Regional Council

Halifax Regional Council

Agenda

July 4, 2006
Immediately Following In Camera
Reconvene 6:00 p.m.
Council Chamber
In Camera Session
2:30 P.M.

1. INVOCATION

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Regional Council - June 20 (58KB), 2006

& Committee of the Whole - June 14 (29KB), 15 (24KB), 16 (21KB), 19 (27KB)and 20 (16KB), 2006

Minutes of July 4, 2006 (142 KB)

3. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AND APPROVAL

OF ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS

4. BUSINESS ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES
5. MOTIONS OF RECONSIDERATION - NONE
6. MOTIONS OF RESCISSION - NONE
7. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS - NONE

8. PUBLIC HEARING - 6:00 p.m.
8.1 By-Law T-136, Respecting Taxi and Limousine Licensing -

Amendment - National Standards Certification for New

Limousine Drivers (2.90 MB)

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

10. REPORTS
10.1 CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

10.1.1   Request for Proposal 06-043 - Supply of Forty-Foot

             Transit Buses (385 KB)
10.1.2   Tender 06-067 - Five (5) 2007 Tandem Truck

             Chassis with Combination Dump Body, Reversible

             Plow and Wing Plow (143 KB)
10.1.3   Tender 06-246 - Sidewalk Renewals -

             West Region (174 KB)
10.1.4   Tender 06-258 - Traffic Signal Upgrades, Cole

             Harbour Road at Otago Drive - East Region and

             Old Sambro Road at Dentith St. - West

             Region (151 KB)
10.1.5   Tender 06-356 - Sullivan’s Pond Outlet Pipe, CSP

             (Corrugated Steel Pipe) Repairs (335 KB)
10.1.6   Capital Budget Increase Lake Echo Community

             Park (186 KB)
10.1.7   Special Election Halifax Regional Municipality District

             21 - Bedford (115 KB)
10.1.8   By-Law C-500 -Respecting Commerce and Vending

             on Municipal Lands (2.35 MB)
10.1.9   Business Improvement District (BID) Service

             Agreement Renewal (928 KB)
10.1.10 Lake Banook Pedestrian Bridge (796 KB)
10.1.11 Festivals and Events Funding Committee (451 KB)
10.1.12 Prospect Road and Area Community Centre

             (Supplementary Report) (182 KB)
10.1.13 Award of Contract - Revenue Tools

             Replacement (352 KB)
10.1.14 Tax Sale Fees (457 KB)
10.1.15 2006-07 Area Rated Local Improvement Charge

             for Project 05-281 - Sidewalk, Highfield Park

             Drive (411 KB)
10.1.16 Gas Tax (418 KB)
10.1.17 Revised 2006-07 Area Rates for Community

             Transit (174 KB)
10.1.18 Memorandum of Understanding for the Mainland

             Common Community Centre between the YMCA

             and HRM (877 KB)
10.1.19 First Reading - Project 00327 - Bylaw S-800 -

             Respecting Requirements for the Licensing of

             Temporary Signs
               (i) Supplementary Report (1.66 MB)
               (ii) Staff Report (5.50 MB)

10.2 WESTERN REGION COMMUNITY COUNCIL

10.2.1 Revision of Boundary for Harrietsfield Williamswood

           Community Centre Area Rate (1.70 MB)
10.2.2 Revision of Boundary for Westwood Hills Residents

           Association Area Rate (1.60 MB)

10.3 TAXI & LIMOUSINE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

10.3.1 Administrative Order # 38 - Committee

           Composition (285 KB)
           Motion - Councillor Adams - To Approve

           Administrative Order 38

11. MOTIONS
11.1 Councillor Snow

“To move First Reading of By-Law S-800, the purpose of

which is to establish and regulate the requirements for

the licensing of Temporary Signs throughout the entire Municipality.

Further, to move First Reading of By-Law E-201, an

amendment to By-Law E-200 Encroachment By-law,

Respecting Encroachment of Sandwich Board Signs

within HRM Public Right of Ways.

And also to approve Administrative Order 15, Respecting

License, Permit and Processing Fees, the purpose of which

is to establish:
1.) license fees for temporary signs within HRM
2.) permit fees for permanent signs in Dartmouth

and Halifax.”

12. ADDED ITEMS

12.1 Councillor Mosher
      (i) Request for staff update re: Armdale Rotary (56 Kb)
      (ii) Undergrounding power to Dartmouth Sewage

           Treatment Plant

In Camera Recommendation (15 Kb)

13. NOTICES OF MOTION

14. ADJOURNMENT

In Camera Session - 2:30 p.m.
1. Approval of the Minutes of Committee of the Whole In

Camera - June 14, 2006
2. Contractual Matter - Proposed Major Concert

INFORMATION ITEMS
July 4, 2006

1. Memorandum from Acting Director, Finance dated June 20,2006
re: Residential Property Tax Rebate and Deferral Programs:

Evaluation of Policy Change (659 KB)

2. Memorandum from Acting Director, Community, Culture and

Economic Development dated June 23, 2006 re: Needham Bells

Capital Budget Transfer (219 KB)

3. Memorandum from Acting Director, Community, Culture and

Economic Development dated June 21, 2006 re: Events Funding