In Regards to Councillor Lloyd Ferguson's Use of Physical Force Against Myself
Tonight, City Council met in closed session for over two hours and emerged to take a divisive 9-to-7 vote on the Ticats’ lease in the new football stadium. It was a tense and heated debate. When it was over, I was heading to a news conference on the…
Live 5pm: City Council
Council’s agenda tonight is light with only two standing committee reports for the past two weeks and one new motion. Items of note include Delta Secondary School’s heritage designation, the Airport Employment Growth District boundaries, and a proposed mid-rise at Garth and Rymal. Live video starts at 5…
Live 3:00pm: City Council Hears Public Delegations on 2014 Budget
[module type=”aside” width=”half” align=”right”] [Agenda on City website](http://www.hamilton.ca/CityDepartments/CorporateServices/Clerks/AgendaMinutes/GeneralIssues/2014/February25GIC.htm) As of February 18, 2014, the following individuals/ organizations have registered to speak to the 2014 City of Hamilton Budget: Denise Doyle, Chief Executive Officer, Status of Women Committee Evelyn Myrie, Executive Director, Hamilton Centre for Civic Inclusion David Arbuckle…
Council approves changes to Sheraton Mortgage
[module type=”aside” width=”half” align=”right”]AgendaSheraton Mortgage Staff Report on City website[/module]Council held a special GIC meeting Tuesday approving a plan by Darko Vranich’s company to renegotiate it’s mortgage on the Sheraton Hotel.The meeting lasted one minute, as the approval was housekeeping in nature. Photo of Sheraton Hotel by Neal…
Replay: Truck Route Sub-Cmte
Council’s Truck Route Sub-Committee held their February meeting and discussed rural truck routes. Full Replay…
Where's My Catch Basin? Another Reason We Need Open Data from City Hall
My housemate and I went out last night to clear our local catch basins. We knew where one was, buried under a thick coat of packed ice at least 10 centimetres thick in front of our house. It took a lot of hacking at the ice to clear…
Council: Ticats lease, brownfields, biosolids, and more [ Live 9:30am ]
Council will debate a 20-year lease for the Ticats to use the new stadium (including a provision banning other professional football and soccer teams from using City parks for the 20 years), a 10-year lease for the Winona Peach Festival, expanding the urban boundary in the Elfrida (“L…
Planning Committee – 18 Feb 14: Aerotropolis, Designating Delta SS, and New Developments
Council’s Planning Committee will decide new boundaries for the Airport Employment Growth District, popularly known as Aerotropolis, vote on designating Delta Secondary as a heritage building, vote on approval of a new 14-storey building at Garth and Rymal, and vote on an expansion of a retirement residence on…
Parkview Secondary Transition Information Night [Feb 11 // 6:30pm // Live Video]
NOTE: Live video is on my LS channel due to tech difficulties with YouTube: https://new.livestream.com/joeycoleman-ca/events/2762715/The Sherman Hub is holding a public meeting on the future of Parkview students with the planned closing of the school at the end of this academic year.Ward 3 School Trustee Tim Simmons and…
HWDSB Board Meeting: New Name for George R Allan and New Ward Boundaries for Westdale, Dundas, Flamborough
NOTE: Livestream of this meeting on my Livestream.com account here. (YouTube livestreaming is not presently working) Trustees will vote on a few proposed name for the current George R Allan elementary school and consider a motion from Flamborough Trustee Karen Turkstra to reconsider Ward Boundaries. Trustees are considering…