Regional Council

Halifax Regional Council

AGENDA

Tuesday, July 16, 2002
1:00 p.m.
Reconvene 6:00 p.m.
Council Chamber
In Camera Session
3:30 p.m.

1. INVOCATION

2. PROCLAMATIONS
2.1 Pride Week - July 14 - 21, 2002

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - July 2, 2002

Minutes of July 16, 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 (To Follow Item 9.3, Presentations)
7.1 Councillor Fougere
“To rescind the motion of Halifax Regional Council of July 2, 2002

to remove Quinpool Road from the Capital District.”

(see item 9.3.2 )

7.2 Deputy Mayor Harvey
“To rescind the motion of Council made the 16th day May 2000

requesting staff “to initiate the process to consider amending

the Sackville and Planning Districts 14 & 17 (Shubenacadie Lakes)

Municipal Planning Strategies and Land Use By-laws, and Subdivision

By-law for the form Halifax County to: (b) Adjust the Service

Boundary to allow the remaining lands of the Department of

Housing and Municipal Affairs to be developed for serviced

residential use.” (see item 9.3.1)

8. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS - NONE

9. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
    9.1 Correspondence - None
    9.2 Petitions
    9.3 Presentations - 6:00 p.m.
    9.3.1 Parks & Recreation Associations of Lower Sackville
             (i) Gord Pyle, President, The Friends of First Lake
             (ii) Steve Craig, President, Lake District Recreation Assoc.
    9.3.2 Quinpool Road Mainstreet District Association - Tracy Bennett

10. REPORTS
10.1 NORTH WEST COMMUNITY COUNCIL
10.1.1 Case 00471 Bedford Municipal Planning Strategy

and Land Use By-Law Amendment - 14 Doyle Street

                          (set date for Public Hearing - Aug. 20/02) (1.07MB)

      10.2 TASK FORCE ON EDUCATION FUNDING - 1:00 p.m.
               10.2.1 Supplementary Education Funding

      10.3 AUDIT COMMITTEE
              10.3.1 Audited Financial Statements, March 31, 2002 (1.32MB)

      10.4 CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
               10.4.1 Tender 02-218, Traffic Improvements Main Street -

                          East Region (143KB)
               10.4.2 Pricing Agreement / CDPD Airtime Police (196KB)
               10.4.3 New Area Rate Proposed for District 15 Sidewalk

                          Snow Plowing (720KB)
               10.4.4 Reserves Transfers (252KB)
               10.4.5 Case 00435: Halifax MPS and LUB Amendment - 7, 9, 11,

& 13 Springvale Avenue (708KB)
10.4.6 Project 00382 Annapolis Basin Group Plan Amendment

(supp report) (2.90MB)
10.4.7 Case 00450 Halifax Municipal Planning Strategy and Land

Use By-Law Amendment 5706, 5710 & 5714

South Street (1.06MB)

10.4.8 Case 00323 Plan Amendment to the Eastern Passage /

Cow Bay Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use

By-Law, Cow Bay (548KB)
10.4.9 Encroachment Agreement - Maritime Life

Communications Link, Dutch Village Road (428KB)
10.4.10 By-Law L-111 Miller Lake Water Assumption

                            and Upgrade
                            Councillor Hines - Move First Reading (1.45MB)

               10.5 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL
                       10.5.1 Councillor Sarto - Request for staff report re:

Small Option Homes (33KB)

11. MOTIONS
11.1 Councillor Blumenthal
"To introduce for adoption by Council as a policy pursuant to

the Municiapl Government act an amendment to Administrative

Orders 2, 3, 4, 7 26 and 28 the purpose of which is to ensure that

the decision of Community Councils are consistent with

financial decisions previously made by the Regional Council:

11.2 Councillor Hetherington
“To amend Administrative Order Number 30, Respecting Dangerous

and Unsightly Premises, to change the number of Committee

members from five to nine” (22KB)

11.3 Councillor Fougere
“To establish a Transportation Committee with the mandate to

review issues/projects with staff, when identified during the

Regional Planning Process.”

11.4 Councillor Adams
“To move First Reading of an amendment to By-law T-108,

Respecting the Regulation of Taxis and Limousines to add

immediately following Section 12, subsection (2), the following

subsection: 12 (3) A vehicle shall not be licensed as a limousine

and a taxi at the same time.” (28KB)

12. ADDED ITEMS

12.1 Deputy Mayor Harvey - Little Sackville River Environmental Concerns

Information Item

1. Memorandum from Chief Administrative Officer dated July 15, 2002 re: Community Response Initiative (404 Kb)

In Camera Recommendations (13 Kb)

13. NOTICES OF MOTION

14. ADJOURNMENT

In Camera Session -3:30 p.m.
1. Approval of the Minutes of - July 9, 2002
2. Property Matter - Street Closure and Sale of Land - A Portion of

Idlewylde Road, Halifax (deferred July 9)
3. Property Matter - Sale of Buffer Lands - Milsom Avenue
4. Legal Matter - Appeal of URB Decision - 5620 South Street, Halifax
5 Legal Matter - Appeals by ERP Holdings Ltd. to URB - 175 River Land,

Bedford
6. Legal Matter - Human Rights Complaint (oral)
7. Personnel Matter - Regional Planning (oral)
8. Property Matter - Artificial Fields (oral)
9. Contractual Matter - NSUPE Update

Confidential Information Items - July 16, 2002

1. Legal Matter - Halifax Transit Accidents (info memo)
2. Contractual Matter - Harbour Solutions Project - Negotiations (to be circ)

INFORMATION ITEMS
July 16, 2002

1. Status Sheet

2. Memorandum from Acting Director, Public Works and Transportation

dated July 8, 2002
re: Quarterly Report for By-Law W-101 Respecting the Discharge of

Wastewater into Public Sewers (190KB)

3. Memorandum from Acting Director, Public Works and Transportation

dated July 8, 2002
re: Canada /Nova Scotia Infrastructure Program Update, Shore Road,

Eastern Passage (126KB)

4. Memorandum from Director of Tourism, Culture and Heritage

dated July 8, 2002
re: Night of Excellence (162KB)