• City Hall closed

Dec 23

• Meeting to discuss a proposal to assist in the re-establishment of a medical school in Banda Aceh, Indonesia (affected by the tsunami)
• Meeting with Mayor DiIanni re attracting alternative energy companies to Hamilton

Dec 22

• Meeting with Planning to discuss the development of a planning process that respects the interests of neighbourhoods hosting social service facilities
• Meeting with staff to discuss a detailed design for the proposed Victoria Park community garden
• Meeting with constituent re a Committee of Adjustment application

Dec 21

• Meeting with HSR staff re the transit fare increase
• Social Services Downloading Steering Committee meeting
• Meeting with Public Works staff to discuss preparing a contract to have a consultant conduct a feasibility study into setting up a Hamilton Trees and Parks Foundation

Dec 20

• Meeting with McMaster Off-Campus Resource Centre to discuss student housing
• Meeting with Environment Hamilton re their Food Project
• Meeting with DARTS and HSR staff to discuss expansion of DARTS eligibility rules
• On-site meeting with staff to discuss tree locations in Radial Park (Mapleside and Queen)

Dec 19

• Special COW meeting re budgets

Dec 16

• Meeting re Niagara-Hamilton Waste Plan EA Study

Dec 15

• Tour of Mississauga Transit Terminal
• Hamilton Utilities Corporation Strategy Session

Dec 14

• Special COW meeting re budgets
• Site visit to Highland Gardens park with staff and residents to consider additional alternatives for pumping station in H3 Water District
• Special Strategic Planning and Budgets Committee meeting
• Council meeting

Dec 13

• Meeting with the Interim Executive Director of Arts Hamilton
• Transit Steering Committee meeting
• Public Meeting re student residence proposal in Strathcona neighbourhood

Dec 12

• Poverty Reduction Steering Committee meeting
• Special COW meeting re budgets

Dec 9

• Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction  Committee meeting

Dec 8

• Building and Licensing Division Operational Review Sub-Committee meeting
• Meeting with McMaster Student Union president
• Pesticide Sub-committee meeting

Dec 7

• HABIA Strategy Session
• Meeting with forestry staff re Trees Across Hamilton
• Followup meeting with constituent to discuss business on east mountain
• Meeting with a new HUC Board member to discuss HUC-Council relations
• Strategic Planning and Budgets Committee meeting
• H3 Water District EA public meeting

Dec 6

• Meeting with staff to discuss reconfiguring of roadway in front of G.R. Allan School
• Planning and Economic Development Committee meeting
• Social and Public Health Committee Agenda Review meeting

Dec 5

• Public Works, Infrastructure and Environment Committee meeting
• City Housing Board meeting
• Meeting with staff re the Ward 1 budget
• Meeting with stakeholders to discuss VIA Rail strategy

Dec 2

• Special COW meeting to discuss the Rate Budget

Dec 1

• Tour of Churchill Park to examine turf quality and to understand the issue of weeds and sport fields
• Meeting with staff to discuss creating acceptable heritage renovation designs for Ainslie Wood Westdale housing to encourage families to move in
• Meeting with staff and residents to discuss the H3 Water District EA proposal
• City of Hamilton – Canadian Pacific Railway Liaison Committee
• Climate change educational forum at McMaster

Nov 30

• Meeting with staff and a resident re a Committee of Adjustment application
• Meeting with staff and a resident re a Committee of Adjustment application
• Meeting with Ben Cowie, federal election candidate

Nov 29

• Facilitated review of HABIA's Strategic Plan
• Meeting with staff re Valley Inn Road bridge Environmental Assessment
• Meeting with Hamilton Conservation Area General Manager to discuss HCA projects
• Marketing strategy update and tour of Macassa Lodge
• Hamilton Police Services Community Safety Forum

Nov 28

• Meeting with staff re Transit Gas Tax Steering Committee
• Special COW meeting
• Housing Agenda Review meeting
• Meeting with a Green Venture volunteer
• Meeting with staff re leash free parks
• Meeting with a former McMaster student to discuss the application of triple bottom line concepts to economic development in Hamilton