I am compelled to contact you as my Ward Representatives, to communicate to you my concern on how quickly the Wilson Street Parking garage is being implemented. I don’t understand the reasoning, and I’m going on the assumption that you supported the decision. I am concerned about the number of large capital projects the city […]
Category: Going Downtown
Downtown Guelph’s March Update
Wilson Street Parking Garage On March 25, 2008 City Council endorsed moving forward with a site assessment and a conceptual design for a new parkade on the current Wilson Street parking lot. This multi-storey structure will include main-floor retail opportunities and will be integrated with the surrounding streetscape. This new parking facility will support local […]
Wilson St. garage a mistake
$30,000 per parking space? An eyesore between two historic buildings? This decision has truly shattered my faith in the leadership and decision making abilities of you and this council . I can’t express how disappointed I am in the approval of this project, particularly so quickly, seemingly with little debate.
City targets downtown property
The following article appeared in the March 28 edition of the Guelph Mercury: The city has asked some downtown property owners if they would consider selling so a new central library could front onto Wyndham Street. If buildings are acquired and presumably demolished, it would mean the new main library would be near, if not […]
4.5%
City of Guelph 2008 Operating and Capital budgets highlights: 20 Minute bus service Funding for Hospice Wellington and Guelph General Hospital’s MRI Increased life cycle reserve
Priority Setting Process Questions and Answers
Q. How did you arrive at this list of priorities? A. The list of priorities was derived from an open review of over 200 existing, pending and new project priorities which account for approximately 10-20% of the city’s resources and capacity. The two review meetings took place in the fall. Meeting 1: October 19, 2007 […]
Keeping Downtown looking great!
I am an account representative with Green N Clean Energy Co. Ltd. We are a Guelph based company supplying sustainable energy solutions. I read in the Tribune about your involvement with the Downtown Nightlife Task Force looking at how to keep the downtown clean in the evenings. We have a solution for the problem of […]
Taxpayers on hook for core costs
The following article appeared in the December 25 edition of the Guelph Tribune: There won’t be any tax relief for city residents in 2008 resulting from extra policing and cleanup costs in the downtown being passed on to bars and other businesses there. Amid hints that city hall’s enthusiasm for recovering extra downtown policing and […]
Guelph Nightlife Task Force
Much talk has been made of Guelph’s late night entertainment scene and it’s associated problems. Concern has been raised over excessive litter and debris(mainly fast food containers), noise, vandalism (broken store front windows) and occasional violence. The stick: A motion (moved by myself) passed at the Finance and Corporate Services Committee (FACS) directing staff to […]
You take a library from the bottom
The following article appeared in the January 5 edition of the Guelph Mercury: It’s like an elaborate game, perhaps of dominoes, or maybe Jenga — how do you take a block from the bottom and put it on top without the entire structure collapsing? A couple of rounds of meetings have already happened, and there’s […]