April 23, 2025 Heritage Advisory 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 – March 26, 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. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS – NONE

7. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
7.1 Correspondence 
7.2 Petitions
7.3 Presentations – None

8. INFORMATION ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD – NONE

9. REPORTS/DISCUSSION
9.1 STAFF
9.1.1 Case HRTGPLAN-2023-01756 Background Study: Proposed Downtown Dartmouth Heritage Conservation District Plan [PDF]
Motion: 
That the Heritage Advisory Committee recommend that Halifax Regional Council:

1.    Accept the background study contained in Attachment A of the staff report dated February 21, 2025 to initiate the process to establish a Heritage Conservation District in Downtown Dartmouth; and

2.    Follow the Public Participation Program for HCDs, adopted by Regional Council on November 17, 2020, as contained in Attachment B of the staff report dated February 21, 2025, to obtain public input on the proposed Downtown Dartmouth Heritage Conservation District (HCD) plan and bylaw in accordance with Section 6 of the Heritage Conservation Districts Regulations.

10. ADDED ITEMS

11. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – May 28, 2025

12. ADJOURNMENT   

INFORMATION ITEMS

1. Memorandum from the Legislative Assistant dated April 14, 2025 re: Requests for Presentation to Heritage Advisory Committee – NONE [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