November 22, 2023 Heritage Advisory Committee

Agenda

1. CALL TO ORDER AND LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – August 23, 2023 and November 15, 2023

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 – NONE

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
9.1.1 Case H00560: Substantial Alteration to the municipally registered heritage property at 53 Queen Street, Dartmouth - REVISED [PDF]
- Handout [PDF]
- Presentation [PDF]
Motion: 
That the Heritage Advisory Committee recommend that Regional Council approve the proposed substantial alteration to 53 Queen Street, Dartmouth, which includes the rehabilitation and conservation of the circa 1914 former Dartmouth Post Office designed in the Edwardian Baroque style.

9.1.2 Case 20218: Amendments to the Regional Centre Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy and associated development agreement for lands located at Robie Street, Spring Garden Road, and Carlton Street, Halifax [PDF]
- Presentation [PDF]
Motion:
That the Heritage Advisory Committee recommend that Regional Council:

1. Give First Reading to consider the proposed amendments to the Regional Centre Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy, as set out in Attachment A of the staff report dated October 18, 2023, to broaden the scope of enabling policies IM-43, IM-44, and IM-46 and schedule a public hearing; and

2. Adopt the proposed amendments to the Regional Centre Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy, as set out in Attachment A of the staff report dated October 18, 2023.

That the Heritage Advisory Committee recommend that the Halifax and West Community Council:

3. Give Notice of Motion to consider the proposed development agreement, as set out in Attachment B of the staff report dated October 18, 2023, to permit a 30-storey mixed-use residential and commercial building on the southeast corner of the Robie Street and Spring Garden Road intersection, while rehabilitating four municipally registered heritage buildings on Carlton Street. The public hearing for the development agreement shall be held concurrently with that indicated in Recommendation 1;

4. Provisionally approve the proposed development agreement for a 30-storey mixed-use residential and commercial building on the southeast corner of the Robie Street and Spring Garden Road intersection, while rehabilitating four municipally registered heritage buildings on Carlton Street, which shall be substantially of the same form as set out in Attachment B of the staff report dated October 18, 2023; and

5. Require that the development agreement contained in Attachment B of the staff report dated October 18, 2023 be signed by the property owner within 120 days, or any extension thereof granted by Council on request of the property owner, from the date of final approval by Council and any other bodies as necessary, including applicable appeal periods, whichever is later, otherwise this approval will be void and obligations arising hereunder shall be at an end.

9.1.3 Proposed 2024 Meeting Schedule [PDF]
Motion: 
That the Heritage Advisory Committee approve the proposed 2024 Heritage Advisory Committee meeting schedule as outlined in the staff memorandum. 

9.2 COMMITTEE MEMBER UPDATES

10. ADDED ITEMS

11. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – January 17, 2024 

12. ADJOURNMENT    

INFORMATION ITEMS

1. Memorandum from the Legislative Assistant dated November 16, 2023 re: Request to Present to the Heritage Advisory Committee – None [PDF]

For further information regarding this meeting, please contact Dorothy Maponga, Legislative Assistant, at Dorothy.maponga@halifax.ca or 902-478.2408.

To submit correspondence, email clerks@halifax.ca
More information: https://www.halifax.ca/city-hall/regional-council/communicating-halifax-regional-council