Date:
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Location: Virtual Meeting
Agenda
Would you like to speak during Public Participation?
If you’d like to speak during Public Participation, contact the Municipal Clerk's Office no later than 4:30 p.m. on October 2, 2024, to be added to the speakers' list to speak via Zoom. This meeting will occur in a virtual setting and attending in person is not possible. To register as a speaker:
- Send an email to Dorothy.maponga@halifax.ca. If you’re signing up via email, if you don’t receive a response from us within 1 business day please phone our office at 902.490.4210 to confirm receipt. Please ensure you check your email’s junk/spam folder regularly.
- Phone 902.478.2408 (Mon-Fri, 8:30 am-4:30 pm)
- Fax 902.490.4208
In your message, state that you wish to speak during Public Participation at the October 3, 2024 Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee meeting, and give your name, community of residence, email address, and phone number.
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 1, 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 Shalom Mandaville - Experimental beach reclamation utilizing scallop shells enclosed in porous bags
- Presentation Request [PDF]
11. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
12. INFORMATION ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD – NONE
13. REPORTS
13.1 STAFF
13.1.1 HalifACT 2023/24 Annual Progress Report [PDF]
Motion:
That the Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee forward the HalifACT 2023/24 Annual Progress Report to Halifax Regional Council for information, discussion, and a presentation.
13.1.2 LakeWatchers Water Quality Monitoring Program Report 2022-2023 [PDF]
Motion:
That the Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee recommend that Halifax Regional Council:
1. Direct the Chief Administrative Officer to initiate a review of the Municipality’s current Salt Management Plan guided by the Syntheses of Best Practices Road Salt Management.
2. Direct the Chief Administrative Officer to investigate policy options for setbacks for new stormwater discharge locations into natural waterbodies and consider options for naturalization and/or Low Impact Development (LID) features at existing stormwater discharge locations around priority lakes.
3. Request that the Mayor write a letter to the Province of Nova Scotia’s Minster of Environment and Climate Change and the Halifax Regional Water Commission, supporting and encouraging the timely development of provincial stormwater quality standards.
14. MOTIONS – NONE
15. IN CAMERA (IN PRIVATE) – NONE
16. ADDED ITEMS
17. NOTICES OF MOTION
18. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – December 5, 2024
19. ADJOURNMENT
INFORMATION ITEMS
For further information regarding this meeting, please contact Dorothy Maponga, Legislative Assistant, 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