- 0 ELIEF ADVISORY CJ'~ .'.I TTE"F' -

~ayor 1 3 0ffice, City Hall,

June 30th, 1~31.

A meetin5 ot the Relief AJvisory Corr.rr,i ttez was helj

this a.o.rning at 11 o'cloc:.C in tte 'Jffice 0f His ":orship

the .. :a.yor, City Hal J. Present His 1·:or ship ·,r. ...,yor Parker,

Cn3.ir:;.a.n ;;l.nd Aljerrr.en Finl:iy ;;1. 11:..1. Sc~tnlon. Also vresent

Alda.rman Gojwin, H. ~ . John3t c n Aasistant Ci t y EnginGer

o.H;i t he City Cl e rk ;;.:.nJ J:.;i.:r:es Leitch.

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Hi3 '''01·shi1..:o the ~.~c.yor in..torn.el th·3 r:'0 r~:1n i ttee that

tne (l.eetin6 ·_:...i....i b3 2n cc..lleJ. to h au.r a co::-. .f.il1::1.int fror..

Mr. Leitch.

~r. Le itch in stating hi3 case informed the Co~~­

ittea that his i welling and everything he had was les-

troyed in the f'Cxp losion. Hi s p rc ·,erty f a. "" e s three stre9ts

R._,oa.e, D~ffus Q.Ill Schoel Strs2ts. Hia .lwelling stooJ on

tne south eni ot ~ he lot. After the Relief Corrmission

coaJ.encel thair activities in the neig~borbooi they

constructej a new iiagonal street which ~ asses the west­

ern side of his land. In icing this work the 1iagonal

str33t N~~ rhi s ej so~e 8 feet above the olj level lestroy­

ing his property from his point of vie v. A~ coniitions

are at fresent it is i mpossible for hi ~ to rebuill on

the aite of his for~er ho~e. The Relief Co~~isaion ~1-

vised hi~ to holJ on to his ~ra~ z rty ~~i not to sell it,

st3.ting th::.i..t they t-Jropose .i m1kin '; ::i be auty spot of it.

This hi:l.s not be~n -.lone :..i.1i:l he h::.i.a bee n o.scesse.i by tha

City for lani he c~~Got use. He recently received a tax

bill for this 11nd for ~ 100.44 which he felt it i hard­

ship to p ::iy while th3 land is useles3 to hi m. Fe unier­

stooi that th9 Relief Co~~ission~ original iieas 1s to

i ffi froving the streets at hi3 froparty have been chan~ej

Copy of City of Halifax Minutes of Halifax Relief Commission Advisory Committee provided by Halifax Regional Municipality Archives. Note that these minutes were extracted from Volume 3 of the Special Committee minute books, 102-1G-3

June ZOth, lSSl.

since the makinq of blue ~rints which they showe~ him

some t irr.c £:.i.~·o .

He urgel that the Relief Commission shoulj correct

the existing conditions an~ place his pro~erty in as

good s~a~e as before tte F~µlosion.

'Lr. Jonnaton e.{t'resse;i tl:s view that the City was

e qua.lly concerne:t with r.tr. Leitch that the froposed. work

on these atreets sh~uli be iinis~ei.

His r:orship the !Jlayor inforcrej '.1r. Leitch that he

w0uld co~~unicate with the Relief Corr~i3sio~ anj arran~e

for ~ conference between that bojy an1 this Com~ittee.

The meeting alj-urnel.

J.e. Parker, l '!Jl.YOP A· ~D CF-lfl!P 1.!A ~;.

~ ,~~~{~ L. Frej :.ronaghan,

CITY CLFP~(·

Copy of City of Halifax Minutes of Halifax Relief Commission Advisory Committee provided by Halifax Regional Municipality Archives. Note that these minutes were extracted from Volume 3 of the Special Committee minute books, 102-1G-3