ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY

STANDING COMMITTEE AGENDA

Thursday, October 4, 2012
Dartmouth Chamber
90 Alderney Drive, Dartmouth
1 p.m. - 4 p.m.

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – September 6, 2012

3. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AND APPROVAL OF

    ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS

    Additions:

    9.1  Information Item 1 - Memorandum from the Municipal

           Clerk’s Office dated September 27, 2012 entitled: Request

           for Presentation to the Environment and Sustainability

           Standing Committee

    9.2   Councillor Hum – Funding from the Federation of Canadian      

            Municipalities re: Solar City Initiative

     9.3   Councillor Dalrymple: Presentation Request from

             Minas Basin Pulp and Power

4. BUSINESS ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES
    4.1 Status Sheet Update
          4.1.1 Clarification from Staff re: Green Approach to Procurement

5. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS
    5.1 Blue Mountain Birch Cove Regional Park – Conceptual Plan and

          Objectives (deferred September 6, 2012)

6. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
    6.1 Correspondence
    6.2 Petitions
    6.3 Presentations
          6.3.1 DAN-X Recycling Limited re: recycling mercury bulbs

                  rather than sending to landfill for disposal and a

                  review of their new MP 4000 recycling plant
          6.3.2 Fusion Halifax re: Fair Trade Town Halifax Bid

7. REPORTS – NONE

8. MOTIONS

9. ADDED ITEMS

    9.1  Information Item 1 - Memorandum from the Municipal Clerk’s Office

           dated September 27, 2012 entitled: Request for Presentation

           to the Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee

    9.2 Councillor Hum – Funding from the Federation of Canadian

          Municipalities re: Solar City Initiative

    9.3 Councillor Dalrymple: Presentation Request from Minas Basin

           Pulp and Power

10. NOTICES OF MOTION

11. NEXT MEETING DATE – November 1, 2012

12. IN CAMERA

     The Standing Committee 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;

     12.1 Contractual Matter
             12.1.1 Internetworking Atlantic Inc. Municipal Access Agreement

             Motion: To convene to In Camera in order to consider a

             contractual matter with Internetworking Atlantic Inc.

13. ADJOURNMENT

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INFORMATION ITEMS

1. Memorandum from the Municipal Clerks Office dated September 27, 2012

    entitled: Requests for Presentation to the Environment and

    Sustainability Standing Committee