My Memories of The Great Northeast Blackout of 2003
Thursday, August 14, 2003 started early for me, early and in another time zone. I awoke in my barracks at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown and hopped into a taxi for the short drive to Fredericton airport for a 6:00 a.m. flight to Toronto – I was getting my…
City of Hamilton Citizen Communications Workshop
The City of Hamilton held a first public meeting on how the City communicates with citizens on June 27, 2013 at Bennetto Community Centre…
Accessible Transportation Services Review sub-committee for August 14, 2013
The Accessible Transportation Services Review sub-committee held its first meeting during which time it worked on the scope of its mandate to review how the City delivers accessible transit. Tim Nolan, chair of the Advisory Committee for Persons with Disabilities – Transportation Sub-Committee, presented his ideas for improving…
Planning Committee for August 13, 2013
The Planning Committee is meeting today for their August meeting. Many routine planning applications are on the agenda today. Of interest, a public delegation about animal control bylaws and Council’s retroactive approval of a heritage permit for changes already made to the City Hall forecourt. Agenda: http://www.hamilton.ca/CityDepartments/CorporateServices/Clerks/AgendaMinutes/Planning/2013/Aug13PlanningCommitteeAgenda.htm…
Hamilton General Issues Committee for August 12, 2013
Hamilton City Council is holding its only GIC meeting for August with the big motion being Sam Merulla’s plan to use the Future Fund to help fund the Stadium Precinct high school and recreation centre project. Other highlights on the agenda include the Annual Update from Tradeport on…
Hamilton Board of Health – August 12, 2013 (Live at 9:00am)
Hamilton City Council will meet as the Hamilton Board of Health for their August meeting and are planning to go into closed session for their one business item of the meeting. Under the provision that it deals with “personal matters about an identifiable individual” Council will discuss the…
Hamilton Heritage Permit Review Subcommittee for July 24, 2013
(There will be no livestream of this meeting. I only received notice yesterday afternoon) Hamilton’s Heritage Permit Review Subcommittee meets today to consider permits for 5 heritage properties and pre-submission for one other property. This sub-committee reports to the Hamilton Municipal Heritage Committee and is tasked with conducting…
Ontario Municipal Board ruling on Hamilton Airport Employment Growth District (Aerotropolis)
Developing An appeal of the City’s Airport Employment Growth District plan to the Ontario Municipal Board by Environment Hamilton and Hamiltonians for Progressive Development has failed. The OMB ruling means the City’s plan for expansion of the urban boundary and rezoning of land to ’employment lands’ can move…
Hamilton Farmer's Market part of $1-mil City Hall Fraud Investigation
[](http://joeycoleman.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/5429413612_9eecb57bf6_b.jpg)Hamilton Farmer’s Market (Photo Courtesy Wayne MacPhail) The Hamilton Farmer’s Market is at least one of the unnamed city facilities at the centre of a $1,052,235.20 fraud against the City. A letter from Hamilton Farmers’ Market manager Donna Lee Macdonald to merchants…
Get Engaged: City Wants to Know How You Want To Communicate
The City of Hamilton wants to improve how it communicates with citizens. Following the challenges of the past few months cough cough Dialogue Partners cough cough, the City is looking for honest feedback from the community about how it communicates and methods/mediums of improvement. This tweet is a…