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ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY STANDING COMMITTEE
AGENDA

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Council Chambers, City Hall

1 p.m. - 4 p.m.

In Camera - 3:30 p.m.

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - February 3, 2011

3. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS, ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS

Additions:

10.1 Councillor Sloane re: Request for Staff Report on Pyritic

        Slate Process

10.2 Councillor Watts re: Request for Report on Fair Trade Towns

        Certification Process

 

6.1 Correspondence

      6.1.1 Chris Benjamin, Healthy Lawns Coordinator, Ecology

               Action Centre, dated March 2, 2011 re: PFNS position

               on FeHEDTA

      6.1.2 Alexandra Curtis, resident of Centreville, dated February

               27, 2011 re: Maintain Pesticide By-Law

      6.1.3 Helen Jones, Past Member of Pesticide By-Law Advisory

              Committee, dated March 2, 2011 and March 3, 2011 re:

               FeHEDTA

4. BUSINESS ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES - NONE

5. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS

    5.1 Draft Terms of Reference

6. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS AND DELEGATIONS

    6.1 Correspondence

          6.1.1 Chris Benjamin, Healthy Lawns Coordinator, Ecology

                  Action Centre, dated January 12, 2011, February 2,

                  2011 and March 2, 2011 re: PFNS Position on HRM Pesticide

                  By-Law       

         6.1.2 Alexandra Curtis, resident of Centreville, dated February

                  27, 2011 re: Maintain Pesticide By-Law

         6.1.3 Helen Jones, Past Member of Pesticide By-Law Advisory

                  Committee, dated March 2, 2011 and March 3, 2011 re:

                  FeHEDTA

    6.2 Petitions

    6.3 Presentations

          6.3.1 Proposed By-Law S-607 Revisions (staff presentation

                     - to be circulated)

          6.3.2 Project 00953: Wind Energy Facilities in HRM

                   (staff presentation)

       

7. REPORTS

    7.1 STAFF REPORTS

          7.1.1 Corporate Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Plan

          7.1.2 Invasive Species

          7.1.3 Corporate Knights Sustainable Cities Rankings 2011

          7.1.4 Corporate Sustainability Filter

          7.1.5 Solar City Update (verbal update)

          7.1.6 Lake Banook Weed Growth (verbal update)

8. MOTIONS

9. NOTICES OF MOTION

10. ADDED ITEMS  

      10.1 Councillor Sloane re: Request for Staff Report on Pyritic

              Slate Process

      10.2 Councillor Watts re: Request for Report on Fair Trade Towns

              Certification Process

11. NEXT MEETING DATE - April 7, 2011

      (change in meeting location - Media Room)

12. ADJOURNMENT

 

IN CAMERA - 3:30 p.m.

1. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES - February 3, 2011

2. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS

3. LEGAL MATTER - BARRIERS TO NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

    EXPANSION

4. PERSONNEL MATTER - CITIZEN APPOINTMENTS TO HALIFAX REGIONAL

    WATER COMMISSION


INFORMATION ITEMS

1. Correspondence from Minister Belliveau dated February January

    20, 2011 re: RRFB’s Diversion and Incentive Programs

2. Information Report dated January 31, 2011 re: Integrated Community

     Sustainability Plan (ICSP)

3. Correspondence from Minister Belliveau dated February 1, 2011 re:

    Environment Protection - Blueberry Hill Mine, Tangier

4. Information Report dated February 1, 2011 re: Blue Flag Beaches

5. Information Report dated February 10, 2011 re: Outcome Area:

    Clean and Healthy Environment

6. Information Report dated February 14, 2011 re: Climate SMART

    Risk Management Strategy Update

7. Information Report dated February 15, 2011 re: Lake Water Quality

8. Information Report dated March 3, 2011 re: Environment By-Law

    Enforcement Officer

9. Briefing Form dated March 3, 2011 re: Administrative Order 23

    and HRM Pesticide By-Law

10. Briefing Form dated March 3, 2011 re: SEMO Topics Menu and

     Rolling Agenda