Regional Council

Halifax Regional Council

Agenda

April 20, 2010
6:00 p.m.
Council Chamber

1. INVOCATION

2. SPECIAL COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - April 6, 2010 (31KB)

Minutes for April 20, 2010 (116KB)

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 - April 13, 2010
8.1 Proposed Amendment to Administrative Order 15, Respecting

Licence, Permit, and Processing Fees - Parking Meter Rate

Increase (336 Kb)

9. PUBLIC HEARINGS - 6:00 P.M.
9.1 By-Law T-226, An Amendment to By-Law T-200, Respecting

Tax Exemptions for Non-Profit Organizations (266 Kb)
9.2 Joint Public Hearing with Chebucto Community Council -

Case 01205: Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use By-Law

Amendment for a Development Agreement - 50 Bedford

Highway, Halifax (2.9 Mb)

10. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
10.1 Correspondence

10.1.1 Joint Task Force Atlantic - Request for Ceremonial

Fly-Past (943 Kb)

10.2 Petitions
10.3 Presentation

10.3.1 Capital District Business Associations

           re: Parking Issues
           (i) Hugh Davison, Spring Garden Area Business

               Association
           (ii) Jeff McLatchy, Downtown Dartmouth Business

                 Commission

11. REPORTS
11.1 CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

11.1.1 Tender 10-016 - The Receipt and Management of

           Separately Collected Leaf & Yard Waste and / or

           Christmas Trees and / or Additional Organics Capacity

            (196 Kb)
11.1.2 Proposed Amendment to Administrative Order 16,

           Respecting Fees for the Use of Solid Waste

           Management Facilities (318 Kb)
           Motion - Councillor Lund - Approve Admin. Order 16
11.1.3 First Reading Proposed By-Law F-301, An

           Amendment to By-Law F-300, Respecting Fees for the

           Provision of Tax Information (309 Kb)
           Motion - Councillor Smith - Move First Reading
11.1.4 Second Reading By-Law S-429, An Amendment to

            By-Law S-400, Respecting Charges for Street

            Improvements (344 Kb)
            Motion - Deputy Mayor Johns - Approve By-Law

            S-429

11.2 GRANT COMMITTEE

11.2.1 Less Than Market Value Sale - 2463 Rocky Lake Drive,

           Waverley, Waverley Ratepayers Association
           (i) Grant Committee Report (93 Kb)
           (ii) Heritage Advisory Committee Report (81 Kb)
           (iii) Staff Report (1.3 Mb)

11.3 HERITAGE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

11.3.1 Barrington Street Heritage District Incentives

Program - Special Case for National Film Board

(NFB) Facade, 1572 Barrington Street (1.6 Mb)

12. MOTIONS

12.1 Councillor Uteck

“To direct staff to consider the optimal governance structure for agencies within Halifax Regional Municipality who are performing an economic development function, in respect of the new Economic Strategy that is being undertaken. The goal being an organizational and governance model best suited to the strategies described in the Economic Strategy. And that information be brought back to Council for consideration pending the Council endorsement of a 2011-2016 Economic Strategy.”

13. ADDED ITEMS

13.1 Councillor Mosher - Councillor Adams - Leave of Absence

Request (82 Kb)

13.2 Councillor Rankin - Request for Letter to the Province

re: HST Rebate (84 Kb)

13.3 Special Events Grant Funding Requests -

Membertou 400 Pow Wow 2010 (485 Kb)

14. NOTICES OF MOTION

15. ADJOURNMENT

INFORMATION ITEMS
April 20, 2010

1. Memorandum from Director, Community Development

dated March 31, 2010 re: Petition - Telecommunications Tower