Date

Brian's Activities – April 2005

Apr 25 to 29
Apr 29
  • no meetings scheduled
Apr 28
  • no meetings scheduled
Apr 27
  • no meetings scheduled
Apr 26
  • Social & Public Health Committee meeting
  • Meeting with Planning & Economic Development staff to discuss proposed mixed use designation for Westdale Village (Secondary Plan)
  • Victoria Park public meeting
Apr 25
  • Tour of Churchill Park with staff to discuss soccer & baseball issues
  • Rooming house tour – arranged by McQuesten Legal & Community Services
  • Meeting with Columbia College re downtown properties
  • Meeting with Communications and Forestry staff re the “Trees Across Hamilton” announcement
  • Meeting with Baseball User Groups to discuss needs of baseball and soccer groups in Churchill Park
Apr 18 to 22
Apr 22
  • Commuter Challenge Launch
  • Meeting with staff to get an update on the Vital Services Bylaw
  • Meeting with outgoing and incoming MSU (McMaster Students Union) executive
  • Meeting to discuss filling HUC board positions
Apr 21
  • Niagara Escarpment Commission meeting
  • PACCR (McMaster President's Advisory Committee on Community Relations)
Apr 20
  • Community Problem Solving Table on Poverty
  • Niagara Escarpment Commission meeting
Apr 19
  • Meeting with staff to discuss the details of mounting WiFi hardware on the Woodward Sewage Treatment Plant building to service a Stoney Creek pilot test of the WiFi technology
  • Planning & Economic Development Committee meeting
  • Social & Public Health Services Committee agenda review
  • Tenants Advisory Committee citizen interviews
  • Strathcona Community Council meeting
Apr 18
  • Meeting with staff to prepare for public meeting on Victoria Park
  • VIA Rail Task Force citizen interviews
  • Meeting with residents
  • Tenants Advisory Committee citizen interviews
Apr 11 to 15
Apr 15
  • VIA Rail Task Force citizen interviews
Apr 14
  • Meeting with Environment Hamilton and GreenVenture re funding for tree planting
  • Meeting re Wentworth Lodge accreditation
Apr 13
  • Meeting with Forestry staff re plantings in the Ward
  • Hamilton Utilities Corporation Board meeting
  • Meeting with staff re parking
  • Meeting with HSR to discuss possible locations for a downtown terminal
  • City Council meeting
Apr 12
  • HABIA monthly meeting
  • Tour of Hamilton Housing facilities
  • Meeting with staff and a McMaster student re supporting the formation of a women's hockey team at the university through reduced ice rates at Coronation Arena
  • Meeting with staff and a constituent
  • Tsunami Relief Task Force meeting
  • Meeting re fibrewired facilities in Hamilton
  • Arts Council monthly meeting
Apr 11
  • COW budget meeting
  • Meeting with Hamilton Housing staff and McMaster intern student to view videos on participatory budgeting and to discus how it might work in Hamilton
  • Meeting with staff to discuss parking issues on New Street
  • Meeting with General Manager, Public Health and Community Services and HWDSB Trustee Judith Bishop to discuss how the Board and the City can together to ensure that each knows what the other is doing and thus able to capitalise on synergies the Early Years project
  • Utilities Arrears Coordinating Group meeting
  • Information meeting re WiFi (Wireless Fidelity)
Apr 4 to 8
Apr 8
  • no meetings scheduled
Apr 7
  • Meeting with resident
  • Meeting with Community Dispute Resolution Services to discuss how it can work with the City
Apr 6
  • Meeting with Culture and Recreation staff to discuss rationalizing soccer fields and baseball diamonds between parks
  • Meeting with Forestry staff, Hamilton Community Foundation and Environment Hamilton to work on a proposal to the Community Foundation to undertake a feasibility study into establishing a Hamilton Trees Foundation
  • COW budget meeting
Apr 5
  • Planning and Economic Development Committee meeting
  • Ceremonial Tip Off at annual Copps & Cats Basketball game to raise funds for McMaster Children's Hospital
  • Presentation with Tonnes for Trees to students at St. Thomas More  about environmental issues in Hamilton and how they can get involved
  • Westdale Village BIA meeting
Apr 4
  • Meeting with Forestry staff to discuss $60K from Future Fund to support Trees Across Hamilton and Tonnes for Trees
  • Meeting with Tonnes for Trees staff to prepare for presentation at St. Thomas More
  • Meeting re Tivoli
  • Meeting re a Hamilton-wide Wi-Fi system to ensure a coordinated City of Hamilton effort
  • Meeting with Planning staff to review ASPECT Community Strategy
  • AWWCA monthly Board meeting