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ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY STANDING COMMITTEE
AGENDA

Thursday, June 7, 2012
Dartmouth Chamber
90 Alderney Drive, Dartmouth
1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – April 16, 2012

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

    AND DELETIONS

4. BUSINESS ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES
    4.1 Status Sheet Update
    4.2 Unwanted Distribution or Mismanagement of Flyers
          - Staff Supplementary Report (to be circulated)
          - Draft Minute Extract of ESSC April 16, 2012

5. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS

6. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
    6.1 Correspondence
    6.2 Petitions
    6.3 Presentations
          6.3.1 Septic System Management (Sackville Rivers Association

                   & Nova Scotia Department of Environment)

7. REPORTS
    7.1 Staff Reports
          7.1.1 Halifax Water - ComFIT Project update

                   - Presentation
                   - Bio-Solids Energy Project Development
                   - Energy Recovery from Orchard Control Chambers – Pilot

                     Project

    7.2 Standing Committee Members
          7.2.1 Councillor Dalrymple – Discussion re: Cancellation of HRM’s

                   Water Quality Monitoring Program
                   - Correspondence from Halifax Watershed Advisory Board

                     to Richard Butts, Chief Administrative Officer
                  - Correspondence from Walter Regan, Sackville Rivers

                    Association

8. MOTIONS

9. ADDED ITEMS

10. NOTICES OF MOTION

11. NEXT MEETING DATE – July 5th & August 2, 2012 (if needed)

12. IN CAMERA

Council 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;

12.1 In Camera Minutes – November 14, 2011

Motion:
That the In Camera minutes of November 14, 2011 be approved, as

circulated.

12.2 Personnel Matter

Citizen and Councillor 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

12.2.1 Citizen Appointments to the Halifax Watershed Advisory Board

Motion:
To convene to In Camera in order to consider citizen appointments to

the Halifax Watershed Advisory Board.

13. ADJOURNMENT

 


INFORMATION ITEMS

1. Information Report dated April 10, 2012 re: Community Priorities for

     Green Infrastructure
2. Information Report from the Audit & Finance Standing Committee

     dated April 19, 2012 entitled: Disposal of Surplus HRM Assets
3. Correspondence from Mayor Peter Kelly to Minister John MacDonell

     dated April 23, 2012 re: HRM’s legislative amendment request for

     density bonusing to support the brownfields incentive work
4. Memorandum from the Municipal Clerks Office dated June 1, 2012

    entitled: Requests for Presentation to the Environment and

    Sustainability Standing Committee – NONE