Lindell Smith is not running for a third term as councillor for Halifax Peninsula North after representing the district for the past eight years. 

When elected at 26, Smith was the youngest councillor and the first African Nova Scotian on city council in 16 years.

The lifelong resident of the city's North End talked to host Portia Clark on CBC Radio's Information Morning Halifax about why he only wanted to do two terms, his time as councillor and his future. 

This interview has been edited for len…