Halifax District 13 News
Councillor Pam Lovelace
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 Hopefully, you have received my first print newsletter to your mailbox. The next one will be issued in Winter 2022. To keep us all on track, I will be holding regular community meetings so I can hear directly from you. My first set of meetings will be this Fall and themed "Year One In Review."
Event dates and locations will be announced very soon. As we continue to open up more, Regional Council will be meeting in Council Chambers within the next few weeks.
Federal Election 2021
The federal election will be held on September 20th.
Advanced voting will continue until 9pm Sunday, September 12, and from 9am-9pm Monday, September 13. For more information on where to vote, visit www.elections.ca.
School is back in session!
As we all settle into our new routines this fall, there are more vehicles on the road than we've seen in nearly two years. School buses, Halifax Transit, Bay Rides and commercial vehicles are all returning to the roads and increasing wait times. Road crews are moving as fast as they can to do asphalt rehabilitation, install traffic calming and a new guardrail on Hammonds Plains Road at Northwood. If you have questions about work on a municipal road, please call 311.
If your question is about a provincial road, please contact the Nova Scotia Operation Contact Centre at 1-844-696-7737 or email tir-occ@novascotia.ca.
Please keep safety top of mind and drive to the conditions of the roadway.
September 13 North West Council Meeting
There are two important items of interest to District 13 on the North West Community Council agenda:
13.1.1 Case 21639: Margeson Drive Master Plan - Margeson Drive and the Highway #101 Interchange, Middle Sackville – Public Participation Program [PDF]
13.2.1 Councillor Lovelace - Improvements to Lucasville – Hammonds Plains Intersection [PDF]
Motion: That North West Community Council direct the Chief Administrative Officer to return to North West Community Council with a report on the intersection of Hammonds Plains and Lucasville roads to include:
1. recommendations to upgrade the intersection to ease the congestion of both west bound and east bound traffic;
2. appropriately plan for transit in this intersection;
3. increase pedestrian safety in this intersection;
4. provide recommendations on lifting the restrictions in Schedule J of the Hammonds Plains, Beaver Bank and Upper Sackville Land Use By-law, entitled “Beaverbank / Hammonds Plains Growth Control Areas”, to permit new connector roads off Hammonds Plains.
September 14 Council Meeting
This Tuesday, Committee of the Whole will debate the amendments to the RED BOOK. Municipal Design Guidelines (aka Red Book) were developed to provide consistency in design and construction issues among developers, consultants and contractors within the Halifax Regional Municipality. These specifications are to be used as the minimum standards to be met in the design of streets, drainage, street trees & lighting, and associated municipal infrastructure.
Read: Proposed Administrative Order 2021-003-OP, Respecting Amendments to Municipal Design Guidelines - Municipal Design Guidelines (Red Book) Update [Large 15 MB PDF]
Regional Council will begin after Committee of the Whole and includes these agenda items, and more:
11.1.1 Second Reading Proposed By-law V-200, Respecting Immobilization of Vehicles on Private Property – By-law for Parking and Immobilization on Private Property [PDF]
11.1.5 Award – Request for Tender 21-256 Transit Park and Ride Phase 2 – Bedford [PDF]
11.2 ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY STANDING COMMITTEE
11.2.1 Review HRM Litter Receptacle Placement Criteria [PDF]
12.1 Councillor Lovelace
Motion: That Halifax Regional Council request a staff report to fund the NSUARB ordered stormwater right-of-way cost as general tax, since all municipal roads are general rated and paid for by all taxpayers; and, all dwelling and commercial properties in HRM benefit from effectively managed stormwater on municipal roadways, not including properties that are essentially ancillary to a dwelling.
Read the full Regional Council agenda here:
https://www.halifax.ca/city-hall/regional-council/september-14-2021-halifax-regional-council-special-meeting
To send correspondence to Regional Council, email clerks@halifax.ca.
Please let me know if you have any questions, or would like to meet with me at the Community Enterprise Centre in St. Margarets Bay on a Friday morning, at your home, or for a coffee, pam.lovelace@halifax.ca, 902-225-4624.
From my family to yours, please stay safe,
Pam
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Nova Scotia reported 11 new case of COVID-19 on September 10.
Nova Scotia reported eleven new cases of COVID-19 and 78 active cases of COVID-19.
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UPCOMING VIRTUAL MEETINGS
North West Community Council
6pm September 13 - Agenda
Halifax Regional Council
Tuesday, September 14
10am Committee of the Whole - Agenda
Regional Council - Agenda
Audit and Finance Committee
10am September 15 - Agenda
Board of Police Commission
12:30pm September 20 - Agenda TBA
There are many ways for you to share your views with Regional Council.
Learn how here. Interested in a topic or issue?
Get in touch, pam.lovelace@halifax.ca or 902-225-4624.
