The antepenultimate meeting of the term was a planning meeting with massive number of projects. Not only were there a lot of projects on this agenda, the projects themselves were pretty big including a massive new development in the south end, a big new student residence on College Avenue, and another heritage conservation district that got council approval, but it was a long way getting there. Here’s the recap… Continue reading “This Week at Council: 1,726 is the Magic Number”
We’re back for a couple of meetings before the election! 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 during the meeting on Blue Sky or recap the complete thread after the meeting below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “RECAP: City Council Meeting for September 9, 2026”
Decisions, decisions. It’s all about the decisions for this planning meeting of Guelph City Council, the third-to-last council meeting for this term. A lot of stuff that’s been on the backburner has now been moved up to the front as council has a lot of business to get done before the serious campaigning really begins. Get ready for some project approvals, some new heritage designations, and dare we say, a few surprises? Here’s the preview! Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the September 9, 2026 Meetings?”
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water… circumstances forced us all back to the council chambers, or the live-stream page of the City of Guelph website, for a midsummer council meeting. The topic? A new plan to supercharge housing by cutting DCs and funding housing enabling infrastructure courtesy of the federal and provincial governments, but with an election coming timelines are getting tricky. Here’s the recap! Continue reading “This Week at Council: We Meet in August Over the New DC Plan from Queen’s Park”
We interrupt your summer vacation for a council 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 during the meeting on Blue Sky or recap the complete thread after the meeting below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “RECAP: City Council Meeting for August 12, 2026”
Wait, aren’t we in the middle of summer vacation?! For the third time in four years, Guelph City Council will be gathered for a last-minute midsummer meeting, this time due to the bad timing of the Ontario government who have yet another scheme to get housing development going in the province. Get ready to talk about the Development Charge Reduction Program as local governance interrupts your August plans! Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the August 12, 2026 Meetings?”
It was the last city council meeting… before summer break! There will be a couple of more meetings in September before the October 26 election, but will there be anything as controversial as the unscheduled return of the Public Space Use Bylaw? That one was put on the revised agenda, along with a matter of development changes being applied to a non-profit’s renovation project. We’ll get that, and the update about the City’s Strategic Plan in this last recap of the summer! Continue reading “This Week at Council: Public Space Changes and the “Future” Reviewed”
It’s two meetings for the price of one! You can click here and 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 during the meeting on Blue Sky or recap the complete thread after the meeting below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “RECAP: City Council Meetings for July 21, 2026”
It was another long one at Guelph City Council in terms of the planning meeting, but it was not so divisive as it might have appeared at the beginning. It was a packed agenda including a couple of new residential projects, the next heritage conservation district, and the annual report about Guelph’s growth and its relative success. Also, a key piece of Guelph’s affordabile housing strategy was complete. Here’s the recap! Continue reading “This Week at Council: A Good Night of Planning”
We will plan for the last time before summer vacation! 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 during the meeting on Blue Sky or recap the complete thread after the meeting below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “RECAP: City Council Meeting for July 14, 2026”
