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Halifax Regional Council

Agenda

September 13, 2011
1:00 p.m.
Reconvene 6:00 p.m.
Council Chamber

1. INVOCATION

2. SPECIAL COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTESAugust 2 (86KB), 9 (77KB) & 16, 2011 (70KB)

    Minutes for September 13, 2011 (93KB)

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 – August 9, 2011
7.1 Councillor Rankin

       Motion - To rescind the motion passed at the August 9, 2011

      

       1. Approve in principle the recommendation directions outlined in

          the Final Report – Phase 1 Stadium Analysis: Halifax Stadium

          – Business Plan (Attachment 2);

       2. Direct staff to proceed to Phase 2 Stadium Analysis: Site Selection

          and Preliminary Design; and

       3. Approve an increase to project CBX01363 in the amount of

          $275,000 (net HST included) for Phase 2, with funding from

          the Strategic Growth Reserve, Q126, as outlined in the Budget

          Implications section of the staff report dated July 18, 2011,

          and continue to seek out other funding partners:

       4. Return to Regional Council end of September for capital

          affordability and financing options discussion.


8. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS – NONE

9. PUBLIC HEARINGS – 6:00 P.M.
9.1 Administrative Order SC-66
, Respecting Closure of a Portion

       of University Avenue, Halifax
       Motion – Councillor Uteck – Approve Administrative Order SC-66

       (712KB)

9.2 Case 16423 – Plan Amendment for Monarch and Rivendale

       Subdivision, Beaver Bank (Joint Public Hearing with North West

       Community Council)

           Report (2.10KB)

           Presentation (2.52MB)

10. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
10.1 Correspondence

        10.1.1 Fly–Past Request – Rick Hansen’s 25th Anniversary Man

                   in Motion Tour (61KB)
10.2 Petitions

11. REPORTS
11.1 CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

        11.1.1 Request for Proposal #11-121 – Supply of Para-Transit

                   Buses (184KB)

        11.1.2 2011 Fall Debenture and Temporary Borrowing Resolution

                   (223KB)
        11.1.3 Settlement Policy for Legal Actions and Proceedings (330KB)
        11.1.4 First Reading Proposed By-Law S-433, An Amendment

                   to By-Law S-400, Respecting Local Improvements Charges

                   – New Paving Projects Outside the Core Area

                   – Joan Elizabeth Way, Sandy Point Road, Mannette Court
                     Motion – Councillor Hendsbee – Move First Reading

                     (1.21MB)
        11.1.5 Second Reading Proposed By-Law S-432, An Amendment

                   to By-Law S-400, Respecting Local Improvement Charges

                   - New Paving Projects Outside The Core Area – 2010

                  (2.5MB)
        11.1.6 Second Reading Proposed By-Law L-134, An Amendment

                   to By-Law L-100, Respecting Charges for Local

                   Improvements - Mount Hope Avenue Extension – Formal

                   Street Acceptance (930KB)

11.2 AUDIT AND FINANCE STANDING COMMITTEE
        11.2.1 Capital Cost Contribution Program
        (i) Audit and Finance Standing Committee Report (2.5MB)
        (ii) Staff Information Report (226KB)

11.3 COMMUNITY PLANNING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

         STANDING COMMITTEE
        11.3.1 Regional Plan Review Scope and Workplan

                    Report (1.93MB)

                    Presentation (4.78MB)

11.4 EXECUTIVE STANDING COMMITTEE
        11.4.1 Implementation – Code of Conduct for Municipal

                   Elected Officials (976KB)

11.5 TRANSPORTATION STANDING COMMITTEE
        11.5.1 Burnside Drive Active Transportation Corridor –

                   Transfer of Funds (300KB)
        11.5.2 Provincial Agreement – Burnside Drive Extension (440KB)

  

11.6 SPECIAL EVENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
        11.6.1 Ballsy 2011 Event Grant Application (746KB)
        11.6.2 Non-Annual and Festival Events Grant Funding

                   Requests Second Intake (Titanic 100) (1.04MB)
  

11.7 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL
        11.7.1 Councillor McCluskey

(i) Official Municipality Name Change (35KB)
(ii) Request for Review of By-Law A-300, Respecting Animals

     and Responsible Pet Ownership (43KB)

12. MOTIONS
      12.1 Councillor Nicoll

     “That Halifax Regional Council approve a motion to direct staff

     to research potential naming rights and sponsorship policies

     and to return to Regional Council with various options for Council’s

     consideration respecting public assets and events.”


13. ADDED ITEMS

13.1 Councillor Adams - Amendment to By-Law N-200

         Respecting Noise – Construction Hours (1.2 Mb)

13.2 Councillor Rankin

    (i) Request for staff report re: Public Passageway to

        Terence Bay Lighthouse (44 Kb)
    (ii) Request for staff report re: Future Use of Bay Road

         Community Hall (24 Kb)

13.3 Deputy Mayor Smith – Request for letter to the

        Province re: Improvements to Pedestrian Safety

        Highway 111 (39 Kb)

 

14. NOTICES OF MOTION

 

15. ADJOURNMENT

  


INFORMATION ITEMS
September 13, 2011

1. Proclamation – Arthritis Awareness Month – September 2011 (344KB)

2. Memorandum from Traffic Authority dated August 23, 2011

    re: Signals and Crosswalk Request: Glendale Drive at Smokey Drive

   (214KB)

3. Memorandum from Director, Legal Services and Risk Management

    dated August 2, 2011 re: Status of By-Law Prosecutions –

    February 1, 2011 - February 28, 2011 (216KB)

4. Memorandum from the Municipal Clerk dated September 2, 2011
    re: Requests for Presentation to Council (173KB)
    (i) John Wesley Chisholm re: Noise By-Law Amendment related

         to Heat Pumps
    (ii) Nova Scotia Boat Builders Association re: Industry Capabilities

 

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