Tag: Committee Meeting

RECAP: Heritage Guelph Approves Two Demos and Nine Designations

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Heritage Guelph’s May meeting was fairly brisk, which is interesting because of all the work that ended up getting done. Members of the committee approved almost 10 new designations (one didn’t make the cut… for now), approved – regretfully – two removals from the registry, and heard about a massive project to upgrade road infrastructure in an older part of town. Let’s get into the detail with this month’s Heritage Guelph recap! Continue reading “RECAP: Heritage Guelph Approves Two Demos and Nine Designations” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Guelph Meeting for May 1, 2025

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Heritage protection marches on with this May meeting of the Heritage Guelph committee. On this agenda, there’s a whole new list of potential designations, 10 in all, plus a couple of new reports; one is about a demolition of a listed heritage property, and the second is about a stretch of road work coming in one of the older areas of town. Let’s check out what all is on the agenda for this May Day edition of Heritage Guelph!

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RECAP: Heritage Guelph Defers Key Agenda Items Till April

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If you rolled up to the virtual meeting of Heritage Guelph this month expecting a fulsome and robust discussion on important matters of heritage within the city were bound to be disappointed because it was over in less than 10 minutes. After barely getting to quorum, the committee deferred the two major pieces of business (which were also deferred from the February meeting), but to see what did get finished, check out the recap. Such as it is… Continue reading “RECAP: Heritage Guelph Defers Key Agenda Items Till April” →

RECAP: Board of Health Talks About Measles and Drinking (Not Together)

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Given the news earlier this week that a measles cases was detetected in Guelph, it should come as no surprise that this month’s Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Board of Health meeting kicked off with a discussion about the dangers of… drinking! No, wait, that was later in the meeting. Yes, the Board heard about the dangers of measles in our community and being unvaccinated, and the dangers of increased access to alcohol. Continue reading “RECAP: Board of Health Talks About Measles and Drinking (Not Together)” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Guelph Meeting for March 6, 2025

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It’s been a busy couple of months so far in 2025 for Heritage Guelph, and March is no exception. In fact, this agenda is stacked with stuff that they didn’t have the time to cover at last month’s meeting! Among those items are the future of a major piece of infrastructure downtown and the potential proactive designation of several buildings at the U of G, but in new business the committee will take a long look at Paisley Street. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Guelph Meeting for March 6, 2025” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Board of Health Meeting for March 5, 2025

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This month at the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Board of Health meeting, we dig into a variety of concerns including privacy, communicable diseases, and drinking. Yes, the major presentation for this meeting is about how much and how often people in our region say they need a drink or many drinks, and whether or not they’re fully aware of the health impacts of that. So let’s dig into the agenda for some of the details. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Board of Health Meeting for March 5, 2025” →

RECAP: It Was Another Good Year at the Library, Board Hears

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There’s always something new at the library, and people seem to like it. That was the message from the main report at this month’s Guelph Public Library Board meeting, which was the annual report about services and user information. There’s was also some internal board changes with new people in new positions, and the board approved a new way of making sure that they stay on task. For everything else, here’s the recap! Continue reading “RECAP: It Was Another Good Year at the Library, Board Hears” →

RECAP: Transit Advisory Committee Meeting Cancelled Due to Lack of Quorum

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Sadly, there was no Transit Advisory Committee meeting this month. When the appointed time came, four members of the committee arrived and took their seats, but they ended up one member short. After the requisite 15-minute wait, the meeting was formally cancelled, and all the great reports we were going to get are now lost like tears in the rain, or else delayed until the March meeting. Continue reading “RECAP: Transit Advisory Committee Meeting Cancelled Due to Lack of Quorum” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Police Services Board for February 20, 2025

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Coming up at this week’s Guelph Police Services Board meeting is something brief. In a manner, this month’s meeting is going to be all business, in that it’s all regular business with really noting controversial or unexpected. But sometimes it’s the small and quiet meetings that can lead to the greatest controversies, so will that be the case here? I guess we’ll find out. But for now, here’s the preview! Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Guelph Police Services Board for February 20, 2025” →

RECAP: Accessibility Committee Wants Changes to Mobility and Taxi Programs

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In a remarkable turn of events, the Accessibility Advisory Committee finished work early in their first meeting of 2025! They still got a lot of work done though. They were consulted about heritage downtown and they had some comments about on-street accessible parking during the patio season, but the meat of the meeting was in the way the City of Guelph currently asks people with disabilities to apply for needed mobility services. Let’s recap! Continue reading “RECAP: Accessibility Committee Wants Changes to Mobility and Taxi Programs” →