Snow fall December 31, 2008

Just a quick note to bring everyone up to speed on our winter control activities.
We had what is called an Alberta Clipper fly through last night….these storms which originate in Alberta, (hence the name)… usually deposit 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 cm) of snow depending on how fast they “clip” through. This [...]

December 24th Winter Control Update

On behalf of the Operations Department, I’d like to advise that our staffing and equipment resources are being tapped to assist with the prompt clean-up of this latest snow event. The clearing of arterial and collector roads is well under way and as of 8:00am, a plow out of our residential streets commenced as [...]

Two parking issues survive budget cuts

The following article appeared in the December 19 edition of the Guelph Tribune:
Free two-hour parking on downtown streets and seasonal overnight parking on streets all over the city have survived the 2009 city budget hurdle.
Monday’s votes by council to back these two measures also spelled the end of the parking budget as a user-pay budget [...]

Snow storm….December 19, 2008: Pt. 2

Here is the latest update of our activities related to this storm as promised.
The storm is expected to substantially end sometime between (3:20pm Derek’s estimate…it’s 3:20 now Derek!!…look outside!!), 4;00 and 5;00 pm this afternoon.
Realized accumulation rates have been as forecast at about an inch per hour….so we will end up with about 6 inches, [...]

City/County amalgamation

You may have read (or heard about) the article in the Guelph Mercury, suggesting that amalgamation talks had resurfaced between the City and County.
There have been no discussions regarding amalgamation with the County. In fact there is no intent to raise this issue with the County. This is confirmed by our local growth strategy which [...]