Ms. Donna Davis-Lohnes

The debate format will not be a format that you've perhaps seen before - it's basically going to be equal time back and forth and not a formal debating procedure, but the negative will go first - Donna Davis-Lohnes, who will have a maximum of seven minutes to present the negative.
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Donna will then present another four minutes of the negative rejoinder to the comments and Jill will then have a maximum of four minutes, and then we'll have summations of three minutes each - the negative and the affirmative.
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Donna Davis-Lohnes will be representing the negative on the resolution.Her current position is General Manager of Planning Services with HRM.She has been employed with HRM since amalgamation in 1996.She has been in the Planning Services Department consisting of a staff of 32; 19 of which are trained planners.She's worked for the Town of Bedford prior to amalgamation for 8 years; initially as a planner and then as a Director of Planning and Development Control for 3 years.Her education is a bachelors with honors in geography from St. Mary's University; a masters of science in planning from the University of Toronto, with a specialization in housing policy and program development.Her areas of planning interest are housing policy, watershed management, heritage conservation, regional planning, and growth management.
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Donna Davis-Lohnes:
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Donna Davis-Lohnes: I think a real strength is the fact that we have four great institutions in the urban area that offer planning related courses at different levels.
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Donna Davis-Lohnes: That's a terrific suggestion.
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Patricia Manuel: I have a student for you (Donna Davis-Lohnes) for next semester.
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Donna Davis-Lohnes: I think COGS is a great institution.

Note: The PAC report included as an attachment a staff report dated July 13, 1998 submitted under the signatures of Donna Davis-Lohnes, General Manager, Planning Services, and Grace Ho, Planner.
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A supplementary staff report, dated December 16, 1998, was submitted under the signatures of Donna Davis-Lohnes, General Manager, Planning Services, and Grace Ho, Planner.
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A staff report dated December 11, 1998 and entitled Case No. 00014: Rezoning Request - Exhibition Park at Goodwood, was submitted under the signatures of Donna Davis-Lohnes, General Manager, Planning Services, and Paul Morgan Planner.
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A staff report dated December 14, 1998 and entitled Rezoning of 6471-6487 Chebucto Road from R-2 (General Residential) to R-2T (Townhouse) - Case 00030 - Polling District 14, was submitted under the signatures of Donna Davis-Lohnes, General Manager, Planning Services, and Shelley A. Dickey, Planner.
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Ms. Donna Davis-Lohnes, General Manager of Planning Services, briefly addressed Council to summarize staff's position with regard to comments made during tonight's public hearing.

In reference to one of the questions put forward by Mr. Larry Worthen with regard to "general guides," Ms. Davis-Lohnes clarified that the amounts identified under that heading represent maximums.
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Ms. Davis-Lohnes also indicated that, while it is always difficult to anticipate the Review Board's ruling on matters under appeal, should Council make an arbitrary decision which is not based on the intent of the planning policy, numbers that are less than those indicated by the "general guides" will be more difficult to defend.

Ms. Davis-Lohnes went on to describe transportation and traffic as the most contentious issue addressed by this planning process to date, and acknowledged that staff's position on the matter is quite different from that of the area residents.In this context, she pointed out that while staff have recommended that transportation issues be evaluated through the Master Planning exercise, residents feel strongly that the matter should be addressed immediately and included in policy.Ms. Davis-Lohnes emphasized that staff do not disagree that transportation (particularly as it relates to Portland Estate Boulevard) is a cause for concern; however, they feel that alternatives to the problem should be considered in the context of the Master Plan.
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Responding to a question from Councillor Stone, Ms. Donna Davis-Lohnes, General Manager, Planning Services, clarified that the application from Home Depot will continue to be addressed in conjunction with the overall Commercial Policy review process and not as a site-specific request.She noted, however, that, in deference to the applicant who wished a definitive time frame to be placed on the process, staff are proposing to submit their recommendations to the Community Council by March 4.