We’re back! For real this time. 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 September 6, 2023”
School’s in for Heritage Guelph as September brings a full slate of future heritage designations and potential future heritage designations. Some of these may be familiar because they’re famous cultural landmarks, or because you’ve already seen them come through an earlier Heritage Guelph meeting. Either way, there are lots of heritage decisions to made, five to be precise according to this agenda. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Guelph Meeting for September 11, 2023”
In July, there were promised future steps about tackling the housing crisis in Guelph, and we’ve now arrived at the next step. At this special meeting entirely dedicated to the housing crisis, council will hear about the research done about community needs, and how the City is going refresh its affordable housing strategy. For everyone in Guelph concerned about the issue, let’s just call this a must see. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the Meeting on September 12?”
The City of Guelph, and it’s various partners and agencies, put out a lot of information on a weekly basis, and while it all ends up on the City’s website somewhere, wouldn’t it be easier to just scroll through it all on one easy-to-read article on Guelph Politico here…? Continue reading “CITY PAGES: Pig Research, Doggie Dip Returns, and New Community Funding”
We’re back! Well, technically we were back a few weeks ago, but now city council is officially back, returning from summer vacation and returning to the council chambers. The agenda for this first Committee of the Whole meeting of the (nearly) fall has some straightforward stuff, but it also will have some controversy including the presentation of the Downtown Parking Master Plan and everyone’s three favourite words: “Strong Mayor Powers.” Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the September 6 Meeting?”
If there’s a city council meeting in August, then you know that it has to be a pretty big deal. Picking up almost literally where we left off at the last meeting of council a few weeks ago, councillors and senior staff took a few minutes out of their summer vacation to approve the funding for the Kindle Communities supportive housing project on Shelldale. In other words, process wins! Here’s the recap… Continue reading “This Week in Council: A Kindle Plan”
The City of Guelph, and it’s various partners and agencies, put out a lot of information on a weekly basis, and while it all ends up on the City’s website somewhere, wouldn’t it be easier to just scroll through it all on one easy-to-read article on Guelph Politico here…? Continue reading “CITY PAGES: Still Triple A, Waste Plans, and Backyard Theatre”
It’s an August meeting! 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 August 16, 2023”
In August, there’s usually no council business to talk about but there are unusual times so on the same day the annual mid-year council recap goes live we get a super-unusual August council meeting. In this very busy first year of a new council term, perhaps it shouldn’t be surprising that council business would burst over the side and flood the vacation months, and it all comes down to a single word: housing. Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #385 – The Year at Council So Far…”
There are no Augusts off for the Accessibility Advisory Committee who took care of a lot of business at this month’s meeting. Much of that work had to do with outdoor amenities like a new splash made, new trails, and increasing accessibility to trails by shaving down curbs. Also, the committee looked at accessibility improvement changes to the Riverside Park bandshell area and how best to have an accessible election in 2026. Here’s the recap! Continue reading “RECAP: The AAC Makes Progress on Trails, Elections and More”
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