Council Updates

Agenda, January 14 Park Lighting Strategy:Some work that I initiated a few years ago has come to fruition: the Parks Lighting Strategy was approved by Council at our Tuesday meeting. The issue around lighting in […]

My first blog entry for the new Council! We’ve had two meetings so far, both of which were pretty light in terms of materials, which wasn’t unexpected given that we have so many new councillors […]

Agenda, August 20 Watershed PlanningSome really good news on Council’s agenda for Dartmouth’s Lakes: HRM is launching a watershed planning program, and Dartmouth’s Lakes are part of the initial pilot. The idea is to have […]

Dartmouth Cove InfillingCouncil approved a major step to potentially protect the waters in Dartmouth Cove from further infilling. Council approved initiating the planning process that could result in bylaw changes that prevent infilling from happening […]

Agenda, July 9 EncampmentsThe issue of encampments was back before Council and the situation isn’t pretty. As I wrote in my e-newsletter last week, new Provincial housing spaces are delayed and won’t be ready until […]

Agenda June 18 Dartmouth Cove:Infill in Dartmouth Cove was back before Council. I put forward a three-part motion to do the following: There has been a lot of jurisdictional noise around Dartmouth Cove. The federal […]

Agenda, June 4 Encampments Most of Council’s June 4 meeting focussed on the latest report from staff on homeless encampments and what HRM should do about the situation. Things aren’t going well out there. With […]

Centre Plan Changes After a three-day public hearing, Regional Council approved changes to planning bylaws across HRM, including in District 5. The changes are designed to make it easier to construct additional housing and come […]

Agenda, March 5 Dartmouth Waterfront The worst kept secret in Dartmouth is officially public: HRM is planning for improvements to the Dartmouth waterfront. There is a big potential opportunity here for Dartmouth and HRM as […]

Agenda, January 23 here Marketing Levy Fines On October 1 last year, it became mandatory for short-term rental operators to start paying the HRM Destination Marketing Levy. The marketing levy is a room tax that […]