Staff comment on 15 Carere Crescent – A/38-09

The subject property is located in the Victoriaview subdivision which was Draft Plan approved in July of 2005 and registered as Plan 61M-137 on February 19, 2007. The site is the only multiple residential site in the subdivision and it is zoned R.3A which either allows cluster or stacked townhouses. The planning and approvals for [...]

MTO to complete Hanlon Expressway Environmental Study Report

Guelph City Council voted to support the Province’s preferred plan for interchange upgrades on the Hanlon Expressway from Maltby Rd to Wellington St.
The Ministry of Transportation Ontario (MTO) will complete and publish the Hanlon Expressway Transportation Environmental Study Report and make it available on hanlonimprovements.ca for a 30-day public review period in May, [...]

Council selects construction firm to design and build new organics processing facility

Construction of Guelph’s new organic waste processing facility (OWPF) could get underway as early as this fall, after Guelph City Council selected Maple Reinders to design and build the facility at last night’s Council meeting.
Maple Reinders presented its proposal to design and build a new organic waste processing facility using in-vessel tunnel composting — a [...]

Council delivers lowest tax increase in the past six years

Changes in Guelph’s property value assessments, a decrease in the Province’s education tax rate, and adjustments to the City’s multi-residential tax ratio and its operating budget allowed City Council to approve a 2009 residential property tax increase of 3.41 per cent over 2008.

Moving Forward on Priorities

Council took a big step forward this week on one of its top priorities. Council approved the new technology to reopen the Organic Waste Processing Facility. Getting our organic composting facility back on track is Council’s top priority along with the implementation of the Community Energy Plan.  Read more.