Date:
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: Council Chamber, City Hall, 3rd Floor, 1841 Argyle Street, Halifax
Agenda
1. CALL TO ORDER AND LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – June 19, 2024
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 – None
11. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
12. INFORMATION ITEMS BROUGHT FORWARD – NONE
13. REPORTS
13.1 STAFF
13.1.1 Halifax Transit 2023-24 Q4 KPI Report [PDF]
Motion:
That the Transportation Standing Committee accept the staff report dated June 12, 2024 and receive a presentation.
14. MOTIONS
14.1 Councillor Cleary
Motion:
That the Transportation Standing Committee direct the Chief Administrative Officer to prepare a staff report that examines revisions to residential parking permits that would charge differential fees based on length or weight of the vehicle, with higher fees for longer vehicles.
14.2 Councillor Cleary
Motion:
That the Transportation Standing Committee direct the Chief Administrative Officer to prepare a staff report looking at adjustments to signs and signals that would truly prioritize pedestrians on street that are designated as pedestrian-oriented mainstreets in our land use planning documents.
14.3 Councillor Purdy
Motion:
That the Transportation Standing Committee request the Chief Administrative Officer to provide a staff report to consider amendments to Administrative Order 2021-005-OP, Respecting Traffic Calming to remove Clause 28-B, to enable the removal of existing traffic calming islands on Colby Drive, to be replaced with speed tables, as described in Option B of the staff report dated March 12, 2024, in the 2025/2026 capital budget.
15. IN CAMERA (IN PRIVATE) – NONE
16. ADDED ITEMS
17. NOTICES OF MOTION
18. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – August 29, 2024
19. ADJOURNMENT
INFORMATION ITEMS
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