TRANSPORTATION STANDING COMMITTEE
AGENDA
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Council Chamber, City Hall
1841 Argyle Street, Halifax
2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – None
3. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AND APPROVAL OF ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS
4. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & PRESENTATIONS
4.1 Correspondence - None
4.2 Petitions
4.3 Presentations
4.3.1 New Federal Regulations for Transportation of Dangerous Goods – Deputy Fire Chief Brian Gray, Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency
5. BUSINESS ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES
6. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS - None
7. REPORTS
7.1 STAFF - None
7.2 ACCESSIBILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
7.2.1 Update from Councillor Watts (verbal)
7.3 ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
7.3.1 Update from Councillor Watts (verbal)
7.3.2 Dal-TRAC Share the Road Campaign
7.4 CROSSWALK SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
7.4.1 Update from Councillor Dalrymple (verbal)
8. MOTIONS - None
9. ADDED ITEMS
9.1 Taxi and Limousine Rate Review Mechanism (recommendation report dated December 2, 2013)
9.2 Accessibility Advisory Committee motion re: Provincial Building Code Changes
9.4 Rural Road Standard (referred from January 14, 2014 Regional Council session)
10. NOTICES OF MOTION
11. 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:
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 Citizen Appointments to Boards and Committees
Motion:
It is recommended that the Transportation Standing Committee
1. Proceed to nominate to Regional Council a Citizen Representative to the Advisory Committee for Accessibility in HRM, as outlined in Attachment 1 of the Private and Confidential Memo dated January 6, 2014; and
2. Release the name of the successful candidate to the public after they have been notified.
12. NEXT MEETING – To be determined
12.1 Approval of the 2014 Meeting Schedule
13. ADJOURNMENT
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INFORMATION ITEMS:
1. Transit Engagement Models (information report dated October 24, 2013)
2. Zebra Crosswalk Markings (information report dated December 19, 2013)
