June 15, 2020 - Minutes (Special)

Place:

Council Chambers
Richmond City Hall

Present:

Mayor Malcolm D. Brodie
Councillor Chak Au (attending via teleconference)
Councillor Carol Day (attending via teleconference)
Councillor Kelly Greene (attending via teleconference)
Councillor Alexa Loo (attending via teleconference)
Councillor Bill McNulty (attending via teleconference)
Councillor Linda McPhail (attending via teleconference)
Councillor Harold Steves (attending via teleconference) 
Councillor Michael Wolfe (attending via teleconference)

Corporate Officer – Claudia Jesson

Call to Order:

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

RES NO.

ITEM

Mayor Brodie recessed the meeting at 4:01 p.m. for the General Purposes Committee meeting.

The meeting reconvened at 5:47 p.m. with all members of Council present.

Mayor Brodie noted that Item No. 3 - Potential Temporary Road Changes in Steveston Village, is removed from agenda and will be considered at the upcoming Regular Council meeting on June 22, 2020.

RICHMOND OLYMPIC OVAL CORPORATION

1.

CONSENT RESOLUTIONS OF THE SHAREHOLDER OF RICHMOND OLYMPIC OVAL CORPORATION 
(File Ref. No.: 03-1200-09) (REDMS No. 6470733)

SP20/8-1

It was moved and seconded

RESOLVED THAT:

(1)

the Shareholder acknowledges and confirms the previous receipt of financial statements of the Company for the period from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019, together with the auditor's report on such financial statements, which financial statements were approved by the Company's board of directors on April 16, 2020 and presented to the Shareholder at the Finance Committee meeting of Richmond City Council on May 4, 2020;

(2)

The shareholder acknowledges that the following directors are currently serving a 2-year term (2019-2021) and will continue to serve as directors for the coming year:

Name

Dennis Skulsky;

Moray Keith;

Umendra Mital;

Lisa Cowell;

Chris Gear;

Christine Nesbitt; and

Wayne Duzita;

(3)

In accordance with the Company's Articles, the following persons are hereby elected as directors of the Company, to hold office for the term ending immediately prior to the annual general meeting of the Company held in 2022:

Name

Term

George Duncan;

2021

Peter German;

2021

Gail Terry;

2021

Walter Soo; and

2021

Gary Collinge;

2021

(4)

KPMG LLP be appointed as auditors of the Company until the next annual reference date of the Company or until a successor is appointed, at a remuneration to be fixed by the directors;

(5)

the 2019 Annual Report of the Company is hereby received; and

(6)

June 15, 2020 be and is hereby selected as the annual reference date for the Company for its current annual reference period.

The question on the motion was not called as staff responded to queries from Committee, advising that term limits do not apply to members of the Company’s Board of Directors.

The question on the motion was then called and it was CARRIED.

LULU ISLAND ENERGY COMPANY LTD.

2.

CONSENT RESOLUTIONS OF THE SHAREHOLDER OF LULU ISLAND ENERGY COMPANY LTD. 
(File Ref. No. 03-1200-08) (REDMS No. 6469246)

SP20/8-2

It was moved and seconded

RESOLVED THAT:

(1)

the shareholder acknowledges that the financial statements of the Company for the period ended December 31, 2019, and the report of the auditors thereon, have been provided to the shareholder in accordance with the requirements of the British Columbia Business Corporations Act;

(2)

all lawful acts, contracts, proceedings, appointments and payments of money by the directors of the Company since the last annual reference date of the Company, and which have previously been disclosed to the shareholder, are hereby adopted, ratified and confirmed;

(3)

the number of directors of the Company is hereby fixed at 7;

(4)

the following persons, each of whom has consented in writing to act as a director, are hereby elected as directors of the Company, to hold office until the next annual general meeting of the Company or unanimous resolutions consented to in lieu of holding an annual general meeting, or until their successors are appointed:

Cecilia Maria Achiam;

Jerry Ming Chong;

John David Irving;

Joseph Erceg;

Andrew Nazareth;

Kirk Taylor; and

Anthony Capuccinello lraci;

(5)

KPMG LLP be appointed as auditors of the Company until the next annual reference date of the Company or until a successor is appointed, at a remuneration to be fixed by the directors;

(6)

June 15, 2020 is hereby selected as the annual reference date for the Company for its current annual reference period; and

(7)

any one director of the Company is authorized to execute and to deliver all further documents and to take all further action as may be required to give effect to these resolutions.

The question on the motion was not called as staff responded to queries from Committee, advising that term limits do not apply to members of the Company’s Board of Directors.

Discussion then ensued with regard to introducing term limits to members of the Company’s Board of Directors, and as a result, the following referral motion was introduced:

SP20/8-3

It was moved and seconded

That staff examine term limits for members of the Lulu Island Energy Company’s Board of Directors, and report back.

DEFEATED 
Opposed: Mayor Brodie 
Cllrs. Loo 
McNulty 
McPhail 
Steves

The question on the main motion was then called and it was CARRIED.

3.

Potential Temporary Road Changes in Steveston Village 
(File Ref. No. 10-6360-06-01) (REDMS No. 6475103)

Please see Page 1 for action on this item.

ADJOURNMENT

SP20/8-4

It was moved and seconded

That the meeting adjourn (5:57 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, June 15, 2020.

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Mayor (Malcolm D. Brodie)

Corporate Officer (Claudia Jesson)