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MINUTES

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1.

Motion to adopt the minutes of the Regular Council Meeting held on Monday, November 27^th, 2006 (distributed previously), and to receive for information, the GVRD ‘Board in Brief’ dated October 26, 2007.

AGENDA ADDITIONS & DELETIONS

2.

ANNUAL ADDRESS BY MAYOR MALCOLM D. BRODIE

3.

APPOINTMENT OF COUNCIL MEMBERS TO EXTERNAL REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

(a)

Appointment of Council representative and alternate to the Greater Vancouver Regional Labour Relations Bureau, until December 1^st, 2008.

(b)

Appointment of Council representative and alternate to the BC Aviation Council, until December 1^st, 2008.

(c)

Appointment of Council representative and alternate to the Lower Mainland Treaty Advisory Committee, until December 1^st, 2008.

4.

NAMING OF STANDING COMMITTEES AND THEIR COMPOSITION BY THE MAYOR (in accordance with the Local Government Act)

5.

APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF COUNCIL (AND THEIR ALTERNATES) AS THE LIAISONS TO CITY ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND ORGANIZATIONS

Appointment of Council liaisons (and where applicable, their alternates) until December 1^st, 2008:

(a)

Advisory Committee on the Environment;

(b)

Agricultural Advisory Committee;

(c)

BC Healthy Communities Coalition Steering Committee;

(d)

Corporate Sponsorship Program Committee;

(e)

Council/School Board Liaison Committee;

(f)

Economic Advisory Committee;

(g)

Heritage Commission;

(h)

Olympic Business Advisory Committee;

(i)

Olympic Oval Building Committee;

(j)

Oval Community Stakeholder Advisory Committee;

(k)

Richmond Athletic Commission;

(l)

Richmond Chamber of Commerce;

(m)

Richmond Committee on Disability;

(n)

Richmond Community Services Advisory Council;

(o)

Richmond Family & Youth Court Committee;

(p)

Richmond Farmers' Institute;

(q)

Richmond Intercultural Advisory Committee;

(r)

Richmond Parking Advisory Committee

(s)

Richmond Public Art Commission; 

(t)

Richmond Safe Communities Alliance;

(u)

Richmond School Board’s Career Options Committee;

(v)

Richmond Sister City Committee;

(w)

Richmond Sports Council;

(x)

Richmond Traffic and Transportation Advisory Committee;

(y)

Seniors' Advisory Council;

(z)

Spirit of BC Richmond Community Committee;

(aa)

Tourism Richmond Association; and

(bb)

Vancouver Coastal Health/Richmond Health Services Local Governance Liaison Group.

6.

APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AS LIAISONS TO COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS

Appointment of Council liaisons to community associations until December 1^st, 2008:

(a)

Arenas Community Association;

(b)

City Centre Association;

(c)

East Richmond Community Association;

(d)

Hamilton Community Association;

(e)

Richmond Art Gallery Association;

(f)

Richmond Fitness and Wellness Association;

(g)

Sea Island Community Association;

(h)

South Arm Community Association;

(i)

Thompson Community Association; and

(j)

West Richmond Community Association.

7.

APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AS THE LIAISONS TO VARIOUS BOARDS

Appointment of Council liaisons to various boards until December 1^st, 2008:

(a)

Aquatic Services Board;

(b)

Britannia Heritage Shipyard Advisory Board ;

(c)

Child Care Development Board;

(d)

Museum Society Board;

(e)

Richmond Gateway Theatre Society Board;

(f)

Richmond Public Library Board; and

(g)

Steveston Harbour Authority Board.

8.

APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AS LIAISONS TO VARIOUS SOCIETIES

Appointment of Council liaisons until December 1^st, 2008:

(a)

Britannia Heritage Shipyard Society;

(b)

Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society;

(c)

London Heritage Farm Society;

(d)

Minoru Seniors Society;

(e)

Richmond Nature Park Society;

(f)

Steveston Community Society; and

(g)

Steveston Historical Society.

9.

APPOINTMENT OF PARCEL TAX ROLL REVIEW PANEL FOR LOCAL AREA SERVICES

RECOMMENDATION

That the members of the Public Works & Transportation Committee be appointed as the Parcel Tax Roll Review Panel for Local Area Services for the 2008 year.

10.

