This Week at City Hall

Monday, September 21
Crime Prevention Advisory Committee (12:15 pm): As part of a program started in 2008 to develop an evidence-based approach to crime prevention, the committee will be looking at a report from the Institute for the Prevention of Crime. There will also be a presentation of gang activity and they will be going over the mid-year crime statistics.
City Council (5:30 pm): Though there's no mention of it in the agenda, the big news items will be the Downtown Neighbourhood Plan and the plan to build a condo/hotel building on the site of the Plains. And there's a long list of items on top of that such as a proposed daycare at 1801 Toronto St, special events funding requests, and a proposed propane storage and handling facility.

Tuesday, September 22
Community Services Advisory Committee (5:30 pm): Deciding which members will attend the Canadian Urban Transit Association Fall Conference.

Wednesday, September 23
Board of Police Commissioners (9:00 am): Looking at mid-year crime stats and at year-to-year stats for July. Crimes against people in July 2009 were up 2.9 per cent over July 2008 while crimes against property were down 16.9 per cent.