Date:
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Acadia Hall - 650 Sackville Drive, Lower Sackville
Minutes: November 15, 2016 North West Community Council Minutes (PDF)
Agenda
1. CALL TO ORDER
• Election of Chair and Vice Chair
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – September 12, 2016
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
8. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS
9. NOTICES OF TABLED MATTERS – NONE
10. HEARINGS
10.1 PUBLIC HEARINGS – NONE
10.2 VARIANCE APPEAL HEARINGS – NONE
11. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
11.1 Correspondence
11.2 Petitions
11.3 Presentations
11.3.1 Dalhousie University re: Phosphorus Loading and Trophic State Monitoring in the Paper Mill Lake Watershed [PDF - 34 Mb]
12. INFORMATION ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD
13. REPORTS
13.1 STAFF
13.1.1 Draft Centre Plan (staff presentation) [PDF]
Centre Plan - Additional Information
13.1.2 Case 20640: Amending Development Agreement for Lot BH-1, 656, 660 and 664 Bedford Highway, Halifax [PDF]
Motion:
That North West Community Council give notice of motion to consider the proposed amending agreement, as set out in Attachment A of the staff report dated October 18, 2016 to allow for a minor increase in the number of residential units within the mixed-use development, and schedule a public hearing.
-Memorandum from the North West Planning Advisory Committee meeting dated September 21, 2016. [PDF]
Motion:
That North West Community Council give first reading to consider approval of the proposed amendments to the Land Use By-law for Beaver Bank / Hammonds Plains / Upper Sackville, as set out in Attachment A of the staff report dated October 5, 2016, and schedule a public hearing;
13.1.4 Case 20747 – Development Agreement for 636 Bedford Highway, Halifax [PDF - 10 Mb]
Motion:
That North West Community Council give notice of motion to consider approval of the proposed development agreement, as contained in Attachment A of the staff report dated October 24, 2016, to develop a mixed use (commercial/residential) building at 636 Bedford Highway, Halifax and schedule a public hearing.
Motion:
That North West Community Council:
1. Approve, by resolution, the proposed amending agreement as contained in Attachment A of this report to enable an extension of the commencement and completion dates contained within the existing development agreement at 644 Bedford Highway, Halifax; and
2. Require the amending agreement be signed by the property owner within 120 days, or any extension thereof granted by Council on request of the property owner, from the date of final approval by Council and any other bodies as necessary, including applicable appeal periods, whichever is later, otherwise this approval will be void and obligations arising hereunder shall be at an end.
Motion:
That North West Community Council give notice of motion to consider the proposed amending development agreement, as set out in Attachment A of this report dated October 24, 2016, regarding the development of parcels TR36 and TR37, Transom Drive, Halifax and schedule a public hearing;
13.1.7 Councillor Appointments to Boards/Committees [PDF]
13.1.8 2017 Proposed Meeting Schedule
Motion:
That North West Community Council approve the 2017 Proposed Meeting Schedule as presented.
-Memorandum from North West Planning Advisory Committee dated June 2, 2016 [PDF]
Motion:
That North West Community Council give notice of motion to consider the proposed development agreement, as set out in Attachment A of the staff report , for senior citizen housing for seven residents at 15 Brenda Drive, Hammonds Plains, and schedule a public hearing;
13.2 MEMBERS OF COMMUNITY COUNCIL
13.2.1 Councillor Whitman re: Seniors Housing in Tantallon Crossroads [PDF]
Motion:
That North West Community Council request a staff report be prepared to outline the range of existing planning regulations that apply to senior citizen housing within Districts 1, 13, 14, 15 and 16 and provide recommendations on how best to establish a uniform approach to regulate this land use within these areas.
14. MOTIONS
15. IN CAMERA (IN PRIVATE) – NONE
16. ADDED ITEMS
17. NOTICES OF MOTION
18. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
19. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – December 12, 2016
20. ADJOURNMENT
INFORMATION ITEMS
1. Memorandum from the Managing Director of Government Relations and External Affairs dated November 15, 2016 re: Sackville Business District Boundary Expansion [PDF]
2. Memorandum from the Legislative Assistant dated November 2, 2016 re: Requests for Presentations – NONE [PDF]