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Councillor’s Communique : APRIL 2004 - Issue #
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DISTRICT BOUNDARIES
Earlier
this year, a directive was issued by the NS
Utility and Review Board requesting HRM for an
alternate 23 seat Council scenario attempting to
meet an equalized +/- 10% population ratio per
district criteria. Their decision has resulted in
some modifications to practically all of the
districts.
In
particular to District 3, the western boundaries
will be moving closer to Metro whereas the eastern
boundary will remain the same. Primarily, District
3 will be expanding to include the Little Salmon
River subdivision, Ross Road, Westmount Plains,
Coleridge Estates, Cherry Brook Road, Lake Loon
Road, MacLaughlin Road, Westphal Trailer Park and
the rest of Lake Major & Crane Hill.
These
boundaries will be in effect for the October 16th,
2004 General Municipal Elections. Any questions as
to how this might apply to any impact any
particular situation may be referred to HRM
Solicitors at 490-4229 or 490-4226.
There
will also be a name change to reflect this
adjustment. Effective as of November 2nd,
2004, the new District 3 will be referred to as
Preston - Lawrencetown - Chezzetcook, instead of
Preston - Porters Lake. This new name reflects the
historical Halifax British Colony land grants that
formed the original Preston & Laurence
‘Townships’ &
the French Acadian Chezzetcook settlements
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HRM
REC CONNECT
Now, it's even easier to play, move, learn, and stay
active with HRM Recreation & Leisure programs.
“RecConnect” is the newest electronic service
that HRM provides.
Now you can register for recreation programs on-line at
www.halifax.ca/RecConnect
or by touch-tone by calling
490-EAZY (3299) or 1-866-263-EAZY (3299).
This
next step in e-services is convenient, safe, and
flexible - you can access the service 24 hours a
day, seven days a week. |
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MARINE
RIDERS ATV CLUB
Local
Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) users have formed an
association to lobby for improvements to the
proposed provincial OHV legislation and to
help create and improve shared access to local
trails for OHV use.
The
main objective would be to establish trail links
with the communities of Musquodoboit Harbour, the
Chezzetcooks, Porters Lake and Lake Echo.
Membership is $25 which includes dual membership
with the ATV Association of NS (ATVANS).
Anyone
interested in joining this ATV club ought to
contact Marine Riders c/o Scott & Sara
MacInnis, Site 23, Box 0, Gaetz Brook, HRM, NS,
B0J 1N0.
Telephone 827-5577 or cell 476-8967 or
476-1502 and by e-mail at mhjsc@accesswave.ca
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CHEZZETCOOK
- MUSQ. HBR. TRAIL
Interest
is also forming to establish a community group for
the undeveloped section of the Trans-Canada Trail
Corridor between Chezzetcook and Musquodoboit
Harbour.
The
group; “Head Chezzetcook - Musquodoboit Harbour
Trail Association” plans to host
a couple of "opener" community
consultations on:
Monday,
April 5th at 7 PM at the Musquodoboit
Harbour Recreation Centre
and on Monday, April 19that 7PM at the
Porter's Lake Superstore.
For
further details please contact Susan Cook via
e-mail at: susan_cook@hotmail.com |
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QUICKER
STREETLIGHT REPAIRS
NS
Power work crews have been very busy since
Hurricane Juan and the recent winter storms to
respond to all of those non-working streetlights.
Now the NS Power's website enables you to report
various problems with street-lighting to them
directly. Go to:
www.nspower.ca/YourHome/Streetlights/streetLightReport.htm
or
it can be accessed from their homepage at www.nspower.ca/
by clicking on the link entitled "Streetlight
Problems?"
However;
lighting along Hwy #107 and its interchanges
should be reported to the NS DoT&PW -
Chezzetcook Depot ( 827-2544) who will forward it
through to NS Power who is under contract to the
Province.
If
you have any concerns, please contact
me directly. I have been accumulating a list
of faulty lights as well as requests for new
lighting that will be forwarded to NS Power this
Spring. |
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Sincerely, |
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Councillor David Hendsbee
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3288 - # 7 Hwy, Lake Echo, NS, B3E 1C6
Web-Site:
www.hendsbee.ns.ca & http://www.halifax.ca/
E-Mail:
david@hendsbee.ns.ca
hendsbd@halifax.ca
829-2465
(Office)
829-3620
(Fax)
483-0705
(Cell)
490-4050
(Halifax) |
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