Regional Council

Halifax Regional Council

Agenda

Tuesday, July 9, 2002
9:30 a.m - 12 NOON
Reconvene 6:00 p.m.
Council Chamber
In Camera Session
3:30 p.m.

1. INVOCATION

2. PROCLAMATIONS

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - June 25, 2002

Minutes of July 9, 2002

4. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AND APPROVAL OF

ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS

5. BUSINESS ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES
6. MOTIONS OF RECONSIDERATION - NONE
7. MOTIONS OF RESCISSION - NONE

8. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS - July 2, 2002
8.1 Project 00082 - Construction and Demolition (C&D) Waste

Management Strategy for HRM: Proposed Amendments to all

Municipal Planning Strategies and Land Use By-Laws

(supplementary report) (849 Kb)
8.2 Councillor Hetherington - Municipal Authority to Address

Landscaping Issues under Dangerous and Unsightly Premises

Legislation (229 Kb)
8.3 Membership Selection Committee - Board & Committee Citizen

Appointments (91 Kb)
8.4 Committee of the Whole Recommendation - Biodegradable Bags
8.5 Review of By-law S-200, Respecting Smoking in Public Places -

Working Group Terms of Reference and Membership (1.0 Mb)
8.6 Possible Elimination of Business Occupancy Tax - Union of Nova

Scotia Municipalities
8.7 Tender 02-267, Phase 11-1 Burnside Industrial Park - Eastern

Region (195 Kb)
8.8 Request for Proposal 02-013, PC Desktop Leasing and Support

(205 Kb)
8.9 Railway Crossing Improvement Projects (557 Kb)
8.10 Case 00455 - Request to amend the Halifax Municipal

Planning Strategy and Land Use By-law, Peninsula South End,

Halifax (1.4 Mb)
8.11 Community Integration Plan - Dartmouth Wastewater

Treatment Plant Site
8.12 Councillor Cooper - Leasing Small Municipal Property Lots
8.13 Rural Fire Management Committee (401 Kb)

9. PUBLIC HEARINGS - 6:00 p.m.
9.1 Second Reading By-Law H-401 Respecting Marketing Levy

(259 Kb)
9.2 Second Reading By-Law L-201 Respecting Construction &

Demolition Licensing (supplementary report) (1.2 Mb)
9.3 Project 00086 Wentworth / Bedford South Secondary

Planning Strategy (207 Kb)

10. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
10.1 Correspondence - None
10.2 Petitions
10.3 Presentations

10.3.1 Potential Impacts of Proposed Construction and

           Demolition Sites to Surrounding Wilderness Areas

           - John Blumsum
10.3.2 Proposed Disposal of 5557 Cunard St. - Cunard St.

           Children’s Centre
           (i) Bonny Martiel
           (ii) Yolande Grant

11. REPORTS
11.1 WESTERN REGION COMMUNITY COUNCIL

11.1.1 New Area Rate for Kingswood Ratepayers Association
          (i) Report from Western Region Community Council

               (349 Kb)
          (ii) Staff Report (1.4 Mb)

11.2 REGIONAL HERITAGE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

11.2.1 Heritage Hearing Case H00077 - Application to

           Consider 38 King Street, Dartmouth as a Registered

           Heritage Property (738 Kb)
11.2.2 Case H00090 - Deregistration of 22 Edward Street,

           Dartmouth (to set Public Hearing date) (721 Kb)
11.2.3 Case H00091 - Application for Addition to 1266 Queen

          Street, Halifax (1.2 Mb)

11.3 CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

11.3.1 Quotation 2002M746 - 580 Pagers for the Halifax

            Regional Volunteer Fire and Emergency Service

             (120 Kb)
11.3.2 Tender 02-258 - Sewer Lining - Western and Eastern

           Regions (211 Kb)
11.3.3 2002/2003 Area Rates for Business Improvement

           Districts (143 Kb)
11.3.4 Interim Award Policy (120 Kb)
11.3.5 Application for an Encroachment License Agreement at

           1599 Grafton Street (620 Kb)
11.3.6 Miller Lake Water System Assumption and Upgrade

           (1.6 Mb)
11.3.7 Signing Authority for Bank Transfers (243 Kb)

11.4 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL

11.4.1 Councillor Smith - Request for staff report

           re: additional sidewalks and lighting requirements,

           due to school closure, along Woodland Ave. and

           Pinehill St, Dartmouth

12. MOTIONS

13. ADDED ITEMS

13.1 Councillor Rankin - Governors Lake Master Plan Phase One

Committee of the Whole & In Camera Recommendations

(131 Kb)

14. NOTICES OF MOTION

15. ADJOURNMENT

In Camera Session - 3:30 p.m.
1. Approval of the Minutes of - July 2, 2002
2. Property Matter - Sale of 5557 Cunard Street, Halifax
3. Property Matter - Street Closure and Sale of Land -A Portion

of Idlewylde Road, Halifax
4. Property Matter - Range Park, Bedford
5. Contractual Matter - Integrated Communication System

(TMR & Paging)

INFORMATION ITEMS
July 9, 2002

1. Status Sheet

2. Memorandum from Manager, Traffic Authority dated June 25, 2002
re: Traffic Signal Timings - Various Locations (375 Kb)

3. Memorandum from Acting Director, Public Works and Transportation

dated June 28, 2002 re: Osborne/Mayo/Withrod Short-cutting

Study Petition (229 Kb)

4. Memorandum from Acting Director, Public Works and Transportation

dated July 3, 2002 re: Petition for the Upgrading of Robert Murphy

Drive - Western Region (161 Kb)

5. Memorandum from Deputy Chief, Police Services dated June 28, 2002
re: Proposed Closure of the Drug Analytical Service (DAS) Laboratory