Date:
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Location: Council Chamber, 3rd Floor City Hall, 1841 Argyle Street, Halifax
Agenda
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1. CALL TO ORDER AND LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – May 14, 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. HEARINGS
10.1 PUBLIC HEARINGS
10.1.1 PLANAPP 2023-00563: Development Agreement for 870 and 874/876 Herring Cove Road, Herring Cove
i) Staff supplementary report dated June 26, 2024 [PDF]
ii) Staff report dated April 26, 2024 [PDF]
Motion:
That Halifax and West Community Council:
1. Approve the proposed development agreement, which shall be substantially of the same form as set out in Attachment A of the supplementary staff report dated June 26, 2024; and
2. Require the development 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.
11. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
11.1 Correspondence
11.2 Petitions
11.3 Presentations – None
12. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
13. INFORMATION ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD – NONE
14. REPORTS
14.1 STAFF
14.1.1 PLANAPP 2024-00240: Substantive Amendment to Development Agreement for 6324 & 6330 Quinpool Road, Halifax [PDF]
Motion:
That Halifax and West Community Council give notice of motion to consider the proposed amending development agreement, as set out in Attachment A of the staff report dated June 26, 2024, to allow a two-storey addition to the eight-storey building under construction at 6324 & 6330 Quinpool Road, Halifax, and schedule a public hearing.
14.2 HERITAGE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
14.2.1 Case 24359: Development Agreement for 2537-39 Agricola Street, Halifax for a 27.3m mixed-use addition to a registered heritage property [Large 15 Mb PDF]
Motion:
That Halifax and West Community Council give notice of motion to consider the proposed development agreement, as set out in Attachment A of the staff report dated May 3, 2024, to enable the construction of a 27.3m mixed-use addition to the registered heritage property located at 2539 Agricola Street, with amendments to the second sentence of section 3.5.5 of the proposed development agreement to read “Furthermore, any elevator enclosure shall be subject to the requirements of the Regional Center Land Use By-law, as amended from time to time,” and schedule a public hearing.
15. MOTIONS
16. IN CAMERA (IN PRIVATE)
Council may rise and go into a private In Camera session, in accordance with Section 19 of the Halifax Regional Municipality Charter, for the purpose of dealing with the following:
16.1 PERSONNEL MATTER - Private and Confidential Report
A matter pertaining to an identifiable individual or group.
Motion:
That Halifax and West Community Council:
1. Adopt the recommendations as outlined in the private and confidential report dated July 10, 2024; and
2. Direct that the private and confidential report dated July 10, 2024 be maintained private and confidential.
17. ADDED ITEMS
18. NOTICES OF MOTION
19. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – August 13, 2024
20. ADJOURNMENT
INFORMATION ITEMS
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