Time:

4:00 p.m.

Place:

Anderson Room
Richmond City Hall

Present:

Mayor Malcolm D. Brodie
Councillor Linda Barnes
Councillor Derek Dang
Councillor Evelina Halsey-Brandt
Councillor Sue Halsey-Brandt
Councillor Rob Howard
Councillor Kiichi Kumagai
Councillor Bill McNulty
Councillor Harold Steves

City Clerk – J. Richard McKenna

Call to Order:

Mayor Brodie called the meeting to order in open session at 4:00 p.m.

RES NO.

AGENDA ADDITIONS; CLOSURE OF THE COUNCIL MEETING TO THE PUBLIC AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMMUNITY CHARTER CLOSED MEETING CRITERIA

IC04/9-1

It was moved and seconded

(1)

That the oral report on RAV Negotiations, be added to the agenda as Item 2; and

(2)

Council hereby declares that the meeting held at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, May 10^th, 2004 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 complies with the following closed meeting criteria specified in Section 90 of the Community Charter:

Item 1

90(1)(e) - the acquisition, disposition or expropriation of land or improvements, if the council considers that disclosure could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality; and

Item 2

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 (4:03 p.m.), Joe Erceg, Jeff Day, Rod Kray, Cathy Volkering Carlile (4:01 p.m.), Mike Kirk (4:01 p.m.) and Terry Crowe (4:01 p.m.), Lani Schultz (4:03 p.m.), and Fran J. Ashton.

MINUTES

IC04/9-2

It was moved and seconded

That the minutes of the Special (closed) Council Meetings held on Monday, April 26^th, 2004 and on Thursday, May 6^th, 2004, be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED