January 22, 2015
Council Chamber, City Hall
1841 Argyle Street, Halifax
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
1. CALL TO ORDER
• Election of Chair and Vice Chair
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – December 3, 2014
3. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AND APPROVAL OF ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS
4. BUSINESS ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES
5. MOTIONS OF RECONSIDERATION – NONE
6. MOTIONS OF RESCISSION – NONE
7. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS
7.1 Halifax Regional Trails Association (December 3, 2014)
8. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
8.1 Correspondence
8.1.1 Citizen concern re: Bus Winter Tires
8.2 Petitions
8.3 Presentations
8.3.1 David Stevenson – Provincial Strategy for Electric Vehicles
9. REPORTS
9.1 STAFF
9.1.1 Councillor Appointments to the Crosswalk Safety Advisory Committee
9.1.2 Councillor Appointment to Canadian Urban Transit
9.1.3 Councillor Appointment to the Executive Standing Committee
9.1.4 Pedestrian Safety Action Plan
9.1.5 Parking Roadmap
9.2 COMMITTEE MEMBERS - None
9.3 ACCESSIBILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
9.3.1 Update from Councillor Craig
9.4 ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
9.5 CROSSWALK SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
9.5.1 Update from Councillor Dalrymple
10. MOTIONS
10.1 Councillor Mason
That the Transportation Standing Committee request a staff report regarding the mitigation of development and construction impacts on neighbouring businesses, residents, and pedestrians, no later than May 1, 2015, including and not limited to consideration of:
1. Establishing requirements for covering, scaffolding or hoardings around construction sites ;
2. Ensuring continued sidewalk accessibility and access for pedestrians and those with mobility issues around construction;
3. Possible elimination or reduce encroachment fees for temporary encroachments licenced under Section 4 (a) (iv) of By-law E-200 Respecting Encroachments;
4. Establish standards for street cleaning resulting from construction dirt and debris to support Section 43 of By-Law S-300 Respecting Streets;
5. Establish a standard process for notification of abutting property owners and other stakeholders for construction related street closures;
6. Review of regulations for obtaining and usage of parking meter bags by contractors and recommendations for establishing penalties for misuse;
7. Requirement to display information regarding development details.
11. IN CAMERA
11.1 Personnel Matter
Citizen and Councillor appointments to boards and committees in keeping with the Public Appointment Policy adopted by Regional Council in August 2011, to be found at http://www.halifax.ca/boardscom/documents/Citizenrecruitmentpolicy.pdf
11.1.1 Councillor Appointment to Crosswalk Safety Advisory Committee –
Private & Confidential
Motion:
It is recommended that Transportation Standing Committee:
1. Appoint one (1) Member at large to the Crosswalk Safety Advisory Committee for a term to November 30, 2016 as outlined in Attachment #1.
11.2 Approval of In Camera Minutes
11.2.1 Approval of In Camera minutes – December 3, 2014
Motion
That the In Camera minutes of December 3, 2014 be approved as circulated.
12. ADDED ITEMS
13. NOTICES OF MOTION
14. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – February 26, 2015
15. ADJOURNMENT
INFORMATION ITEMS
1. Memorandum from the Legislative Assistant dated December 8, 2014 re: Requests for Presentation (Memo dated December 15, 2014)
2. Paving of Municipally Owned Gravel Roads (Report dated December 8, 2014)
3. Co-hosting a Crosswalk Safety Idea Café with DalTRAC (Report dated December 19, 2014)
4. Commuter Rail Feasibility Study Update (Briefing Note dated January 14, 2015)
