Halifax Regional Council

Agenda

January 11, 2005
6:00 p.m.
Council Chamber
In Camera Session
3:30 p.m.

1. INVOCATION

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - December 7 & 14, 2004

Minutes of January 11, 2005

3. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AND APPROVAL OF

ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS

4. BUSINESS ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES

5. MOTIONS OF RECONSIDERATION
5.1 Councillor Sloane

“To reconsider the motion adopted by Council on December 14, 2004 regarding Item 10.1.10 - Grand Parade Parking.”

5.2 Councillor Sloane

“To reconsider the motion adopted by Council on December 14, 2004 respecting Administrative Order Twenty-Eight, the Peninsula Community Council Administrative Order.”

6. MOTIONS OF RESCISSION - NONE

7. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS - NONE

8. PUBLIC HEARINGS - 6:00 p.m.
8.1 Administrative Order SC38 Respecting Closure of a Portion of

Bland Street, Halifax (1.23 MB)

9. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
9.1 Correspondence - None
9.2 Petitions
9.3 Presentation

9.3.1 Accessible Taxis - Lauchie Rutt, Executive Director,

Canadian Paraplegic Association

10. REPORTS
10.1 CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

10.1.1 Taxi & Limousine Committee (668 KB)
10.1.2 First Reading - By-Law S-416, An Amendment to

           By-Law S-400, Respecting Local Charges for Street

           Improvements Outside the Core (525 KB)

           Motion - Councillor Meade - Move First Reading
10.1.3 First Reading - By-Law T-214, An Amendment to

           By-Law T-201, Respecting Grant Appeals 2004 -2005
           Motion - Councillor Walker - Move First Reading

           (338 KB)

10.2 REGIONAL TAXI AND LIMOUSINE COMMITTEE

10.2.1 Accessible Taxis (250 KB)

10.3 PENINSULA COMMUNITY COUNCIL

10.3.1 Establishment of Task Force to oversee Halifax Common

(39 KB)

10.4 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL

10.4.1 Councillor McCluskey - Proposed Development of a

Lake Protection Strategy for HRM (58 KB)

11. MOTIONS

11.1 Councillor Younger

“To amend Administrative Order One, resulting in items debated and referred from Committee of the Whole to Regional Council to be added to the Regional Council agenda without further debate, and that such Administrative Order be only overridden by an affirmative Recorded Vote of two-thirds of the members present and voting.”

12. ADDED ITEMS

12.1 Advisory Committee for Persons with Disabilities - Self Service Gas Pumps (80 Kb)

12.2 Correspondence from Tree Canada Foundation re: the adoption of a resolution by Council on conservation of urban forests. (512 Kb)

13. NOTICES OF MOTION

14. ADJOURNMENT

In Camera Session - 3:30 p.m.
1. Approval of the Minutes of - November 23 & December 14, 2004
2. Legal Matter - Upper Hammonds Plains Appeal
3. Personnel Matter - Collective Bargaining Update (oral)
4. Legal Matter - Nova Scotia Power Outage Review (oral)

INFORMATION ITEMS
January 11, 2005

1. Memorandum from Traffic Authority dated December 16, 2004
re: Petition Request for Marked Crosswalk - Cow Bay Road at

Island View Seniors Facility (113 KB)

2. Memorandum from Director, Environmental Management Services

dated January 5, 2005 re: 2004 Program Overview - Pesticide

By-law (1.72 MB)

3. Memorandum from Director, Public Works and Transportation

dated December 23, 2004 re: Petition for the Paving of Beth Court

- East Region (97 KB)

4. Memorandum from Chief of Police, dated December 30, 2004
re: Letter of Support - Use of Photo Radar and Traffic Light

Cameras (94 KB)

5. Memorandum from Chair, Board of Police Commissioners dated