Information items – 2013

January

January 4
Reports – none
Correspondence
1. Regional Municipality of Halton – Resolution regarding OMB Costs – Provincial Growth Plan
2. Guelph Police Services Board – November 15, 2012 Meeting Minutes

January 11
Reports – none
Correspondence
1. FCM – Briefing Document Regarding FCM Appearance Before the House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade

January 18
Reports
1. 2012 Council Attendance at Council and Committee Meetings
2. 2013 Community Grants
3. Long-Term Care Sector Backgrounder
Correspondence – none

February

February 1
Reports
1. Resource Impacts of February Service Change
Correspondence
1. Ontario Good Roads Association – Notice of Poll – OGRA Board of Director

February 15
Reports
1. City of Guelph Facility Accessibility Design Manual (FADM) – Results of Technical Review
Correspondence – none

March

March 1
Reports
1. Revised Guelph Transit 2011 Annual Report
Correspondence
1. Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services – Congratulating the City of Guelph on the completion of their mandatory emergency management program elements
2. Ministries of Infrastructure, Transportation, and Municipal Affairs & Housing – Regarding the discontinuation of the Ministry of Transportation’s Connecting Link Program
3. Canadian Union of Public Employees, the Council of Canadians and the Trade Justice Network – Regarding the impact on local government of the Canada – European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)
4. Guelph Police Services Board – Resolution regarding anticipated 2012 police operating year-end surplus
5. St. Joseph’s Health Centre Guelph – Regarding senior accessibility issues in Guelph

March 8
Reports
1. Public Sector Salary Disclosure – 2012
Correspondence – none

March 15
Reports
1. Guelph 2013 Canada Water Week Celebration (March 18-24)
2. 2012 Council Remuneration Report
Correspondence
1. Guelph Municipal Holdings Inc. – March 12, 2013 Report to Council

March 28
Reports
1. Transportation Demand Management Update
2. 2013 Clean and Green Event
3. City of Guelph 2011 Annual Collision Report
Correspondence
1. Beech Street, Shadow Drive & Highway 124 Neighbourhood Group –   Regarding Dolime quarry/River Valley Developments application

April

April 12
Reports
1. Growing the Greenbelt
2. EMS Service Review Results
Correspondence – none

April 19
Reports
1. Tourism Services Public Consultation
Correspondence
1. Township of Wainfleet – Motion declaring the Township of Wainfleet not being a “Willing Host” for Wind Turbine Development
2. Community Care Access Centre – Spring Symposium Invite, May 22, 2013
3. Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health – Regarding consultation about smoking in outdoor public spaces

April 26
Reports
1. Water Supply Master Plan Update Project
2. Affordable Bus Pass Second Quarter Report
Correspondence
1. Township of Killaloe-Hagarty-Richards – Resolution regarding Contraband Tobacco

May

May 3
Reports – none
Correspondence
1. City of Brampton – Regarding Veterans Affairs Canada – Hire a Veteran Program

May 10
Reports
1. Community Wellbeing Initiative: Engagement Phase
Correspondence
1. CAA – CAA’s Annual Worst Roads Campaign

May 17
Reports
1. Hamilton Tiger Cats – Update
Correspondence
1. Guelph Municipal Holdings Inc. – May 14, 2013 Report to Council

May 24
Reports – none
Correspondence
1. Town of Lakeshore – Motion regarding 400 Series Highways – Repairs and Maintenance to Overpasses funding
2. Municipality of North Middlesex – Motion of “Not a Willing Host Community” for IWT Projects

May 31
Reports
1. Clean Air Day June 5, 2013
2. 2013 Community Event Public Water Servicing
3. 2013 Clean and Green Event Results
4. Internal Audit – Interim Work Plan Update
Correspondence
1. Sheila Lawson, GranDi Company Limited – Thanks to the fire department for involvement with McHappy Day.
2. Janet Fowler – Thanks to Chief Armstrong for a Civic Affairs group presentation
3. Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters – Ontario Family Fishing Events, July 6-14, 2013

June

June 7
Reports
1. Communication Towers
2. Update on Downtown Guelph Downtown Streetscape Manual and Built Form Standards Project Timelines and Related Public Engagement Activities
Correspondence
1. Town of Petrolia – Regarding “not a willing host” for Industrial Wind Turbine projects
2. Waterloo Wellington CCAC – Invitation to Annual General Meeting and Speaker Forum

June 21
Reports
1. Guelph Family Health Team Expansion Report
Correspondence – none

June 28
Reports
1. Tourism Request for Proposals Update
Correspondence
1. Ministry of Infrastructure & Ministry of Transportation –decision of the Lieutenant Governor in Council regarding Amendment # 2 of the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, 2006 (Office Consolidation of the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, 2006)
2. Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care – regarding additional base funding for land ambulance service grants for the 50:50 partnership for the 2013 calendar year.

