May 1, 2025 Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee

Date:

Time: 1:00 p.m.

Status: Cancelled

Location: Council Chamber, 3rd Floor City Hall, 1841 Argyle Street Halifax

Agenda

In consultation with the Chair, the May 1, 2025 meeting was cancelled due to lack of quorum. The next meeting is scheduled for June 5, 2025. 

1. CALL TO ORDER AND LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – April 3, 2025

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. MOTIONS OF RECONSIDERATION – NONE
7. MOTIONS OF RESCISSION – NONE
8. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS – NONE
9. NOTICES OF TABLED MATTERS – NONE

10. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
10.1 Correspondence 
10.2 Petitions
10.3 Presentations
10.3.1 Dave Redden - Monitoring HRM Lakes for Toxic Cyanobacteria
-Presentation Request [PDF]

10.3.2 Dustin O’Leary - Closed-Loop Hydro Renewable Energy Storage Project
-Presentation Request [PDF]

11. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

12. INFORMATION ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD – NONE

13. REPORTS
13.1 STAFF
13.1.1 Amendments to By-Law L-200 Respecting Licensing of Construction and Demolition (C&D) Recycling and Disposal Operations [PDF]
Motion:
That the Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee recommend that Halifax Regional Council adopt By-law L-202, the purpose of which is to amend By-law L-200, Respecting Licensing of Construction and Demolition Recycling and Disposal Operations, including repealing Administrative Order 27, Respecting Materials That Shall Not Be Disposed Of In A C&D Disposal Site, as set out in Attachment B of the staff report dated April 1, 2025.

14. MOTIONS – NONE

15. IN CAMERA (IN PRIVATE) – NONE

16. ADDED ITEMS

17. NOTICES OF MOTION

18. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – June 5, 2025

19. ADJOURNMENT


INFORMATION ITEMS

1. Memorandum from the Legislative Assistant dated April 23, 2025 re: Requests for Presentation to Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee [PDF]

For further information regarding this meeting, please contact Dorothy Maponga 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