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Halifax Regional Council Agenda

March 24, 2015
1:00 p.m.
Reconvene 6:00 p.m. If Required
Council Chamber

Summary of Recorded Votes (151Kb)

Minutes of March 24, 2015 (66 Kb)

1. INVOCATION

2. SPECIAL COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTESJanuary 28 (54Kb) & February 3, 2015 (128Kb)

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. – NONE

10. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
10.1 Correspondence

10.1.1 Fly-past Request – Deadman’s Island Remembrance Event (28 Kb)

10.1.2 Fly-past Request – HMCS IROQUOIS Paying Off Ceremony (97 Kb)

10.2 Petitions

11. REPORTS
11.1 CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

11.1.1 Award – Unit Price Tender No. 15-211 – Street Planer Patching – Various Locations (95 Kb)

11.1.2 Award – Unit Price Tender No. 15-201, Pedestrian Overpass Remediation – Victoria Road – East Region (91 Kb)

11.1.3 2015 Spring Debenture (268 Kb)

11.1.4 Petition of Susan Sutherland (formerly Sheehan) for Private Right of Way (43 Mb - large file)

- Presentation

11.2 GRANTS COMMITTEE
11.2.1 Grants to Volunteer Search and Rescue Organizations Recommended Awards 2014 (188 Kb)

11.2.2 Proposed Amendments to Administrative Order 2014-001-ADM, Respecting Tax Relief to Non-Profit Organizations – Referral by Council (493 Kb)
Motion – Councillor Dalrymple – Approve amendments to Administrative Order 2014-001-ADM

11.2.3 Proposed Amendments to Administrative Order 2014-012-ADM Respecting Grants for Rural Transit (491 Kb)
Motion – Councillor Dalrymple – Approve amendments to Administrative Order 2014-012-ADM


11.3 HERITAGE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
11.3.1 Case H00410 – Background Study toward the Establishment of a Heritage Conservation District in Barrington South (Old South Suburb) (9.9 Mb)

11.4 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL
11.4.1 Deputy Mayor Nicoll – Right-of-Way Stormwater Charge Options (860 Kb)

11.4.2 Councillor McCluskey – Current and Potential Municipal Initiatives to Support Affordable Housing (6.7 Mb)


12. MOTIONS
12.1 Councillor Hendsbee

That Halifax Regional Council request an in-camera staff report to deal with an issue of refunding and/or reversing a tax-sale proceeding or entertaining a land exchange proposal as a means to resolve a development dispute.

13. 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:

13.1 In Camera Minutes – January 28 and February 3, 2015
Motion:
That the In Camera minutes of January 28 and February 3, 2015 be approved as circulated.

13.2 Property Matter
A matter pertaining to providing instruction and direction to officers and employees of the Municipality pertaining to the acquisition / sale of land in regard to

13.2.1 Property Acquisition – Governors Lake, NS – Private and Confidential Report
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council direct staff to negotiate an acquisition of vacant lands in the Governors Lake area, Timberlea, for public water access as outlined in the private and confidential staff report dated March 3, 2015 and to return to Regional Council, if required, for the approval of the Agreement of Purchase and Sale.

13.2.2 Property Matter – Bancroft Lane Burnside Park, Dartmouth – Private and Confidential Report
Motion:
It is recommended that Halifax Regional Council:
1) Approve the sale of a portion of PID 41093477 and 41093485, Bancroft Lane, Burnside Park, Dartmouth, further to the terms and conditions outlined in Table 1 of the private and confidential staff report dated February 3, 2015;
2) Approve a temporary construction easement over a portion of PID No.’s 41093477 and 41093485 being the existing Bancroft Lane, Dartmouth further to the terms and conditions outlined in Table 1 of the private and confidential staff report dated February 3, 2015; and
3) Approve the sale of the remaining portions of PIDs 41093477 and 41093485, Bancroft Lane, Dartmouth, further to the terms and conditions outlined in Table 2 of the private and confidential staff report dated February 3, 2015.

It is further recommended that this report not be released to the public until the transaction has closed.

14. ADDED ITEMS

15. NOTICES OF MOTION

16. ADJOURNMENT



INFORMATION ITEMS
March 24, 2015

1. Memorandum from the Director of Parks and Recreation dated February 24, 2015 re: Ramsbrook Court – Access to Mainland North Linear Trail (464 Kb)

2. Memorandum from the Director of Operations Support dated March 3, 2015 re: Supplemental Building Information – 1588 Barrington Street (194 Kb)

3. Memorandum from the Director of Parks and Recreation dated March 3, 2015 re: Status of Arts Incubator Pilot at 1588 Barrington Street (327 Kb)

4. Memorandum from the Municipal Clerk dated March 16, 2015 re: Requests for Presentation to Council – Breanna Wilkes (18 Kb)