September 11, 2006 Agenda

City of Richmond Meeting Agenda

City Council

Council Chambers, City Hall

6911 No. 3 Road

Monday, September 11^th, 2006

7:00 p.m.

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ITEM

MINUTES

	1.	*Motion to adopt:*
		*(1)*	*the minutes of the Regular Council Meeting held on Monday, July 24^th, 2006* (distributed previously);
1		*(2)*	*the minutes of the Regular Council Meeting for Public Hearings held on Wednesday, September 6th, 2006; and*
25		*to receive for information, the GVRD “Board in Briefs” dated July 21st, 2006 and July 28th, 2006; and the TransLink “Board in Brief” dated July 19th, 2006.*

AGENDA ADDITIONS & DELETIONS

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

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

	3.	Delegations from the floor on Agenda items.
		(PLEASE NOTE THAT FOR LEGAL REASONS, DELEGATIONS ARE NOT PERMITTED ON ZONING OR OCP AMENDMENT BYLAWS WHICH ARE TO BE ADOPTED; OR ON DEVELOPMENT PERMITS/DEVELOPMENT VARIANCE PERMITS - ITEM NO. 24.)

	4.	*Motion to rise and report.*

RATIFICATION OF COMMITTEE ACTION

		CONSENT AGENDA
		(PLEASE NOTE THAT ITEMS APPEARING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA WHICH PRESENT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS MUST BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.)

CONSENT AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS
·	Receipt of Committee minutes.
·	School Community Connections Funding
·	BC Crime Prevention Association – Sponsorship Opportunity
·	Land use applications for first reading (to be further considered at the Public Hearing on October 16^th, 2006):
		·	10820 Southdale Road – Rezone from R1/E to R1-0.6 (Harjinder Mangat – applicant).
		·	11251 Williams Road – Rezone from R1/E to R1-0.6 (Ho Yeen Tsang – applicant).
		·	10171 No. 1 Road – Rezone from R1/E to R2-0.6 (S-8117 Holdings Ltd. – applicant).
·	Items arising from the closed Council Meeting of July 24^th, 2006, relating to District Heating & Cooling Utility – Thermal Energy Network; staffing requirements; and appointments to the Britannia Heritage Shipyard Advisory Committee – Georgia Katz, Brenda Stringer and Larry Tolton
·	Albert Airey Park – Sale of Portion of Park Bylaw – Alternative Approval Process.
·	21000 Westminster Highway – Expropriation Approval

	5.	*Motion to adopt items 6 through 15 by general consent.*

Consent

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COMMITTEE MINUTES

	*That the minutes of:*
37	*(1)*	*the General Purposes Committee meeting held on Tuesday, September 5^th, 2006;*
45	*(2)*	*the Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services Committee meeting held on Tuesday, July 25^th, 2006; and*
	*(3)*	*the Planning Committee meeting held on Thursday, September 7^th, 2006* (minutes distributed prior to meeting),
	*be received for information.*

Consent

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SCHOOL COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS FUNDING
(Report: Aug. 25/06, File No.: 11-7000-00/Vol 01) (REDMS No. 2014155)

GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

That the joint application by the Richmond School Board and the City of Richmond be approved for $40,000 to undertake step 2 of the School Community Connections program, targeting City Centre and Hamilton as priority areas for consideration.

Consent

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BC CRIME PREVENTION ASSOCIATION

(Report: Aug. 16/06, File No.: 09-5000-00/Vol 01) (REDMS No. 2010609)

GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

That the City sponsor the BC Crime Prevention Association Annual Training Symposium, in the amount of $10,000, with funding to be provided from the Council Contingency Account.

Consent

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APPLICATIONS FOR REZONING

(A)

HARJINDER MANGAT

((RZ 06-329870 - Report: July 31/06, File No.: 12-8060-20-8108) (REDMS No. 2001102, 2003173, 2003170)

(B)

HO YEEN TSANG

((RZ 06-333643 - Report: Aug. 9/06, File No.: 12-8060-20-8109) (REDMS No. 2003391, 2006094, 2006092)

PLANNING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

That the following bylaws each be introduced and given first reading:

(1)

Bylaw No. 8108, for the rezoning of 10820 Southdale Road from “Single-Family Housing District, Subdivision Area E (R1/E)” to “Single-Family Housing District (R1-0.6)”; and

(2)

Bylaw No. 8109, for the rezoning of 11251 Williams Road from “Single-Family Housing District, Subdivision Area E (R1/E)” to “Single-Family Housing District (R1-0.6)”,

Consent

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10.

APPLICATION FOR REZONING - S-8117 HOLDINGS LTD.

(RZ 06-329965 - Report: Aug. 21/06, File No.: 12-8060-20-8086/8111) (REDMS No. 2006222)

PLANNING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

(1)

That Bylaw No. 8111, to re-designate 10171 No. 1 Road from "Single-Family" to "Multiple-Family" on the Steveston Land Use Map in Schedule 2.4 of Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 7100 (Steveston Area Plan), be introduced and given first reading.

