Date:
Time: 4:30 p.m.
Location: Room 1, 3rd Floor Duke Tower, 5251 Duke Street, Halifax
Minutes: March 25, 2019 Design Review Committee Minutes (PDF)
Agenda
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – NONE
3. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AND APPROVAL OF ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS
4. BUSINESS ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES
5. CALL FOR DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTERESTS
6. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS
6.1 Election of Vice Chair
7. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
7.1 Correspondence
7.2 Petitions
7.3 Presentations - None
8. INFORMATION ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD – NONE
9. REPORTS/DISCUSSION
9.1 STAFF
- Applicant Presentation [PDF]
Motion:
That the Design Review Committee:
1. Approve the qualitative elements of the substantive site plan approval request to change the roofline for both buildings, the design at the northeast corner of the Pavilion at the third, fourth and fifth floors, the location of metal louvres on the eastern elevations, and to add an architectural treatment at the roofline of both the Pavilion and the Curve buildings, as shown in Attachment A of the staff report dated March 22, 2019 with the condition that:
a. The proposed request to change the appearance of the ground floor of the Sackville Street frontage be amended so as to include additional glazing, preferably transparent but translucent at a minimum, to a minimum of 60% of the ground floor between Briar Lane and the main doorway to comply with the requirements for transparency and animation in the Design Manual; and
2. Accept the findings of the qualitative Wind Impact Assessment, as contained in Attachment D of the staff report dated March 22, 2019.
10. PRELIMINARY PRESENTATIONS – NONE
11. ADDED ITEMS
12. IN CAMERA (IN PRIVATE) – NONE
13. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – April 11, 2019 - Halifax Hall, 2nd Floor City Hall, 1841 Argyle Street, Halifax.
14. ADJOURNMENT
INFORMATION ITEMS - NONE