Time:

4:00 p.m.

Place:

Anderson Room
Richmond City Hall

Present:

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

City Clerk J. Richard McKenna

Absent:

Councillor Linda Barnes
Councillor Harold Steves

Call to Order:

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

RES NO.

IC04/5-1

It was moved and seconded

(1)

That the following matters (i) litigation with respect to property located on Dyke Road, (ii) litigation regarding the relocation of the Great Canadian Casino, (iii) the termination of employment of the Manager, Building Approvals Department, and (iv) a RAV project update, be added to the agenda as Items 4, 5, 6 and 7 respectively; and

(2 )

Council hereby declares that the meeting held at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, March 22^nd, 2004 is to be closed to the public and that the basis of this closure is that the following items 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)(i) - the receipt of advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose;

Item 2

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 3

90(1)(c) - labour relations or other employee relations.

Item 4

90(1)(i) - the receipt of advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose;

Item 5

90(1)(i) - the receipt of advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose;

Item 6

90(1)(c) - labour relations or other employee relations; and

Item 7

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, Jim Bruce, Mike Kirk, Jim Hancock, Cathy Volkering Carlile, Joe Erceg, Jeff Day, Paul Kendrick, Kate Sparrow, Rebecca Bittel, Dave Semple, David Weber, Christine McGilvray, and Fran J. Ashton.

MINUTES

IC04/5-5-2

It was moved and seconded

That the minutes of the Regular (closed) Council Meeting held on Monday, March 8^th, 2004, be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED