Time:

4:02 p.m.

Place:

Council Chambers

Richmond City Hall

Present:

Councillor Evelina Halsey-Brandt (Acting Mayor)

Councillor Derek Dang

Councillor Greg Halsey-Brandt

Councillor Ken Johnston

Councillor Harold Steves

Acting Director, City Clerk’s Office, Gail Johnson

Absent:

Mayor Malcolm D. Brodie

Councillor Linda Barnes

Councillor Sue Halsey-Brandt

Councillor Bill McNulty

Call to Order:

Acting Mayor Halsey-Brandt called the meeting to order at 4:02 p.m.

RES NO.

ITEM

1.

ROAD CLOSURE BYLAW IN RELATION TO LAND ACQUISITION

(File Ref. No.:  12-8060-20-8719/Vol 01 06-2290-20-119/Vol 01 06-2285-30-151/Vol 01 06-2285-30-155/Vol 01) (REDMS No. 3114256, 3058131, 3145417)

Road Closure of Parcel A, Plan with Fee Deposited 52714F, Disposition of a Subdivided Portion of Parcel A to Fraser Wharves and Acquisition of a Statutory Rights of Way for Dike, Access and Utility Purposes from Fraser Wharves

RECOMMENDATION forwarded from the Special Closed Council Meeting of Monday, March 21, 2011:

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It was moved and seconded

That Road Closure Bylaw 8719 (Parcel A, Plan with Fee Deposited 52714F) be introduced and given 1st, 2nd and 3rd readings.

CARRIED

The following resolutions were also announced in conjunction with the above recommendation:

(1)

The disposition be approved at a price of $10, plus other costs of disposition of up to $15,000, for a subdivided portion of approximately 2.289 acres of Parcel A, Plan with Fee Deposited 52714F (“City Lands”) to Fraser Wharves Ltd.;

(2)

The acquisition be approved at a price of $10, plus other costs of acquisition of up to $10,000, for an approximate 20 metre wide statutory right of way (SRW) along the existing shoreline of the Fraser Wharves Ltd.’s properties (Lot 2, Plan 49250; Lot 2, Plan 71350; and Parcel B, Reference Plan 1625) totalling approximately 5.287 acres for dike and public rights of passage purposes and access to the City’s remainder of the City Lands, including any future amendments to the right of way plan relating to future realignments of the shoreline;

(3)

The acquisition be approved at a price of $10 for an approximate 10,979 square foot SRW over the northeast corner of the Fraser Wharves Ltd. property known as Lot 2, Plan 71350 for a future drainage pump station  and other City utility purposes;

(4)

Disposition be approved for the existing SRW Plan 70591 (LTO charge number Y176509) for the existing drainage pump station over the Fraser Wharves Ltd. property known as 14000 Steveston Highway if a new pump station is developed under Recommendation 3 above;

(5)

Staff be authorized to file a certifying statement executed by the Corporate Officer at Land Title Office cancelling the right of resumption in the closed road pursuant to the Resumption of Highways Regulation;

(6)

Staff be authorized to take all the necessary steps to complete the matters including authorizing the General Manager, Engineering and Public Works and the Chief Administrative Officer to negotiate and execute all documentation to effect the transactions detailed in the staff report dated February 4, 2011, including all contracts, surveys and Land Title Office documents and plans.

ADJOURNMENT

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It was moved and seconded

That the meeting adjourn (4:04 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, March 21, 2011.

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Acting Mayor

(Councillor Evelina Halsey-Brandt)

Acting Corporate Officer (Gail Johnson)