Date

Brian's Activities – October 2005

Oct 24 to 28
Oct 28
  • Meeting with Judy Marsales, MPP to discuss Ward 1 increases in property assessment
Oct 27
  • Meeting with staff at Victoria Park to go over planned improvements
  • Special COW meeting
  • Special Council meeting
  • Transit Gas Tax Steering Committee
  • Special Planning and Economic Development Committee meeting
Oct 26
  • Workshop on GRIDS
  • Meeting with the Mayor to discuss Arts Hamilton's financial issues; led to motion requesting additional funding at Council
  • Meeting with a constituent
  • Council meeting
Oct 25
  • Social & Public Health  Committee meeting
  • Meeting with residents of an apartment building to discuss setting up a Vertical Watch program
  • Meeting with Planning staff to discuss the Strathcona Secondary Plan
  • Meeting with staff to discuss the Ainslie Wood Westdale Stormwater Master Plan
  • Phone meeting to discuss Arts Hamilton financing issues
  • Meeting with residents and staff to discuss flooding issues
Oct 24
  • Interview for Licensing Operational Review
  • Meeting with the Dean and Vice-President of the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster and the Centre for Community Studies to discuss the role of health sciences research in Hamilton
  • Housing Agenda Review meeting
  • Tsunami Task Force meeting
  • Meeting with city councillors and Niagara Escarpment Commission staff to discuss locating a restaurant on the Escarpment (this proposal came out of the Spectator's "One Big Idea" series);  note that this use is not allowed under the Niagara Escarpment Plan
  • Special Planning & Economic Development Committee meeting
Oct 17 to 21
Oct 21
  • Poverty Reduction Steering Committee meeting
  • Tenant Advisory Committee meeting
  • Meeting with resident
  • Meeting with Cleanfield Energy Corp to discuss a possible location of a wind power generation company in Hamilton
Oct 20
  • Niagara Escarpment Commission meeting
Oct 19
  • Niagara Escarpment Commission meeting
Oct 18
  • Meeting with Public Health staff to request that the department provide examples of different municipal pesticide bylaws at next Pesticide Sub-Committee meeting
  • Planning & Economic Development Committee Meeting
  • Meeting with Planning staff to discuss how to determine whether Good Shepherd has met the criteria set down in the Ontario Municipal Board decision, thereby allowing the removal of the holding provision
  • Social & Public Health Committee Agenda Review
  • Meeting with Finance, Capital Planning and Culture & Recreation staff to review the 2006 Capital Budget
Oct 17
  • Meeting with HSR to discuss the agenda and format of the Transit Master Plan Steering Committee
  • Interview with the Silhouette (McMaster Students Union newspaper)
  • Meeting with Hamilton Police Services and Dundurn Castle to discuss the feasibility of installing gates to the parking lot
Oct 10 to 14
Oct 14
  • On-site meeting to discuss the feasibility of using two small parcels of property owned by the City as parking lots for Locke St.
  • Meeting with a developer and the McMaster Off-Campus Resource Centre to discuss to the possibilities of building new appropriate student housing along main arterial roads in Ward 1
  • Meeting with resident to discuss the location of a stormwater management pond in West Hamilton or in Ward 8
  • Represent the Mayor and present a historical plaque unveiling of the 150th anniversary of the Grand Lodge Masons to the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario.
Oct 13
  • Special COW meeting
  • Meeting with Finance staff to discuss making Hamilton Utilities Corporation salary information more accessible.  This information is now available on page 3 of the 2004 Annual Report.  See www.hamiltonucorp.com/single_pages/annual.shtml.
  • Meeting with Green Venture to discuss a pesticide education program
Oct 12
  • Meeting with the Co-ordinator of Business Improvement Areas and Community Planning and Design staff to discuss the process for streetscape improvements on Main Street West from the 403 to Wellington Street
  • Meeting with Municipal Parking staff to receive an update on the plan to provide free parking at meters on Saturdays and the impact on transit
  • Meeting with Green Venture to discuss d eveloping a street by street strategy to encourage Ward 1 residents to go pesticide free
  • Meeting Chedoke Golf Course staff to explore closing Glenside at Chedoke
  • Council Meeting
Oct 11
  • HABIA monthly meeting
  • Social & Public Health Committee meeting
  • Meeting with the Medical Officer of Health to discuss the reorganization of the Public Health Department and the Standing Committee structure to reflect changes at the Province
  • Meeting with the Medical Officer of Health for the City of Hamilton, Mayor DiIanni and the Chief Medical Officer of Health for Ontario to discuss the reorganization of the Public Health Department in Hamilton
  • West Hamilton Industrial Area/McMaster Innovation Park Land Use Review Open House. See www.brianmchattie.ca/activities.htm.
Oct 10
  • Thanksgiving Day
October 3 to 7
Oct 7
  • No meetings scheduled
Oct 6
  • No meetings scheduled
Oct 5
  • No meetings scheduled
Oct 4
  • No meetings scheduled
Oct 3
  • No meetings scheduled