Tag: Heritage

RECAP: Heritage Committee Told There Will Be No Last Minute Reprieve for Listed Properties

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It was a short meeting of the Heritage Advisory Committee this month at the City of Guelph, but you can’t say it wasn’t a consequential one. The committee heard about one designation, approved two other matters on the consent agenda, and then heard about the plan for the rest of the year, which, sadly, isn’t going to involve taking their foot off the gas pedal when it comes to approving as many designations as possible. Here’s the recap! Continue reading “RECAP: Heritage Committee Told There Will Be No Last Minute Reprieve for Listed Properties” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Advisory Committee Meeting for September 3, 2026

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Back from summer vacation, it’s time to talk heritage with the Heritage Advisory Committee. On this agenda, there is a new proposed designation, a major project inside a new heritage conservation district looking for approval, and a proposal for a partial demolition/partial preservation. In other news, if you were hoping that Queen’s Park might take some pity on our poor heritage planners in this last quarter of 2026, you will be disappointed. Here’s the preview! Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Advisory Committee Meeting for September 3, 2026” →

This Week at Council: Over and Out for the Summer

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It’s been a very consequential seven months of council. Meeting after meeting, the mayor and our 12 city councillors have had to dispatch some big issues, make some big decisions, and find some out of the box solutions at times. So given the stakes so far in 2024, perhaps it’s okay if council had a nice, quick and easy last meeting before the usual August summer vacation. Here’s the (brief) recap… Continue reading “This Week at Council: Over and Out for the Summer” →

RECAP: City Council Meeting for July 23, 2024

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Tonight, it’s the epic midseason finale of city council. 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 23, 2024” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the July 23 Meeting?

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One more meeting before council takes the rest of the summer off, and in the best tradition of the last day before summer vacation, it looks like a pretty light agenda. Council will get one more chance to weigh in on the Committee of the Whole agenda, but only after a lengthy closed session with multiple topics of interest. So without further ado, let’s just get into the cliffhangers in this mid-season finale of city council. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the July 23 Meeting?” →

This Week at Council: No Walk in the Parks

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Just a few more meetings to go before council and council watchers can enjoy summer vacation, but there’s still a lot of important stuff to wrap our heads around before that needed time off. At this month’s Committee of the Whole meeting on Wednesday there was new moves to protect heritage and make an impact on light pollution, but the big news was around whether we should take park land and use if for housing. Here’s the recap… Continue reading “This Week at Council: No Walk in the Parks” →

RECAP: Committee of the Whole Meeting for July 3, 2024

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A little later than usual, but we’re starting the month with Committee of the Whole. 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: Committee of the Whole Meeting for July 3, 2024” →

Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the July 3, 2024 Meeting?

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A lot of municipal policy is going to come to a head at July’s Committee of the Whole meeting. From demolition by neglect to light pollution to lobbying, there’s a lot to cover in what is appropriately the mid-season finale of the 2024 year at council, and that includes the biggest issue of all, the housing crisis. So for the last time before summer vacation, this is what’s on the committee agenda this month… Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the July 3, 2024 Meeting?” →

This Week at Council: Money Talks, Tiny Homes Walk… to the County

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This week at city council, two was the magic number. There were two different meetings, we had the month’s second Committee of the Whole meeting, there were two heritage-related motions, and there were two major presents. Two was also reflective of the impact, because there are two different local governments and different powers between then, and that made the idea of proceeding with our own Better Tent City (see above) more difficult. Here’s the recap… Continue reading “This Week at Council: Money Talks, Tiny Homes Walk… to the County” →

RECAP: City Council Meeting for May 14, 2024

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Tonight, we plan! And it was all done in less than six minutes You can click here for the amended agendas from City Hall, and you can click here for the Politico preview. Due to the relatively brief agenda, there was no live coverage on Twitter, but you can read the break down of the meeting below. You can also watch the City’s own live-stream of the meeting here. Continue reading “RECAP: City Council Meeting for May 14, 2024” →