Summary of Recorded Votes (184 Kb)
1. CALL TO ORDER
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. CALL FOR DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTERESTS
7. MOTIONS OF RECONSIDERATION – NONE
8. MOTIONS OF RESCISSION – NONE
9. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS – NONE
10. NOTICES OF TABLED MATTERS – NONE
11. PUBLIC HEARING – 6:00 P.M. – NONE
12. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
12.1 Correspondence
12.2 Petitions
13. INFORMATION ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD – NONE
14. REPORTS
14.1 CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
14.1.1 Award – Unit Price Tender No. 16-224, Street Planer Patching Phase 1 - Various Locations (111 Kb)
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council award Tender No. 16-224, Street Planer Patching Phase 1 - Various Locations, to the lowest bidder meeting specifications, Dexter Construction Company Limited for a Total Tender Price of $860,464 (net HST included) with funding from Project Account No. CR000005 – Street Recapitalization, as outlined in the Financial Implications section of the staff report dated March 21, 2016.
14.1.2 Alternative Voting Dates & Returning Officer Appointment – 2016 Municipal and School Board Elections (57 Kb)
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council:
1. Set the dates for alternative voting to commence on Tuesday, October 4, 2016 at 8:00am and run continuously through to Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 7:00 pm.
2. Rescind item 4 of the motion of the December 1, 2015, which appointed the Returning Officer for the 2016 Municipal and School Board Elections in the Halifax Regional Municipality, effective January 2, 2016.
3. Appoint Kevin Arjoon, Municipal Clerk, as the Returning Officer to conduct the 2016 Municipal and School Board Elections in the Halifax Regional Municipality, effective immediately.
14.1.3 Councillor Appointment – Liaison to the HRM Acadian /Francophone Community (30 Kb)
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council appoint Councillor Tony Mancini to act as an official liaison between Council and the HRM Acadian/Francophone Community.
14.1.4 Second Reading, Proposed By-Law T-705, Amendments to By-Law T-700 Respecting Tax Deferrals and Administrative Order 10, Respecting Partial Tax Exemption for Residential Taxation (1.4 Mb)
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council:
1. Adopt By-Law T-705, which includes amendments to By-Law T-700, Respecting Tax Deferrals, as set out in Attachment B to the staff report dated February 2, 2016; and
2. Adopt proposed Amendments to Administrative Order 10, Partial Exemption for Residential Taxation, as set out in attachment E to the staff report dated February 2, 2016.
14.2 TRANSPORTATION STANDING COMMITTEE
14.2.1 Use of Accessible Transportation to Support Access-A-Bus Services (236 Kb)
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council direct Halifax Transit staff to develop an Expression of Interest to explore the viability of a partnership with HRM Accessible Transportation service providers to support Halifax Transit
Access-A-Bus service.
14.3 HERITAGE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
14.3.1 Case H00429 – Request to Register 50 Woodlawn Road, Dartmouth as a Municipal Heritage Property (2.4 Mb)
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council set a date for a heritage hearing to consider the heritage registration of 50 Woodlawn Road, Dartmouth as shown on Map 1 of the January 26, 2016 staff report.
14.3.2 Case H00432 – 2016/17 Heritage Incentives Program (1.3 Mb)
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council approve the recommended grants to the properties listed in Attachment A of the March 10, 2016 staff report, and further approve those properties recommended as ‘standby’ as listed in Attachment B of the March 10, 2016 staff report, conditional upon the applicants’ compliance with section 29 through 35 of Administrative Order Number 2014-002-ADM (Attachment C of the March 10, 2016 staff report).
14.4 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL
14.4.1 Councillor Rankin – Renaming District 12 (22 Kb)
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council approve the renaming of District 12 to become Timberlea – Beechville – Clayton Park – Wedgewood.
14.4.2 Councillor Hendsbee – Building Permits on Rural Lots of 10 Hectares/25 Acres in Size (22 Kb)
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council request a staff report on an amendment to the rule of HRM no longer providing building permits on large lots of that are 10 hectares/25 acres in Size.
14.4.3 Councillor Mosher – Staff Report Request – Notification Distance for Variance Appeals (27 Kb)
Motion:
1. Request a staff report regarding the implications of increasing the notification distance for variance appeals from the current thirty (30) meter radius to fifty (50) and up to one hundred (100) meters, including potential amendments to the Halifax Municipal Charter; and
2. That the report be provided directly to Regional Council without review by the Community Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee.
15. MOTIONS
16. IN CAMERA (IN PRIVATE)
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:
16.1 Legal Advice
A matter pertaining to legal advice eligible for solicitor-client privilege.
16.1.1 Halifax Water Amendments – Private and Confidential Report – Deferred from April 5, 2016
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council:
1. Agree to the drafting instructions provided by the Province, as set out in Attachment A of the private and confidential staff report dated March 31, 2016; and
2. It is further recommended that the private and confidential report dated March 31, 2016 not be released to the public.
16.2 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
16.2.1 Councillor Mancini – Property Matter – Acquisition of Real Estate, Dartmouth – Private and Confidential Report
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council request a staff report on the possible acquisition of the property as outlined in the private and confidential Councillor Request Form.
Private and Confidential Information Items
1. Private and Confidential In Camera (In Private) Information Report - re: Personnel Matter – Executive Recruitment, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)
2. Private and Confidential In Camera (In Private) Information Report - re: Executive Recruitment – Municipal Auditor General
3. Private and Confidential In Camera (In Private) Information Report - re: St. Patrick’s Alexandra School Property
17. ADDED ITEMS
17.1 Councillor Mosher – Standing Committee Authority (23 Kb)
Motion:
That Halifax Regional Council request a staff report examining how reports are dealt with at standing committees. The report shall consider staff report requests that originate from Regional Council and are assigned to a standing committee. The report shall include a policy recommendation regarding the process by which the originating body ultimately deals with the report following consideration by the standing committee.17.2 Ratification of Motion of Committee of the Whole – Halifax Transit Moving Forward Together Plan (132 Kb)
16. IN CAMERA (IN PRIVATE)
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 Items
4. Private and Confidential In Camera (In Private) Information Report - re: 2016 Municipal and School Board Election Appointment of Returning Officer
18. NOTICES OF MOTION
19. ADJOURNMENT
INFORMATION ITEMS
April 12, 2016
1. Proclamation – National Public Safety Telecommunicator’s Week – April 10-16, 2016 (48 Kb)
