Thursday, March 3, 2011
Council Chambers, City Hall
1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
In Camera - 3:30 p.m.
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - February 3, 2011
3. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS, ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS
Additions:
10.1 Councillor Sloane re: Request for Staff Report on Pyritic
Slate Process
10.2 Councillor Watts re: Request for Report on Fair Trade Towns
Certification Process
6.1 Correspondence
6.1.1 Chris Benjamin, Healthy Lawns Coordinator, Ecology
Action Centre, dated March 2, 2011 re: PFNS position
on FeHEDTA
6.1.2 Alexandra Curtis, resident of Centreville, dated February
27, 2011 re: Maintain Pesticide By-Law
6.1.3 Helen Jones, Past Member of Pesticide By-Law Advisory
Committee, dated March 2, 2011 and March 3, 2011 re:
FeHEDTA
4. BUSINESS ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES - NONE
5. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS
6. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS AND DELEGATIONS
6.1 Correspondence
6.1.1 Chris Benjamin, Healthy Lawns Coordinator, Ecology
Action Centre, dated January 12, 2011, February 2,
2011 and March 2, 2011 re: PFNS Position on HRM Pesticide
By-Law
6.1.2 Alexandra Curtis, resident of Centreville, dated February
27, 2011 re: Maintain Pesticide By-Law
6.1.3 Helen Jones, Past Member of Pesticide By-Law Advisory
Committee, dated March 2, 2011 and March 3, 2011 re:
FeHEDTA
6.2 Petitions
6.3 Presentations
6.3.1 Proposed By-Law S-607 Revisions (staff presentation
- to be circulated)
6.3.2 Project 00953: Wind Energy Facilities in HRM
7. REPORTS
7.1 STAFF REPORTS
7.1.1 Corporate Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Plan
7.1.3 Corporate Knights Sustainable Cities Rankings 2011
7.1.4 Corporate Sustainability Filter
7.1.5 Solar City Update (verbal update)
7.1.6 Lake Banook Weed Growth (verbal update)
8. MOTIONS
9. NOTICES OF MOTION
10. ADDED ITEMS
10.1 Councillor Sloane re: Request for Staff Report on Pyritic
Slate Process
10.2 Councillor Watts re: Request for Report on Fair Trade Towns
Certification Process
11. NEXT MEETING DATE - April 7, 2011
(change in meeting location - Media Room)
12. ADJOURNMENT
IN CAMERA - 3:30 p.m.
1. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES - February 3, 2011
2. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS
3. LEGAL MATTER - BARRIERS TO NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
EXPANSION
4. PERSONNEL MATTER - CITIZEN APPOINTMENTS TO HALIFAX REGIONAL
WATER COMMISSION
INFORMATION ITEMS
1. Correspondence from Minister Belliveau dated February January
20, 2011 re: RRFB’s Diversion and Incentive Programs
2. Information Report dated January 31, 2011 re: Integrated Community
3. Correspondence from Minister Belliveau dated February 1, 2011 re:
Environment Protection - Blueberry Hill Mine, Tangier
4. Information Report dated February 1, 2011 re: Blue Flag Beaches
5. Information Report dated February 10, 2011 re: Outcome Area:
6. Information Report dated February 14, 2011 re: Climate SMART
Risk Management Strategy Update
7. Information Report dated February 15, 2011 re: Lake Water Quality
8. Information Report dated March 3, 2011 re: Environment By-Law
9. Briefing Form dated March 3, 2011 re: Administrative Order 23
10. Briefing Form dated March 3, 2011 re: SEMO Topics Menu and
