Agenda January 26Agenda February 9Agenda Budget Committee February 17 Shirley’s Splash Pad:The big news over the last few weeks at Council for District 5 is the Friends of the Dartmouth Splash Pad’s success in fundraising […]
Harbour East Community Council had a significant development proposal before us last night: Twin Lakes. The Twin Lakes project site is located on Prince Albert Road near the Braemar Superstore (where Napa and the Surveyor’s […]
Agenda January 12Agenda Budget Committee January 12Agenda Budget Committee January 13Agenda Budget Committee January 20 Budget 2021It’s that time of year again, budget season at City Hall. Budget time is always the most challenging part […]
Agenda November 17Agenda November 24 Micmac Name:Council accepted my motion to look at renaming all municipal streets, a park, and a transit terminal that use the word Micmac. In District 5, this would be Micmac […]
A back to the future Council update! I was swamped with the demands of running an election campaign and didn’t get a chance to write a summary of the previous Council’s very last meeting at […]
Agenda September 1Agenda September 10 (Harbour East) Secondary Suites:Probably the most significant item on Council’s agenda was the proposed HRM-wide planning bylaw changes to allow for secondary units in all residential zones. A secondary unit […]
Agenda August 18 Blue Mountain Birch Cove:Blue Mountain Birch Cove was back before Council for the second time in a row and Council was once again flooded with emails in support. On the agenda was […]
Agenda July 21 Transit Fare Technology:You might recall news stories from 2018 about super-sized transit tickets coming to HRM. What was driving the new larger transit tickets were new fareboxes. The boxes couldn’t process HRM’s […]
Agenda July 7 Sidewalk Patios:My motion on Sidewalk Patios from April, was back on the agenda at Council because I was rescinding it. What gives you might ask? Did I give up on seeking more […]
Managing growth will always be challenging. Change is hard, and doubly so when it affects the places we love and cherish. Development, however, brings with it opportunities to improve our community. We don’t need to […]
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