Regional Council

Halifax Regional Council

Agenda

March 24, 2009
6:00 p.m.
Council Chamber

1. INVOCATION

2. SPECIAL COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - March 3 (43KB) & 10, 2009 (88KB)

Minutes of March 24, 2009

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. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
9.1 Correspondence

9.1.1 Request for Ceremonial Flypast - Battle of the Atlantic

(201 Kb)

9.2 Petitions

10. REPORTS
10.1 CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

10.1.1 Larry Uteck Interchange Design Fees Construction

           Agreement 2008-021

           This item was deleted from the agenda.

10.1.2 Proposed Administrative Order SC-55, Respecting

           Closure of a Portion of Main Avenue, Halifax

           (Parcels M-1 & M-2) (558 Kb)
10.1.3 Proposed By-Law S-427, An Amendment to By-Law

            S-400, Respecting Charges for Street Improvements

            (215 Kb)
10.1.4 Case 01230: Dartmouth Municipal Planning Strategy

           Amendment - 249 Windmill Road (1.4 Mb)
10.1.5 First Reading Proposed By-Law L-130, An

           Amendment to By-Law L-100, Respecting Charges for

           Local Improvements - Amendments to Herring Cove

           Water & Sewer Services (503 Kb)
           Motion - Councillor Adams - Move First Reading

10.2 PENINSULA COMMUNITY COUNCIL

10.2.1 Case 01095 - Municipal Planning Strategy / Land Use

By-law Amendments - Pet Care Facilities (3.0 Mb)

10.3 AUDIT COMMITTEE

10.3.1 Audited Financial Statements - Miscellaneous Trust

Funds, Year Ended March 31, 2008 (317 Kb)
10.3.2 Consolidated Audited Financial Statements, Year

Ended March 31, 2008 (2.4 Mb)

10.4 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL

10.4.1 Councillor Barkhouse
         (i) Request for Report re: Trail Maintenance (92 Kb)
       (ii) Devil’s Island Light Society (94 Kb)
         (iii) Request for Report re: Emergency Exit, South

               Woodside (91 Kb)
10.4.2 Councillor Dalrymple - Request for Report re:

           Municipal Water for Gordon R. Snow Recreation Centre

           (102 Kb)
10.4.3 Councillor Mosher - Request for Report re: Processing

            Contractor Liability Claims (294 Kb)
10.4.4 Deputy Mayor Hendsbee - Request for Report re:

           Tribute to the Late Peter Cox, Town Crier (135 Kb)

11. MOTIONS

11.1 Councillor Mosher:

(i) “That a report be provided on the adoption of the new UNSM Code of Ethics for elected officials.

(ii) “That a policy be prepared on the naming and/or dedication of parks and public spaces in HRM providing that Council is the approving authority.”

12. ADDED ITEMS

Deletion:

10.1.1 Larry Uteck Interchange Design Fees Construction Agreement 2008-021

Addition:

12.1 Councillor Younger - Request for Report re: Municipal Ombudsperson (173 Kb)

13. NOTICES OF MOTION

14. ADJOURNMENT

INFORMATION ITEMS
March 24, 2009

1. Memorandum from Director, Transportation & Public Works

dated March 10, 2009 re: Resident Accessibility to Electronic

Waste and Hazardous Waste Recycling Programs (3.1 Mb)

2. Memorandum from Chief Director, Fire & Emergency

dated March 4, 2009 re: Fire Service Rural Management

Committee - Update (145 Kb)

3. Memorandum from Director, Community Development

dated March 4, 2009 re: Real Property Tax Status of Theatre

Organizations and Venues in HRM (126 Kb)