Ward 1 News from Councillor Kelvin Galbraith
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IN THIS ISSUE:
- Greetings from Councillor Galbraith
- Burlington City Council Inauguration
- Retail Cannabis in Burlington
- Halton Region Review of Burlington's Official Plan
- Winter Control 2018-2019
- Ward 1 Development Issues
- 1157-1171 North Shore Boulevard
- Georgian Court Redevelopment - 610 Surrey Lane
- City Hall Holiday Hours
- Community Links
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Dear Ward 1 residents:
Welcome to the first edition of my Ward 1 newsletter.
I would like to start by thanking all of you for your support in electing me as your Ward 1 Councillor for this great city of Burlington.
It was a very competitive race and I congratulate my fellow candidates for all of their hard work and passion for Ward 1 residents.
I am very excited to take on this position and am looking forward to serving you for the next 4 years.
Please forward and share this newsletter with anyone interested in what is happening in Ward 1 and the City of Burlington. Please do not hesitate to contact my office with Ward 1 related issues.
Kelvin Galbraith
Ward 1 City and Regional Councillor
City Of Burlington
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Burlington City Council Inauguration
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December 3 marked the official inauguration of Burlington City Council 2018-2022. This landmark event, held at a sold-out Burlington Performing Arts Centre, included song, dance and official swearing in of Mayor Marianne Meed Ward and fellow council members.
The new council features 5 new to council members - myself, Lisa Kearns, Rory Nisan, Shawna Stolte and Angelo Bentivegna. We also have 2 returning members - Marianne Meed Ward (former Ward 2 Councillor, incoming Mayor) and Paul Sharman (incumbent).
I look forward to working with and learning from all of my council colleagues. Contact information for all of Council is below:
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Retail Cannabis in Burlington
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Municipalities have been asked by the Provincial Government to make a one-time decision to opt in or out of retail cannabis stores by January 22, 2019. In preparation for this, the City of Burlington launched an online survey to gauge public opinion, as well as hosted a Mayor's Town Hall held December 12.
Thank you to the 1926 respondents who took time to provide their input on the survey, as well as the 106 residents who attended the town hall.
Online survey results (as at December 17):
- 65.4% support having cannabis retail stores in Burlington
- 40.9% would prefer to have the option to purchase cannabis both online and in retail stores
Town Hall survey results (as at December 12):
- 67% had not completed the online survey previously
- 82% support having cannabis retail stores in Burlington
- 39% would prefer to have the option to purchase cannabis both online and in retail stores
On December 17, Council considered input from delegations, survey respondents, resident emails, and staff report and voted to defer their decision until January to allow for more resident input.
To participate and respond to the re-opened survey or for more information on Legal Cannabis and the City of Burlington, please click
here
The decision regarding allowing retail cannabis in our city is fast approaching and we are busy collecting public opinion to better understand our community on this issue. Like any major decision, there are pro’s and con’s to the both sides of the outcome.
Please reach out to my office with your feelings on the subject. Our council only has until January 22/2019 to opt out of the market so time is limited on this decision.
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Halton Region Review of Burlington's Official Plan
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Burlington’s Official Plan was sent back to us on December 4
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due to non-conformity with the Region’s Official plan. It did not meet the Region’s plan in terms of the following policies:
- Proposed employment land conversions and permitted uses within the employment areas and lands.
- The identification of and permitted uses within agricultural lands
- The identification of and permitted uses within the Natural Heritage System: and
- Transportation matters, including road classifications
At this point staff and council are planning to take the opportunity to revisit some of the other areas of the Official plan that were tabled as concerns during the election period. We will keep you posted on any further developments.
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Winter Control 2018-2019
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Every year, the City of Burlington Roads, Parks and Forestry staff provide
snow removal services
throughout the city.
The fleet of snow clearing equipment and crews aim to clear your roads and sidewalks as quickly and efficiently as possible. The City of Burlington has approximately 1,900 km of roads and 850 km of sidewalks. We ask that you please give crews
24 hours after the storm has ended
to make any snow
clearing requests
. Please note that City staff concentrate on the primary and secondary routes first.
For information on which roads are designated as primary, secondary and residential, please refer to the following priority map:
road plowing priority map [PDF]
Please be advised that on-street parking is suspended during snowstorms until the local roads are cleared. Visit our
street parking and snow clearing
page for more information.
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Ward 1 Development Issues
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1157-1171 North Shore Blvd
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A Neighbourhood Meeting has been scheduled to inform residents about this project. Please join me:
Date: January 9, 2019
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Art Gallery Of Burlington (Shoreline Room)
For more information on this project, please click
here
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Georgian Court Redevelopment - 610 Surrey Lane
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I have had several meetings with both the developer,
bcIMC Realty Corporation,
and local resident groups regarding this large scale re-development project here in Aldershot.
Public meetings are being planned for early 2019 to discuss the details of development so please stay tuned.
For more information on this project, please click
here
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Burlington City Hall will be closed from Monday, December 24, 2018 to Wednesday
January
2, 2019. During this time, a number of city administrative services will not be available. Our office will be monitoring email however cannot guarantee an immediate response. For more details on how to stay in contact with city services directly, please refer to the
city website
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Let's Keep in Touch
In compliance with Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation, recipients of this newsletter may unsubscribe at any time. Please feel free to forward this newsletter on to friends, family, neighbours and colleagues so that they can sign up as well.
Please add kelvin.galbraith@burlington.ca to your address book so that this correspondence will be sure to arrive in your inbox.
As always, you can contact my office at any time through email, telephone, social media or by attending neighbourhood and public open house meetings.
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City of Burlington & Region of Halton
Ward 1 Councillor
905-335-7600 x7587
fax: 905-335-7881
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