Regional Council

Halifax Regional Council

Agenda

January 29, 2013
1:00 P.M.
Reconvene 6:00 p.m. If Required
Council Chamber

Approved Minutes of January 29, 2013 (48 Kb)

1. INVOCATION

2. SPECIAL COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES –None

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 – None
9.2 Petitions

10. REPORTS
10.1 CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

10.1.1 Buy-Back Agreement - BANC Developments Limited,

           Bayers Lake Lands (311 Kb)
10.1.2 Project Payments to Waterfront Development

           Corporation Limited (WDCL) – HRM Sackville Landing

         Recapitalization-Project Management by WDCL

        (759 Kb)

10.2 AUDIT & FINANCE STANDING COMMITTEE

10.2.1 East Port District Energy Project

Report (377 Kb)

Presentation (500 Kb)

10.3 GRANT COMMITTEE

10.3.1 Property Matter: Less than Market Value Sale of a

Portion of PID# 40914863, Cobequid Road,

Lakeview to the Union Cemetery Company (247 Kb)

10.4 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL

10.4.1 Councillor Nicoll — Request for Staff Report

re: Traffic Improvements —Cole Harbour Road and

Caldwell Road (237 Kb)

11. MOTIONS

11.1 Councillor Whitman

“To request a staff report to review and make recommendations to amend the taxation zone designations to reflect any changes in municipal services levels and taking into consideration the water and sewer boundaries, in particular, District 13 and other jurisdictions throughout HRM”.

11.2 Councillor Hendsbee

“That Halifax Regional Municipality explore the option of absorbing into the General Base Tax Rate existing and future areas rates that are assessed for the purposes of charging local contributions towards capital construction of local community facilities and public infrastructure projects”

11.3 Councillor Craig

“That Halifax Regional Council direct staff to provide a report which:

1. Prior to the end of fiscal 2012-2013, to provide an interim report that:
- Provides the current understanding of how HRM focuses and performs on all factors related to pedestrian safety – HRM engineering, public education, law enforcement, public engagement and evaluation;
- Identifies HRM pedestrian safety statistics and how HRM statistics compare relative to other municipalities; and
- Identifies a short-term HRM action plan to address pedestrian safety and any impacts on the 2013-2014 budget.

2. During fiscal 2013-2014, to develop and present for consideration by Halifax Regional Council, a long-term comprehensive pedestrian safety action plan to help ensure, and to be seen as ensuring, overall pedestrian safety for HRM residents based on:
- The analysis of factors which may be contributing to pedestrian accidents;
- Provides options considering both process and organization structure that focuses on engineering, education, enforcement, public engagement, such as a Crosswalk Safety Advisory Committee, overall evaluation, policy and legislation, inter-agency/departmental coordination and cooperation elements;
- Provides a mechanism for continuous reporting and evaluation of the foregoing; and
- Identifies ongoing budget impacts to the proposed action plan.

In addition, that the Mayor, on behalf of Halifax Regional Council, correspond immediately with the provincial Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal to request an update regarding a recommendation from the 2007 Crosswalk Safety Task Force which stated that “the departments responsible for collecting and analysing collision data do so in a timely, comprehensive, consistent and accurate manner.”

12. 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