Tag: Macdonell and Allen Bridge

This Week at Council: Does Anyone Give a Dam?

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It was back to the Allan and Macdonell bridge structure at this month’s regular meeting of city council, but did anyone give a damn about getting rid of the dam? That was going to be the question at this meeting as numerous delegates tried to convince council that the dam’s time was over, and in the interest of flood control and re-naturalization it should be removed. But as you might already know there’s an issue with unknown amount of money needed to make it happen. Let’s recap… Continue reading “This Week at Council: Does Anyone Give a Dam?” →

RECAP: City Council Meeting for October 28, 2025

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After a week off, council gets back to business with back-to-back meetings! 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 October 28, 2025” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the October 28, 2025 Meeting?

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This end of October meeting has a lot of action, and most of it will be happening in the closed meeting agenda. No big deal. There should be some action in the main portion of the meeting though with some discussion about election behaviours and expectations, plus an update about the rationalization of back office functions at the City of Guelph. (Don’t worry, there’s a whole other meeting for this week.) Check out the preview below. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the October 28, 2025 Meeting?” →

This Week at Council: Allan’s Bridge is Coming Down!

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This week. city council came back from an inexplicable two-week break and sat again as Committee of the Whole. For this edition, there were two main focuses, one had to do with billing for water and wastewater servicing, and the other concerned more downtown construction work! Read on to learn how a very busy intersection at the eastern end of downtown is going to get a facelift in the years to come in this week’s recap! Continue reading “This Week at Council: Allan’s Bridge is Coming Down!” →

RECAP: Committee of the Whole Meeting for October 7, 2025

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Back to city council with another Committee of the Whole 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: Committee of the Whole Meeting for October 7, 2025” →

Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the October 7, 2025 Meeting?

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After a couple of weeks off, council gets back to work in the chambers again for the October Committee of the Whole meeting. This month, there will be some points of interest as more future construction downtown comes up for discussion, and so does a change to how residents are billed for water. There’s also some administrative moves including new names for new parks, and the usual staff recognitions. Check out all the details below… Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the October 7, 2025 Meeting?” →

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” →

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” →

RECAP: Heritage Guelph Pushes Staff to Do More on OR Lands and U of G!

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It was rough going for the first Heritage Guelph meeting of 2025, and not just because of the content! It took the better part of an hour for City of Guelph staff to work out some technical difficulties, including a switch involving online platforms, and then they dug into the agenda, which leaned heavily on a lot of committee concerns about the future of the OR Lands, and the future of heritage buildings at the University of Guelph. Here’s the recap! Continue reading “RECAP: Heritage Guelph Pushes Staff to Do More on OR Lands and U of G!” →

MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Guelph Meeting for January 13, 2025

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Heritage Guelph gets back to work promising a busy 2025 after what was definitely a very busy 2024! No major heritage designations this week, or any complicated fights about demolitions at this meeting (we think). There will be a kind of demolition discussion at this month’s meeting though, and there will be some discussion about the workload ahead, and then we will head downtown for another big project! Continue reading “MEETING PREVIEW: Heritage Guelph Meeting for January 13, 2025” →