Just a quick update to posting sometime back regarding Winston Road closure.
The closure at Oakes Road is extended until May 15, 2017 @ 6PM.
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Town Council Meeting – May 1st, 2017 @ 7PM
Agenda: https://grimsby.civicweb.net/filepro/documents/79798…
Highlights on the Council agenda:
- Region of Niagara – Go Hub and Transit Station Study Presentation
– Preliminary design plans for each station area
– Secondary plans for the lands around the station areas
– Transportation analysis around each station (feed into
secondary plans and station designs)
– Market analysis to determine development potential around
the station areas
– Public and stakeholder meetings in May and June - Hamilton Health Sciences Presentation / Update on West Lincoln Memorial Hospital
- 2017 Budget
Meetings start at 7:00 PM at Grimsby Town Hall and are open to the public. Everyone is welcome to attend!
Interesting article in Niagara This Week regarding Grimsby and the “Section 37 Bonus” provisions which are applicable when a developer wants to go beyond original zoning limits.
The current process of closed-door negotiations between developers and the Town is far from transparent. For residents these “payoffs” can’t mitigate the effects of poor planning and the deleterious effects on them and their property.
Grimsby Town Council
Monday May 1st, 2017 @ 7:00 PM
It seems there is a question of integrity even within members of the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority Board of Directors.
Full read available here on the NPCA website: https://npca.ca/news/npca-cancels-rfp-process-board-member-interference
I guess if you start high, there’s only one way to go – down – and from an optics perspective, it looks more palatable. After starting at a 16% tax levy increase, Finance staff whittled it down to 7.3%. Then, (a few) aldermen took their pencils out and whittled just a wee bit more to get it down to 6% … because it sounds better. In comparison, 7 other local municipalities have established levy increases ranging from 2.08% to 6.95%.
Agenda: https://grimsby.civicweb.net/filepro/documents…
IT Strategic Plan
John Naas from Blackline Consulting presented the final IT Strategic Plan and recommendations. The town is now in a position where long-term “band-aid” solutions have created an IT infrastructure and technology gaps where the town is no longer able to meet the pressures and demands to provide appropriate service levels. This means catch-up and a large financial investment over the next 10 years.
Interested in where your tax $$ will be spent?
Budget deliberations are being finalized with a special Committee of the Whole meeting tonight:
April 18 at 6:00 pm @ Town Hall
All meetings are open to the public.
Grimsby Beach Conservation Management Plan – presentation by Willowbank School students
This initial presentation by the students proposes a “Cultural Heritage Landscape” for the Grimsby Beach district. The Planning Director (Michael Seaman) has had a continuing relationship with the school since 2010.
The study recommended that proactive measures must be taken to protect the key cultural elements of the neighbourhood from demolition and development, citing a recent listing at 33 Victoria Terrace priced at almost $600K. A small survey of local residents raised common issues of lack of parking, disrespectful tourists and littered garbage.
** Keep an Eye on Your Local Parkette **
Unfortunately, we missed the March 29 Council meeting that discussed the budget. So we thought it would be wise to review the minutes on the Grimsby Town Hall website to see what was discussed… what did we find, basically nothing. Surprised?