Time:

4:00 p.m.

Place:

Council Chambers
Richmond City Hall

Present:

Mayor Malcolm D. Brodie
Councillor Linda Barnes
Councillor Cynthia Chen
Councillor Derek Dang
Councillor Evelina Halsey-Brandt
Councillor Sue Halsey-Brandt
Councillor Rob Howard
Councillor Bill McNulty
Councillor Harold Steves

Director, City Clerk’s Office – David Weber

Call to Order:

Mayor Brodie called the meeting to order at 4:02 p.m., and announced that the Special Council meeting would be recessed until the conclusion of the open General Purposes Committee meeting.

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RES NO.

ITEM

The Special Council meeting reconvened at 7:13 p.m..

GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE

1.

Application by Lions Communications Incorporated for a Temporary Commercial Use Permit at 12631 Vulcan Way

(Report:  April 21, 2008  File No.: TU 08-412295 ) (REDMS No. 2432897 )

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It was moved and seconded

That:

(1)

That the application of Lions Communications Incorporated for a Temporary Commercial Use Permit for the property at 12631 Vulcan Way be considered at the May 20, 2008 Public Hearing at 7:00 pm to be held in the Council Chambers of Richmond City Hall, and that the following recommendation be forwarded to that meeting for consideration:

“That a Temporary Commercial Use Permit be issued to Lions Communications Incorporated for the property at 12631 Vulcan Way for the purposes of permitting a Summer Night Market between May 30, 2008 to October 5, 2008 inclusive and May 15, 2009 to October 4, 2009 inclusive based on the conditions and requirements outlined in the Temporary Commercial Use Permit and attached Schedules”

provided that the conditions and requirements outlined in the Temporary Commercial Use Permit and attached Schedules be amended to include provisions for an additional RCMP officer with the full cost to be paid by the applicant to combat the issue of counterfeit products, and that the bond be increased accordingly.

(2)

That the Public Hearing notification area be expanded to include all the properties within the area bounded by River Road to the north, No. 5 Road to the west, Bridgeport Road to the south and Knight Street to the east.

CARRIED

ADJOURNMENT

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It was moved and seconded

That the meeting adjourn (7:13 p.m.).

CARRIED

Certified a true and correct copy of the Minutes of the Special Meeting of the Council of the City of Richmond held on Monday, May 5, 2008.

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Mayor (Malcolm D. Brodie)

Corporate Officer (David Weber)