Revised Summary of Recorded Votes (132Kb)
Minutes for October 28, 2014 (89Kb)
1. INVOCATION
2. SPECIAL COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
SELECTION OF DEPUTY MAYOR
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – October 7, 2014 - (79Kb)
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
10.1.1 Fly-Past Request – Halifax Central Library Opening (42 Kb)
10.2 Petitions
11. REPORTS
11.1 CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
11.1.1 Land Lease Renewal – Department of Natural Resources Fire Station No. 63 – 160 West Pennant Road, Sambro (273 Kb)
11.1.2 Grant of Easements – Chain of Lakes Trail Project (1.3 Mb)
11.1.3 Proposed Administrative Order 2014-017-GOV, Respecting Councillor Appointments to External Committees (332 Kb)
Motion – Councillor Mosher – Approve Administrative Order 2014-017-GOV
11.1.4 Canada Games Centre – Interim Agreement (1.3 Mb)
11.2 HALIFAX AND WEST COMMUNITY COUNCIL
11.2.1 Case 19326 – Municipal Planning Strategy (MPS) Amendments and Development Agreement for 1034, 1042, 1050 and 1056 Wellington Street, Halifax (2.0 Mb)
Motion – Give First Reading and Schedule a Public Hearing
11.2.2 Case 18950 – Amendments to the Halifax Municipal Planning Strategy (MPS) and the Halifax Peninsula Land Use By-law (LUB) – 1047, 1057 and 1065 Barrington Street, Halifax (3.7 Mb)
Motion – Give First Reading and Schedule a Public Hearing
11.3 AUDIT AND FINANCE STANDING COMMITTEE
11.3.1 Proposed Administrative Order 2014-015-ADM, Respecting Reserve Funding Strategies (399 Kb)
Motion – Councillor Karsten – Approve Administrative Order 2014-015-ADM
11.3.2 Funding Award – 2014 Nova Scotia Moves (306 Kb)
11.3.3 Project CB000043 – Hubbards Recreation Centre (360 Kb)
11.3.4 Q123 Waste Resources Reserve Withdrawal (134 Kb)
11.3.5 Request for Staff Report – Increase to Event Grant for the 2014 We Day Atlantic Event (525 Kb)
11.4 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL
11.4.1 Councillor Rankin – Administrative Order 46 – Request for Amendment (18 Kb)
12. MOTIONS
12.1 Deputy Mayor Fisher
That Halifax Regional Council request a staff report on the possibility of Lake City Woodworkers acquiring adjacent land owned by HRM for the purposes of expanding their non-profit activities.
12.2 Councillor Dalrymple
That Halifax Regional Council request a staff report on diverting from the landfill all spent light bulbs used in municipal buildings by recycling at an appropriate facility.
12.3 Councillor Karsten
That Halifax Regional Council request a staff report to look at options relating to a permanent, fenced off-leash dog park for the Eastern Passage Cow Bay area.
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 – October 7, 2014
Motion:
That the In Camera minutes of October 7, 2014 be approved as circulated.
13.2 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
13.2.1 Purchase of Waterfront Lot in Conrod Settlement – Private and Confidential Report - Deferred from October 21, 2014
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council not approve acquisition of the vacant waterfront parcel as outlined in the private and confidential staff report dated September 11, 2014 for parkland and recreation use.
13.2.2 Increase to Capital Budget Account and Industrial Lot Inventory Re-Purchase – Private and Confidential Report
Motion: That Halifax Regional Council:1. Approve an Increase of $840,000 to the Capital Budget Account CQ000011 – Lot Inventory Repurchase with funding from Q121, Industrial Park Reserve, with no net increase to the Capital Budget; and
2. Following the repurchase of the properties identified in Table 1 of the Private and Confidential Report dated September 18, 2014 in accordance with the approved Buy Back Agreements, approve the addition of the properties to the lot inventory with the minimum unit selling price as provided in Table 1 of the private and confidential report dated September 18, 2014.
It is further recommended that this report not be released to the public.
13.2.3 Boundaries for the Blue Mountain Birch Cove Lakes (BMBCL) Regional Park – Private and Confidential Report
Motion: That Halifax Regional Council end the facilitated negotiation process with the developer’s representatives; and await the land owner’s, joint or individual, request to proceed with their development as per Policy S-3 of the Regional Plan for the lands within the Urban Settlement designation.
14. ADDED ITEMS
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:
13.3 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.13.3.1 Follow Up to item 13.3.3 Briefing Litigation and Property Matters, considered by Council in camera on October 21, 2014 – Private and Confidential Report
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council convene to in camera.
15. NOTICES OF MOTION
16. ADJOURNMENT
INFORMATION ITEMS
October 28, 2014
