Halifax Regional Council
Agenda
May 12, 2009
6:00 p.m.
Council Chamber
In Camera Session
2:30 p.m. or
immediately following
Committee of the Whole
1. INVOCATION
2. SPECIAL COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - April 28, 2009 (107KB)
Minutes of May 12, 2009 (107KB)
4. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AND APPROVAL OF
ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS
5. BUSINESS ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES
6. MOTIONS OF RECONSIDERATION - NONE
7. MOTIONS OF RESCISSION - NONE
8. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS
8.1 HRM by Design
(i) Supplementary Staff Report (4.4 Mb)
(ii) Urban Design Task Force Report (162 Kb)
(iii) Regional Plan Advisory Committee Report (88 Kb)
(iv) Heritage Advisory Committee Report (143 Kb)
(v) February 4, 2009 Staff Report REVISED (5.0 Mb)
(vi) Proposed Downtown Halifax Secondary Municipal
Planning Strategy (3.4 Mb) REVISED
(vii) Proposed Downtown Halifax Land Use By-Law (9.1 Mb)
REVISED
(viii) Proposed Barrington Street Heritage Conservation District
Revitalization Plan and By-Law (4.5 Mb) REVISED
(ix) District 12 Planning Advisory Committee Report (706 Kb)
9. PUBLIC HEARINGS - 6:00 p.m.
9.1 Case H00220 - De-Registration of 170 Exhibition Grounds
Road, Middle Musquodoboit (A Municipally Registered
9.2 Case 01224 - Amendments to Eastern Passage / Cow Bay
Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use By-Law, Eastern
Postponed - Date to be determined
9.3 By-Law N-200, Respecting Noise - By-Law Exemption
Application - Canadian Cancer Society Relay For Life Events
10. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
10.1 Correspondence - None
10.2 Petitions
10.3 Presentation
10.3.1 Jeux de l’Acadie
11. REPORTS
11.1 CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
11.1.1 2009 / 2010 Capital and Operating Budgets
(Staff Presentation)
Additional Budget Information:
(i) Halifax Regional Police Budget (79 Kb)
11.1.2 Additional Advanced Funding for the 2009 / 2010Capital Budget - Streets and Roads, Sidewalks and
Curbs (176 Kb)
11.1.3 Funding - Sackville Landing Boardwalk (1.6 Mb)
11.2 HERITAGE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
11.2.1 Case H00226 - Application to consider 7910,
12. MOTIONS
12.1 Councillor Nicoll
“That staff prepare a report to Council with possible options to modify the transit tax structure and/or boundaries chosen by Council on April 28, 2009 (Option 6b) to address some of the anomalies and concerns raised subsequent to Council’s decision. The option should be complimentary and not deviate from the spirit or intent of Option 6b. Further, the options to be brought back for this year’s budgetary discussions.”
12.2 Councillor Adams
“To amend HRM’s tendering policy to allow the Chief Administrative Officer the ability to award tenders up to $500,000, consistent with the other provisions of the policy.”
13. ADDED ITEMS
Deletions:
9.2 Case 01224 - Amendments to Eastern Passage /
Cow Bay Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use
By-Law, Eastern Passage
Postponed - Date to be determined
Additions:
13.1 Correspondence - Request for Ceremonial Fly-Past -
Canada Day Celebrations (84 Kb)
13.2 Councillor Johns - Rebecca Cohn Parking for Parents
of Millwood High Grads (106 Kb)
14. NOTICES OF MOTION
15. ADJOURNMENT
In Camera Session - 2:30 p.m. or immediately following
Committee of the Whole
1. Approval of the Minutes - April 28, 2009
2. Approval of the Order of Business
3. Contractual Matter - Four Pad Ice Facility
(Staff Presentation - To be circulated)
4. Legal Matter - Demand Side Management Hearing
(Staff Presentation)
5. Legal Matter - Settlement of Claim
6. Personnel Matter - Citizen Appointments to Boards, Committees &
Commissions (Deferred May 5/09)
INFORMATION ITEMS
May 12, 2009
1. Proclamation - International Day Against Homophobia and
Transphobia - May 17, 2009 (90 Kb)
2. Proclamation - National Public Works Week - May 17-23, 2009
3. Memorandum from Director, Transportation & Public Works
dated May 1, 2009 re: National Public Works Week - May 17-23,
