Thursday, January 24, 2013
Council Chamber, City Hall
1841 Argyle Street, Halifax
1:00 p.m.
***Note meeting location***
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – December 13, 2012
3. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AND APPROVAL OF ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS
4. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & PRESENTATIONS
4.1 Correspondence
4.1.1 Correspondence from Halifax Community Health Board re: Crosstown Connector
4.2 Petitions
4.3 Presentations
4.3.1 Sustainable Transportation - Timothy Papandreou, Sustainable Streets-Strategic Planning & Policy, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency
5. BUSINESS ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES
5.1 Update - Commuter Rail Study (oral)
5.2 Update - Mainland Halifax North-Bedford Corridor Transportation and Wastewater Servicing Strategy (oral)
6. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS - None
7. REPORTS
7.1 STAFF - None
7.2 MATTERS REFERRED FROM REGIONAL COUNCIL
7.2.1 Councillor Appointment to Halifax Transit Accessible Transportation Advisory Committee
7.3 MATTERS FROM COMMITTEE MEMBERS
7.3.1 Councillor Watts - Update on Public Consultation Process for Halifax Transit Restart (oral)
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 Walker
“To request that Regional Council request a staff report for a full review of the Taxi & Limousine Liaison Committee and how it is working, in response to concerns from taxi drivers.”
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 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 HRM Committees
12. NEXT MEETING - Thursday, February 28, 2013
13. ADJOURNMENT
INFORMATION ITEMS:
1. Transit Funding Sources – information report dated November 20, 2012
