Date

Brian's Activities – November 2005

Nov 21 to 25
Nov 25
  • Meeting with staff re H3 Water District Environmental Assessment
  • Meeting with staff to prepare for following meeting with resident
  • Meeting with staff and resident to discuss an affordable housing project in the ward
Nov 24
  • Meeting with owner to discuss ideas for former convent at Queen and King
  • Municipal Heritage Committee meeting
  • Special COW meeting re GRIDS
  • Locke Street Christmas Tree lighting event
Nov 23
  • Roundtable for Poverty Reduction Steering Committee
  • Meeting with staff to discuss a Ward 1 OMB application
  • Meeting with constituent, Councillor Jackson and planning staff to discuss a location for a business on the east mountain
  • Congratulatory event with 2005 Property in Excellence Award winners
  • Council meeting
Nov 22
  • CUTA (Canadian Urban Transit Association) Conference
Nov 21
  • CUTA (Canadian Urban Transit Association) Conference
Nov 14 to 18
Nov 18
  • Latornell Conference to give a talk on the obstacles to sustainable planning (see www.latornell.ca/2005/program.html for more information about the conference)
  • Meeting with Mayor DiIanni, Dr. Elizabeth Richardson, Councillor Bratina re capacity review of  Public Health
Nov 17
  • Meeting with McMaster students to discuss pesticide use
  • Special Council Meeting
  • Kirkendall community safety meeting
Nov 16
  • Meeting to discuss the development of a special bus pass system for Hamilton Health Sciences
  • City Housing Hamilton Executive Meeting
  • Meeting with staff to go over materials presented at November 9 GRIDS workshop
  • Meeting with Economic Development staff to discuss industrial assessment values
  • Pesticides Sub-committee meeting
  • Meeting to discuss golf and ski RFP Review
Nov 15
  • Planning and Economic Development Committee meeting
  • Social and Public Health Committee Agenda Review
  • Strathcona Community Council meeting
Nov 14
  • Special COW meeting
  • Pesticide Sub-Committee meeting
  • Meeting re housing project in Strathcona neighbourhood
  • Meeting with constituent
  • Public meeting re H3 Water District Environmental Assessment
Nov 7 to 11
Nov 11
  • Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction Committee
  • McMaster Innovation Park Site Plan Development Steering Committe
  • Meet with staff re a resident concern
Nov 10
  • Hamilton Utilities Corporation Strategy Session (continued from previous day)
  • Hamiltonians for Progressive Development
Nov 9
  • Meeting to plan HABIA Strategic Planning Session
  • Special COW meeting
  • Hamilton Utilities Corporation Strategy Session
  • Council meeting
Nov 8
  • HABIA monthly meeting
  • Social & Public Health Committee meeting, followed by agenda review
  • Meeting with the tenant's committee at the Strathcona Gardens Seniors Building to investigate the creation of a Community Garden in Victoria Park
  • Arts Hamilton Board meeting
  • Westdale BIA Annual General Meeting
Nov 7
  • Social Services Downloading Steering Committee
  • Stand Up for Stelco Rally
  • Special COW to hear public delegations re Maple Leaf Foods
  • Special Planning and Economic Development meeting to discuss the Dundas West School site
  • AWWCA Board meeting
Oct 31 to Nov 4
Nov 4
  • Meeting with resident to discuss pesticide issues
  • Meeting with staff to discuss the development of an anti-idling bylaw
  • Celebrity Server at the 10th Annual Sam Lawrence Fundraising Dinner
Nov 3
  • Meeting with Planning staff to discuss procedure to investigate family housing intensification in the Prince Philip school catchment area as per the Ainslie Wood Westdale Secondary Plan
  • Kirkendall Neighbourhood Traffic Study Public Information Study. See details.
Nov 2
  • On-site meeting with Bylaw to measure noise levels from a business in the Ward
  • Corporate Administration Committee meeting
  • Strategic Planning & Budgets Committee meeting
  • Transit Master Plan Task Force Citizen Interviews
Nov 1
  • Planning and Economic Development Committee meeting
  • Social and Public Health Committee Agenda Review
  • Meeting with residents re changes to parking regulations
Oct 31
  • Meeting with MPAC and Finance staff to discuss impact of student housing on assessments and how to differentiate student housing and owner-occupied housing
  • Meeting with a resident re a performing arts endeavour in the old CH building on King St. W.
  • Meeting with McMaster students re a student project about student housingeeting with staff to discuss litter bins and cleanup along King St. W. and Sterling St. in Westdale