Date:
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: Council Chambers, 3rd Floor City Hall, 1841 Argyle Street, Halifax
Agenda
1. CALL TO ORDER AND LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – April 6, 2023 and July 6, 2023
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 Nova Scotia Power – Proposed Grid-Scale Battery Project in the Spider Lake Area [PDF]
-Presentation [PDF]
10.3.2 Ecology Action Centre – United National Convention on Biological Diversity [PDF]
-Presentation [PDF]
11. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
12. INFORMATION ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD – NONE
13. REPORTS
13.1 STAFF
13.1.1 Current Policies for the River-Lakes Secondary Plan – Update
-Presentation [PDF]
13.2 MEMBERS OF STANDING COMMITTEE – NONE
14. MOTIONS
15. IN CAMERA (IN PRIVATE)
The Standing Committee 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:
15.1 In Camera (In Private) Minutes – April 6, 2023
Motion:
That the In Camera (In Private) minutes of April 6, 2023 be approved as circulated.
15. ADDED ITEMS
17. NOTICES OF MOTION
18. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – November 2, 2023
19. ADJOURNMENT
INFORMATION ITEMS
1. Memorandum from the Legislative Assistant dated August 29, 2023 re: Request to Present to the Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee [PDF]
2. Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers in HRM [PDF]