Regional Council

Halifax Regional Council

Agenda

January 10, 2012
6:00 p.m.
Council Chamber

1. INVOCATION

2. SPECIAL COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – December 6 (69KB) & 13, 2011 (99KB)

Minutes for January 10, 2012 (118KB)

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 – NONE

9. PUBLIC HEARINGS – 6:00 P.M.
9.1 Proposed By-Law S-434, An Amendment to By-Law S-400,

Respecting Local Improvement Charges – New Paving Projects

Outside the Core Area 2010 – Joan Elizabeth Way, Sandy Point

Road, Mannette Court (980 Kb)

HERITAGE HEARINGS
9.2 Case H00353 – Application to Consider 1141 Cartaret Street,

Halifax as a Municipally Registered Heritage Property (3.2 Mb)
9.3 Case H00359 – Application to Consider 5720-22 Inglis Street,

Halifax as a Municipally Registered Heritage Property (2.6 Mb)

Presentations (3.55 MB)

10. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
10.1 Correspondence – None
10.2 Petitions

11. REPORTS
11.1 CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

11.1.1 Greater Halifax Partnership - Connector Program

   (189 Kb)
11.1.2 Request for Proposal #11-077 – Integrated Telephone

& Internet Voting (226 Kb)
11.1.3 Amended Investment Policy

(i) Staff Report (184 Kb)
(ii) Audit and Finance Standing Committee Report

   (2.1 Mb)

11.1.4 Case 17397 – Redevelopment of the Former Bay

           Department Store – 7067 Chebucto Road, Halifax

   (1.6 Mb)
11.1.5 Case 17195 – 6112 Quinpool Road – Proposed

           Amendments to the Halifax Municipal Planning

           Strategy and Halifax Peninsula Land Use By-Law

   (8.7 Mb)
11.1.6 First Reading Proposed By-Law C-702 – An

           amendment to By-Law C-700 Respecting Cemeteries

           and Administrative Order 20 Respecting Fees for

           Cemetery Service (549 Kb)

11.2 ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY STANDING COMMITTEE

11.2.1 Partnership Agreement – Clean Nova Scotia (920 Kb)

11.3 TRANSPORTATION STANDING COMMITTEE

11.3.1 Commuter Rail Feasibility Study (1.1 Mb)

12. MOTIONS

12.1 Councillor Watts

“To request a staff report to review the current surplus Property Disposal Policy, addressing issues of Municipal mandate / requirements and public consultation.”

13. ADDED ITEMS

13.1 Special Events Advisory Committee Recommendation

Report "Non-Annual Events Grant Program - Second

Intake (5.87 MB)

13.2 Councillor Fisher - Request for staff report re: Changes

to HRM booking/payment symstem for arena users

(95KB)

13.3 Proclamation - Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers Awareness

Month - January, 2012 (202KB)

14. NOTICES OF MOTION

15. IN CAMERA

Council may rise and go into a private In Camera session, in accordance with Section 19 of the Halifax Regional Municipality Charter, for the purpose of dealing with the following;

15.1 In Camera Minutes – December 13, 2011
Motion:
That the In Camera minutes of December 13, 2011 be approved as circulated.

15.2 Labour Relations

A matter pertaining to reports, advice and recommendations, instruction or direction to officers and employees of the Municipality concerning labour relations and employee negotiations arising out of the contract or contract negotiations with one of the Municipalities unions.