Date

Brian's Activities – September 2005

September 26 to 30
Sept 30
  • No meetings scheduled
Sept 29
  • Provide opening remarks to Hamilton Suicide Prevention Council Workshop
  • Transit Gas Tax Steering Committee meeting
  • Meeting with staff for an orientation on the MyHamilton website
  • Special City Council meeting
  • Meeting with residents re pesticides
  • Community forum re traffic changes on Cline N (chaired by Brian)
Sept 28
  • Poverty Reduction Steering Committee meeting
  • Monthly meeting with General Manager, Public Health and Community Services
  • OPPI (Ontario Professional Planners Institute) Urban Design Charette on Main Street West
  • Special Council Meeting to discuss the Downtown Revitalization Program
  • Council meeting
Sept 27
  • Social & Public Health Committee meeting
  • Meeting with constituent
  • Meeting with AWWCA president to discuss student housing
Sept 26
  • Out of the office
September 19 to 23
Sept 23
  • Meeting McMaster Labour Studies Placement student
Sept 22
  • Meeting with forestry staff to discussion locations to plant trees at Victoria Park
  • GR Allan/Cline North traffic committee meeting
  • Municipal Heritage Committee meeting
  • Meeting with constituent
  • Meeting to discuss revised criteria for the Golf Course/Ski Hill Evaluation Committee
Sept 21
  • McMaster Innovation Park (MIP) Development Steering Committee workshop
  • HABIA Dinner Cruise
Sept 20
  • Planning and Economic Development Committee meeting
  • Special COW meeting
  • Meeting with McMaster, Hamilton Police Services to debrief on McMaster's Welcome Week activities
  • Social & Public Health Committee Agenda Review
  • Hamilton-Wentworth Stewardship Council meeting
Sept 19
  • Public Works, Infrastructure and Environment Committee meeting
  • Meeting to review HamiltonHousing agenda
  • Meeting with staff and constituent to discuss zoning concerns
  • Meeting with a McMaster Silhouette reporter to discuss poverty in Hamilton
  • Meeting with constituent
  • Main West BIA meeting
September 12 to 16
Sept 16
  • CUTA  (Canadian Urban Transit Association) Board Members Committee conference call
Sept 15
  • Meeting with constituent
  • Meeting with Planning staff and constituent
  • Meeting with Licensing and Standards staff to receive an update on the Vital Services Bylaw
  • Meeting with constituent to discuss parking issues on Locke Street
Sept 14
  • Meeting with McMaster and Mayor DiIanni to discuss the McMaster Innovation Park
  • Meeting with golf course and traffic staff to discuss the proposed bikeway in west Hamilton crossing the 403 onto CP railway property to the golf course
  • Meeting with Beth Phinney, MP to discuss bringing CBC radio to Hamilton
  • Meeting with Councillor Samson and staff to discuss Pleasantview and the Greenbelt
  • AWWCA Annual General Meeting
  • Council meeting
Sept 13
  • HABIA monthly meeting
  • Meeting with staff to discuss Toronto's Tree Advocacy Program
  • Meeting to discuss revised criteria for the Golf Course/Ski Hill RFP Evaluation Committee
Sept 12
  • Meeting with Tony Valeri MP to discuss bringing CBC radio to Hamilton
  • Meeting with Hamilton Utilities Corporation to discuss water and hydro rates
  • Tsunami Relief Task Force meeting
  • Meeting with staff to discuss the presentation for the Main Street West charette at the OPPI Conference
  • Locke Street Library public meeting
September 5 to 9
Sept 9
  • McMaster Innovation Park Development Steering Committee
  • Meeting to discuss strategic planning, and involvement of Arts Hamilton in the  City's Cultural Strategy
  • Represent the Mayor at the McMaster engineers' bus pull
  • Meeting with staff at Victoria Park to discuss improvements to be made
Sept 8
  • Meeting with Planning staff to discuss issues relating to a renovated restaurant
  • Meeting with staff to discuss a plan to move Hamilton to a 5 year interval for tree trimming and securing HUC contract for trimming around wires
  • Help McMaster deliver Welcome Kits to students in the neighbourhood
Sept 7
  • Corporate Administration Committee meeting
  • Strategic Planning & Budgets Committee
Sept 6
  • Planning and Economic Development committee meeting
  • Meeting with staff and Councillor Bratina to discuss leash free parks in Wards 1 & 2
  • Westdale community graffiti cleanup
Sept 5
  • Labour Day