Regional Council

Halifax Regional Council

Agenda

March 3, 2009
6:00 p.m.
Council Chamber
In Camera Session
3:30 p.m.

1. INVOCATION

2. SPECIAL COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - February 10, 2009

Minutes of March 3, 2009 (43KB)

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 - NONE

9. PUBLIC HEARINGS - 6:00 p.m.
9.1 Case 01074: Land Use By-Law Amendments - Definition of Day

Care Facilities (321 Kb)

10. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
10.1 Correspondence

10.1.1 Halifax Student Alliance re: Late Night Transit Pilot

(1.6 Mb)

10.2 Petitions

11. REPORTS
11.1 CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

11.1.1 Nova Scotia Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal

Construction Agreement 2009-012 (352 Kb)
11.1.2 Resolution #09-2008 - Chronic Offenders (116 Kb)

11.2 SPECIAL EVENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE

11.2.1 Special Events Grants Request (1.8 Mb)

11.3 GRANT COMMITTEE

11.3.1 By-Law T-200, Respecting Tax Exemption for

            Non-Profit Organizations: Appeal Community Care

            Network (486 Kb)
11.3.2 HRM Recapitalization Assistance to Community

            Recreation Facilities 2008-2009: Appeal - St.

           Margaret’s Centre (262 Kb)
11.3.3 Less than Market Value Sale Lot 1115, 59 Dorey

           Avenue, Dartmouth Adult Services Centre Association

           (1.5 Mb)

11.4 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL

11.4.1 Councillor Mosher - Request for Report re: 311

Service for Non-Emergency Municipal Government

Services (162 Kb)

12. MOTIONS

12.1 Councillor Dalrymple

“That Halifax Regional Council approve inclusion in the Halifax Transit operating budget for the upcoming 2009/10 and subsequent fiscal years, funding for conventional transit routes to service the communities of Prospect, Timberlea, Fall River, Cow Bay, Lawrencetown and Musquodoboit Harbour, in the manner fully integrated with the existing Halifax Transit services, and funded through the general tax rate; the first service to commence as soon as the required buses are available.

And, be it further resolved that the current Community Transit based area-rated transit services in Beaver Bank, Hammonds Plains and Porters Lake also be incorporated into the same conventional transit service delivery model.”

12.2 Councillor Younger

“That all conventional transit requests by all Members of Council in all Districts all be approved in the 2009/10 budget as soon as the buses become available.”

This item was deleted from the agenda.

13. ADDED ITEMS

Committee of the Whole & In Camera Recommendations

(8 Kb)

14. NOTICES OF MOTION

15. ADJOURNMENT

In Camera Session - 3:30 p.m.
1. Approval of the Minutes - February 10, 2009
2. Property Matter - 1860 Upper Water Street
3. Personnel Matter - Citizen Appointments to Boards,

Committees & Commissions
4. Personnel Matter - Citizen Appointments to Boards,

Committees & Commissions
5. Contractual Matter - Purchase of Daily Operations, Daily Crew

and Minbus Modules of HASTUS, Sole Source

INFORMATION ITEMS
March 3, 2009

1. Proclamation - Employee Appreciation Day - March 6, 2009

(131 Kb)

2. Proclamation - Epilepsy Month, March 2009 (91 Kb)

3. Memorandum from Chair, Special Events Advisory Committee

dated January 30, 2009 re: Great Atlantic Blues & Beyond Festival

(101 Kb)

4. Memorandum from Director, Community Development

dated February 4, 2009 re: Case 01152 - Municipal Planning Strategy