Halifax Regional Council
Agenda
March 20, 2012
1:30 p.m.
Reconvene 6:00 p.m.
Council Chamber
1. INVOCATION
2. SPECIAL COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – February 21 (74KB), 23 (29KB) & 28 (70KB), 2012
Minutes for March 20, 2012 (130KB)
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 16655 – Amendments to the Regional Municipal Planning
Strategy, Halifax Municipal Planning Strategy and Downtown
Halifax Municipal Planning Strategy and Land Use By-Law for
the YMCA- CBC Project at Sackville and South Park Streets,
Halifax
(i) Supplementary Staff Report (800 Kb)
(ii) Design Review Committee Report (137 Kb)
(ii) Staff report dated October 31, 2011 (3.3 Mb)
10. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
10.1 Correspondence
10.1.1 Request for Fly-Past
(i) Titanic 100 Commemorative Events (37 Kb)
(ii) Battle of Britain (42 Kb)
10.2 Petitions
11. REPORTS
11.1 CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
11.1.1 Cost-Sharing Agreement – Halifax Water Tender
No. 101029, Dunbrack Street – West Region
(314 Kb)
11.1.2 Proposed Burnside/Sackville Expressway, 107Bypass – Provincial Request to Purchase Lands at
Burnside Industrial Park (4.4 Mb)
11.1.3 Case 17174 – Amendments to the Halifax
Municipal Planning Strategy and Peninsula Land
Use By-Law for 1017 and 1021 Beaufort Avenue,
Halifax (2.1 Mb)
11.1.4 First Reading Proposed By-Law S-500 –
11.2 EXECUTIVE STANDING COMMITTEE
11.2.1 Second Reading Proposed Amendment to
11.3 ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY STANDING COMMITTEE
11.4 GRANTS COMMITTEE
11.4.1 Canadian Naval Memorial Trust - Funding Request
(381 Kb)
11.4.2 Addendum to By-Law T-228 Respecting Tax
11.5 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL
11.5.1 Councillor Walker –Request that the Halifax
Regional Municipality Host the Annual Federation of
12. MOTIONS
13. ADDED ITEMS
13.1 - Councillor Hendsbee - 2602 Highway 7, East Preston (49 Kb)
14. NOTICES OF MOTION
15. IN CAMERA
Council may rise and go into a private In Camera session, in accordance with Section 19 of the Halifax Regional Municipality Charter, for the purpose of dealing with the following;
15.1 In Camera Minutes – February 21, 23, 28 & March 6, 2012
Motion:
That the In Camera minutes of February 21, 23, 28 & March 6, 2012 be approved as circulated.
15.2 Personnel Matter
Citizen and Councillor appointments to boards and committees in keeping with the Public Appointment Policy adopted by Regional Council in August 2011, to be found at http://www.halifax.ca/boardscom/documents/Citizenrecruitmentpolicy.pdf
15.2.1 Citizen Appointment to Advisory Committee for Accessibility in HRM
Motion:
It is recommended that Halifax Regional Council approve the recommendation of the Transportation Advisory Standing Committee to appoint the applicant as specified in Attachment “A” of the report dated March 6, 2012, to the Accessibility Advisory Committee in HRM, to fill a vacant unexpired term to end November 30, 201215.2.2 Appointments to District 12 Planning Advisory Committee
Motion:
It is recommended that Halifax Regional Council approve the recommendation of the Peninsula Community Council to appoint two citizens to the District 12 Planning Advisory Committee as specified in Attachment “A” of the report dated March 6, 2012 for terms to expire November 2012
Private and Confidential Information Items
1. Private and Confidential In Camera Information Report - re: Proposed Burnside/Sackville Expressway, 107 Bypass – Provincial Request to Purchase Lands at Burnside Industrial Park
2. Private and Confidential In Camera Information Report - re: Dismissal/Discontinuance of Legal Matters Against HRM
16. ADJOURNMENT
INFORMATION ITEMS
March 20, 2012
1. Proclamation – Purple Day for Epilepsy – March 26, 2012 (348 Kb)
