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Submissions to Halifax's Regional Planning/Secondary Planning Strategies

Modified: July 06, 2021              

Contents:

(Some of the following documents are in PDF format)

 Introduction on our involvement

 Formal submissions during year-2004

 Formal submissions during year-2005

 Formal submissions during year-2006 (includes our submission to the Regional Council for the public hearing on May 16, 2006)

 Formal submission during year-2012 to the RP+5 initiative of the HRM: Reference# RP+5_Submission2012april17 (revised)

  Formal submission to the River-Lakes Secondary Planning Strategy, Public Hearing on October 23, 2012: River-Lakes Secondary Planning Strategy2012october21

 Formal summarised submission to the Regional Council during the public hearing of RP+5 on June 24, 2014: Reference# RP+5_PHSubmission2014

  Formal submission to the Public hearing on February 23, 2016:- Case 20150: River-lakes Secondary Plan No-net Phosphorus Loading Policy Amendment

Formal composite submission to the RP+10, year 2020 (33 p.)

Introduction on our involvement

Formal submissions during year-2004

• Submission to the Regional Council Public Hearing on May 04, 2004- Interim Growth Management Strategy, Regional Planning - Proposed Amendments District 1, 2 & 3

Formal submissions during year-2005

• Our submission/critique on the final draft (#2) of the Regional Plan, HRM: December 18, 2005; an addendum to our December 18th submission:
  • Ref. rp2005_02: "Enact a Lawn Fertilizer Bylaw banning the use of phosphorus containing fertilizers similar or superior to the year-2001 bylaw of the City of Minneapolis"
  • Ref. rp2005_03: "Endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) in the effluents of STPs (sewage treatment plants) with focus on those discharging into lakes and rivers"
  • Ref. rp2005_04: "All studies relating to potential impacts on lakes and rivers should be conducted by a qualified limnologist; and all studies should also include the professional designations/credentials of all the participants"
  • Ref. rp2005_05: "Set up a civil service LAKES AUTHORITY in order to restore lakes, address public concerns, and related aspects"
  • Ref. rp2005_06: "Set up scientifically credible Lake Carrying Capacities (LCC) prior to any further development with urgent focus on Morris, Russell, Kearney, and Papermill Lakes"
  • Ref. rp2005_07: "Abandon the `paranoia' about onsite septic systems notwithstanding several negative studies of the HRM which are not based on sound published science"
  • Ref. rp2005_08: ........... <snip> .......................................................................................... <snip> .........................
    
  • Ref. rp2005_09: "Most stormwater treatment that HRM's several staff allude to at public hearings/meetings is only Erosion & Sediment Control, and not the more severe `post-development stressors'"
  • Ref. "KNOWLEDGE/info.html": DVD+R disk for use only on a computer DVD Reader with a wide range of info, PDF versions of two of our studies (among 50+), 20 of our half hour Tv videos (among 323), our musicals on the Shubenacadie Lakes, etc.

Formal submissions during year-2006

• Our formal written submission (85 pages) dated January 30, 2006 on the Draft #2 of the HRM Regional Plan

• Our written submission (6 pages) dated May 09, 2006 to the Regional Council for the public hearing to be held on May 16, 2006 on Draft #3 of the Regional Plan

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