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Council votes to extend bylaw exemptions at Belle Park

July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Belle Park, CAO Lanie Hurdle, City of Kingston, Councillor Bridget Doherty, Councillor Jim Neill, Councillor Lisa Osanic, Councillor Mary Rita Holland, Councillor Peter Stroud, Councillor Robert Kiley, Councillor Simon Chapelle, Councillor Wayne Hill, deadline, Doug Yearwood, Dr. Eva Purkey, eviction, extended deadline, homeless camp, homeless encampment, homelessness in Kingston, Ivan Stoiljkovic, Katarokwi Union of Tenants, Kingston, Kingston City Council, Kozy Inn, Mayor Bryan Paterson, rally, solidarity

The meeting of Kingston City Council on Tuesday, Jul. 7, 2020 immediately got down to business, first tackling the deadline

Rally at Belle Park calls for solidarity with occupants

July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments Belle Park, Brockville, Christine Beddard, City of Kingston, eviction date, Home Base Housing, homeless camp, homeless encampment, housing and homelessness, housing solutions, Jeremy Milloy, Kingston, Kingston City Council, Leigh Bursey, living rough, Maggie Halliday, Mutual Aid Katarokwi Kingston (MAKK), Nathan Rosevaar, protest, rally, solidarity

Approximately 200 people came out in solidarity with the homeless occupants of Belle Park at an on-site rally on the

City and Public Health offer mobile testing clinic at Belle Park

June 23, 2020June 23, 2020 Samantha Butler-Hassan 0 Comments Belle Park, City of Kingston, COVID-19 testing, eviction, Home Base Housing, homeless camp, homeless camp being relocated, infectious disease, Kingston, Kingston City Council, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), sexually transmitted infections (STIs), testing

Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) Public Health and the City of Kingston facilitated a mobile health and services clinic

Hall Monitor: Quiet streets

June 17, 2020June 17, 2020 Tommy Vallier 1 Comment CAO Lanie Hurdle, COVID-19, cycling, delegated authority, Kingston, Kingston City Council, Kingston Coalition for Active Transportation, Love Kingston Marketplace, pandemic, pedestrian traffic, quiet streets pilot project, removal of delegated authority, road lane closures, state of, ygkc

On Tuesday, Jun. 16, 2020, Kingston City Council held meeting 19-2020 (agenda) in its electronic format again, where they moved

Hall Monitor: The cost of COVID

May 21, 2020May 21, 2020 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments $4 million deficit, Belle Park, budget deliberations, COVID-19, COVID-19 response, deep water dock, downtown St. Lawrence campus, economic impact of COVID-19, electric buses, frozen wages, hall monitor, Kingston City Council, Kingston Frontenac Housing Corporation, Lanie Hurdle, parking at City Park, projects delayed, shortage of work, staff wage freeze, strategic plan, strategic priorities, Town Homes Kingston, tree purchasing, wildflower verges, ygkc

It was a busier than usual week for Kingston City Council, as they sat for four meetings this week. On

Hall Monitor: Response recovery

May 6, 2020May 6, 2020 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments Conacher Drive, coronavirus, COVID-19, delegations, Donna Gillespie, Kingston City Council, Kingston City Hall, Kingston Economic Development, Kingston Economic Development Corporation (KEDCO), Kingston Economic Recovery Team, local economic impact of COVID-19, Mayor Bryan Paterson, public delegations, shop local, townhouses, ygkc

Kingston City Council sat virtually for meeting 15-2020 (Agenda) on Tuesday, May 6, 2020. Though this was another meeting with

City News Opinion Poll Poll

Have your say – Yay or nay: Council requesting flexibility to provincial orders

April 28, 2020April 28, 2020 Tori Stafford 34 Comments community gardens, Conservation Areas, coronavirus, Councillor Robert Kiley, COVID-19, Kingston, Kingston City Council, Kingston Frontenac Lennox and Addington Public Health (KFLA), opinion poll, pandemic, poll, provincial orders, requesting flexibility in provincial orders

On Tuesday, Apr. 21, 2020, Kingston City Council met to discuss a number of items, but those items concerning the

Hall Monitor: Response Reservations

April 22, 2020April 22, 2020 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments budget, Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority (CRCA), community gardens, Conservation Areas, County of Frontenac, COVID-19, Dr. Kieran Moore, Frontenac Paramedic Services, hall monitor, KFL&A Public Health, Kingston, kingston city budget, Kingston City Council, Kingston City Hall, operating budget, pandemic response, Public Health, relaxing restrictions, ygkc

Kingston City Council held meeting 14-2020 (agenda) on Tuesday, Apr. 21, 2020, hosting its third meeting in its virtual format.

Hall Monitor: Economic Enforcement

April 8, 2020April 8, 2020 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments bylaw enforcement, bylaw enforement, Councillor Jeff McLaren, Councillor Peter Stroud, Councillor Simon Chapelle, COVID-19, emergency response, hall monitor, Kingston, Kingston Accommodation Partners, Kingston City Council, Kingston City Hall, Kingston Economic Development, Kingston Economic Development Corporation (KEDCO), Tourism Kingston, ygkc

Kingston City Council sat for another virtual meeting, holding meeting 13-2020 (agenda) on Tuesday, Apr. 8, 2020. Council kept a

City reports reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, sets 2022 goal

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments climate change, climate emergency, Climate Leadership Divison, Council Priorities 2018-2022, energy consumption, energy reduction, Energy Retrofit Program, ghg, greenhouse gas emissions, Kingston, Kingston City Council

The City of Kingston has shared its 2022 greenhouse gas emissions goal following the release of its 2018 Corporate Greenhouse

Hall Monitor: Virtual Emergency

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments City Council, COVID-19, hall monitor, Home Base Housing, Kingston City Council, Kingston City Hall, Kingston Transit, kingston youth services hub, Lanie Hurdle, Princess Street United Church (PSUC), transitiona; housing, tree planting, trees, virtual meetings, Wildflowers, ygkc

Kingston City Council broke new ground last night as they sat for both Special Meeting of Council 12-2020 (agenda), as

Hall Monitor: Cells, Sites and Shelter

March 4, 2020March 4, 2020 Tommy Vallier 0 Comments camping, hall monitor, housing, housing and homelessness, housing crisis, Kingston City Council, Kingston City Hall, Kingston Penitentiary, Kingston Penitentiary tours, Lake Ontario Park, Mayor's Task Force on Housing, Tourism Kingston

Kingston City Council sat for meeting number 10-2020 (Agenda) on Tuesday, Mar. 3, 2020. During the meeting, council discussed Lake

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