Mar 3

• Tour of the Central Composting Facility
• Meeting to discuss Tivoli Theatre redevelopment plans
• Meeting with McMaster, City Staff and representatives from TLC to discuss car/truck & pedestrian safety issue around the University with emphasis on Main & Cootes
• ASPECT Implementation meeting agenda review

Mar 2

• CityHousing Hamilton Executive meeting
• Meeting with Planning Staff re Locke St.
• Meeting with staff to discuss HABIA Communications Plan
• Speak in a Mohawk College video shoot for the Suicide Prevention Community Council
• Transit Master Plan Steering Committee meeting

Mar 1

• Poverty Reduction Steering Committee meeting
• Meeting with developer of former CNIB property to discuss timelines
• Meeting with McMaster Security and the ACT office to discuss the options of a transit pass program for employees at McMaster
• Meeting with a constituent
• Council meeting

Feb 28

• Social & Public Health Committee meeting
• Meeting with Finance staff re 2006 budget
• Meeting with staff to discuss the West Hamilton Rail Trail and the possible purchase of lands from CP Rail
• Pancake supper, St. Paul's Church

Feb 27

• Upwind Downwind Conference
• Police Community Forum for the Strathcona Neighbourhood

Feb 24

• Keynote Speaker for Soil & Water Conservation Society's 2006 Annual Symposium Program
• Meeting to prepare for Transit Master Plan meeting
• Meeting with staff to discuss strategy for cycling
• Meeting with staff to review the Good shepherd plans

Feb 23

• Strathcona Secondary Plan Community Advisory Committee meeting

Feb 22

• Meeting with McMaster to discuss a variety of City-University issues
• Meeting with consultants to discuss community based social marketing
• Meeting with staff and constituent to discuss a pilot energy project

Feb 21

• Westdale BIA meeting
• Planning & Economic Development Committee meeting
• Meeting with resident and developer to discuss a housing proposal
• Strathcona Community Council meeting

Feb 20

• Meeting with staff to prepare for meeting with CP Rail
• Meeting with CPR (Canadian Pacific Railway)
• Meeting with student to discuss thesis

Feb 17

• COW meeting to discuss budgets

Feb 16

• COW meeting to discuss budgets
• PACCR (McMaster President's Advisory Committee on Community Relations) meeting

Feb 15

• Meeting with local historians, staff and consultant to discuss historical background of Victoria Park
• Meeting with McMaster to discuss downtown locations for dry labs
• Council meeting

Feb 14

• HABIA meeting
• Meeting with staff to get an update GAO (Golf Association of Ontario) membership and city golf courses
• Meeting with staff re future development plans for a newly sold building in the ward
• Meeting with a variety of child care providers re implementation of the Best Start program
• Meeting re Hamilton Utilities Corporation
• Meeting to discuss a contract position for the Transit Steering Committee

Feb 13

• Board of Health meeting
• COW meeting to discuss budgets
• Team Evaluation of Golf Course Proposals
• Public meeting to discuss future use of 281 Herkimer St. (former CIBC building)

Feb 10

• Special COW meeting

Feb 9

• Meeting with Project Director, Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction
• Meeting with Planning staff to discuss the feasibility of  putting an interim control bylaw in place while a student accommodation study is underway
• Meeting with the Mayor's office to discuss the next steps in trying to secure social service funding from the province
• Review Tree Preservation Plan for Loretto site with Good Shepherd
• Meeting with constituent
• Meeting with constituents re developing student housing
• Ridership Growth/Asset Management Plan Subcommittee meeting
• ASPECT (Ainslie Wood Westdale Secondary Plan) Implementation Committee meeting

Feb 8

• Meeting with constituent
• Meeting with staff to discuss the legal issues around the definition of a family and student-occupied housing
• Meeting with the Chair, Hamilton Utilities Commission
• Meeting with staff to discuss the Hellenic Community's proposed seniors' development
• WHHAC (Westdale Heritage Housing Action Committee) community forum on student housing issues

Feb 7

• Banda Aceh Tsunami meeting
• Planning and Economic Development Committee meeting
• Meeting with the Mayor re the budget
• Meeting with constituent

Feb 6

• On-site tour of Hillcrest Park (the Rez)
• Media conference to release the report on downloading and the impact on Hamilton  (see report - pdf file)
• Meeting with Legal staff re an OMB (Ontario Municipal Board) hearing
• Trees & Parks Foundation Feasibility Project Stakeholder meeting
• Meeting with AWWCA, Hamilton Emergency Services, McMaster Off-Campus Resource Centre, McMaster Students Union to discuss a simplified risk assessment for student houses in Ainslie Wood Westdale
• AWWCA monthly Board meeting