Date:
Time: 11:00 a.m. Reconvene 6:00 p.m.
Location: Council Chamber, 3rd Floor City Hall, 1841 Argyle Street, Halifax
Minutes: January 10, 2023 Halifax Regional Council Minutes (PDF)
Agenda
1. CALL TO ORDER AND LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
• Special Presentation – Property Valuation Services Corporation (PVSC) 2023 Assessment Roll – 11:00 a.m. [PDF]
2. SPECIAL COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – December 13, 2022
4. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AND APPROVAL OF ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS
5. CONSENT AGENDA*
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council approve recommendations in the following items: 15.1.2 and 15.2.1
6. BUSINESS ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES
7. CALL FOR DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTERESTS
8. MOTIONS OF RECONSIDERATION – NONE
9. MOTIONS OF RESCISSION – October 25, 2022
9.1 Councillor Mason
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council rescind Item 15.3.1 from the October 25, 2022 Regional Council meeting which requested a staff report as follows:
“That Halifax Regional Council direct the Chief Administrative Officer to prepare a staff report evaluating the proposed NSCAD student art installations in Point Pleasant Park with consideration of compliance with the Public Art Policy (2020-002-OP), permission from Parks Canada, and insurance requirements.”
10. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS – NONE
11. NOTICES OF TABLED MATTERS – NONE
12. PUBLIC HEARING – 6:00 P.M.
12.1 Case 24239: Amendments to the Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use By-law Planning District 4 (Prospect) for PID 40064875 on Youth Camp Road, Bayside (former Bayside Youth Camp)
- Staff Report [PDF]
- Presentation [PDF]
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council adopt the proposed amendments to the Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use By-law for Planning District 4 (Prospect), as set out in Attachments A and B of the staff report dated October 17, 2022, to allow the development of a single-unit dwelling on PID 40064875 located on Youth Camp Road, Bayside.
12.2 Case 23617: Review of the Upper Hammonds Plains Land Use Designation and the GU-1 Zone
- Staff Report [PDF]
- Presentation [PDF]
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council adopt the proposed amendments to the Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use By-law for Beaver Bank, Hammonds Plains, and Upper Sackville, as set out in Attachments A and B of the staff report dated November 17, 2022, to amend the Upper Hammonds Plains Designation and the GU-1 (General Use) Zone, and to rezone a portion of lands within the designation from the GU-1 Zone to the R-1 (Single Unit Dwelling) Zone.
13. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
13.1 Correspondence
13.2 Petitions
14. INFORMATION ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD – NONE
15. REPORTS
15.1 CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
15.1.1 Second Reading Proposed By-Law C-901, Respecting Charges for Stormwater from Municipal Streets — Repeal of By-Law C-900 [PDF]
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council adopt By-law C-901, repealing By-law C-900 - the Charges for Stormwater from Municipal Streets By-law, as set out in Attachment 1 to the staff report dated November 30, 2022.
15.1.2 Appointment of Building Officials* [PDF]
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council appoint Hannah Kelly, Shawn Kennedy, and Liam Swartz as Building Officials, pursuant to Section 5(2) of the Nova Scotia Building Code Act. This appointment is effective for the duration of their assignment to the duties of a Building Official with Halifax Regional Municipality.
15.1.3 Tax and Service Boundary Review Including Regional and Rural Transit
- Staff Report [PDF]
- Presentation [PDF]
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council:
1. Maintain the current transit tax structure with the existing Regional Transportation area rate boundary and service cost allocations to the Local Transit and Regional Transportation area rates.
2. Maintain the Rural Transit Funding program grants as unrestricted – available for grant recipients to use for their operating and/or capital costs – and maintain the program mileage allowance at $0.50 per kilometer, so as not to exceed the planned 2023/24 program funding level of $370,000.
15.2 TRANSPORTATION STANDING COMMITTEE
15.2.1 Brunswick Street Functional Plan* [Large 39 Mb PDF]
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council direct the Chief Administrative Officer to:
1. Proceed with preliminary and detailed design of the proposed street configuration and related changes to the right-of-way for Brunswick Street and Gottingen Street as described in the ‘Recommended Design Option’ section of the staff report dated December 12, 2022, subject to approval of funding in the capital planning process; and
2. Proceed with planning and detailed design for an interim solution that is partly tactical and partly permanent as described in the ‘Potential Interim / Tactical Implementations’ section of the staff report dated December 12, 2022, for construction in 2024.
15.3 BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS
15.3.1 Funding of Ad Hoc Independent Legal Counsel [PDF]
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council include in its 2023-2024 Operating Budget such funding as might reasonably be required by the Board for the purpose of its acquisition, from time-to-time, of such independent legal advice and counsel as it may deem necessary, to a maximum of $100,000 annually, unless otherwise increased by Halifax Regional Council on an ad hoc basis, in keeping with the Board’s motion on independent legal counsel dated April 19, 2021 and as recommended in the April 19, 2021 Staff Report to the Board on the same subject.
15.4 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL
15.4.1 Councillor Lovelace – Amendment to Administrative Order 1 (AO 1) to Revise Order of Business [PDF]
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council direct the Chief Administrative Officer to prepare a staff report evaluating revisions of AO 1 section 114(2) Agenda for Standing Committees and Schedule 8 section 5, Order of Business of the Community Councils Rules Governing Procedures, to remove the requirement for Public Participation to follow Notices of Motion on agendas.
15.4.2 Councillor Lovelace – Mount Saint Vincent University “Halifax Project: City Hall” [PDF]
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council:
1. waive section 17 of Administrative Order One, requiring a staff report from the Chief Administrative Officer;
2. approve a request for $7,000.00 from District Capital Funds to support the Mount Saint Vincent University, Department of Women’s Studies for “Halifax Project: City Hall.”
16. MOTIONS
16.1 Councillor Mason - Planning and Development Timelines, Processes, and KPI Reporting [PDF]
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council direct the Chief Administrative Officer to provide a staff report to:
1. Outline current timeframes and recommendations for establishing KPIs and target timeframes for the various application and permitting processes within the Planning and Development business unit;
2. Require staff to prepare a twice-yearly report on these KPIs;
3. Prepare a list of potential Charter changes that would speed up the various permitting and approval processes for Council’s consideration, and;
4. Return with a report within 120 days and include options for service delivery improvements along with any additional resourcing and legislative supports.
17. IN CAMERA (IN PRIVATE)
Council may rise and go into a private In Camera session, in accordance with Section 19 of the Halifax Regional Municipality Charter, for the purpose of dealing with the following:
17.1 In Camera (In Private) Minutes – December 13, 2022
Motion:
That the In Camera (In Private) minutes of December 13, 2022 be approved as circulated.
17.2 PERSONNEL MATTER - Private and Confidential Report
A matter pertaining to an identifiable individual or group.
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council:
1. Adopt the recommendations as outlined in the private and confidential report dated December 15, 2022; and
2. Direct that the private and confidential report dated December 15, 2022 be maintained private and confidential.
17.3 PERSONNEL MATTER - Private and Confidential Report
A matter pertaining to an identifiable individual or group.
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council:
1. Adopt the recommendations as outlined in the private and confidential report dated December 14, 2022; and
2. Direct that the private and confidential report dated December 14, 2022 be maintained private and confidential.
18. ADDED ITEMS
19. NOTICES OF MOTION
20. ADJOURNMENT
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INFORMATION ITEMS
January 10, 2023
1. Proclamation – Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers Awareness Month – January 2023 [PDF]