Halifax Regional Council

Agenda

April 24, 2012
1:00 p.m.
Reconvene 6:00 p.m. If Required
Council Chamber

1. INVOCATION

2. SPECIAL COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – March 27, 2012 (77KB)

    Minutes for April 24, 2012 (72KB)

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 17, 2012
8.1 Motion - Councillor Sloane

“To amend the process for public hearings to allow for a question period to be inserted into the process after the public hearing has been closed. This allows for clarification and allows the mover of the recommendation their full five (5) minutes and/or three (3) minutes during deliberations.”

9. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
9.1 Correspondence

9.1.1 DND Helicopter Landing Request – Crichton Park Elementary School (32 Kb)

9.2 Petitions

10. REPORTS
10.1 CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

10.1.1 Via Rail Sanitary Sewer Encroachment Agreement

           (Revision) (593 Kb)
10.1.2 Tender 12-202 – Pavement Renewal and New

            Sidewalk – Prince Street, Central Region (699 Kb)
10.1.3 Tender 12-210 – Thin Overlays, Phase 1 – Various

           Locations (957 Kb)
10.1.4 Tender 12-209 – Micro Surfacing Phase 1- Various

            Locations (999 Kb)
10.1.5 First Reading Administrative Order SC-69 Street

           Closure - A Portion of Wyse Road, Dartmouth

           (519 Kb)

10.1.6 Eastern Passage Common – Request to Initiate Site

           Development Plan Process (441 Kb)
10.1.7 Halifax Regional Water Commission (HRWC) Act

           Amendments

           This item was deleted from the agenda

10.1.8 First Reading Proposed By-Law S-435, An

           Amendment to By-Law S-400, Respecting Charges

           for Street Improvements (518 Kb)
          Motion – Councillor Smith – Move First Reading

10.2 HERITAGE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

10.2.1 Case H00364 - Proposed Demolition of Former Tip

           Top Tailors Building, 1592 Barrington Street,

           Barrington Street Heritage Conservation District,

           Halifax – To Set Public Hearing Date (6.0 Mb)

10.3 SPECIAL EVENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE

10.3.1 Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) Non-Annual Events

           and Event Infrastructure Report (1.3 Mb)

10.4 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL

10.4.1 Councillor Barkhouse – Request for staff report re:

           Development of Storm Water Policy (32 Kb)
10.4.2 Councillor Walker – Federation of Canadian

           Municipalities (FCM)-Election to the Board of

           Directors (75 Kb)
10.4.3 Councillor Rankin – Request for staff report

          re: Public Access to Governor’s Lake (187 Kb)

11. MOTIONS

11.1 Councillor Walker

“To amend the HRM Sign By-Law to specifically exclude election signage from being posted in advance of a specific date to be determined by the Returning Officer in the case of Municipal Elections or at the dropping of the writ in Federal and Provincial Elections.”

12. ADDED ITEMS

Deletion:

10.1.7 Halifax Regional Water Commission (HRWC) Act Amendments

Additions:

12.1 Councillor Nicoll – Request for Staff Report re: Caldwell Road Traffic Assessment (38 Kb)

13. NOTICES OF MOTION

14. 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;

Private and Confidential Information Item
1. Private and Confidential In Camera Information Report –Street Closure – Portion of Wyse Road, Right of Way Street Closure, Dartmouth

15. ADJOURNMENT

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INFORMATION ITEMS
April 24, 2012

1. Memorandum from the Municipal Clerk dated April 17, 2012
re: Requests for Presentation to Council – None (129 Kb)

2. Memorandum from Acting Director, Planning & Infrastructure dated April 16, 2012 re: Purcells Cove Area: Central Servicing Feasibility Study