Date

Brian's Activities – August 2006
August 28 to September 1
Sep 1
  • Celebrity chef at the Mustard Festival
Aug 31
  • CityHousing Agenda Review meeting
  • Meeting with the Hamilton Spectator Editorial Board to discuss Student Housing
  • Meeting with Locke Street property owners to discuss the image of the street following on recent media coverage
Aug 30
  • On-site meeting re an illegal front yard fence
  • Meeting with staff re the new development at 1590 Main St. West at Binkley
  • Meeting with forestry staff re tree planting in Highland Gardens Park (the Rez)
  • Meeting with staff to discuss traffic/safety issues on Cootes Drive
Aug 29
  • Hamilton Day Committee meeting
  • Meeting with staff to discuss the Kirkendall Traffic Study
Aug 28
  • On-site meeting with staff to review the condition of the sod at Kay Drage Park
  • Meeting with staff to discuss the inventory of contaminated parks and management options and to advise staff on expected scope of the inventory
  • Interview with Cable 14 re Cleanfield Energy
  • Meeting with Niagara Escarpment Commission staff to discuss the Waterdown South Preferred Plan
  • Meeting with a resident
August 21 to 25
Aug 25
  • Meeting re student housing in Strathcona neighbourhood
  • Meeting with the West Town Bar & Grill owner
  • Meeting re a development proposal at the Tivoli
Aug 24
  • Meeting with MPP McMeekin and the Niagara Escarpment Commission re the Pleasant View lands
  • Hamilton LACAC (Municipal Heritage Committee) meeting
  • Meeting with McMaster and the MSU to review the operations of on-campus bars (Quarters and the Pheonix) and how they can improve
Aug 23
  • Meeting with City staff to discuss a proposal for townhouses on a Barton St. property east of Crooks St. N.
  • Meeting with staff re Hamilton purchasing policies with respect to the City Hall renovations
  • Meeting with staff re the Crooks Street construction
  • Meeting with real estate staff to confirm the Councillor's input in the sale of the former CIBC building and to discuss Columbia College's request to establish a smoking area near the Main St. W. property
Aug 22
  • Meeting with McMaster and City staff to discuss the impact of the new McMaster stadium on traffic in the surrounding community
  • Hamilton Day Committee Meeting
  • Meeting with HSR staff
  • Meeting to review Transit Steering Committee agenda
  • Roomers and Boarders meeting
  • Meeting with staff to discuss the Future Fund proposal by Hamilton Artists Inc.
Aug 21
  • Meeting with staff, Hamilton Police Service and residents re West Town Bar & Grill issues
  • Meeting with Environment Hamilton
  • Meeting with a resident
  • Meeting with staff re timelines of the West Hamilton Innovation District
August 14 to 18
Aug 18
  • Meeting Hamilton Police Services to discuss Ward issues
  • Meeting with the City's Natural Heritage Planner to discuss the discrepancies between the Greenbelt Plan and Hamilton policies
  • On-site meeting to discuss Haddon South traffic calming
  • Meeting with staff to discuss fall plans for the Trees Across Hamilton project
Aug 17
  • Niagara Escarpment Commission meeting
Aug 16
  • Meeting with staff and GO Transit to discuss moving parking away from Victoria Park
  • Meeting with staff to discuss the background to the “cash-in-lieu of parking” option
  • Meeting with the Director of Red Hill Valley Project to discuss the Six Nations Proposal and Trees Across Hamilton
  • External Audit Sub-Committee meeting
  • Meeting to discuss a “Window on the Bay” at the end of Crooks Street
Aug 15
  • Meeting with Habitat for Humanity
  • Meeting with staff re Treble Hall redevelopment
  • Meeting with HSR to promotion ideas  to increase ridership
  • Meeting with  the Centre for Community Study to prepare for an interview with the CBC
Aug 14
  • Meeting with staff, McMaster and Student Bylaw Inspectors to work out the details of “Project Watchdog”
  • Meeting with staff and Strathcona churches to discuss parking issues
  • Meeting with staff and CPR staff to discuss the CP Rail Trail
August 7 to 11
Aug 11
  • Meeting with the MSU and the Off-Campus Resource Centre to discuss the Student Property Standards Inspection Project
Aug 10
  • Meeting with the MSU and the Off-Campus Resource Centre to discuss the Student Property Standards Inspection Project
Aug 9
  • Meeting with the MSU and the Off-Campus Resource Centre to discuss the Student Property Standards Inspection Project
Aug 8
  • Meeting with the MSU and the Off-Campus Resource Centre to discuss the Student Property Standards Inspection Project
Aug 7
  • Civic Holiday – City Hall Closed
July 31 to August 4
Aug 4
  • Meeting with the MSU and the Off-Campus Resource Centre to discuss the Student Property Standards Inspection Project
  • Meeting with the Director, Security & Parking Services at McMaster re on-going issues
  • Meeting with constituent re HSR's Disabiltiy Policy
  • Meeting with the General Manager of Colombia International College re a safer pedestrian crossings at Main Streeet West and the exit/entrance to Highway 403
Aug 3
  • Meeting with the President, McMaster Students Union re the Student Property Standards Inspection Project
  • Meeting with Soccer World Systems, re the City's intention to issue an RFP for an indoor sports facility
  • Meeting with the Director of the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board re ward issues
  • Meeting with the new President of the Kirkendall Neighbourhood Association
  • Meeting with constituent
Aug 2
  • Special COW to discuss climate change
Aug 1
  • On-site meeting on Crooks Street with staff re street width after construction
  • On-site meeting with constituent re property standards
  • Meeting with the City's Manager of Energy Initiatives re making energy conservation part of the City Hall renovation
  • On-site meeting with staff to review construction of CSO tank at Royal and Stroud
July 31
  • Meeting with staff and constituent
  • Meeting re a proposal to build a new off-campus student residence
  • Meeting to explore library use of Melrose Church