2024 Approved Council Motions
January 9, 2024
Canadian Capital Cities Organization Membership Renewal and 2025 Fall Conference
THAT Halifax Regional Council:
1. Renew membership with the Canadian Capital Cities Organization; and,
2. Provide a proposal to host the organization’s annual member conference for the 2025 annual conference event in September 2025.
Administrative Order 50 Amendments
THAT Halifax Regional Council direct the Chief Administrative Officer to provide a staff report on amending Administrative Order 50, Respecting the Disposal of Surplus Real Property (AO-50), to ensure surplus land designated for Affordable Housing can support housing construction including required provincial regulatory requirements for On Site Septic Disposal Systems (OSSDS), groundwater, wetlands, and watercourse alteration.
February 6, 2024
THAT Halifax Regional Council direct the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) to prepare a staff report and return to Council with recommendations on how the municipality can more adequately address HRM’s private road policies to ensure they meet Council’s stated strategic priorities.
THAT Halifax Regional Council direct the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) to consider the information contained in the Department of Natural Resources and Renewables Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIPOP) report and the RCMP Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP) report when preparing the staff report with respect to Wildland Urban interface Preparedness Strategies.
March 19, 2024
THAT Halifax Regional Council direct the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) to prepare a staff report and return to Council with recommendations to increase productivity and efficiency of stormwater operations and implement necessary upgrades to incorporate stormwater assets into the establishment of a comprehensive non-piped stormwater system within Halifax Regional Municipality’s municipal road boundary. The staff report should consider:
1. Recommendations for operational efficiencies between Halifax Water and Halifax Regional Municipality;
2. Policy to establish a comprehensive stormwater system;
3. Process to identify and install stormwater assets to expand and connect the stormwater system, including easements;
4. Costing and timeline to upgrade insubstantial and undersized infrastructure including wooden cross culverts transferred to HRM from Province of Nova Scotia; and,
5. Applicable provincial legislative amendments.