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ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY STANDING COMMITTEE
AGENDA

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Council Chambers, City Hall

1 p.m. - 4 p.m.

In Camera - 3:30 p.m.

or immediately following

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - January 6, 2011

3. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS, ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS

Additions:

9.1 Nomination of Representative to Halifax Water Commission

9.2 Appointment of Representative to Provincial Chairs Committee

In Camera:

2. Contractual Matter - Utility Common Trench Pilot Project –

    Bedford West

4. BUSINESS ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES - NONE

5. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS - NONE

6. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS AND DELEGATIONS

    6.1 Correspondence - None      

    6.2 Petitions

    6.3 Presentations

         6.3.1 Nestle Waters re: Public Spaces Recycling Program

                   - Halifax Harbourwalk Public Spaces Recycling Pilot

                     Project Report

                   - Presentation

7. REPORTS

    7.1 SOLID WASTE RESOURCES ADVISORY COMMITTEE

          7.1.1 Briefing Note re: S-607 Recommendation Report to Regional

                  Council for First Reading

          7.1.2 Briefing Note re: Council Information Report on Public

                  Consultation - Closure of Otter Lake Landfill

    7.2 ENERGY AND UNDERGROUND SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE

         7.2.1 Community Solar Project

         7.2.2 Regional Municipal Planning Strategy - Underground Utilities

                  Function Plan

         7.2.3 Briefing Note: Lakes Banook & MicMac Plant Growth

         7.2.4 Briefing Note: Internal Environmental Sustainability Education

                  Efforts

    7.3 STAFF REPORT

          7.3.1 Draft Terms of Reference

8. MOTIONS

    8.1 Councillor Fisher - Request for Staff Supplementary Report on

         Green Approach to Procurement

9. ADDED ITEMS

    9.1 Nomination of Representative to Halifax Water Commission

    9.2 Appointment of Representative to Provincial Chairs Committee

10. NEXT MEETING DATE - March 3, 2011

11. ADJOURNMENT

 

IN CAMERA (3:30 p.m. or immediately following)

1. Contractual Matter - Unsolicited Proposal: HRM Solar Energy Roadmap

2. Contractual Matter - Utility Common Trench Pilot Project –

    Bedford West


INFORMATION ITEMS

1. Information Report dated January 11, 2011 re: UNSM Sustainable

    Practices Committee

2. Information Report dated January 20, 2011 re: Legislative Scope of

    HRM Pesticide By-Law P-800

3. Information Report dated January 21, 2011 re: Natural Resources

   Canada Report on Climate Change and Canadian Municipalities

4. Approved 2011 Meeting Schedule