Heritage Permit Review’s November meeting is a light agenda with only one item of note; the stabilization and reconstruction of stone walls and the creation of a new entrance gate at Auchmar. This Subcommittee meets at the same time as Council. I will not be covering this meeting. Agenda:…
[](http://www.joeycoleman.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/james_street_baptist_church.jpg)James Street Baptist ChurchThe partial demolition of the James Street Baptist Church was not on the agenda of this week’…
Hamilton City Council’s Planning Committee is meeting in Stoney Creek as they redo the public hearing on the new Stoney Creek Fruitland-Winona Secondary Plan, popularly known as the Stoney Creek Urban Boundary Expansion (SCUBE) This meeting is a redo of the June 4, 2013 Planning Committee meeting as staff…
A rental home in Rosedale that came to wide public attention this summer after the plight of its citizens was highlighted on the local Reddit subforum in July [http://www.reddit.com/r/Hamilton/comments/1jhroc/one_seriously_pissed_off_tenant_part_two_still_no/] is getting fixed up. The…
The Hamilton-Wentworth doesn’t get a lot of positive press these days. Today they earned some with an excellent social media communications strategy. Just before noon, Sherwood Secondary School was evacuated due to a suspected natural gas leak. Within minutes, the Board updated their website and Twitter accounts to inform…
City Council meets as Board of Health and on today’s agenda are two “hot topics”: Smoking and Gambling. Staff will present an update on the City’s no-smoking in parks bylaw and request more funding for problem gambling prevention. Live coverage begins at 1:30pm, Watch the Livestream and…
The HSR wishes to cut frontline staff to fund new managers, the City’s Protective Plumbing Program remains popular, Brock Students look to get UPass, and Public Works wants to consolidate its yards – all this and more on Monday’s Public Works agenda. Live coverage begins at 9:30am, watch…
After issuing $200 tickets against food trucks involved in Savory Saturday, the City says there was an error and have cancelled the tickets. Senior City Staff are now working to find a way to prevent further ticketing of Food Trucks near special events who are respecting the spirit of the…