Regional Council

Halifax Regional Council

Agenda

June 26, 2007
Immediately following
Committee of the Whole
Reconvene 6:00 p.m.
Council Chamber
In Camera Session
10:00 a.m.

1. INVOCATION

2. SPECIAL COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - June 12, 2007 (60KB)

Minutes of June 26, 2007 (193 KB)

4. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AND APPROVAL OF

ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS

5. BUSINESS ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES
6. MOTIONS OF RECONSIDERATION - June 19, 2007
6.1 Councillor Hum

"To reconsider the motion approved by Regional Council on June 19, 2007 regarding Tender 07-221 - Phase 12-1a Development, Burnside Business Park."

7. MOTIONS OF RESCISSION - NONE
8. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS - June 12 & 19, 2007
8.1 Business Improvement District (BID) Service Agreement Renewal
(deferred June 12, 2007)

This item was deleted from the agenda
8.2 Case H00197: Application to Consider 76 Peregrine Crescent,

Golf Links Park, Bedford as a Municipally Registered Heritage

Property (Heritage Hearing) (3.65 MB)
8.3 Case H00200: De-registration of 1991B Prince Arthur Street,

Halifax (A Municipally Registered Heritage Property) (1.01 MB)
8.4 Councillor Rankin - HRM Support of Government of Nova Scotia

Action on Atlantic Accord (56 KB)
8.5 In Camera Recommendation - Property Matter - Derelict

Buildings Implementation

This item was deleted from the agenda.
8.6 In Camera Recommendation - Property Matter - Councillor

Hendsbee - Amendment of May 30, 2006 Motion Re: Proposed

Management Agreement for Lawrencetown Community Centre

(24 KB)

9. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
9.1 Correspondence

9.1.1 The Honorable Peter Julian, MP - Private Members Bill M-38 re: Fire Retardants containing polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) (305 KB)

9.2 Petitions
9.3 Presentation

9.3.1 Halifax-Dartmouth Canada Day Committee -

         Peter Majeau, Chair
9.3.2 Halifax International Airport Authority - Annual Report
        (i) Eleanor D. Humphries - President & CEO
        (ii) Michael Healy - VP Infrastructure & Technology

10. REPORTS
10.1 CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

10.1.1 Tender 07-247 - Conversion of the Armdale Rotary

            to a Modern Roundabout - West Region (224 KB)
10.1.2 Tender 06-360 - Ellenvale Run Drainage

            Improvements - Bellevista Drive Culvert Replacement,

            East Region (291 KB)
10.1.3 Tender 06-361 - Ellenvale Run Drainage

           Improvements - Wanda Lane Culvert Replacement,

           East Region (284 KB)
10.1.4 Request for Proposal 07-335 - Consulting Engineering

            Services Bedford-Sackville Trunk Sewer -

            Maintenance Access Routes (334 KB)
10.1.5 Tender 07-156 - Beazley Track Wearing Surface

            (171 KB)
10.1.6 Tender 07-252 - Resurfacing, Sewer and Watermain

           Renewal, Scot Street and Desmond Avenue -

           West Region (309 KB)
10.1.7 Request for Permanent Encroachment - Henry Street -
           Dalhousie University (179 KB)
10.1.8 Civic Address Corrections Project (staff presentation)

            (763 KB)
10.1.9 New Mobile Canteen Motor Vehicle Site - Argyle Street

            (190 KB)
10.1.10 Parkland Acquisition - The Edwards Family Charitable

             Foundation Land Donation (1.05 MB)
10.1.11 2007 / 2008 Tax Rates for Supplementary Education

              (679 KB)
10.1.12 2007 / 2008 Budgets and Business Plans for

             Area-Rated Services (5.30 MB)
10.1.13 Procurement Process for Office Furniture

            (Information Report) (2.49 MB)
10.1.14 Proposed By-Law N-300, Respecting Nuisances

              (484 KB)

10.2 INVESTMENT POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

10.2.1 Amendments to the Halifax Regional Municipality

Investment Policy (1.51 MB)

10.3 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL

10.3.1 Councillor Hendsbee - Request for Report re: HRM &

O'Connell Drive Paving (55 KB)
10.3.2 Councillor Smith - Request for Report re: Intersection

Improvement - Burnside Park - Dartmouth (51 KB)

11. MOTIONS

12. ADDED ITEMS

Deletions:

8.1 Business Improvement District (BID) Service

       Agreement Renewal (deferred June 12, 2007)

       (defer to July 31, 2007)

8.5 Councillor Adams - Unsightly Premises Notices to

       Property Owners (deferred June 19, 2007)

Additions:

12.5 Tender 07-159 - Fire Station 45 and Gordon R. Snow Community Centre (266 KB)

IN CAMERA RECOMMENDATIONS (48 KB)

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE RECOMMENDATIONS (54 KB)

13. NOTICES OF MOTION

14. ADJOURNMENT

In Camera Session - 10:00 a.m.
1. Approval of the Minutes - None
2. Personnel Matter - Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Update (oral)
(deferred June 19, 2007)
3. Contractual Matter - Animal Service Contract Amendment
4. Property Matter - Councillor Smith - Trinity Subdivision Roadway

Update (oral)
5. Legal Matter - HRM Settlement

INFORMATION ITEMS
June 26, 2007

1. Proclamation - Canada Day, July 1 2007 (79 KB)

2. Memorandum from Co-Chairs, Investment Policy Advisory

Committee dated June 18, 2007 re: Quarter Ending

March 31, 2007 (405 KB)

3. Memorandum from Acting Director, Finance and Deputy

Treasurer dated June 19, 2007 re: Investment Activities -

Quarter Ending March 31, 2007 (440 KB)

4. Memorandum from Director, Community Development

dated June 6, 2007 re: Increased Funding for Commercial

Heritage Properties (145 KB)