Date:
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Location: Council Chamber, 3rd Floor City Hall, 1841 Argyle Street Halifax
Agenda
1. CALL TO ORDER AND LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – December 5, 2024
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 Céo Gaudet – A Thousand Lakes
- Presentation [PDF]
10.3.2 Halifax Water - Water Fluoridation in HRM
- Presentation [PDF]
11. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
12. INFORMATION ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD – NONE
13. REPORTS
13.1 STAFF
13.1.1 Urban Forest Management Plan - Update [PDF] Large 54 MB
- Presentation [PDF]
Motion:
That the Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee recommend that Halifax Regional Council:
1. Revoke the Urban Forest Master Plan (2013) and support the principles contained in the new Urban Forest Management Plan as set out in Attachment 1 of the staff report dated February 28, 2025; and
2. Direct the Chief Administrative Officer to carry out the actions contained in the Urban Forest Management Plan as part of the multi-year budgeting and business process.
14. MOTIONS – NONE
15. IN CAMERA (IN PRIVATE) – NONE
16. ADDED ITEMS
17. NOTICES OF MOTION
18. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – April 3, 2025
19. ADJOURNMENT
INFORMATION ITEMS
For further information regarding this meeting, please contact Dorothy Maponga at dorothy.maponga@halifax.ca or 902.478.2408.
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