Craig Walkington, Anne Perry, Alvena Cain, Owida Downey, Sharon Laframboise, Clarke Cromwell, Arthur Carter, Deborah Storey, George Rogers, Frank Palermo

Maureen Strickland, Fred Connors, Sharon Martin

Review of Notes from March 16, 2004 Meeting – Moved by Sharon L. seconded by Alvena to accept the notes from the March 16, 2004 meeting. Carried.

Review of Rogers/Palermo Presentation - Craig opened this item by welcoming back George Rogers and Frank Palermo and thanking them for their ongoing support. Craig outlined the reason for the presentation and asked George and Frank to provide an overview of their presentation which was given on 16 June 2003 and would be presented on 19 April to key HRM staff. George gave the presentation and posed the following questions which Deborah said she would try to get the answers from the HHS project:

1. Do we know if the shape, size and location of the building footprint has changed?
2. Do we know if the specification with regard to the building rooftop (ability to hold a 2 storey building) has changed?
3. Has the previous design which has a 1 metre difference in the building rooftop been changed to be totally level with Barrington Street?
4. Do we know who the contractor’s exterior design architect is and have we been in contact with him/her to outline our vision/design concept?

Frank Palermo stressed the need for the CLC to meet with the contractor’s design subcontractors early in the process so that the CLC is not left out. Frank also stated that it was important to make the presentation to HRM departmental staffs to ensure that they are fully aware of our concept and are “on side” with it. Frank said that the concept would need to be further presented to HRM Council.

Matters Arising From March 16, 2004 Meeting :

1. Design Ideas Meeting with HRM Staff – Meeting set for 19 April 2004 – Deborah outlined the arrangements as to who had been invited to the meeting. It was noted that it was important to include key members from the various HRM departments who are involved not only in the HHS project, but those involved in such areas as Parks, Planning, Transportation. It was also decided to invite the Mayor and Dawn Sloane. Craig will prepare a letter of invitation to the Mayor. In addition, it was felt that this was a good opportunity to include the contractor (D&D Water Solutions). Deborah said she would get the contact name so that the CLC can send a letter to them. Craig will ask Sharon Martin to book the upstairs room in the George Dixon Centre from 6:00pm-8:00pm for the meeting.
2. CHCA Public Information Meetings and Newsletter – Update – Anne outlined that the CHCA newsletter, which extensively covered the CLC and the visioning meeting on 2 Feb, had been printed and distributed. Anne also said that she had spoken to the Wednesday Morning Women’s Group. She said it went well, but it was noted that there is still a great deal of misinformation in the community about the CIF. She is in the process of arranging to speak with the group at the Parent Resource Centre. Owida said that Rev Moriah had only allocated 3 minutes to speak at his church and it was felt that this was too short to be effective; therefore, it was decided that the CLC would decline this invitation until we had something more concrete to announce. It was also decided that we would see if we can prepare an information insert for the Church bulletin
3. Letters/Emails to Attendees – Completed
4. Transcription of Tapes from Visioning Meeting – Anne will check to determine if we can get the diskettes of the transcript files. These are needed for posting on the HHS website.
5. Letter to Gordon Michael of Inner City Initiative – Craig stated that he was contacted again by Gordon Michael to meet. Rather than write a letter, Craig will meet with him. Craig said he will tell him that because we are at the very early stages of our process, that it is not necessary for the CLC to meet with Gordon Michael or hear a presentation, and that his group will be consulted as part of the Community Planning Model process.
6. Filling Vacant Positions on CLC – Deborah circulated the flyer which discusses the meeting on Monday, 17 May and the need to fill the 3 empty CLC seats. This flyer will be circulated by Canada Post starting on 16 April. In addition, the flyer will be converted to a poster which will be delivered to the CLC meeting on 13 April for distribution by the CLC members. Deborah also said that she had updated the nomination packages and would send them to Sharon Martin. Deborah will include a map which illustrates the boundaries of the Halifax CLC. These packages will be ready for pick-up by potential candidates on 23 April and must be returned no later than 10 May.
7. Questions given to Deborah/James:
   • Possibility of status reports/site visits on the plant construction – Deborah said that a process needs to be developed that would provide regular status reports and site visits. She said she would contact Ted Tam at the HHS project and develop a process that would be presented to the CLC in the near future.
   • Possibility of Halifax CLC website and link with HHS official website – Deborah stated that she and James Campbell were in the process of revising and updating the current HHS website. She also stated that creating and maintaining a separate website for the Halifax CLC was resource intensive. She proposed that the Halifax CLC have a sidebar on the HHS website and that we could post anything we wanted there by simply e-mailing it to James. This was agreeable to the CLC and it was decided that we would choose what we wanted to post on the website at the next meeting.
   • Is Dan O’Halloran’s company still the “Owner’s Engineer” for HRM? – Deborah said it was and Dan would be invited to the meeting on 19 April. Craig said that Dan O’Halloran had shown good support for what the CLC had achieved to date and that it would be beneficial to keep him advised on our progress on the plant pre-design/design issues.
     

Community Development Planning Model– No update, this item is deferred.

Next Meeting Date – 6:00pm on Tuesday, 13 April 2004 at the George Dixon Centre.

Adjournment - The meeting adjourned at 7:32pm.