July

July 19
Reports – none
Correspondence
1. Guelph Police Services Board – 2014-2023 Capital Budget Estimates
2. Grand River Conservation Authority – Members’ Meeting Attendance
3. Regional Municipality of Halton – Resolution Regarding Enbridge Pipelines Inc. Line 9 Reversal

July 26
Reports
1. Community Investment Strategy Implementation – Wellbeing Grant Program Goals
Correspondence – none

August

August 23
Reports
1. Sale of Land – Hanlon Creek Business Park
Correspondence – none

August 30
Reports
1. Affordable Bus Pass Third Quarter Report
Correspondence
1. Ministry of Rural Affairs – Launch of the renewed Rural Economic Development Program
2. Union Gas – Application regarding a multi-year Incentive Regulation Mechanism

September

September 6
Reports
1. Property Taxes Receivable
2. Paisley Road Guelph Non Profit Housing Update – Exemption of Education Taxes
3. Coyote Awareness Strategy
Correspondence – none

September 13
Reports
1. Gordon Street and Wellington Street Area: Construction Impacts on Traffic
Correspondence – none

September 20
Reports – none
Correspondence – none
Boards and Committees
Committee of Adjustment – August 13, 2013 Minutes

September 27
Reports
1. Community Wellbeing Initiative:  Project Update
Correspondence
1. Bancroft & Hastings Highlands Disaster Relief Committee – Request for donations
2. Fair Trade Guelph – Notice of efforts to gain Fair Trade Town status

October

October 4
Reports
1. Net Zero City Initiative
Correspondence – none
Boards and Committees
1. Guelph Police Services Board – 2014 Operating Budget Estimates

October 18
Reports
1. 2013 Downtown Façade Improvement Grant, Feasibility Study Grant, and Minor Downtown Activation Grant – Awarded Projects
Correspondence
1. Ontario Good Roads Association (OGRA) and Residential & Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario (RCCAO) – Report on County of Wellington Bridges
Boards and Committees
1. Committee of Adjustment – September 24, 2013 Minutes

October 25
Reports – none
Correspondence
1. Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health – 2012 Community Report
2. Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport – 2014 Premier’s Awards for
Excellence in the Arts

November

November 1
Reports
1. 2014 Conservation Calendar
Correspondence
1. Association of Municipalities of Ontario – Federation of Canadian Municipalities Launch of “Fixing Canada’s Housing Crunch” Campaign
2. Ontario Good Roads Association – First Call for Nominations to the 2014/15 OGRA Board of Directors

November 8
Reports – none
Correspondence
1. Canadian Union of Postal Workers – Future of Canada Post
2. County of Wellington – Resolution supporting the City of Guelph Emergency Management Services Plan
3. Cities of Hamilton, Vaughan and Pickering – Support of Guelph’s September 30, 2013 resolution requesting the Province establish an infrastructure funding program for sidewalk maintenance
Boards and Committees
1. Guelph Police Services Board –Guelph Police Services Capital Budget

November 15
Reports – none
Correspondence – none
Boards and Committees
1. Committee of Adjustment – October 8, 2013 Meeting Minutes
2. Grand River Conservation Authority – November Current
3. Guelph Municipal Holdings, Inc. – November Shareholder update

November 22
Reports
1. By-law Service Review – Animal Control
Correspondence
1. Cities of Barrie and St. Catharines – Support of Guelph’s September 30, 2013 resolution requesting the Province establish an infrastructure funding program for sidewalk maintenance

December

December 6
Reports – none
Correspondence
1. City of Kingston – Resolution regarding inclusion of post-secondary student population estimates when establishing municipal electoral districts
2. Union Gas – notice of application seeking changes to regulated gas distribution, transmission and storage services effective January 1, 2014.

December 13
Reports
1. Update Annual and Summary Water Services Report (compliance)
Correspondence
1. Ministry of Transportation – Notice of Study Commencement, Highway 7 Rehabilitation from Guelph to Rockwood, Guelph-Eramosa Township
2. Woodlawn Memorial Park – Thank you to Guelph Fire Services for participation in Remembrance Day service
3. United Counties of Prescott and Russell – Resolution regarding an amendment to the Aggregate Resources Act for peat moss extraction
Boards and Committees
1. Grand River Conservation Authority – Current, December 2013 issue

December 20
Reports
1. Water Conservation and Efficiency Public Advisory Committee – 2013 Annual Report
Correspondence
1. Municipality of East Ferris – Resolution regarding the Small, Rural and Northern Municipal Infrastructure Fund
2. Township of Centre Wellington – Announcing its 2014 capital budget