January 8, 2020 Special Events Advisory Committee

Date:

Time: 9:00 a.m.

Status: Cancelled

Location: Halifax Hall, 2nd Floor City Hall, 1841 Argyle Street, Halifax

Agenda

January 7, 2020 - This meeting has been cancelled due to impending inclement weather. The meeting will be rescheduled to Monday, January 20, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. in Halifax Hall, 2nd Floor City Hall, 1841 Argyle Street. An update agenda will be posted to Halifax.ca in due course.

1. CALL TO ORDER 

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – November 20, 2019

3. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AND APPROVAL OF ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS

4. BUSINESS ARISING OUT OF THE MINUTES

5. CALL FOR DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTERESTS

6. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS 

7. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
7.1 Correspondence
7.2 Petitions
7.3 Presentations

7.3.1 Canadian Wheelchair Basketball League Women’s Nationals – Basketball Nova Scotia

7.3.2 Pawn Wise: The Atlantic All-Ages Chess Festival 2020 – Chess Nova Scotia Society

7.3.3 The Peace Tournament – NP Future’s Community Organization Society

7.3.4 Canada vs Italy Senior Men’s Rugby Match – Sports & Entertainment Atlantic  

7.3.5 Eastern Elite Soccer Championships - Sports & Entertainment Atlantic  

7.3.6 International Soccer match – Sports & Entertainment Atlantic  

7.3.7 Sole Sisters Women’s Race – Girls Gone Gazelle Run Club

7.3.8 Maritime Race Weekend – Maritime Race Weekend Association

7.3.9 Halifax Urban Folk Festival – Halifax Urban Folk Festival

8. INFORMATION ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD

9. REPORTS/DISCUSSION

9.1 STAFF

9.1.1 Significant Anniversary Funding Request Halifax ComedyFest [PDF]

Motion:
The Special Events Advisory Committee recommends that Halifax Regional Council approve funding in the amount of $2,300 to the Halifax Comedy Festival Society for the 25th Anniversary of the Halifax Comedy Fest from the Community and Events Reserve, Q621.

9.1.2 Downtown Dartmouth Ice Festival Funding Request [PDF]

Motion:
The Special Events Advisory Committee recommends that Halifax Regional Council:
1. Approve Funding Option 1 as described in the Discussion section of the November 28, 2019 staff report to the Downtown Dartmouth Business Commission (DDBC) for the Downtown Dartmouth Ice Festival in the amount of $7,500 from the 2019/20 Community and Events Reserve, Q621; 
2. Pending final approval of the 2020/21 and the 2021/22 budgets, approve funding in the amount of $7,500 from the Community and Events Reserve, Q621.

9.2 MEMBERS OF THE SPECIAL EVENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE – NONE 

10. ADDED ITEMS

11. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – February 19, 2020

12. ADJOURNMENT 


INFORMATION ITEMS – NONE