Sportsplex: Tuesday was a very busy session at Regional Council (agenda here). The most important item for many in District 5 is Council approved the award of the Sportsplex tender at $23,273,000. The Sportsplex will […]
It’s easy to miss since it’s an Information Item on this week’s Regional Council agenda and not a report that is up for discussion, but there is an update on the Sawmill River project (aka […]
The Budget: The big news from Council is we passed the 2017/2018 budget. HRM has recently started a process of detailed multi-year budgeting for several years out. For District 5, here are some highlights that are in […]
This didn’t get picked up for publication in the Coast so I’m sharing it here instead. It’s in response to this review of Picnic on Portland Street in Downtown Dartmouth. I was delighted to read the […]
Halifax Water Presentation: A large portion of Council’s time this week (agenda here) was spent on a presentation from Halifax Water. Halifax Water is a private utility, but its sole shareholder is HRM. Once a […]
Willow Tree It was a busy afternoon at Council (agenda here). The main item on the agenda was the 29 storey proposed tower at Quinpool and Robie (aka the Willow Tree). This one has a […]
March 18, 2017 – HRM’s LED street light conversion progam has arrived in District 5. Over the next several weeks crews will be out replacing the old sodium lights with much more efficient LEDs. The […]
March 7, 2017 – So here’s what happened of note on Tuesday. Budget: Having decided what to include in the budget after various department’s presented to Council over the last several weeks, we had to […]
March 2, 2017 – Last night Harbour East Community Council met. The two main items on the agenda was a proposal from Innova Corp and Clearwater Seafoods to rezone their properties, 1 Research Drive and 101 […]
February 22, 2017 – Today’s meeting was remarkably short. We resumed our debate of the ever popular $42 Stormwater Right of Way (ROW) tax. The stormwater ROW tax originated from a 2013 URB decision that […]
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