Growth Management Update

Community Design and Environmental Services Committee Meeting:
To consider Staff Recommendations concerning the City of Guelph?s Local Growth Management Strategy: Sustainable Population Threshold to 2031 and City Official Plan Preferred Urban Form Elements
Thursday, April 10, 2008
9:30 a.m.
Council Chambers, City Hall

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 businesses [...]

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 beside, the [...]

South End Pool - Guelph Water Polo Club

Water polo is an Olympic sport. It requires excellent conditioning, a serious commitment to training, extreme strength and mental quickness. Girls and boys in Guelph benefit greatly from this level of conditioning and discipline. For a number of years, the City of Guelph has been underserved in terms of aquatic facilities. While we have a [...]

Pesticide Resolution

I am concerned about the new Pesticide Bylaw that will be discussed by Council March 25.
On the positive side, it looks like the new proposed bylaw will prohibit the use of herbicides for weeds; however there will still be thresholds for insects. I have a concern about including public lands in the insect thresholds. This [...]

Pesticide by-law thresholds

Please remove public lands from the by-law altogether. As can be seen by the removal of pesticides from parklands in Guelph several years ago, the parks have survived remarkably well with insecticides and children and the environment have benefited.
Under the threshold aspect, please include climatic controls for the use of insectives on private lands (i.e. [...]