HRM Centre Plan – Have Your Say!
Centre Plan Package B
Opportunity to provide input into Land Use Bylaws
The Centre Plan is a planning process for peninsular Halifax and Dartmouth within the boundaries of the Circumferential Highway that will help shape the future of development. As you may know the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the Centre Plan Package B public engagement process and project timeline. We are pleased to be able to provide additional feedback and community engagement opportunities with a focus on established residential neighbourhoods with a goal of adopting Centre Plan Package B in the second half of 2021.
The Centre Plan website provides access to all draft planning documents, an interactive map, and fact sheets. New fact sheets were recently added to compare existing and proposed zoning rules in established residential areas. All feedback will be summarized in a “What We Heard” report, provided to Council, and considered in revisions to the draft Plan and Land Use By-law.
Virtual Public Meetings
Interested in planning issues in your neighbourhood? Join Centre Plan planning staff for one of three virtual public consultation meetings using Microsoft Teams Live Event:
Monday, November 16 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon.
Monday, November 23 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Thursday, November 26, 2020 from 12 noon – 1:30 p.m.
Here’s how you can participate:
Watch the live event online and participate through the online chat
Call into the meeting and listen via your phone.
Register to speak through the phone line (click on the link & when you get there scroll down to the bottom of the page) by 3 p.m. the day before each meeting.
View the participation instructions here
https://www.shapeyourcityhalifax.ca/…/widgets/70591/d…/42976
All three meetings will include the same presentation.
Small Group Meetings
Planning staff are also available for small virtual or in-person meetings with neighbourhood groups. To schedule a meeting in November or December, please e-mail planhrm@halifax.ca. The latest gathering limits and social distancing measures will need to be followed.
Neighbourhood Walks https://www.facebook.com/centreplanwalks
Walk ‘n Roll Halifax invites residents, community leaders and local organizations to join guided tours throughout the Regional Centre to raise awareness about Centre Plan Package B and collect input from residents. The focus of these 2020 walking tours (first series held in 2016) will be on low-density established residential neighbourhoods. Please take advantage of this opportunity to share information about your neighbourhood with your neighbours and the Centre Plan team. Participate to learn, first-hand, about the proposed changes and to provide your feedback & comments to the planners.
To ensure compliance with the Public Health orders, groups will be limited to 8 participants on each tour, plus a Walk ‘n Roll facilitator and a municipal planner. Registration is required; more info to follow on that. The walks will be scheduled shortly; please check back to see the schedule and select one that interests you. You can also book a walk at a time and location to suit you, if you are part of a community group or club or organization and have 5-8 interested participants. Please contact Walk N’ Roll or e-mail planhrm@halifax.ca to make a booking.
Pop-Up at the North Branch Library – to talk about the Saint Patrick’s Alexandra Site:
Saturday, November 14, 2020
Stop by the Halifax North Branch Library on Saturday, November 14, between 11:30 a.m. & 2 p.m. to speak with a municipal planner, in-person, about the planning policies for the future redevelopment of the Saint Patrick’s Alexandra Site. The Halifax North Memorial Public Library is located at 2285 Gottingen Street. Please observe COVID-19 protocols.
Virtual Meeting – Saint Patrick’s Alexandra Site:
As part of the Centre Plan (Package B) process, and with support from the HRM African Nova Scotian Affairs and Integration Office (ANSAIO), HRM planning staff will be hosting a virtual online public consultation meeting using Microsoft Teams Live Event on Thursday, November 19, 2020 from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm to present and receive feedback on planning policies that will guide the future redevelopment for the former Saint Patrick’s Alexandra school site.
Here’s how you can participate:
https://www.shapeyourcityhalifax.ca/centre-plan
Watch the live event online and participate through the online chat
Call into the meeting and listen via your phone.
Register to speak through the phone line (click on the link below & when you get there scroll down to the bottom of the page) by 3 p.m. the day before each meeting.
View the How To Participate in the meeting document.
https://www.shapeyourcityhalifax.ca/centre-plan
I know this is not a regular post, but I do hope you find the information useful.
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Until next time,
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Michael P Currie
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