Amendments To The Official Plan
Recommended By Planning Committee
Nov 20/09 >
As part of the ongoing process of finalizing the City of Kingston's Official Plan, the
municipal Planning Committee yesterday made several recommendations for presentation to
City Council at its Dec. 1 meeting.
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Bloom All Year Round With Winter Lights
Nov 18/09 >
This year Kingston is participating in Winter Lights — the cold-weather version of
the Communities in Bloom program — putting its winter celebrations and civic
beautification efforts in competition with five other Canadian communities with
populations of more than 50,000.
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Sustainability Plan Topic Of Public Meetings
Nov 18/09 >
Kingston's community strategic planning committee, FOCUS Kingston will hold a series of
upcoming community conversations on the first draft of Sustainable Kingston, an Integrated
Community Sustainability Plan (ICSP) that will help guide Kingston toward its vision of
becoming Canada's Most Sustainable City.
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Program Helps With Transit, Recreation Costs
Nov 17/09 >
The new Municipal Fee Assistance program offers Kingstonians with lower incomes a discount
on a Kingston Transit Monthly My Card and reduced-cost access to recreation and leisure
opportunities - through one application.
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HHW Facility To Close For Season On Nov. 26
Nov 06/09 >
The Household Hazardous Waste facility will soon close for the season. Saturday, Nov. 14,
will be the final Saturday for the facility at 196 Lappan's Lane and Nov. 26 will be its
final Thursday of operation for this year. It will reopen on Thursday, April 1, 2010.
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Cataraqui River Third Crossing Café Planned
Oct 28/09 >
Residents are invited to register to attend a Cataraqui Crossing Café set Saturday,
Nov. 28, at the LaSalle Secondary School Cafeteria. The Café will explore various
issues that may impact a potential Third Crossing of the Cataraqui River, including:
transportation needs, cultural heritage issues, ecological and archaeological issues, and
geotechnical/geo-environmental issues.
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Kingston's Green Bin Program Is A Success
Oct 20/09 >
This is Waste Diversion Week, making it a great time for the City to congratulate its
residents on their use of the Green Bin, new to Kingston curbs this spring. Since Green
Bin collection started on April 6, more than 2 million kilograms (4.5 million pounds) of
organic waste has been diverted from landfill. The rate of contamination is less than 1
per cent.
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Cleaner Water Flows From Ravensview
Oct 09/09 >
The City of Kingston's largest municipal capital project ever is now completed. Originally
constructed in 1957, the plant never once shut down during extensive upgrades. This state-of-the-art
facility makes Kingston a global leader in wastewater treatment and may also make Kingston
a leader in the re-use of this treated water for irrigation — a use that is
currently being researched.
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