Craig Walkington (until 7:00pm), Anne Perry, Maureen Strickland, Arthur Carter, Alvina Cain, Owida Downey, Clarke Cromwell, Fred Connors, Ross Cantwell, Mia Rankin

Sharon Laframboise 

Roger Wells Capital District Task Force -Coordinator of Planning Application

Peter Bigelow - Manager of Real Property Planning

Call to Order - The meeting was called to order at 6:05pm.

U Presentation from Roger Wells

Mr. Wells is working primarily on two issues. The first is to coordinate the service delivery within the Capital District. (Spring Garden Road, Barrington Street, Gottingen Street, Quinpool Road and Downtown Dartmouth and the Waterfront Development Corporation). The second is to develop a strategic plan with a long term vision for the district. Several initiatives are underway in order to accomplish this. For example, there is a study underway on urban design and another that's just completed for part of Barrington Street which recommends that part of Barrington Street be designated a heritage district. Another plan entitled "Public Real Property Opportunities Plan" will try to determine how HRM might develop its property in the short, medium and long term. This process will organize HRM property in to three categories: 1) Priority Properties - these properties will be tagged with a 1 to 2 year time frame for action. An example of a priority property is the Tex Park. 2) Strategic Properties - These properties will be tagged with a 5 year time frame for action. An example of a strategic property is the Cogswell Street Interchange. 3) Long Term Properties - These are assets that require no immediate action, but that the HRM feels are important properties. An example of which is the Halifax Commons. The Capital District Task Force is trying to get the Provincial and Federal Governments involved in this process. Also, the study will comment on the state of our public facilities and identify where the gaps are.

Mr. Wells handed out a copy of the " Request for Proposal: Cogswell Interchange Best Lands Practices Research Study " This study will look at how best to re-develop this property. This study will also look at how other Municipalities like Halifax, have redeveloped their properties, what development and planning processes they used, how they consulted residents and communities of interest, and finally, how they financed the redevelopment. HRM Council does not want tax payers to foot the bill for redeveloping the Cogswell Interchange. There will be public consultation process to identify how the property might be developed for public use, commercial use and residential use. The Halifax CLC is recognized as a key stake holder for this study as well as for the other studies. Mr. Wells will send copies of the three studies to the CLC through Sharon. Mr. Wells suggested that the consultant could meet with the CLC to discuss the status of the study and its terms of reference. Mr. Wells will have the consultant contact Sharon to make those arrangements. The CLC could help to get people to the public consultation meetings.

Presentation from Peter Bigelow

Mr. Bigelow gave the group an overview of some of the plans for parks, trails and bikeways. The "Parkland Plan" was adopted by Halifax City Council in 1994. The plan identified Barrington Street as a Parkway into the downtown. It discussed ways to make this route more aesthetically pleasing in ways that would highlight the assets along the way. For example, uniform signage, trees, bringing focus to the harbour. This parkway would be designed to accommodate cars, bikes and pedestrians.

The "Regional Trails Plan" was adopted by HRM Council in 1997. This plan identified

the beginning of a trail in the North of Halifax that would connect the Spurway to

Seaview Park. It is hoped that the trail will eventually circumnavigate the entire peninsula and in the future connect to the trail in Dartmouth. Brunswick Street may be part of the trail.

 Mr. Bigelow said that the Halifax CLC could be included in the trail planning process through Mr. Wells or Sharon. Mr. Bigelow said the Dartmouth CLC had a sub-committee for trails that liaises with the Regional Trails Coordinator. Mr. Bigelow will send the CLC a list of the members of the Capital District Task Force.

Review of Notes from January 14 th Meeting

Notes approved.

Action Items from Last Meeting

a. Study Proposal-Status - Ross reported that he had 16 pages written. He is working on an introductory page and on the budget. He has asked Craig to write to Mike Kroger to request $25,000 for the study. An additional $20,000 may be coming from the Capital District. The next step is to take Study Proposal to HRDC. Sharon will set up a 9:00 am meeting a week from now with Bev Young from HRDC, Mia, Ross and Fred. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the Proposal with Ms. Young and to get some feedback and direction from her. It was agreed that the political process may be the only way to leverage more money from HRM. Ross will talk to Councillor Utek.

b. Design Charette - The charette will proceed on Monday, 17 February 2003 at the George Dixon Centre at 6:00pm. 6 maps are required of the site, like the HREP engineering map with a scale of 1:200 that Dan O'Halloran gave the committee. The maps need to be very large approximately 3'X5'. The maps need to show the new roads around the site, the foot print of the plant, there can be trees but no parking improvements. There needs to be a couple of elevations of the building. We also need a couple of rolls of trace paper and markers. Sharon will ask George Rogers to call Ross about the supplies required.

c. Election - Craig has spoken with Larry Tench. Larry is very interested in the CLC. Craig also e-mailed Michael Reynolds (the other person who is interested in volunteering for the CLC) and he will be given a deadline in which to contact Craig. If both are interested in running for the position then we will have an election on February 17 th at 6:00pm before the Design Charette begins. The Design Charette and Election will be advertised in the same poster. Sharon will make arrangements to advertise the Charette and Election. She will also find out if Harbour Solutions will pay for a newspaper ad. (Note: Since the meeting on 28 January, we were advised that Michael Reynolds' wife, Meagan Blanchard, is the other person interested in the vacant seat; therefore, there will be an election on 17 February 2003).

Update on STP Project by HREP

Representatives from HREP and HHS will provide an update on the status of project during the first part of the next meeting.

The next meeting of the CLC will be February 11 th at 6:00pm at George Dixon

Mia motioned to adjourn at 7:40pm.