Let the planning begin! 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 September 10, 2024”
It’s “Back to School” time for Heritage Guelph, though there’s really nothing related to school on this month’s agenda. This busy docket for the heritage conservation team will see a couple of permits, an appointment, at least one new future designation to consider, and another three to pass on to council. Put your history shoes on, nerds! There’s going to be a lot of ground to cover!! Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Guelph Meeting for September 9, 2024”
The first planning meeting of the fall will have something for everyone, a new project that’s bound to be controversial, a decision on a project that was sort of controversial a few months ago, a new heritage designation, and some pruning to the City of Guelph’s new Comprehensive Zoning Bylaw. Are these the best laid plans, or will some delegates and council members have other ideas? Let’s take a look… Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the September 10, 2024 Meeting?”
This month’s planning meeting had a lot stuff going on, but only a couple of items were explored in detail. Yes, more heritage matters were approved, but the real news was in two different development projects; the first was a new project being developed by Habitat for Humanity in the north end, and the other was a final decision on a big project in the south end. Let’s get into the recap… Continue reading “This Week at Council: A Tale of Two Projects”
There’s a lot of work when it comes to the grind of municipal governance and policy development, but it doesn’t always start with city council (though it does often end with them). So on this episode of the podcast we’re going to try and cram six months of work by eight different committees into 30 minutes of audio, from the retirement of the library’s head to the debate over a bus chime to the ongoing issues around housing. Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #426 – The Year at Committees So Far…”
Let the planning begin! 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 July 9, 2024”
Before taking a break for summer vacation, Heritage Guelph took care of a couple of major pieces of new business. There are some big changes coming to the Homewood Health Centre, and it’s going to impact a beloved heritage building on the site. In other news, there are more heritage designations coming down the pipe for formal approval by city council, including a well known building on campus. Here’s the recap… Continue reading “RECAP: Heritage Guelph Greenlight Homewood Changes”
No summer vacation (yet?) for Heritage Guelph, it turns out that there’s just too much heritage stuff going on. At this meeting, there’s more heritage to preserve, more approvals to send to council, and there’s also a construction project at one of Guelph’s most well-known heritage buildings (although it’s likely one that you’ve never been to). Here’s the July work load for Heritage Guelph…. Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Guelph Meeting for July 8, 2024”
It’s time for the July planning meeting, and this month, like last month, there are a number of heritage projects and designations for council’s consideration. Aside from heritage, there’s also future on the agenda, a new housing project from an area not-for-profit and a decision on a previously presented project in the south end. So let’s talk about the best laid planning before summer vacation. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the July 9, 2024 Meeting?”
Two meetings this week, one that took care of a lot of planning business in not a lot of time with the monthly planning meeting, and then council tried to absorb four years of Strategic Plan accomplishments in two hours with the annual report. Also, council said goodbye to a very prominent member of staff as he’s about to begin a new adventure as a retiree. Here’s the recap of this week at council… Continue reading “This Week at Council: Planning and a Future Ready Finale”
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