Regional Council

Halifax Regional Council

Agenda

January 13, 2004
6:00 p.m.
Council Chamber
In Camera Session
3:00 p.m.

1. INVOCATION

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - December 9 & 16, 2003

Minutes of January 13, 2004

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

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

8. PUBLIC HEARINGS - 6:00 p.m.
8.1 By-Law L-114, An Amendment to By-Law L-100, Respecting

Charges for Local Improvement Projects, Point Pleasant Drive

Sanitary Sewer (925 Kb)
8.2 By-Law N-200, Respecting Noise Exemption Application -Rideau

Construction Incorporated - 11 Fairfax Drive, Clayton Park

(638 Kb)

9. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
9.1 Correspondence

9.1.1 2005 World Peace Forum - Alexa McDonough, MP

9.2 Petitions

10. REPORTS
10.1 CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

10.1.1 Request for Proposal 03-341, Hurricane Juan

          Clean Up - Forestry Remediation - Point Pleasant

           Park - Unit Price Contract (408 Kb)
10.1.2 Case 00628: Halifax Municipal Planning Strategy

           and Land Use By-Law Amendments - 5837 Cunard

            Street and 2372 June Street (522 Kb)
10.1.3 First Reading By-Law S-305, An Amendment to

           By-Law S-300, Respecting Streets (257 Kb)
            Motion - Councillor Sloane - Move First Reading

10.1.4 First Reading By-Law T-212, An Amendment to

            By-Law T-201, Respecting Tax Exemption for

           Non-Profit Organizations: 2003-04, New Applications

            (1.5 Mb)
           Motion - Councillor Walker - Move First Reading

10.2 GRANTS COMMITTEE

10.2.1 HRM Community Grants Program 2003-04 - Appeal

Recommendation (111 Kb)

10.3 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL

10.3.1 Councillor Smith - On-line Voting for the next

           Municipal Election (54 Kb)
10.3.2 Councillor Snow - Leave of Absence Request

           (77 Kb)
10.3.3 Councillor Sloane - Proposed High School Site

            (60 Kb)

11. MOTIONS
11.1 Councillor Walker

“To move First Reading of an amendment to By-Law S-600, the Solid Waste Resource Collection and Disposal By-Law, to remove:
Section 16.1 - No person shall:
(a) pick over, remove, disturb or otherwise interfere with any waste material that has been set out for municipal collection
(b) collect waste material placed for municipal collection; or
(c) remove a container or organics collection cart placed at curbside.
Section 16.2 - The prohibitions in Section 16.1 do not apply to the person who placed the waste material for collection or the municipality, its contractors or authorized municipal collection contractors.”

12. ADDED ITEMS

Information Items:

1. Memorandum from Director, Legal Services dated Jan 12, 2004 re: District Boundaries Application - URB Hearing (67 Kb)

2. Proclamation - National Non-Smoking Week - Jan 18 - 24, 2004 (101 Kb)

In Camera Recommendations (13 Kb)

13. NOTICES OF MOTION

14. ADJOURNMENT

In Camera Session - 3:00 p.m.
1. Approval of the Minutes of - December 16, 2003
2. Property Matter - Sale of 64-66 Lakecrest Drive, Dartmouth
3. Legal Matter - DND / HRM License Agreement
4. Legal Matter - Harbour Solutions Project Updates (oral)

INFORMATION ITEMS
January 13, 2004

1. Proclamation - 250th Anniversary - Halifax Regional Fire and

Emergency Service (66 Kb)

2. Proclamation - Via Rail Canada 25th Anniversary (100 Kb)

3. Memorandum from Director, Financial Services

dated December 17, 2003 re: HRM Assistance to Affordable

Housing Initiatives (121 Kb)

4. Memorandum from Director, Public Works and Transportation

dated December 31, 2003 re: Petition - Salting of Mountbatten

Avenue and Andover Street (174 Kb)

5. Memorandum from Director, Public Works and Transportation

dated January 5, 2004 re: Signalized Crosswalk in a Location