TRANSPORTATION STANDING COMMITTEE
AGENDA
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Council Chamber, City Hall
1841 Argyle Street, Halifax
1:00 p.m.
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – January 24, 2013
3. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AND APPROVAL OF ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS
Additions:
4.3.2 Deputy Mayor Rankin - Presentation - Information Item #2 – Options for Managing Advertising Signage Highway 333
9.1 Councillor Watts – Request for Presentation – Pedestrian Safety Campaign & Transit Ridership Campaign
9.2 Councillor Walker – VON parking
9.3 Councillor Fisher - Information Item #3 – Terms of Reference – Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee
9.4 Councillor Watts - Request for Report – Regional Parking Study
9.5 Councillor Mason - North Park Roundabouts
9.6 Councillor Hendsbee – Information Item #1 – HRM Community Based Transit Funding
4. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & PRESENTATIONS
4.1 Correspondence - None
4.2 Petitions
4.3 Presentations
4.3.1 WORKshift Program – Robyn Bews, Calgary Economic Development
5. BUSINESS ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES
5.1 Street Closure Policy (December 13/12 TSC meeting)
6. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS - None
7. REPORTS
7.1 STAFF - None
7.2 MATTERS REFERRED FROM REGIONAL COUNCIL - None
7.3 MATTERS FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS - None
7.4 ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
7.4.1 Update from Councillor Watts (verbal)
7.5 ACCESSIBILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
7.5.1 Update from Councillor Watts (verbal)
8. MOTIONS
8.1 Councillor Watts
“to request a staff report examining the ability to have transit impact studies on development proposals".
9. ADDED ITEMS
10. NOTICES OF MOTION
11. IN CAMERA
The 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:
11.1 Approval of In Camera Minutes – January 24, 2013
12. NEXT MEETING - Thursday, March 28, 2013, 1:00 p.m.
13. ADJOURNMENT
INFORMATION ITEMS:
1. HRM Community Based Transit Funding (information report dated January 31, 2013)
2. Options for Managing Advertising Signage Highway 333 (information report dated February 11, 2013)
Staff presentation (3.35 MB)
3. Terms of Reference - Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee (information report dated February 19, 2013)
