Regional Council

Halifax Regional Council

Agenda

February 27, 2007
6:00 p.m.
Council Chamber
In Camera Session
3:30 p.m.

1. INVOCATION

2. SPECIAL COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - February 13, 2007 (47KB)

Minutes of February 27, 2007 (45KB)

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
9.3 Presentation

9.3.1 Capital Health - Chris Power, Chief Executive Officer

10. REPORTS
10.1 CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

10.1.1 Tender 06-280 - Bridge Maintenance, Lady

           Hammond Road Overpass - West Region (231 KB)
10.1.2 Request for Permanent Encroachment - 2150

           Gottingen Street (3.37 MB)
10.1.3 Capital Budget Increase - 2006 / 2007 Provincial

           Cost-Shared Funds for Civic Addressing Project,

           Phase III (186 KB)

10.1.4 Peggy’s Cove Water & Sewer Servicing Options

           Evaluation and Preliminary Design Study - Additional

           Provincial Capital Assistance Program Funding

           (407 KB)

10.2 AUDIT COMMITTEE

10.2.1 External Audit Services (148 KB)

10.3 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL

10.3.1 Councillor Mosher - Request to add February 13,

           2007 Information Item #3 to the Agenda -

           Lobbyist’s Position (446 KB)
10.3.2 Councillor Meade
          (i) Request for Report re: Macou’s Island, Indian

               Point Road (50 KB)
          (ii) Request for Report re: Station Road, Hubbards

               (55 KB)

11. MOTIONS
11. 1 Councillor Murphy

“To amend the fare schedule of Administrative Order 39 to make taxi rates 28% lower than limousine rates to and from the airport for destinations in HRM.”

12. ADDED ITEMS

Additions:

12.1 Proclamation - Epilepsy Month - March 2007 (66 KB)

12.2 Councillors Mosher and McCluskey - HRM Participation

in Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities (UNSM) (44 KB)

12.3 Councillor Adams - Outdoor Skating Rinks (226 KB)

12.4 Councillor Snow - Unwanted Flyer Delivery - Litter

(56 KB)

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE RECOMMENDATIONS (57 KB)

IN CAMERA RECOMMENDATIONS (49 KB)

13. NOTICES OF MOTION

14. ADJOURNMENT

In Camera Session - 3:30 p.m.
1. Approval of the Minutes of - February 20, 2007
2. Property Matter - Duke Street & Highway 102, Bedford

(deferred February 13, 2007) (Supplementary Report)
3. Property Matter - Bloomfield Centre Review Project: Tenancy Plan
(deferred February 20, 2007)
4. Contractual Matter - Urban Renewal Program
5. Contractual Matter - Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Update (oral)

INFORMATION ITEMS
February 27, 2007

1. Proclamation - Liver Health Month - March 2007 (72 KB)

2. Memorandum from Director, Environmental Management

Services dated February 9, 2007 re: Harbour Solutions Project -

Third Quarterly Report - October to December 2006 (1.43 MB)

3. Memorandum from Traffic Authority dated February 6, 2007
re: Request for Overhead Flashing Lights on Two Lane Roadways

(142 KB)

4. Memorandum from Chief Administrative Officer dated February 21,

2007 re: 2014 Commonwealth Games Bid Update (243 KB)

5. Memorandum from Acting Director, Business Planning and

Information Management dated February 20, 2007 re: Rural

Broadband (148 KB)