Craig Walkington, Anne Perry, Alvina Cain, Owida Downey, Arthur

Carter, Clarke Cromwell, Maureen Strickland, Sharon Laframboise, Larry Tench, Sharon Martin

Ross Cantwell, Mia Rankin, Fred Connors

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

Review of Notes from June 24 th 2003 Meeting:

Spelling correction: Owida, not Oweida, Alvina, not Alvena

Motion by Maureen to accept the notes as corrected, second by Anne Carried.

Business Arising :

Craig has not yet written the letter to Peter Kelly re: exterior design and input from the community. He was waiting until after the July 8 th deadline that HRM Council had set with regards to decisions on the future of the plants.

Update :

•  Design Options:

No decisions have been made by HRM with regard to the treatment plants themselves. Craig indicated that Dan O'Halloran had stated during a Water and Wastewater Management Symposium on July 16, 2003 that the site of the Halifax was unlikely to change. HRM will contract Dexter Construction to construct the collection system.

 •  CIF Options:

Foundation Proposal: There is nothing to add with regard to the foundation proposal. The consensus was to further explore the Community Development Corporation (CDC) idea. Craig stated that he had searched online for examples of CDCs and had found many different types of CDCs both in Canada and the US. An example of a CDC is New Dawn Enterprises in Cape Breton. Craig will add the web link for this idea to the meeting notes. New Dawn Website:http://www.newdawn.ca/

Sharon will work on arrangements to bring Rankin McSween from New Dawn to a future CLC meeting.

Sharon also has included the following websites for information on community development.

Web page for University of Missouri: http://muextension.missouri.ed/

Web page for Coady Institute:www.stfx.ca/institute/coady/ie_index.html

Other Business: 

Craig was asked to participate in a panel discussion on water and wastewater management on July 16, 2003. Craig gave a half hour presentation from a community perspective. He touched on lessons learned and on the issues that ought not to be overlooked such as community interests and needs. He talked about how the municipality failed to recognize the unique qualities and characteristics inherent in the three host communities in HRM. Craig also described the make up of the Halifax CLC. The audience was comprised of municipal government people and people from the private sector.

Community Survey:

Anne brought a copy of a survey that was mailed out by HRM Regional Planning.

It was agreed that each CLC member would fill out the survey. The survey is called "Healthy Growth for HRM" Please contact Anne for the phone number.

Next Meeting Date:

Craig suggested that we break for the remainder of the Summer. In the meantime, we will continue to research the Foundation and CDC proposals. The next meeting will be Tuesday September 9 th 6:00pm at George Dixon. If something comes up in the meantime, a meeting will be called.

Adjournment - The meeting was adjourned at 6:50pm