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 Greg Halsey-Brandt

Councillor Sue Halsey-Brandt

Councillor Ken Johnston

Councillor Bill McNulty

Councillor Harold Steves

Director, City Clerk’s Office – David Weber

Call to Order:

Mayor Brodie called the meeting to order in open session at 4:00 p.m.

RES NO.

ITEM

The meeting was recessed at 4:01 p.m.

The meeting reconvened at 5:54 p.m. following the conclusion of the Closed General Purposes Committee meeting.

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

SIC10/1-1

It was moved and seconded

Council hereby declares that the meeting held at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, February 1, 2010, 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)(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; and

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

CARRIED

Those Present:  Cecelia Achiam, Cathryn Volkering Carlile, Phyllis Carlyle, Jerry Chong, George Duncan, Joe Erceg, Robert Gonzalez, Mike Kirk, Doug Long, Andrew Nazareth, Dave Semple, David Weber, and Hanieh Floujeh.