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 Kiichi Kumagai
Councillor Bill McNulty
Councillor Harold Steves

City Clerk – J. Richard McKenna

Absent:

Councillor Rob Howard

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

IC05/3-1

It was moved and seconded

(1)

That the report (dated February 14^th, 2005 from the Manager, Communications) regarding the Olympic Oval Advisory Committees, be added to the agenda as Item A; and

(2)

Council hereby declares that the meeting held at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, February 14^th, 2005 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:

Items 1, 3 and 5

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;

Items A and 2

90(1)(a) - personal information about an identifiable individual who holds or is being considered for a position as an officer, employee or agent of the municipality or another position appointed by the municipality;

Item 4

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; and

Items 6 and 7

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

CARRIED

Those Present:  George Duncan (4:03 p.m.), Joe Erceg, Cathy Volkering Carlile, Mike Kirk, Lani Schultz, Andrew Nazareth, Robert Gonzalez, John Irving, Jim Young, Phyllis Carlyle (4:11 p.m.), Christine McGilvray, Richard McKenna, Ted Townsend, and Fran J. Ashton.

MINUTES

IC05/3-2

It was moved and seconded

That the minutes of the Regular (closed) Council Meeting held on Monday, January 24^th, 2005, be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED

The open meeting reconvened at 4:38 p.m.

   IC05/3-3

It was moved and seconded

(1)

That an oral report on the status of the DFO property negotiations, be added to the agenda as Item 5A; and

(2)

Council hereby declares that Item 5A complies with the following closed meeting criteria specified in Section 90 of the Community Charter:

Item 5A

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, Joe Erceg, Cathy Volkering Carlile, Mike Kirk, Lani Schultz, Andrew Nazareth, Phyllis Carlyle, Richard McKenna, and Fran J. Ashton.