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Council Update: Woodland Roundabout, Forum

December 10, 2019 Sam Austin Comments Off

Council is finishing the 2019 with a crunch of meetings (weekly rather than bi-weekly) Here’s what’s happened over the last two meetings Agenda December 3 hereAgenda November 26 here Woodland Roundabout: One of the items […]

Council Update: Port Wallace, Menstrual Products, Findlay, and more

November 18, 2019 Sam Austin 3

Agenda November 12 hereAgenda October 29 here Port Wallace Development: There has been a snag in one of the biggest potential developments in Dartmouth: Port Wallace. If you’re not familiar with the Port Wallace development, […]

Council Update: Stadium Vote, Boulevard Gardening

October 24, 2019 Sam Austin 7

Agenda October 22 here Stadium Vote: By now you’ve probably heard that my motion to rescind Council’s previous direction and stop work on the CFL stadium proposal was lost. The vote was 8-9. Voting with […]

Council Update: Stadium, Housing, Centre Plan, Youth Transit, EV Vehicles

October 9, 2019 Sam Austin 4

Time has gotten away from me over the last few weeks. This is a round-up of not one, not two, but three Council meetings. Agenda October 8 here Agenda September 24 hereAgenda September 17 here […]

Council Update: Transit Fares, Burnside AT

August 14, 2019 Sam Austin 6

Transit Fares: Council voted yesterday to increase transit fares by $0.25 across the board. Adult, senior, youth, and student fares are all going up $0.25, but Council rejected staff’s advice to eliminate the senior’s discount. […]

Council Update: Prince Albert Hotel, Floating Yellow Heart, and More

August 8, 2019 Sam Austin 1

Meeting agenda July 30 here Prince Albert/Glenwood Hotel: I have to start this Council update with some bad news: the 16 storey hotel at Prince Albert/Glenwood is going ahead. The staff report looking at what […]

Council Update: Centre Plan, Com Taxation, Commuter Rail

June 28, 2019 Sam Austin 1

Meeting agenda June 18 hereMeeting agenda June 18 (Committee of the Whole) hereMeeting agenda June 25 here Centre Plan: Staff received the go ahead from Council to finalize the Centre Plan’s Package A, the plan […]

Council Update: Bus Stop Theatre, Roadside Memorials, Snow Clearing

June 13, 2019 Sam Austin 2

Meeting agenda June 4, 2019 here Bus Stop Theatre: The main item on Council’s agenda was staff’s recommendation to not provide funding to the Bus Stop Theatre. The Bus Stop Theatre was founded in 2003 […]

Council Update: Aquatics Strategy, Flyers, Switch, Heritage

May 29, 2019 Sam Austin 2

Meeting agenda May 14, 2019 hereMeeting agenda May 21, 2019 here Aquatics Strategy: Council adopted a long-term strategy regarding aquatics in HRM. The purpose of the strategy is similar to the approach taken with ice […]

Council Update: Lancaster Rezoning, Landlord Registry, Burnside Expressway

May 20, 2019 Sam Austin 9

Meeting agenda April 30 hereMeeting agenda May 2 here Lancaster Rezoning: At the last Harbour East meeting, Community Council approved rezoning a portion of the First Baptist Church property at the corner of Lancaster Drive […]