Regional Council

Halifax Regional Council

Agenda

September 20, 2011
6:00 p.m.
Council Chamber

1. INVOCATION

2. SPECIAL COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – None

Minutes of September 20, 2011 (69KB)

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 By-Law N-200, Respecting Noise - Exemption Application

(i) Alexander Keith’s 216 Birthday Celebration (382 Kb)
(ii) Dexter Construction – 721 Windmill Road (383 Kb)

10. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
10.1 Correspondence – None
10.2 Petitions
10.3 Presentation

10.3.1 Halifax International Airport Authority (2.1 Mb)
(i) Tom Ruth, President & CEO
(ii) Michael Healy, Vice President Infrastructure and

Commercial Development

11. REPORTS

11.1 CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

11.1.1 Tender 11-181 – North Preston Community

           Centre Expansion (266 Kb)
11.1.2 Request for Proposal - 11-176 – Design/Build

           Welding Shop – Thornhill Drive (843 Kb)
11.1.3 MIRROR NS – 2010-2016 Operations and Price

           Agreement (327 Kb)
11.1.4 Case 16656 – Amendments to the Dartmouth

           Municipal Planning Strategy and Development

           Agreement – Former Dartmouth YMCA, Lake

           Banook

              Report (6.9 Mb)

              Presentation (239 Kb)
11.1.5 Penhorn Mall Property – Commencement of

           Process to Consider Amending the Dartmouth

           Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use By-Law

           (1.1 Mb)
11.1.6 Fall River Community Planning Process –

           Committee Membership under the Public

           Participation Program (254 Kb)
11.1.7 Case 16466 - First Annual Review – Amendments

           to the Downtown Halifax Secondary Municipal

           Planning Strategy and Land Use By-Law

           (Phase 1 of 2)

(i) Supplementary Staff Report (567 Kb)
(ii) Committee Information Report (1.3 Mb)

11.1.8 Second Reading Proposed By-Law S-431, An

           Amendment to By-Law S-400, Respecting Charges

           for Street Improvements (521 Kb)
11.1.9 2011 Report of the Citizen’s Commission on

           Council Remuneration

(i) Staff Report (279 Kb)
(ii) Committee Report (373 Kb)

12. MOTIONS

13. ADDED ITEMS

13.1 Motion - Councillor Fisher
“That staff include a short summary section in plain language in all staff reports to provide clarity to citizens as to the action being requested and what stage in the process is being considered.”

13.2 Councillor Walker – Request for postponement of demolition of Northcliffe Recreation Centre (36 Kb)

13.3 Deputy Mayor Smith – Request to revise the 2011 Council Meeting Schedule to accommodate the 2011 Fall UNSM Conference dates (206 Kb)

14. NOTICES OF MOTION

15. ADJOURNMENT

INFORMATION ITEMS
September 20, 2011

1. Proclamation – Right to Know Week – September 26 -

September 30, 2011 (447 Kb)

2. Memorandum from Director, Transportation and Public Work

dated September 7, 2011 re Petition – McLaughlin Road and

Lake Loon – Heavy Equipment Traffic (233 Kb)

3. Memorandum from Director, Transportation and Public Works

dated August 9, 2011 re: Downtown Street Network Changes

(2.9 Mb)

4. Memorandum from the Municipal Clerk dated September 9, 2011