Time:

4:20 p.m.

Place:

Anderson Room
Richmond City Hall

Present:

Mayor Malcolm D. Brodie
Councillor Linda Barnes
Councillor Derek Dang
Councillor Sue Halsey-Brandt  (4:27 p.m.)
Councillor Rob Howard
Councillor Kiichi Kumagai
Councillor Harold Steves

City Clerk J. Richard McKenna

Absent:

Councillor Evelina Halsey-Brandt
Councillor Bill McNulty

Call to Order:

Mayor Brodie called the meeting to order in open session at 4:23 p.m.

RES NO.

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

SIC04/2-1

Council hereby declares that the meeting held at 4:20 p.m. on Thursday, May 6^th, 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)(g) litigation or potential litigation affecting the municipality; and

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

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.

CARRIED

Those Present:  Joe Erceg, Cathy Volkering Carlile, Jeff Day, Rod Kray, Kate Sparrow, Jane Fernyhough, Rebecca Bittel, and Fran J. Ashton.