Regional Council

Halifax Regional Council

Agenda

December 10, 2013
Immediately Following Committee of the Whole
Reconvene 6:00 p.m. If Required
Council Chamber

Minutes of December 10, 2013 (94KB)

1. INVOCATION

2. SPECIAL COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – November 12 (86KB), 19 (47KB)& 26, 2013 (55KB)

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. – NONE

10. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
10.1 Correspondence
10.2 Petitions

11. REPORTS
11.1 CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

11.1.1 Award – Outstanding Canada Games Centre

           Deficiencies (1.0 Mb)
11.1.2 Appointment of Building Officials (102 Kb)
11.1.3 Contract Extension – Standing Offer to Supply

           Structural Firefighter Bunker Gear (417 KB)
11.1.4 Request for Encroachment – Tacoma Drive and

           Gordon Avenue Banners (967 Kb)
11.1.5 Proposed Administrative Order SC- 75, Respecting

         closure of a portion of Bluewater Road, Bedford

           (511 Kb)

Motion – Councillor Outhit – Set a date for a Public Hearing

11.1.6 Case 18322 – Proposed Amendments to the

           Halifax Municipal Planning Strategy (MPS) and

           Halifax Peninsula Land Use By-law (LUB) - 6124

           Coburg Road and 1460-1474 Seymour Street,

         Halifax (3.3 Mb)
11.1.7 Halifax Memorial Library – Assembly of Mi’kmaq

           Chiefs (286 Kb)
11.1.8 Signing of Sponsorships under Administrative Order

           Number 55, Respecting Halifax Regional Municipality

            (HRM) Sponsorship Policy (116 Kb)

Motion – Councillor Walker – Approve Amendments to Administrative Order Number 55

11.1.9 Paving of Flandrum Hill Road, Flandrum Court,

           Braeside Avenue, Belvedere Avenue and Patterson

           Road – Cow Bay (250 Kb)
11.1.10 Halifax Explosion 100th Anniversary (129 Kb)
11.1.11 First Reading, Proposed By-Law S-801 –

             Temporary Sign By-law Amendments (991 Kb)

   Motion – Deputy Mayor Fisher – Give First

   Reading of By-law S-801 and set a date for

   a public hearing

11.1.12 Moirs Mills Pond/Jacks Lake Land Transfer

             (413 Kb)

11.2 AUDIT AND FINANCE STANDING COMMITTEE

11.2.1 Second Quarter 2013/2014 Financial Report

(4.6 Mb)

11.3 COMMUNITY PLANNING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE

11.3.1 Mainland Halifax North – Bedford Corridor

Transportation and Wastewater Servicing

Strategy (1.5 Mb)

11.4 ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY STANDING COMMITTEE

11.4.1 Final Draft Cole Harbour Basin Open Space Plan

- Report (4.2 Mb)

- Draft Plan (Very large file - 74 Mb)

11.5 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL

11.5.1 Councillor Nicoll – Caldwell Road Access from

Inishowen Subdivision

This item was deleted from the agenda.

12. MOTIONS

13. 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;

13.1 In Camera Minutes – November 26, 2013
Motion:
That the In Camera minutes November 26, 2013 be approved as circulated.

13.2 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

13.2.1 Councillor & Citizen Appointments to Boards and Committees – Private and Confidential Report
Motion:
It is recommended that Halifax Regional Council:

1. Adopt the recommendations of the Standing Committees regarding the Citizen Appointments as outlined in Attachment 1 of this report.

2. Appoint Councillor Hendsbee to the Special Events Advisory Committee for a term to November, 2014.

3. Appoint Councillors Nicoll and McCluskey to the Greater Halifax Partnership for a term to December, 2015.

4. It is further recommended that the list of Citizen appointments be released to the public following Council ratification.

13.3 Property Matter
A matter pertaining to providing instruction and direction to officers and employees of the Municipality pertaining to the acquisition / sale of land in regard to

13.3.1 Parkland Interest - Fall River – Private and Confidential Report
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council not seek to acquire the subject property for the purposes of parkland for reasons outlined in the Private and Confidential report dated November 14, 2013

13.3.2 Fall River Lakefront Property – Private and Confidential Report
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council not explore the possibility of trade and/or acquisition of the subject property for reasons outlined in the Private and Confidential report dated November 14, 2013

14. ADDED ITEMS

Additions:

13.4 In Camera - Legal Matter

A matter pertaining to litigation or potential litigation in regard to an identifiable person and information whose disclosure could reasonably be expected to prejudice the interests of the Municipality.

13.4.1 Update on Litigation – Oral
Motion: That Halifax Regional Council convene to in camera to receive a verbal update.

13.4.2 Update on Litigation – Oral
Motion: That Halifax Regional Council convene to in camera to receive a verbal update.

Deletions: