Summary of Recorded Votes (168 Kb)
Minutes for April 28, 2015 (100Kb)
1. INVOCATION
2. SPECIAL COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – March 24 (66 Kb) and 31 (86 Kb), 2015
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
7.1 Councillor Walker – That Regional Council rescind the motion passed at the January 14, 2014 meeting to approve that Regional Council:
1. Levy a new Stormwater Charge for Right-of-Way costs of $39 per Property on those properties that pay the Halifax Water Stormwater Charge, and,
2. Request that Halifax Water collect the new Stormwater Charge for HRM through the Halifax Water billing process, commencing with the 2014-15 fiscal year.
8. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS – NONE
9. PUBLIC HEARINGS – 6:00 P.M.
9.1 Case 19516 – Rezoning and Land Use By-law (LUB) Amendments - St. David's Church Hall (1537 Brunswick Street) and portion of the former Halifax Memorial Library site, Halifax
i) Design Review Committee (2.3 Mb)
ii) Heritage Advisory Committee (4.2 Mb)
Presentation (740 Kb)
10. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
10.1 Correspondence
10.2 Petitions
11. REPORTS
11.1 CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
11.1.1 Award Tender No. 15-161 – Emera Oval Phase II (Pavilion) (781 Kb)
11.1.2 Award – Tender No. 15-222, Pavement Markings – West Region (285 Kb)
11.1.3 Award – Tender No. 15-221, Pavement Markings – East/Central Regions (251 Kb)
11.1.4 Award – Unit Price Tender No. 15-026, Traffic Signal Maintenance (217 Kb)
11.1.5 Case 19156 – Incentive or Bonus Zoning Agreement – Mixed-Use Development at 5268 and 5262 Sackville Street and 1593 Market Street, Halifax (2.4 Mb)
11.1.6 Case 19461 – Amendments to the Planning Districts 1 and 3 Municipal Planning Strategy (MPS) and Land Use By-law (LUB) to enable an asphalt plant on lands west of Little Indian Lake, Head of St. Margaret’s Bay (2.0 Mb)
11.1.7 Sole Source Award – Fibre Optic Network Relocation (2.6 Mb)
11.1.8 Property Matter – 220 Lake Loon Road and 266 Cherry Brook Road (Supplementary Report) (9.0 Mb)
11.2 COMMUNITY PLANNING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDING COMMITTEE
11.2.1 Case 18166 – Developing a New Telecommunication Tower Protocol (1.9 Mb)
11.3 ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY STANDING COMMITTEE
11.3.1 Tantallon, Musquodoboit and Porters Lake Watershed Studies (872 Kb)
11.4 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL
11.4.1 Councillor Outhit – Maintain a portion of surplus municipal property at 18 Scotia Drive, Bedford as public open space (22 Kb)
11.4.2 Councillors Mason and Outhit – Commercial Tax options analysis (29 Kb)
12. MOTIONS
12.1 Councillor Whitman
That Halifax Regional Council request a staff report with regards to an amendment to By-law T-1000, providing that By-law T-1000 does not apply to community-based transportation services which are developed and provided by non-profit organizations through partnerships by coordinating public, private, non-profit and volunteer resources and services that receive provincial or municipal financial support to cover a portion of the operating costs.
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 – March 24 & 31, 2015
Motion:
That the In Camera minutes of March 24 & 31, 2015 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 Citizen Appointments to the Board of the Halifax Water Commission – Private and Confidential Report
Motion:
The Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee recommends that Halifax Regional Council:
1. Appoint the two (2) citizens outlined in the discussion section of the private and confidential Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee report dated April 7, 2015 to the Board of the Halifax Water Commission.
2. Release the names of the appointments following Council ratification and notification of the successful candidate.13.2.2 Citizen Appointment to Heritage Advisory Committee – Private and Confidential Report
Motion:
The Community Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee recommends that Halifax Regional Council:
1. Appoint the citizen outlined in the discussion section of the private and confidential report dated April 16, 2015 to the Heritage Advisory Committee.
2. It is further recommended that the citizen appointment be released to the public following ratification and notification of the successful candidate.
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 Property Matter - Industrial Land Acquisition – Private and Confidential Report
Motion:
The Audit & Finance Standing Committee recommends that Halifax Regional Council:
1) Authorize the Mayor and Municipal Clerk to enter into an Agreement of Purchase and Sale for the subject properties, as per the key terms and conditions provided in Table 1 of the private and confidential staff report dated March 24, 2015;
2) Reduce Project No. CQ000008 – Burnside & City of Lakes Development by the amount described in the Financial Implications of the private and confidential staff report dated March 24, 2015 with funds returning to the Business/Industrial Parks Expansion Reserve Q121;
3) Approve a withdrawal from the Business/Industrial Parks Expansion Reserve Q121 in the amount equal to the expenditure described in the Financial Implications of the private and confidential staff report dated March 24, 2015 from Project No. CQ000001 – Industrial Land Acquisition;
4) Instruct staff to seek the required amendments to municipal planning documents to allow for serviced industrial development on the subject properties in their entirety.It is further recommended that this report not be released to the public.
Private and Confidential Information Item
1. Private and Confidential In Camera Information Report - re: Invocation
14. ADDED ITEMS
14.1 Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Resolution – Board Appointment (630 Kb)
14.2 Councillor Adams – Fire Stations 62 and 63 – Timelines (22 Kb)
14.3 Ratification of Motion of Committee of the Whole – Full Review of Final Budget – Proposed 2015/2016 Capital and Operating Budget (20 Kb)
15. NOTICES OF MOTION
16. ADJOURNMENT
INFORMATION ITEMS
April 28, 2015
1. Proclamation – Parental Alienation Awareness Day – April 25, 2015 (293 Kb)
2. Proclamation – Public-Rail Safety Week – April 27 – May 3, 2015 (249 Kb)
3. Proclamation – Leave a LegacyTM Month – May 2015 (245 Kb)
4. Proclamation – Lyme Disease Awareness Month – May 2015 (286 Kb)
