December 4, 2025 Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee

Agenda

1. CALL TO ORDER AND LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

1.1 Annual Election of Chair

1.2 Annual Election of Vice Chair

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – October 2, 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 Pulkit Gupta - TCX Energy Solar Garden [PDF]
- Presentation [PDF]

11. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

12. INFORMATION ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD – NONE

13. REPORTS
13.1.1 Proposed 2026 Meeting Schedule [PDF]
Motion: 
That the Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee approve the proposed 2026 Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee meeting schedule as outlined in the staff memorandum.

13.1.2 LakeWatchers 2022-24 Update [PDF]
- Presentation [PDF]
Motion:
That the Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee recommend that Halifax Regional Council direct the Chief Administrative Officer to:

1. Direct staff to add the supervised beaches at Kidston Lake, Long Pond, Penhorn Lake, Albro Lake, Birch Cove (Lake Banook), Lake Echo, Springfield Lake, and Kearney Lake to the Naturalization Program.

2. Direct staff to explore shoreline and in-lake green infrastructure options for addressing stormwater discharge locations within 100 m of supervised beaches.

14. MOTIONS – NONE

15. IN CAMERA (IN PRIVATE) – NONE

16. ADDED ITEMS

17. NOTICES OF MOTION

18. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – To be Determined

19. ADJOURNMENT

INFORMATION ITEMS

1. Memorandum from the Legislative Assistant dated November 26, 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