(2)

That Bylaw No. 8111, having been considered in conjunction with:

(a)

the City’s Financial Plan and Capital Program; and

(b)

the Greater Vancouver Regional District Solid Waste and Liquid Waste Management Plans;

is hereby deemed to be consistent with said program and plans, in accordance with Section 882(3)(a) of the Local Government Act.

(3)

That Bylaw No. 8111, having been considered in accordance with the City Policy on Consultation During OCP Development, is hereby deemed not to require further consultation.

(4)

That Bylaw No. 8086, for the rezoning of 10171 No. 1 Road from "Single-Family Housing District, Subdivision Area E (R1/E)" to "Townhouse District (R2)", be introduced and given first reading.

Consent

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Item

116

11.

ITEM ARISING FROM THE CLOSED COUNCIL MEETING OF JULY 24TH, 2006 RELATING TO DISTRICT HEATING & COOLING UTILITY - THERMAL ENERGY NETWORK

That the following resolution and associated report be received for information:

(1)

That staff enter into negotiations with Earth Source Energy / Innergex to finalize a district heating and cooling utility agreement for the City owned lands west of the Oval,

(2)

That staff advise potential developers of the City owned lands west of the Oval that the proposed development is to include geothermal heating and cooling,

(3)

That staff report back to Council with recommendations on the legal framework of the utility and agreement,

(4)

That up to $20,000 be allocated from the Enterprise Fund Provision account to pay for legal costs associated with the development of the legal framework and agreement, and

(5)

That staff examine the application of the geothermal system for the Richmond Oval facility.

Consent

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12.

ITEM ARISING FROM THE CLOSED COUNCIL MEETING OF JULY 24^TH, 2006 RELATING TO STAFFING REQUIREMENTS

That the following resolution be received for information:

That 50 Position Control Complements (PCCs) be created to address the need to appropriately update the status and classification of long term auxiliary and temporary positions throughout the Corporation.

Consent

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13.

ITEM ARISING FROM THE CLOSED COUNCIL MEETING OF JULY 24^TH, 2006 RELATING TO APPOINTMENTS TO THE BRITANNIA HERITAGE SHIPYARD ADVISORY COMMITTEE

That the following resolution be received for information:

(1)

That:

(a)

Georgia Katz be appointed to the Britannia Heritage Shipyard Advisory Committee for a term to expire December 31, 2006;

(b)

Brenda Stringer be appointed to the Britannia Heritage Shipyard Advisory Committee for a term to expire December 31, 2007; and

(c)

Larry Tolton be appointed as a Britannia Heritage Shipyard Society representative for a term to expire December 31, 2006.

Consent

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Item

135

14.

ALBERT AIREY PARK – ALTERNATIVE APPROVAL PROCESS FOR SALE OF PORTION OF PARKLAND BYLAW

(Report: Sept. 7/2006, File No.: 12-8060-20-8084; xr: 06-2290-20-070) (REDMS No. 2010992)

STAFF RECOMMENDATION

That:

(1)

October 23, 2006 be established as the deadline for receiving elector responses for the Albert Airey Park – Sale of Portion of Park Bylaw alternative approval process;

(2)

the Elector Response Form be established (as set out in Schedule 2 of the report dated September 7, 2006 from the Director, City Clerk’s Office); and

(3)

the number of electors registered for the 2005 General Local and School Election, being 116,821 electors, be determined as the total number of electors to which the Albert Airey Park – Sale of Portion of Park Bylaw alternative approval process applies.

Consent

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Item

138

15.

21000 WESTMINSTER HIGHWAY – EXPROPRIATION APPROVAL

(Report: Aug. 25/06, File No.: 06-2275-20-297-012/Vol 01) (REDMS No. 2014017)

STAFF RECOMMENDATION

(1)

That the Council of the City of Richmond pursuant to Section 18 of the Expropriation Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c.125, as the approving authority for the expropriation contemplated in the Expropriation Notice dated August 11, 2006 registered in the New Westminster/Vancouver Land Title Office under number BA312484 does approve that expropriation; and

(2)

That the Director, City Clerk’s Office, is authorized and directed to:

(a)

sign and seal the Certificate of Approval (in the form attached to the report dated August 25^th, 2006, from the Manager, Lands and Property as Schedule A);

(b)

notify or cause to be notified the expropriating authority and each owner (as defined in the Expropriation Act) of the City’s approval of the expropriation;

(c)

make the advance payment or payments as required under Section 20(1)(d) of the Expropriation Act and serve the Notice of Advance Payment in Form 8 along with a copy of the appraisal report(s) on which the advance payment is made;

(d)

file or cause to be filed in the Land Title Office a Vesting Notice under Section 23 or the Expropriation Act; and

(e)

sign and seal the Notice of Advance Payment and Vesting Notice.

CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA

GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE –

Mayor Malcolm D. Brodie, Chair

146	16.	FIRE DEPARTMENT REVIEW - IMPLEMENTATION PLAN (Report: Aug. 24/06, File No.: 05-1400-20-02/2006-Vol 01) (REDMS No. 2007462, 2017181)
		COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
		*(1)*	*That Council receive the Fire Department Review Implementation Plan and consider the funding requests required to implement the plan’s actions as part of the 2007 budget process.*
		*(2)*	*That staff report to Community Safety Committee on the Fire Department’s progress on the Fire Department Review Implementation Plan monthly to the end of 2007.*

176	17.	CITY COMMENTS - VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DRAFT 20-YEAR MASTER PLAN (Report: August 31, 2006, File No.: 01-0153-01/2006-Vol 01) (REDMS No. 1990009, 2017182)
		GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
		*That, (as per the report dated August 31^st, 2006, from the Manager, Policy Planning, and entitled “City Comments - Vancouver International Airport Draft 20-Year Master Plan”):*
		*(1)*	The comments in Attachment 1 (to the report dated August 31^st, 2006, from the Manager, Policy Planning), except for Section 5.4 regarding the runway, be approved and forwarded to the Vancouver International Airport Authority (VIAA);
		*(2)*	The matter of the third runway be referred to staff for further analysis, including the need for a further runway, and the impacts of all the runway options including the south runway and the foreshore runway, and that the VIAA be advised accordingly.
		*(3)*	The City advise the VIAA that it does not support taking existing transportation capacity away from non-airport users, such as designating part of the existing lanes on the Arthur Laing Bridge, Moray Channel Swing Bridge or the Airport Connector Bridge, for exclusive use by airport-traffic, and additional VIAA and City collaboration is required;
		*(4)*	*The City request that Transport Canada, with the Vancouver International Airport Authority and the other regional airports, prepare a Regional Airport Strategy; and*
		*(5)*	The City and Vancouver International Airport Authority continue to work together to better integrate Sea Island, Middle Arm and City Centre land use, transportation, transit, servicing, flood protection management, infrastructure, amenity and environmental planning.
		*(6)*	The City request that the Vancouver International Airport Authority and the Department of Transport rename the Vancouver International Airport to be the “Vancouver/Richmond International Airport”, to be reflective of a shifting regional emphasis and Richmond’s premier role in the development of the Asia Pacific Gateway trade, commerce and relationships.

PARKS, RECREATION AND CULTURAL SERVICES COMMITTEE –

Councillor Bill McNulty, Chair

18.

RICHMOND GATEWAY THEATRE’S NEW PROGRAM eyeGO

(File No.: 0060-20-RGTH1-01)

		COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
		*(1)*	*That the City support in principle the eyeGO Fusion event, to be held on Thursday, September 28, 2006 at Richmond Gateway Theatre; and*
		*(2)*	*That staff investigate whether the City Grants Budget, the Council Contingency, or another option could be the source for the $4,470 requested by Richmond Gateway Theatre.*

244	19.	CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT - REPLACEMENT OF THE READ-O-GRAPH AT THE CORNER OF NO. 1 ROAD AND FRANCIS ROAD (Report: June 12, 2006, File No.: 03-1000-03-036) (REDMS No. 1888150)
		COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
		*(1)*	*That the contribution agreement between the West Richmond Community Association and the City, be approved and executed; and*
		*(2)*	*That the installation of the Digital Display Board coincide with the Hugh Boyd Park redesign.*

257	20.	BRITANNIA HERITAGE SHIPYARD MARKETING PLAN (Report: July 13, 2006, File No.: 11-7140-20-BSHI1/2006-Vol 01) (REDMS No. 1996480)
		COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
		*That the strategies and phased actions recommended in the Britannia Marketing and Communications Roadmap be built into ongoing work plans and operational budgets of Britannia.*

	21.	STEVESTON MUSEUM
		COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
		That a letter from the Mayor be sent to the Canada Post Richmond Retail Business Manager, and to Canada Post representatives in Ottawa, seeking a response to Canada Post’s suggestion that, in addition to the Canada Post outlet at Steveston Museum, another postal outlet be established in Steveston.

PUBLIC DELEGATIONS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS

	22.	*Motion to resolve into Committee of the Whole to hear delegations on non‑agenda items.*

308

D. M. Fairweather, #328 – 12931 Railway Avenue, regarding the decision of Council to temporarily relocate Tram #1220 to the Britannia Heritage Shipyard, and the pending decision as to a permanent site for the static display of the Tram.

	23.	*Motion to rise and report.*

		RATIFICATION OF COMMITTEE ACTION

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS AND EVENTS

		NEW BUSINESS
		BYLAWS FOR ADOPTION

309

Zoning & Development Bylaw No. 5300, Amendment Bylaw No. 7857(5171 Steveston Highway, RZ 04-278754)

Opposed at 1^st Reading – None.