Regional Council

Halifax Regional Council

Agenda

October 30, 2007
6:00 p.m.
Council Chamber
In Camera Session
2:30 p.m.

1. INVOCATION

2. SPECIAL COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - October 16, 2007 (41KB)

Minutes for October 30, 2007 (35KB)

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 - October 23, 2007
8.1 Councillor Mosher - Request to Add Oct. 16/07 Information

Item # 12.1 - Legal Advice on Public Hearing Process - to the

       Agenda (397 KB)
8.2 Downtown Halifax Business Commission re: Activities Update
        (i) Peter Doig, Vice Chair
        (ii) Paul MacKinnon, Executive Director

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

10. REPORTS
10.1 CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER

10.1.1 Tender 07-390 - HRM Parking Lot Snow and Ice

           Control (60 KB)
10.1.2 Civic Address Corrections Project - Approval of

           Community Boundaries - District 1 and Portions of

           Districts 2, 3, 18, 22 & 23 (6.10 MB)
10.1.3 Community Vision Pilot Project - Visions and Action

           Plans(23.07 MB)
10.1.4 Case 01003 - Municipal Planning Strategy and Land

           Use By-Law Amendments - Lots RP-1 and RP-2,

           Regatta Point, Halifax(1.27 MB)
10.1.5 Case 01053 - Dartmouth Municipal Planning

           Strategy Amendment - Waverley Road Industrial

           Land, Dartmouth (701 KB)

10.2 WESTERN REGION COMMUNITY COUNCIL

10.2.1 Area Rate for Glen Arbour Homeowner's Association

(1.15 MB)

10.3 MEMBERS OF COUNCIL

10.3.1 Councillor Snow - Request to Add October 23, 2007

Information Item #2 - Arena Capacity - to the Agenda

This item was deleted from the agenda.

11. MOTIONS

12. ADDED ITEMS

Deletion:

10.3.1 Councillor Snow - Request to Add October 23, 2007

           Information Item #2 - Arena Capacity - to the Agenda

Additions:

12.1 Councillor Hum
    (i) Request for Report re: Fairview Overpass Design

        Changes - Merge Lanes (101 KB)
   (ii) Request to Add October 30, 2007 Information Item

        # 3 - Ethical Procurement / Green Procurement - to

        the Agenda (86 KB)

IN CAMERA RECOMMENDATION (14 KB)

13. NOTICES OF MOTION

14. ADJOURNMENT

In Camera Session - 2:30 p.m.
1. Approval of the Minutes - October 16, 2007
2. Personnel Matter - Workforce Update (oral)
Deferred Business - October 23, 2007:
3. Legal Matter - Councillor Karsten - Confidential Information (oral)
4. Property Matter - Potential Property Acquisitions, Trinity

Subdivision, Dartmouth (Supplementary Report)
5. Property Matter - Councillor Younger - Land Acquisition
6. Legal Matter - Councillor Mosher - Administrative Order 1,

Respecting the Procedures of the Council
October 30, 2007:
7. Contractual Matter - Crossing Guard Negotiations (oral)
8. Personnel Matter - Evaulation Process for Request for Proposal

07-139 - Business Parks Functional Plans (To be circulated)

INFORMATION ITEMS
October 30, 2007

1. Proclamation - CPR Awareness Month - November 2007

(124 KB)

2. Proclamation - Pain Awareness Week - November 4- 10, 2007

(127 KB)

3. Memorandum from Director, Finance and Director, Infrastructure

and Asset Management dated October 24, 2007 re: Update -

Ethical Procurement / Green Procurement (44 KB)

4. Memorandum from Director, Legal Services & Risk Management
dated September 26, 2007 re: Claims Information (57 KB)

5. Memorandum from Director, Legal Services & Risk Management
dated October 24, 2007 re: Appeal of Decision of Regional Council

to Approve a Development Agreement with United Gulf Development