CALL TO ORDER

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

1.

Motion to resolve into Committee of the Whole to hear delegations on agenda items.

2.

Delegations from the floor on Agenda items.

3.

Motion to rise and report.

RATIFICATION OF COMMITTEE ACTION

GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE

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2004 BUDGET
(Report:  Mar. 12/04; File No.:  0970-01)  (REdms No. 1175373, 1195212)
 

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION 
(Mayor Brodie and Cllrs. E. Halsey-Brandt and Howard opposed to Part (1); Cllr. Howard opposed to Part (3)(a); Cllrs. Howard and Kumagai opposed to Part (3)(b); Cllrs. Dang, Kumagai and McNulty opposed to Part (5))
 

(1)

That Item Nos. 1 to 9 inclusive (as identified in the Staff Compromise Proposal attached to the report dated March 12^th, 2004, from the Chief Administrative Officer), which would result in a 2.52% property tax increase, be adopted and form the base level for the 2004 Operating Budget.
 

(2)

That the additional levels, Items Nos. 12 to 14 inclusive, which would result in a 0.66% property tax increase, be approved for inclusion in the base level operating budget.
 

(3)

That the requests for funding from the:
 

( a)

Disability Resource Centre, and
 

(b)

Richmond Therapeutic Equestrian Society,
 

which would result in property tax increases of 0.07% and 0.02% respectively, be included in the additional levels and form part of the base operating budget, with the appropriate adjustment being made to the funding for the Disability Resource Centre to make it a conventional revenue source.
 

(4)

That Translation Services be included in the base 2004 operating budget as an additional level, resulting in a tax increase of 0.02%.
 

(5)

That an additional $500,000 or 0.46% tax increase be added to the operating budget for transfer to a reserve account to be named at a later date.

BYLAWS FOR ADOPTION

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Zoning & Development Bylaw No. 5300, Amendment Bylaw No. 7598
(8733 Blundell Road, RZ 03-242688)
Opposed at 1^st Reading None.
Opposed at 2^nd/3^rd Readings None.

13

Council Procedure Bylaw No. 7560, Amendment Bylaw No. 7662
Opposed at 1^st/2^nd/3^rd Readings None.

19

Parking (Off-Street) Regulation Bylaw No. 7403, Amendment Bylaw No. 7673
(To add newly developed parking lot to Schedule A.)
Opposed at 1^st/2^nd/3^rd Readings None.

20

Waterworks & Water Rates Bylaw No. 5637, Amendment Bylaw No. 7685
(To allow options to single family residential water meter customers to apply for credits.)
Opposed at 1^st/2^nd/3^rd Readings None.

ADJOURNMENT