APPOINTMENT OF ACTING MAYORS FROM DECEMBER 10^TH, 2007 TO DECEMBER 1^ST, 2008

11.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPOINTMENTS TO ADVISORY COMMITTEES

·   

Richmond Public Library Board

·         

Two-year term:  Dulce Cuenca, Leslie Wilson, Albert Beh, Mark Bostwick and Susan Koch

·   

Richmond Oval Building Advisory Committee

·         

One-year term:  Kathleen Beaumont, Nelson Chan, Bob Cowan, Derek Hodgkinson, Tim Loo, John Peddle, David Thom, Richard Yoneda

·   

Richmond Family Court Committee

·         

One-year term:  John Abelseth, Gerry Browne, Howard Burgess, Dulce Cuenca, Heather Hettiarachchi, Mashood Kamal, Suzan Maclachlan, Janene Preston, Bill Shayler, Teresa Vozza, Ron Dickson, Hatem Ela-Alim, Raj Johal, and Elaine Kott 

·   

Board of Variance

·         

Two-year term:  Dalip Sandhu

·   

Economic Advisory Committee

·         

Two-year term:  Parm Sandhu, Tom Corsie, William Laurie, Bruce May, Bruce Rozenhart and Ray Segat

·   

Sister City Committee

·         

Two-year term:  Ben Branscombe, Joe Greenholtz, Sylvia Gwozd, James Hsieh, Walter Soo and Carol Zheng

·   

Richmond Community Services Advisory Committee

·         

Two-year term:  Catherine Yau

·   

Richmond Intercultural Advisory Committee

·         

Two-year term:  Shawkat Hasan, Lawrence Lim, Joe Greenholtz, Shashi Assanand, Ministry of Children and Family Development; Belinda Boyd, Richmond Health Services; Nick Chopra, Richmond Community Services Advisory Committee; Parm Grewal, Richmond Community Services Advisory Committee; Nycki Basra, RCMP Richmond Detachment; Tak Nam Foo, Richmond Community Services Advisory Committee, and Daphne McMillan, School District #38

·   

Richmond Seniors Advisory Committee

·         

Two-year term:  Neil Bernbaum, Aileen Cormack, Mohinder Grewal, Douglas Symons, Gail Thompson, Daryl Whiting, Tricia Ackerman and Susan Match

·   

Child Care Development Advisory Committee

·         

Two-year term:  Sreedevi Kuttamkulangara and Charlene Wong

·   

Advisory Design Panel

·         

Two-year term:  Gary Fields (Architect), Dean Gregory (Landscape Architect) and Diana Maureen (Willa) Walsh (Richmond Public Art Commission)

·         

One-year term:  Simon Ho (Architect)

·   

Richmond Heritage Commission

·         

Two-year term:  Wendy Andrews, Teresa Murphy, Mitch Sakumoto and Vera Smart

·   

Richmond Parking Advisory Committee

·         

Two-year term:  Jack Chen

12.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPOINTMENTS TO OTHER ADVISORY COMMITTEES

(Forwarded from the December 10^th, 2007 Regular (closed) Council Meeting)

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

13.

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

14.

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. 30.)

15.

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.

·   

UBCM Age-Friendly Communities Pilot Project – Grant Application

·   

2008 Artificial Turf Field Capital Project

·   

Upgrade Of Recreation Registration And Electronic Payment Computer Systems

·   

Steveston Museum & Post Office

·   

Recreation And Cultural Services Financial Review

·   

Application By Interface Architecture Inc. for a Strata Title Conversion at 14380 Triangle Road

·   

Conservation Options for the 4091 Chatham Street Heritage Building

·   

City Centre Transportation Plan Vision

·   

Steveston Highway-No. 5 Road Area Transportation Improvement Plan

16.

Motion to adopt items 17 through 26 by general consent.

17.

COMMITTEE MINUTES

That the minutes of:

3

(1)

the Finance Committee meeting held on November 29, 2007;

12

(2)

the General Purposes Committee meeting held on December 3, 2007;

19

(3)

the Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services Committee meeting held on November 27, 2007;

23

(4)

the Planning Committee meeting held on December 4, 2007,

be received for information.

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18.

UBCM AGE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES PILOT PROJECT – GRANT APPLICATION

(Report:  Nov. 22/07, File No.:  03-1087-22-01) (REDMS No. 2305501, 2297281, 2302515)

GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

That the “Decreasing Barriers, Increasing Wellness” project be fully supported, and that the City of Richmond take the lead on this initiative working with the community to build a responsive service network for isolated and frail seniors in our community.

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19.

2008 Artificial Turf Field Capital Project

(Report:  Nov. 29/07, File No.: 06-2345-20-01  ) (REDMS No. 2308999)

GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

That the 2008 Capital budget include provisions for artificial turf field construction at King George Park, and one other location to be determined in March 2008, for a maximum commitment of $3,500,000 and an additional operating budget impact of up to $30,000 or a .03% tax impact.

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20.

UPGRADE OF RECREATION REGISTRATION AND ELECTRONIC PAYMENT COMPUTER SYSTEMS

(Report:  Nov. 20/07, File No.:  04-1300-01/2007-Vol 01) (REDMS No. 223692v9)

GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

That:

(1)

the City enter into agreements with The Active Network, Ltd. (“TAN”) and any other necessary supporting system service providers to replace the current recreation registration and electronic payment computer systems; and

(2)

the Director of Information Technology be authorized to execute the necessary agreements.

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21.

Steveston Museum & Post Office

(Report:  November 2, 2007, File No.: 11-7140-01 ) (REDMS No. 2299515)

PARKS, RECREATION AND CULTURAL SERVICES COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

(1)

That the report (dated November 2, 2007, from the Director, Recreation and Cultural Services) regarding the Steveston Museum and Post Office be received for information.

(2)

That Council send a letter to the Steveston Community Society thanking them for their support of the Steveston Historical Society and operation of the post office.

(3)

That staff report back with potential options for generating revenue for the Steveston post office related to processing the mail produced by the City and the City’s related associations.

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22.

Recreation and Cultural Services Financial Review
(Report:  November 15, 2007, File No.:  03-1200-01, XR: 11-7375-01/2007-Vol 01) (REDMS No. 2298334)

PARKS, RECREATION AND CULTURAL SERVICES COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

(1)

That the recommendations contained in the report prepared by MMK Consulting (Attachment 3), dated November 15, 2007, regarding a Financial Review of Recreation and Cultural Services in the City of Richmond, and as summarized in the staff report dated November 15, 2007, from the Director, Recreation and Cultural Services and Director of Finance, be endorsed;

(2)

That the consultant’s report be forwarded to the Boards of Directors of Recreation and Cultural Services partner organizations (Attachment 1) for implementation;

(3)

That letters be sent to all community representatives who worked on the Recreation and Cultural Services Financial Review, thanking them for their contribution.

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23.

APPLICATION FOR A STRATA TITLE CONVERSION - INTERFACE ARCHITECTURE INC.

(Report:  November 5, 2007, File No.:  SC 07-381275) (REDMS No. 2299229, 113733)

PLANNING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

That the application for a strata title conversion by Interface Architecture Inc. for the property located at 14380 Triangle Road be approved on fulfilment of the following conditions:

(1)

Registration of a flood indemnity covenant on title;

(2)

Payment of all City utility charges and property taxes up to and including the year 2007; and

(3)

Submission of appropriate plans and documents for execution by the Mayor and City Clerk within 180 days of the date of this resolution.

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24.

CONSERVATION OPTIONS FOR THE 4091 CHATHAM STREET HERITAGE BUILDING

(Report:  November 22, 2007, File No.:  06-2025-01) (REDMS No. 2305436, 2311120)

PLANNING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

That:

(1)

the heritage building at 4091 Chatham Street be saved;

(2)

that the option to conserve the building on the ANAF site be favoured;

(3)

that the feasibility of the ANAF making a financial contribution to conserve the building on or off the ANAF site be explored; and

(4)

if (i) the option to conserve the building on the ANAF Legion Branch No. 1 Road site, and (ii) the feasibility of the ANAF making a financial contribution to conserve the building on or off the ANAF No. 1 Road site, are not feasible, that the City further investigate alternative sites for the heritage building.

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25.

CITY CENTRE TRANSPORTATION PLAN VISION

(Report:  November 13, 2007, File No.:  10-6500-04) (REDMS No. 2270333, 2311127)

PLANNING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

That:

(1)

 the proposed City Centre Transportation Plan Vision (as described in the report dated November 13, 2007 from the Director, Transportation), be endorsed; and

(2)

staff explore the question of the Shell Road rail corridor in terms of Canadian National Railway’s future intentions for the line, and the City’s options.

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26.

STEVESTON HIGHWAY-NO. 5 ROAD AREA TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PLAN

(Report:  November 16, 2007, File No.:  10-6500-01) (REDMS No. 2302095)

PLANNING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

That the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and TransLink be forwarded a copy of the above report and requested to include the future improvements for the Highway 99 corridor, including the George Massey Tunnel, Blundell Interchange, and Steveston Interchange, in their respective transportation improvement plans for the region and as part of TransLink’s 2040 Transportation Strategy.

CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA

FINANCE COMMITTEE –

Councillor Rob Howard, Chair

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27.

2008 CAPITAL BUDGET

(Report:  Oct. 19/07, File No.:  03-0970-01/2007-Vol 01) (REDMS No. 2292978)

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION (Cllrs. McNulty and Steves opposed)

That the 2008 Capital Budget report be approved as the basis for preparing the 5 Year Financial Plan (2008 – 2012) upon removal of the Artificial Turf Sports Fields item.

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NOTE:

Please see staff memorandum regarding an additional recommendation.

STAFF RECOMMENDATION

That staff be authorized to commence construction of the 2008 projects effective January 1, 2008.

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28.

2008 ONGOING ADDITIONAL LEVELS

(Report:  Nov. 15/07, File No.:   ) (REDMS No. 2301445)

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

None. (Defeated on a tied vote.)

GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE –

Mayor Malcolm D. Brodie, Chair

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29.

DEMAND FOR AND BUSINESS LICENCING OF TAXICABS IN RICHMOND – REPORT BACK ON REFERRAL

(Report:  Oct. 5/07, File No.:  12-8275-02/2007-Vol 01) (REDMS No. 2281427)

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION (Cllr. Howard opposed to Part (1))

(1)

That the report (dated October 5, 2007, from the Director, Transportation, and the Manager, Business Liaison), regarding “Demand for and Business Licensing of Taxicabs in Richmond – Report Back on Referral”, be received for information; and

(2)

That a letter be written to the Provincial Transportation Board indicating Council’s opinion that more taxicab licences for Richmond would be justified.

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS AND EVENTS

NEW BUSINESS

BYLAWS FOR ADOPTION

283

Official Community Plan 7100, Amendment Bylaw No. 8143

(11731 Steveston Highway, RZ 04-272679)

Opposed at 1^st Reading – None.

2^nd/3^rd Readings – Cllrs. Barnes, S. Halsey-Brandt, Steves.

285

Zoning and Development Bylaw 5300, Amendment Bylaw No. 8144
(11731/11991 Steveston Highway, RZ 04-272679)

Opposed at 1^st Reading – None.

2^nd/3^rd Readings – Cllrs. Barnes, S. Halsey-Brandt, Steves.

287

Zoning and Development Bylaw 5300, Amendment Bylaw No. 8250

(10271 Williams Road, RZ 07-358336)

Opposed at 1^st Reading – None.

Opposed at 2^nd/3^rd Readings – None

289

Zoning & Development Bylaw No. 5300, Amendment Bylaw No. 8258

(11211 Williams Road, RZ 07-367922)

Opposed at 1^st Reading – None.

Opposed at 2^nd/3^rd Readings – None.

291

Drainage, Dyke and Sanitary Sewer System Bylaw No. 7551, Amendment Bylaw No. 8284

Opposed at 1^st/2^nd/3^rd Readings – None.

300

Zoning and Development Bylaw 5300, Amendment Bylaw No. 8296
(311/3431 Moresby Drive, RZ 07-374318)

Opposed at 1^st Reading – None.

2^nd/3^rd Readings – None.

302

Fireworks Regulation Bylaw No. 7917, Amendment Bylaw No. 8305

Opposed at 1^st/2^nd/3^rd Readings – None.

304

Solid Waste and Recycling Regulation Bylaw No. 6803, Amendment Bylaw No. 8315

Opposed at 1^st/2^nd/3^rd Readings – None.

307

Municipal Ticket Information Authorization Bylaw No. 7321, Amendment  Bylaw No. 8301

Opposed at 1^st/2^nd/3^rd Readings – None.

DEVELOPMENT PERMIT PANEL

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30.

RECOMMENDATION

(1)

That the minutes of the Development Permit Panel meetings held on Wednesday, October 24, 2007, and on Wednesday, November 14, 2007, and on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 and the Chair’s report for the Development Permit Panel meeting held on October 24th, 2007, be received for information.

(2)

That the recommendations of the Panel to authorize the issuance of a Development Permit for property at 11731 and 11991 Steveston Highway (DP 04-278898), be endorsed and the Permit so issued.

ADJOURNMENT