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COMMEMORATING NAME CHANGE, MI’KMAW ARTIST ALAN SYLIBOY CREATED A MURAL FOR SCHOOL’S MAIN LOBBY
Former Sir John A. Macdonald High School now called Bay View High School.
The high school in Tantallon, N.S., has a new name, among other changes. Students have attended Sir John A. Macdonald High School for decades. The new name is Bay View High School. The decision to change the name of the school came a year and a half ago because Canada's first prime minister played a role in the creation of the residential school system and the Indian Act of 1867; administrators thought a more inclusive name was needed. Commemorating the name change, Mi'kmaw artist Alan Syliboy created a mural for the school's main lobby.
Reached at his studio in Truro, N.S., Syliboy said it means a lot to him to see a piece of his art, as well as other Indigenous displays, set up throughout the school."That's a vehicle for change and it helps to bring the world to be aware of other cultures," said Syliboy, who crafted the mural from several individual pieces of his artwork. "I think Indigenous people have been invisible in this landscape for a long, long time, so change is good."
Excerpts from article by Paul Palmeter · CBC News
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ACTIVE PLANNING APPLICATIONS IN D-13
Case 22097 - #94 & #96 Pockwock Road, Hammonds Plains
Case 22547 - Winslow Drive, Upper Tantallon
Case 22732 - #5 and #7 Kingswood Drive, Hammonds Plains
Case 23213 - Beaver Bank, Hammonds Plains, and Upper Sackville Plan Area
Case 23271 - Lot A1 and Lot 2, Hammonds Plains Road
Case 23720 - Hammonds Plains Road and Crestfield Drive
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OPEN HOUSE: MELVIN LAKE WIND FARM
Up to 16 wind turbines are being proposed on crown land and private properties just south of Highway 101 and west of the Pockwock watershed.
OPEN HOUSE
When: 7pm - 9pm Weds, Sept. 15
Where: Upper Hammonds Plains Community Centre, 711 Pockwock Rd.
More info: https://www.abo-wind.com/en/the-company/international/canada/melvin-lake-wind/index.php
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The Little Gym Halifax Opens in Hammonds Plains!!
Visit The Little Gym at 5 Bridle Path, Voyageur Lakes, Hammonds Plains.
Website: thelittlegym.com/halifaxns
Phone: (902) 431-5437
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THANK YOU to the shoppers, donors, and many volunteers of Share the Harvest 2021! Together, we raised over $2,500 for the St. Margaret's Bay Food Bank!!
(From back left, Kathy Boutilier, SMB Food Bank; Rebecca Weickert, Bay Seniors; Beth Newman, Peggy's Cove Area Festival of the Arts; Robert Cervelli, Transition Bay St Margarets; Pam Lovelace, HRM Councillor District 13; Danielle Barkhouse, MLA; Lesta Armstrong, Western Halifax Community Learning Network. Front row (l-r), Claudy Levy, SMB Gardening Club; Chris Pelham, SMB Community Enterprise Centre; Ben Jessome, MLA.)
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Peggy's Cove Land Use Bylaw Review
The Land Use Bylaw (LUB) is an important document that helps manage land use and provides guidance to the development of Peggy's Cove. Peggy's Cove has its own LUB which falls under the authority of the Peggy's Cove Commission and not HRM.
To find out more about the Land Use Bylaw Review and how you can participate, please visit: http://www.peggyscovelub.ca
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Do you know an outstanding volunteer who gives back to your community? You can give them the recognition they deserve!
Nominate an adult, youth, or group for the 2022 HRM Volunteer Awards until Dec. 15, 2021. Nomination forms are available now: www.halifax.ca/volunteerawards
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NEVER MISS ANOTHER GARBAGE DAY!
DOWNLOAD THE APP
Weekly green cart collection continues for August and September. Put your cart out for collection each week until the end of September. Recycling is picked up every two weeks, there are no bag limits for recycling.
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CONTACT US
311 – HRM’s Call Centre
HRM’s call centre is open 7 days a week, Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday & Sunday 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. to respond to routine inquiries and complaints from HRM residents.
For more information please visit http://www.halifax.ca/311/
RCMP Non-Emergency Line
Call police dispatch at 902-490-5020. In an emergency, call 911.
TIR Operations Centre
The provincial Operations Contact Centre is open 24/7 and can be reached 1-844-696-7737 or by email tir-occ@novascotia.ca.
Call Pam's HRM office
Call Pam's office for assistance with your municipal issues. Please have your 311 reference number ready. You can reach Council Coordinator Quentin Hill during the business day. His phone number is 902-490-1463 or email quentin.hill@halifax.ca
Regional Council Reports and Agendas
If you want to read reports coming to Regional Council (posted mid-day Friday prior to the Tuesday meeting) or to check the agenda
https://www.halifax.ca/city-hall/regional-council
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