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ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY STANDING COMMITTEE
AGENDA

Thursday, March 1, 2012
Council Chamber, City Hall
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – February 6, 2012

3. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AND APPROVAL OF

    ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS

Additions:

9.1 Information Item 5 - Information Report dated February 24, 2012 re: Requests for Presentations to Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee

* Additional Request to Present received from:

- Walter Regan, Sackville Rivers Association re: Sackville Greenway

9.2 Information Item 2 - Information Report dated February 8, 2012 re: ComFIT: Small Wind Turbine Municipal Opportunities

9.3 Information Item 3 - Information Report dated February 20, 2012 re: Disposal of Surplus HRM Equipment

4. BUSINESS ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES
    4.1 Status Sheet Update

5. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS

6. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
    6.1 Correspondence - None
    6.2 Petitions - None
    6.3 Presentations
          6.3.1 Lara Ryan, Canada Green Building Council Atlantic Chapter

                   re: Current Status of Green Buildings in Canada
          6.3.2 Terry Toner & Art Vidito, Co-Chairs of Harbour East

                   Transmission Project – Public Advisory Committee re:

                   Harbour East Transmission Project


7. REPORTS
    7.1 Staff Reports
          7.1.1 Harbour East Transmission Line Update (Revised)
          7.1.2 Cost-sharing Agreement – QUEST Canada
          7.1.3 Conceptual Brownfield Incentives: Gas Stations

8. MOTIONS
    8.1 Councillor Lund

That the Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee request a staff report, including recommendations, on:
1. Current practices of HRM in the investigation of potentially contaminated soils/sediment and management of impacted materials on and off site; and
2. Procedures for the investigation and management of impacted materials on and off site to be uniformly applied across HRM departments on decommissioning and construction projects.

9. ADDED ITEMS

    9.1 Information Item 5 - Information Report dated February 24, 2012

          re: Requests for Presentations to Environment and Sustainability

          Standing Committee

    9.2 Information Item 2 - Information Report dated February 8, 2012

          re: ComFIT: Small Wind Turbine Municipal Opportunities

    9.3 Information Item 3 - Information Report dated February 20, 2012

          re: Disposal of Surplus HRM Equipment

10. NOTICES OF MOTION - NONE

11. NEXT MEETING DATE – April 5, 2012

12. ADJOURNMENT


INFORMATION ITEMS

1. Information Report dated January 16, 2012 re: Status of Community

    Energy Plan
2. Information Report dated February 8, 2012 re: ComFIT: Small Wind

     Turbine Municipal Opportunities
3. Information Report dated February 20, 2012 re: Disposal of Surplus

    HRM Equipment
4. Briefing Note dated February 22, 2012 re: Clean Across N.S. -

   Community Litter Clean-up
5. Information Report dated February 24, 2012 re: Requests for

    Presentations to Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee

 

For information concerning agenda items, please contact Krista Vining, Legislative Assistant, Municipal Clerk’s Office at 490-6519 or tidgwek@halifax.ca.