# General Issues Committee approves Mistywood Drive (Ward 9), be received and the following recommendations be approved: 9-0

The motion carried 9 to 0, with 6 absent at the Monday, September 28, 2026 meeting.

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## Record

Meeting: General Issues Committee
Date: Monday, September 28, 2026
Item: Motion
Result: Carried 9-0

## Report

General Issues Committee voted 9 to 0, with 6 absent on Mistywood Drive (Ward 9), be received and the following recommendations be approved: at its Monday, September 28, 2026 meeting. The motion carried.

The motion, as recorded in the minutes:

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housing site with a six-storey, 128-unit, mixed-income residential building consisting of 39 affordable units and 89 market units, subject to the following conditions: (i) Stoney Creek Community Homes Inc. obtaining approval of a tenant relocation plan satisfactory to the Service Manager. (b) That the City, in its Capacity as the Service Manager under the Housing Services Act, 2011, consent to Stoney Creek Community Homes Inc. demolishing 28 existing townhouse units at 34 Mistywood Drive, Stoney Creek, and redeveloping and intensifying that portion of the existing social housing site with a six-storey, 128-unit, mixed-income residential building consisting of 39 affordable units and 89 market units, subject to the following conditions: (i) the approval by the General Manager of the Healthy and Safe Communities Department of a tenant relocation plan prepared by Stoney Creek Community Homes Inc. for the tenants of 34 Mistywood Drive, Stoney Creek; (ii) obtaining all approvals required under the Planning Act, Rental Housing Protection By-law, and Zoning By-law; (iii) securing financing to complete the development; and, General Issues Committee September 28, 2026 Minutes – GIC 26-013 Page 10 of 32 Please refer to the October 7, 2026 Council Minutes for the disposition of these matters. (iv) nothing in this consent shall be construed so as to fetter Council's discretion in considering and determining any application under the Planning Act relating to the redevelopment of 34 Mistywood Drive. (c) That the General Manager of Healthy and Safe Communities Department or their designate be authorized and directed to execute and administer the written consent to the transfer of 19 existing Rent-Geared-to-Income subsidies associated with the 28 townhouse units proposed for demolition to the new development upon completion.
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Every figure above comes from the [official minutes](https://pub-hamilton.escribemeetings.com/FileStream.ashx?DocumentId=510605) and the recorded vote they contain. The roll call shows how each member voted.

## Sources

[1] Amended by Council on October 7, 2026 - GIC Minutes 26-013 - September 28, 2026: General Issues Committee, Monday, September 28, 2026 — https://pub-hamilton.escribemeetings.com/FileStream.ashx?DocumentId=510605
[2] General Issues Committee, Monday, September 28, 2026 (City of Hamilton eSCRIBE meeting record) — https://pub-hamilton.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=e84cbce7-c79c-4cb3-a5cb-1fe7bb344664&lang=English