January 7, 2013 - Minutes (Special)

Time:

5:16 p.m.

Place:

Council Chambers
Richmond City Hall

Present:

Mayor Malcolm D. Brodie
Councillor Chak Au
Councillor Linda Barnes
Councillor Derek Dang
Councillor Evelina Halsey-Brandt
Councillor Ken Johnston
Councillor Bill McNulty
Councillor Linda McPhail
Councillor Harold Steves

Corporate Officer – David Weber

Call to Order:

Mayor Brodie called the meeting to order at 5:16 p.m.

RES NO.

ITEM

SP13/1-1

It was moved and seconded

That the Special Council Meeting notice requirements be waived.

CARRIED Unanimously

1.

Vancouver Airport Fuel Delivery – Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) Update
(File Ref. No. 10-6125-30-002) (REDMS No. 3735817 v.4)

SP13/1-2

It was moved and seconded

That:

(1)

a letter, on behalf of Council, be sent to Terry Lake, Minister of Environment, and Rich Coleman, Minister of Energy, Mines and Natural Gas and Deputy Premier to reiterate Richmond’s opposition to the proposal and the transportation of jet fuel on the Fraser River and to express concern that the key elements of the City’s technical input to the EAO as part of the Environmental Assessment process have not been incorporated into the EAOs Table of Conditions (ToC);

(2)

a meeting request, following up on the letter above, on behalf of Council, be sent to Terry Lake, Minister of Environment, and Rich Coleman, Minister of Energy, Mines and Natural Gas and Deputy Premier to reiterate Richmond’s opposition to the proposal and the transportation of jet fuel on the Fraser River and to express concern that the key elements of the City’s technical input to the EAO as part of the Environmental Assessment process have not been incorporated into the EAOs Table of Conditions (ToC);

(3)

copies of the City’s correspondence be forwarded to the relevant provincial opposition critics, the local MLAs and MPs; and

(4)

a letter be sent to the BC Environmental Assessment Office requesting that the documents related to the environmental assessment process be immediately released to the public.

CARRIED

ADJOURNMENT

SP13/

It was moved and seconded

That the meeting adjourn (5:17 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, January 7, 2013.

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Mayor (Malcolm D. Brodie)

Corporate Officer (David Weber)