Regional Council

Halifax Regional Council

Agenda

May 29, 2007
6:00 p.m.
Council Chamber
In Camera Session
4:00 p.m.

1. INVOCATION

2. SPECIAL COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - May 8, 2007 (33KB)

Minutes of May 29, 2007 (81KB)

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. PUBLIC HEARINGS - 6:00 p.m.
9.1 Change in Use of Portion of HRM Property at Baker Drive and

Norm Newman Drive, Dartmouth (378 KB)
9.2 By-Law S-422, an Amendment to By-Law S-400, Respecting

Charges for Street Improvements (247 KB)

10. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
10.1 Correspondence

10.1.1 12 Wing Headquarters Shearwater re: Sea King

Helicopter Landing & Flypast, Portland Estates

Elementary School (77 KB)

10.2 Petitions

11. REPORTS
11.1 CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

11.1.1    Tender 07-030 - Street Light Maintenance Various

              Locations - Two (2) Year Contract (168 KB)
11.1.2    Tender 07-050 - Two (2) 2007 Ice Resurfacers &

              Tender 07-051 - Three (3) 2007 Articulated

              Municipal Tractors (169 KB)
11.1.3    Tender 07-052 - Two (2) 2008 Crew Cab and Chassis

              Trucks with Stake Dump Body (131 KB)
11.1.4    Tender 07-207 - Windsor Street and Kempt Road,

              Intersection Improvements - West Region

              (196 KB)
11.1.5    Tender 07-208 - Street Reconstruction and Water

              Main Renewal, Beaumont Drive - Central Region

              (269 KB)
11.1.6    Tender 07-218 - Paving Renewal, Bayview Road -

              West Region (153 KB)
11.1.7    Tender 07-229 - Paving Resurfacing, King Street -

              East Region (144 KB)
11.1.8    Tender 07-231 - Paving Renewal, Gebhardt Street,

              Gordon Avenue and Randall Avenue - West Region

               (146 KB)
11.1.9    Tender 07-236 - Sidewalk Renewals - West Region

               (166 KB)
11.1.10 Tender 07-240 - New Paving of Subdivision Streets

              Inside the Core Area: Buckingham Drive, Abbey

              Road, Bingham Drive and Sussex Drive - West

              Region (777 KB)
11.1.11 Tender 07-241 - New Sidewalk, St. Margaret’s Bay

              Road - West Region (402 KB)
11.1.12 Tender 07-242 - Paving & Sidewalk Renewal, Dawson

              Street - East Region (159 KB)
11.1.13 Tender 07-243 - Paving Renewal, High Road, Central

              Region (146 KB)
11.1.14 Tender 07-246 - Thin Overlays - Phase 2, Various

              Locations (212 KB)
11.1.15 Tender 07-248 - Micro Surfacing - Phase 2, Various

              Locations (213 KB)
11.1.16 Tender 07-251 - Main Artery Patching - East, West &

              Central Regions (176 KB)
11.1.17 Tender 07-025 - Supply and Installation, Exhaust

              Extraction Systems for Emergency Vehicles (152 KB)
11.1.18 Tender 07-079 - The Receipt and Management of

             Separately Collected Leaf and Yard Waste and / or

             Christmas Trees (223 KB)
11.1.19 Request for Proposal 07-331 - Consulting Engineering

             Services, Bedford - Sackville Trunk Sewer - Hydraulic

              & Operational Assessment (384 KB)
11.1.20 Purchase of Haworth Systems Furniture (137 KB)
11.1.21 Proposed By-Law L-125, An Amendment to By-Law

             L-100, Respecting Charges for Local Improvements -

             Municipal Services Extension to Lively Subdivision

             (2.41 MB)
11.1.22 HRM / Halifax Regional Water Commission Draft

             Wastewater and Stormwater Transfer Agreement

              (3.41 MB)
11.1.23 Timberlea, Lakeside, Beechville Wastewater

             Treatment Plant Update (469 KB)
11.1.24 Case 01004 - Municipal Planning Strategy and Land

              Use By-Law Amendments for the Former BC Silver

              School Site, Halifax (1.21 MB)
11.1.25 Case 01005 - Amendment to the Halifax Municipal

              Planning Strategy for 11 Ramsgate Lane, Halifax

              (296 KB)
11.1.26 Case 01006 - Dartmouth Municipal Planning Strategy

              Amendment - Heritage Properties (448 KB)
11.1.27 Community Facility Master Plan 2007 Committee Terms

             of Reference (428 KB)
11.1.28 Proposed By-Law S-423, An Amendment to By-Law

             S-400, Respecting Local Improvement Charges - New

             Paving Projects Outside the Core Area - 2006

             (520 KB)
11.1.29 Proposed Administrative Order SC-44, Respecting

             Closure of a Portion of Gottingen Street at Falkland

             Street (326 KB)
11.1.30 Municipal Government Act Legislative

             Amendments - 2007 (4.37 MB)
11.1.31 First Reading By-law T-703, An Amendment to

             By-Law T-700, Respecting Tax Deferrals - Revised

             Income Eligibility Threshold (Supplementary Report)
             Motion - Councillor Walker - Move First Reading

             (161 KB)
11.1.32 Proposed Amendments to Administrative Order

             10, Respecting Partial Tax Exemption for Residential

             Taxation - Revised Income Eligibility Threshold and

             Rebate Values (Supplementary Report) (278 KB)

11.2 REGIONAL PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE

11.2.1 Amendments to Terms of Reference (922 KB)

11.3 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL

11.3.1 Councillor Johns - Fast Ferry Service (50 KB)
11.3.2 Deputy Mayor Uteck - Request for Report

re: Heritage Incentive Program - Commercial

Heritage Buildings (53 KB)

12. MOTIONS

13. ADDED ITEMS

13.1 Proclamation - Canadian Forces Day - June 3, 2007

         (122 KB)

13.2 Councillor McCluskey - Civic Addressing Process (46 KB)

13.3 Councillor Younger - Request to add May 29, 2007

        Information Item #6 to the Agenda - “Compact

        Flourescent Lights - Mercury Disposal - Banning of

        Incandescent Light Bulbs.” (56 KB)

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE RECOMMENDATIONS (56 KB)

IN CAMERA RECOMMENDATIONS (56 KB)

14. NOTICES OF MOTION

15. ADJOURNMENT

In Camera Session - 4:00 p.m.
1. Approval of the Minutes of - April 24 & May 15, 2007
2. Property Matter - Councillor Snow - District 2
3. Property Matter - Expropriation of Sewer Easement,

Lower Sackville
4. Property Matter - Access Agreement, Capital District

Health Authority

INFORMATION ITEMS
May 29, 2007

1. Proclamation - Child Care Awareness Days - June 2007

(76 KB)

2. Memorandum from Advisor, Intergovernmental & Corporate

Affairs dated May 17, 2007 re: HRM Initiatives, Spring 2007

(13.55 MB)

3. Memorandum from Director, Transportation and Public Works

and Acting Director, Finance dated March 10, 2007 re: Needs

Based Tendering / Life Cycle Costing (194 KB)

4. Memorandum from Acting Director, Finance dated May 15, 2007
re: Changes in Principles of Financial Reporting (280 KB)