February 4, 2021 Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee (special)

Agenda

There will be a live broadcast of the Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee meeting's audio and all PowerPoint presentations made during the meeting. In accordance with the July 29, 2020 direction of the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing under section 14 of the Emergency Management Act, this meeting is being held virtually. Draft minutes of this meeting will be made available on halifax.ca within three business days.

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – December 7, 2020

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. MOTIONS OF RECONSIDERATION – NONE

7. MOTIONS OF RESCISSION – NONE

8. CONSIDERATION OF DEFERRED BUSINESS – NONE

9. NOTICES OF TABLED MATTERS – NONE

10. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
10.1 Correspondence 
10.2 Petitions

10.3 Presentations 
10.3.1 The Welcome Lot: How parking lots can contribute to the Halifax low carbon pathway - Michael Szego, Third Party
- Presentation [PDF]

10.3.2 Sandy Lake - Sackville River Regional Park presentation - Karen McKendry and Karen Robinson, Sandy Lake - Sackville River Regional Park Coalition
- Presentation [PDF]
- Handouts [PDF]

11. INFORMATION ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD – NONE

12. REPORTS
12.1 STAFF 
12.1.1 Presentation: HalifACT Annual Progress Report [PDF]

12.2 MEMBERS OF STANDING COMMITTEE – NONE 

12.3 BOARDS AND COMMITTEES – NONE

13. MOTIONS
13.1 Councillor Mancini - RWAB Review of Water Quality Monitoring Policy and Program Development Report prepared by AECOM [PDF]
Motion: 
That the Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee refer the AECOM report to the Regional Watersheds Advisory Board to review and provide input to staff as they develop recommendations for the Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee based on this report.

14. IN CAMERA (IN PRIVATE)
Council may rise and go into a private In Camera session, in accordance with Section 19 of the Halifax Regional Municipality Charter, for the purpose of dealing with the following: 

14.1 In Camera (In Private) Minutes – December 7, 2020 
Motion: 
That the In Camera (In Private) minutes of December 7, 2020 be approved as circulated.

15. ADDED ITEMS

16. NOTICES OF MOTION

17. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – March 4, 2021

18. ADJOURNMENT

INFORMATION ITEMS 
1.Information report from the Legislative Assistant dated January 28, 2021 re: Presentation Requests to Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee [PDF]
2.Information report from Kelly Denty, Executive Director, Planning and Development and Jacques Dubé, Chief Administrative Officer, dated January 26, 2021 re: Hydrogen and Decarbonizing Halifax [PDF]

For further information regarding this meeting, please contact Haruka Aoyama, Legislative Assistant, at AoyamaHa@halifax.ca or 902-490-6517