August 17, 2021 Special Committee of the Whole Meeting

Date: August 17, 2021

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Location: Virtual

Minutes: August 17, 2021 Special Committee of the Whole Meeting Minutes (PDF)

Video: August 17, 2021 Special Committee of the Whole Meeting Video

Agenda

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES – July 20, 2021

3. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AND APPROVAL OF ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS

4. CALL FOR DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTERESTS

1. Direct the Chief Administrative Officer to amend the draft Regional Centre Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy (Plan), the Regional Centre Land Use By-law (LUB), and amendments to existing planning documents, as set out in the staff report dated May 7, 2021, by implementing the changes recommended by staff in:

a. Attachment A of the staff report dated July 28, 2021: Staff Responses to Committee and Community Council Recommendations; and

b. Attachment B of the staff report dated July 28, 2021: Changes to the Draft Plan and LUB Identified and Recommended by Staff;

and return to Regional Council with the revised Plan and LUB for first reading and to schedule a public hearing.

2. Direct the Chief Administrative Officer to:

a. draft amendments to Administrative Order Number 48, the Community Council Administrative Order, to

i. grant the Regional Centre Community Council the powers to hear site plan and variance appeals and to amend the Regional Centre Land Use By-law within the Regional Centre Plan boundary, except for Lakeshore Park Terrace and Wallace Heights which fall outside the Centre Plan Area as defined by the HRM Charter, and

ii. that these areas of the Regional Centre Community Council be excluded from the jurisdiction of Halifax and West Community Council, and Harbour East and Marine Drive Community Council with respect to these powers; and

b. return to Council for consideration of these amendments after provincial approval of the Regional Centre Plan Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use By-law;

3. Direct the Chief Administrative Officer to:

a. draft amendments to Administrative Order 2019-011-GOV, the Design Advisory Committee Administrative Order, to update the applicable area and references to the Land Use By-law concerning the types of site plan approval applications reviewed by the committee; and

b. return to Council for consideration of these amendments after provincial approval of the Regional Centre Plan Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use By-law;

4. Direct the Chief Administrative Officer to:

a. draft amendments to Administrative Order 2020-007-ADM, the Incentive or Bonus Zoning Public Benefits Administrative Order, and Administrative Order 2020-008-ADM, Grants for Affordable Housing Administrative Order, to update the permitted use of money-in-lieu funds as outlined in the discussion section of the staff report dated July 28, 2021; and

b. return to Council for consideration of these amendments upon provincial approval of the Regional Centre Plan Secondary Municipal Planning Strategy and the Regional Centre Land Use By-law.

5. Direct the Chief Administrative Officer to:

a. prepare a report to initiate a process to amend the Regional Centre Secondary Planning Strategy to develop site specific Comprehensive Development District (CDD) policies and an associated development agreement to enable a neighbourhood scale affordable housing development on the Southdale Future Growth Node site; and

b. return to Council for consideration of the initiation report after the notice is published in a newspaper informing the public that the municipal planning strategy and its implementation land-use by-law are in effect.

6. ADJOURNMENT