The 3rd annual Mayor’s Innovation Challenge was held at City Hall late last week, and it was a very impressive field of competitors! Eight teams of post-secondary students put forward some amazing ideas on how to best address a challenge the City is currently facing. The competition featured a whole range of creative ideas –…
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At next Tuesday’s City Council meeting I will bring forward a motion asking for the federal government’s help to ensure the Kingston Penitentiary Tours can take place this spring and summer. The KP tours have been a tremendous success for our community. Over the last few years, the tours have brought hundreds of thousands of…
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This month marks the beginning of an important discussion for our community: should we add fluoride to our municipal water? Local public health officials are strong advocates for adding fluoride to water as a way to prevent tooth decay. A number of national and international health and dental organizations also support adding fluoride to drinking…
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Additional Information: Agenda New Motions (pg. 10-13)
Earlier this month, the City received a new design proposal for the Capitol condominium development which, if approved, would be built on the site of the former Capitol theatre downtown. Just over a year ago the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) turned down a 16 storey version of the Capitol condo ruling that the proposed…
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Additional Information Agenda Redevelopment of the Market Wing in Kingston City Hall Update on Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) Appeals, Request for Review: 51-57 Queen St. & 18 Queen Street / 282 Ontario Street
Being a smart and livable city means demonstrating we are a compassionate community that supports our most vulnerable citizens. That’s why I was happy to support City funding towards a pilot project for an overnight warming centre downtown. The recent drop in temperatures puts a number of Kingstonians at risk, and even though we have…
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This week we learned that Kingston’s rental vacancy rate has risen to 1.9%. That’s a big improvement from a year ago when we had the lowest rental vacancy rate in the province at 0.6%. To help illustrate the difference between these numbers, last year there were only 6 vacant units for every 1000 rental apartment…
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Additional Information Agenda Affordable Housing Capital Contribution – 1752 Bath Road Recommendations to Align the City’s Recycling Program with Ontario Regulations Discounted Fees for Municipal Programs and Services
Just before Christmas, the provincial tribunal overseeing planning and development appeals made an extraordinary announcement. The Associate Chair of the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) announced it was overturning a previous decision to deny the proposed North Block development. In August 2019, the LPAT adjudicator ruled against the proposal for two new apartment buildings at…
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