Date:

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Place:

Anderson Room

Richmond City Hall

Present:

Councillor Cynthia Chen, Chair

Councillor Derek Dang

Councillor Sue Halsey-Brandt

Councillor Rob Howard

Also Present:

Mayor Malcolm Brodie

Councillor Linda Barnes (arrived at 5:26 p.m.)

Absent:

Councillor Evelina Halsey-Brandt

Call to Order:

The Chair called the meeting to order at 5:24 p.m.

CLOSURE OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING TO THE PUBLIC AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMMUNITY CHARTER CLOSED MEETING CRITERIA

Committee hereby declares that the meeting held on Tuesday, July 10, 2007, is to be closed to the public, and that the basis of this closure is that the following item on the agenda of this meeting comply with the following closed meeting criteria specified in Section 90 of the Community Charter:

Item 1

90(1)(k) –   negotiations and related discussions respecting the proposed provision of a municipal service that are at their preliminary stages and that, in view of the council, could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality if they were held in public.

CARRIED

Those Present:  George Duncan, Phyllis Carlyle, Ron Beaman, Jim Hancock, Bob Furlong, Geoff Lake and Sheila Johnston.

MINUTES

It was moved and seconded

That the minutes of the closed meeting of the Community Safety Committee held on Tuesday, May 15, 2007, be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED