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.
