October 16, 2025 Community Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee

Agenda

Learn about attending meetings in City Hall

Would you like to speak during Public Participation? 

There are two opportunities to sign up as a speaker for in-person Public Participation:

Option 1: Register in advance

Zoom is available as an option for pre-registered speakers only.

Contact the Municipal Clerk's Office no later than 4:30 p.m. on October 15, 2025:
-    Send an email to rosssis@halifax.ca If you’re signing up via email and you don’t receive a response from us within one business day, phone our office at 902.490.4210 to confirm receipt. Please ensure you check your email’s junk/spam folder regularly.
-    Phone 902.292.3962 (Mon-Fri, 8:30 am-4:30 pm)
-    Fax 902.490.4208 and include a call back phone number or email

In your message, state that you wish to speak during Public Participation at the October 16, 2025 Community Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee meeting, and give your name and community of residence, and whether you wish to speak in person or speak using Zoom.

If you’d like, you can let us know how to say your name using simple, sound-it-out spelling. (For example: for Leila Nahirah say “Lay-ah Nah-HEE-rah”). 

Option 2: During the meeting

During the meeting, after all the pre-registered speakers have been called, the Chair will call three times to ask if there is anyone else present who would like to speak. If you are present in the meeting room you can indicate your wish to speak at that time.

PLEASE NOTE:  All Standing Committee meetings will be audio and/or video recorded for the purpose of creating a record of the proceedings.   If you do not wish to be recorded, do not sign up to speak; you can provide a written submission via clerks@halifax.ca.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. CALL TO ORDER AND LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – August 21, 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 Center for Art Tapes Funding Proposal [PDF]
10.3.2 Soccer Nova Scotia Land Lease Expansion Proposal & Needs Assessment [PDF]

11. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

12. INFORMATION ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD – NONE

13. REPORTS
13.1 STAFF
13.1.1 Phase 2 Regional Museum Strategy [PDF]
Motion: 
That the Community Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee recommend that Regional Council:

1. Approve the Phase 2 Regional Museum Strategy as a guiding municipal document for the implementation of a Regional Museum Model;

2. Direct the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) to put forward the increased staffing requirements and contributions agreement costs as outlined in the financial implications section of the staff report dated May 2, 2025 for Council consideration as a service enhancement in the 2026/27 budget; and

3. Direct the CAO to consider and prepare, as part of the 2026/27 Budget and Business Plan the withdrawal of $2,395,130 from the Capital Fund Reserve (Q526), and allocate the funds to Capital Project Account CB220002 PFE – Heritage Facilities Recap and CP190001 P&R - Cultural Assets to support capital repairs to municipally owned heritage museum properties and artifact storage project, with priority given to Quaker House and Evergreen House.

14. MOTIONS – NONE

15. IN CAMERA (IN PRIVATE)
15.1 PERSONNEL MATTER - Private and Confidential Report
A matter pertaining to an identifiable individual or group.
Motion:
That the Community Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee:

1. Adopt the recommendations as outlined in the private and confidential report dated October 6, 2025 and;

2. Direct that the private and confidential report dated October 6, 2025 be maintained private and confidential.

16. ADDED ITEMS

17. NOTICES OF MOTION

18. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – November 20, 2025

19. ADJOURNMENT

INFORMATION ITEMS

1. Memorandum from the Legislative Assistant dated October 7, 2025 re: Request for Presentation to the Community Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee [PDF]
2. Memorandum from the Commissioner of Operations dated October 16, 2025 re: Rural Recreation Strategy -Year One Implementation Progress Report  [PDF]

For further information regarding this meeting, please contact Simon Ross-Siegel, Legislative Assistant, at rosssis@halifax.ca or 902.292.3962

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