An article about this proposal going to the local PAC:
https://www.thestar.com/halifax/2018...f-the-top.html
Impossible to know if the article is capturing the gist of what the committee members said or picking out specific themes, but the focus on height is unfortunate. I also dislike how some people involved in the planning process seem to think that they are doing market planning, trying to match demand to supply through picking the right number of units to approve. They will not do a better job of this than the city's vibrant housing market will. The job of planners is to manage coordination issues that developers will not, e.g. make sure the public services needed for a development can be provided and make sure a development doesn't have an outsized negative impact on neighbours.
The height focus is annoying because the choice of 26 vs 20 storeys is arbitrary and unimportant. Of course nobody mentioned or was quoted mentioning that this proposal looks like it's from 2002, and there was no talk of materials, quality, or urban design. Planning is not only about height and density.