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Sep 8, 2020, 13 tweets

The City of Hamilton is providing some additional updates as part of the City’s continued efforts for a gradual, safe and measured reopening of municipal facilities and the restart of programs and services.

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The City of Hamilton owns several facilities where external user groups typically operate and offer various types of programming...

...The City is working closely with these groups to ensure reopenings in these facilities are safe and meet all of the health and safety requirements before programming may resume. As we continue our efforts to safely reopen facilities, the Emergency Operations Centre will...

...continue to review and approve individual requests for reopening, and once the user groups return to in-person operations, the City will monitor to ensure compliance with the health & safety requirements.

The City has been working closely with the boards for various seniors centres and clubs in Hamilton to determine reopening plans and gauge interest in resuming programming. In collaboration with the City, the boards have voted on the capacity, ability and interest to...

...return fall programming. The following boards have chosen to resume limited programming:

Dundas Senior Club (Sept 15)
Sackville Senior Centre (Oct 5)
Warden Senior’s Club (Oct 5)
Winona Senior’s Club (Oct 5)

All other boards have chosen to remain closed for the fall season.

Beginning September 30, the City will reopen three additional museums. This includes Battlefield House Museum & Park National Historic Site, Fieldcote Memorial Park & Museum and Ancaster Old Town Hall.

In mid-July, the City reopened the first and second floors City Hall and began offering limited planning and building services on the first floor. Beginning Sept 16, in-person business licensing services will be available at City Hall between 8:30am-4:30pm on Wednesdays only.

Hamilton Animal Services has continued to operate through the pandemic, though the public counter at 247 Dartnall Road has been closed since early March. The public counter and lobby area of Animal Services will reopen to allow for public access...

...Residents will be able to visit in person to purchase dog licenses, recover lost animals, surrender a pet or adopt a pet.

Appointments are encouraged and the public will not be permitted to access the shelter beyond the lobby. hamilton.ca/animals-pets

Hamilton Public Health will resume community clinics for vaccinations on a limited availability, for clients with pre-booked appointments. Residents wishing to book an appointment for a community vaccine clinic can visit hamilton.ca/public-health/… or call 905-540-5250...

...The vaccine clinics are for grade 7 students who missed their school vaccine clinics (Hepatitis B, HPV and Meningococcal A, C, Y, W135) & for people who do not have a health card.

Clinics are located at:
891 Upper James Street, Unit 106A
247 Centennial Parkway North, Unit 8

Beginning Sept 14, the City will restart more swimming programming, including open swims for families and seniors + open gym programming.

On Oct 5, we will restart some modified swimming lessons, sports and fitness programs, general interest and preschool programs.

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