21, 2023

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After a break for March Break, we bring you this month’s 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 “LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for March 21, 2023” →

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

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Parking. We love and we hate and we have to deal it, and in downtown Guelph there are a lot of complications if you want to increase parking, or even if you don’t. In this latest council workshop, the horseshoe will look at the parking issues facing the core, and the ways that the might be overcome in the years to come by unpacking all the old challenges and some of the new ones. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the March 29 Meeting?” →

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

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This regular meeting of council will hold no real surprises (except, perhaps, the start time). Council will ratify the Committee of the Whole agenda, and there may be some attempted adjustments made there on a couple of items, and there’s a surprise additional topic to be considered as part of the consent agenda. Also, come early for a special second meeting on an entirely different subject. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the March 28 Meeting?” →