Belleville City Council

is a city in , , situated on the eastern end of Lake Ontario, located on the Bay of Quinte at the mouth of the Moira River. Its population as of 2021 was 55,071 (Census Metropolitan Area population 111,184). It is the seat of County, but politically independent of it, and is the centre of the Bay of Quinte region.

In 2022, only 4 in 10 eligible voters in Belleville cast a ballot for the mayor and 8 councillors across 2 wards who made decided your roads, housing, property taxes, parks and more.

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    Belleville marks former Queen Mary School for Affordable Rental Housing project

    THAT the City staff work with the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) to develop a program to incentivize an Affordable Rental Housing based project at the Former Queen Mary School (Community Resource Center Quinte), after which COUNCIL will invite proposals with the following conditions;

      • a 90 day open period with renewals at Council’s discretion

      • a portion of the property to be identified by the City will be retained as public access park/playground (apprx. 1 acre +/-)

      • submission of intended development concept of property including total number of units and amenities

      • submission of expected total capital investment

      • submission of timeline for development (expected start and completion)

      • recognition that process will be open and public

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