Thursday, December 12, 2013
2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Council Chamber, City Hall
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: November 14, 2013
3. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AND APPROVAL
OF ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS
4. BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES/DEFERRED ITEMS: None
5. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
5.1 Correspondence: None
5.2 Petitions
5.3 Presentations: None
6. MATTERS REFERRED FROM REGIONAL COUNCIL / OTHER
STANDING COMMITTEES:
6.1 Motion Forwarded From Regional Council to CP &ED:
6.1.1 Establishing Benchmarks – Rural HRM (motion by Councillor Dalrymple from November 26, 2013 Regional Council)
“That Council request a staff report regarding establishing benchmarks and researching service levels, competitiveness and taxation in the Agricultural and Rural Shore areas of HRM in comparison to other rural and coastal agricultural counties in Nova Scotia.”
7. REPORTS:
7.1 5 Year, $50 Million Capital Improvement Campaign
7.2 Economic Development Governance Structure
- Report
8. MOTIONS:
8.1 Councillor Mason
“That Community Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee request a staff report to establish guidelines and standards for sidewalk construction, lighting and pole, street furniture and finishing in the HRM right-of-way on streets in the Downtown Planning (DH1) zone and the downtown Dartmouth BID area with the following considerations:
1. To determine where as a matter of policy the Red book Capital District standard will be applied outside of major streetscape areas,
2. To develop a standard for inclusion in the Red Book for the DH1 Precinct 3 – Spring Garden area that reflects but is less extensive than the elements and colour scheme introduced in the Spring Garden streetscaping,
3. Recommend a mechanism to allow partnership with and investment by private and other stakeholders to implement these standards and to draft and Administrative Order that will outline this procedure.
9. ADDED ITEMS:
10. 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:
10.1 Minutes – November 14, 2013
Motion:
Approve the In Camera minutes of November 14, 2013
11. NEXT MEETING DATE: January 9, 2014
12. ADJOURNMENT
INFORMATION ITEMS
None.
