Regional Council

Halifax Regional Council

Agenda

August 5, 2008
6:00 p.m.
Council Chamber
In Camera Session
2:00 p.m.
or immediately following
Council Chamber Upgrade Technology Training

1. INVOCATION

2. SPECIAL COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - June 17 (Revised), 24, & July 8, 2008

Minutes of August 5, 2008 (55KB)

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 8, 2008
8.1 Corporate Sustainability Filter - Pilot Project (Staff Presentation)

(476 Kb)

9. PUBLIC HEARINGS - 6:00 p.m.
9.1 Case 01119 - Amendments to Land Use By-Laws Regarding

Parking Standards for Health Practitioners (264 Kb)
9.2 By-Law N-200 - Respecting Noise, By-Law Exemption -

Keith Urban Concert on the Common (7.2 Mb)

10. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
10.1 Correspondence

10.1.1 Canadian Forces Request for Sea King Landing

in School Zone (42 Kb)

10.2 Petitions
10.3 Presentations

10.3.1 Rocky Lake Development Association (62 Kb)
(i) Barry Mason, Chair
(ii) Dan Sangster, Board Member

11. REPORTS

11.1 CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

11.1.1 HRM Community Facility Partnership Fund:

           Proposed Policy and Procedures

           This item was deleted from the agenda.
11.1.2 Fire / Corporate Safety - Purchase of Vehicle /

           Reserve Withdrawal (46 Kb)

11.1.3 Cost Shared Paving of Subdivision Streets Outside the

           Core: Construction Agreement No. 2008-001 (191 Kb)
11.1.4 Easement - Heritage Gas - Regulating Station,

           Barrington Street, Halifax (307 Kb)
11.1.5 Case 01152 - Municipal Planning Strategy Amendment -

           Timberlea / Lakeside / Beechville (1.0 Mb)
11.1.6 2008 - 2009 Government Relations & Strategic

           Partnership Development Priority Action Areas (1.1 Mb)

11.2 WESTERN REGION, MARINE DRIVE, VALLEY & CANAL,

and NORTH WEST COMMUNITY COUNCILS

11.2.1 Case 01076 - Municipal Planning Strategy

           Amendments - Beaver Bank, Hammonds Plains and

           Upper Sackville and Development Agreement - 1725

          Hammonds Plains Road - Dog Kennels
          (i) Community Councils Report (2.4 Mb)
          (ii) Staff Report (77 Kb)

11.3 NORTH WEST COMMUNITY COUNCIL

11.3.1 Case 01029 - Amendments to the Sackville Municipal

Planning Strategy and Land Use By-Law - C-1 Zone

(1.3 Mb)

11.4 DISTRICT 12 PLANNING ADVISORY COMMITTEE

11.4.1 Case 01114: Development Agreement -

           Hollis/Duke/Upper Water Streets
           (i) District 12 Planning Advisory Committee Report

                (6.0 Mb)
           (ii) Heritage Advisory Committee Report (305 Kb)
           (iii) Staff Report (554 Kb)

11.5 GRANT COMMITTEE

11.5.1 Proposed By-Law T-223, An Amendment to

           By-Law T-200, Respecting Tax Exemptions for

           Non-Profit Organizations 2008 - 2009 - Renewals and

           Records Management (661 Kb)
11.5.2 HRM Community Grants Program 2008 - 2009 Appeals

           (373 Kb)

11.6 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL

11.6.1 Councillor Snow
           (i) Request for report re: Street Lighting Policy -

                Private Roads (55 Kb)
           (ii) Request for update re: Flyer Delivery Litter (85 Kb)

12. MOTIONS

12.1 Councillor Walker

"To request a staff report on the implementation of a By-Law banning the sale of fireworks in HRM as was in the City of Halifax Charters."

13. ADDED ITEMS

13.1 Councillor Rankin - HRM Support of Air Canada

Flight Attendants (89 Kb)

In Camera Recommendations (16 Kb)

14. NOTICES OF MOTION

15. ADJOURNMENT

In Camera Session - 2:00 p.m.
or immediately following Council Chamber Technology Upgrade Training
1. Approval of the Minutes - June 24 & July 8, 2008
2. Legal Matter - Funding Agreement Negotiations
3. Property Matter - Chester Spur Line Acquisition Update
4. Property Matter - Terence Bay
5. Property Matter - Nadia Avenue
6. Legal Matter - CN Capital Maintenance Program (oral)

INFORMATION ITEMS
August 5, 2008

1. Memorandum from Director, Community Development

dated June 24, 2008 re: Sidewalk Café Policy Review (34 Kb)

2. Memorandum from Director, Transportation & Public Works

dated July 14, 2008 re: 2008 - 2009 Capital Project CWI00782 -

Construction of Cell 5 Otter Lake (882 Kb)

3. Memorandum from Senior Manager, Financial Services

and Acting Director, Infrastructure & Asset Management

dated June 23, 2008 re: Update - Ethical Procurement / Green

Procurement (39 Kb)

4. Memorandum from Director, Business Planning & Information

Management dated July 30, 2008 re: Fourth Quarter 2007 / 2008