Time:

4:00 p.m.

Place:

Anderson Room

Richmond City Hall

Present:

Mayor Malcolm D. Brodie

Councillor Chak Au

Councillor Derek Dang

Councillor Evelina Halsey-Brandt

Councillor Ken Johnston

Councillor Bill McNulty

Councillor Linda McPhail

Councillor Harold Steves

Corporate Officer – David Weber

Absent:

Councillor Linda Barnes

Call to Order:

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

Mayor Brodie recessed the meeting at 4:01 p.m.

Mayor Brodie reconvened the meeting at 4:52 p.m.

RES NO.

ITEM

1.

ADDITIONAL HOTEL ROOM TAX BYLAWS

SP12/3-1

It was moved and seconded

(1)

That third reading of Additional Hotel Room Tax Imposition Bylaw No. 8894 be rescinded;

(2)

That Additional Hotel Room Tax Imposition Bylaw No. 8894 be amended by deleting section 3 and substituting therefore the following:

“3. The purposes for which the amount paid to the City of Richmond out of the revenue collected from the tax to be imposed under the provisions of the regulation referred to in section 1 of this Bylaw may be expended are:

(a)

tourism marketing, programs and projects; and

(b)

sport hosting marketing, programs and projects.”

(3)

That Additional Hotel Room Tax Imposition Bylaw No. 8894 be given third reading as amended on this day;

(4)

That each of the following bylaws (currently sitting at third reading), be abandoned:

(a)

Additional Hotel Room Tax Levy Bylaw No. 6817, Amendment Bylaw No. 8897;

(b)

Additional Hotel Room Tax Imposition Bylaw No. 8471, Amendment Bylaw No. 8899; and

(c)

Additional Hotel Room Tax Imposition Bylaw No. 7810, Amendment Bylaw No. 8898.

CARRIED

ADJOURNMENT

SP12/3-2

It was moved and seconded

That the meeting adjourn (4:56 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 Tuesday, May 8, 2012.

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Mayor (Malcolm D. Brodie)

Corporate Officer (David Weber)