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MINUTES

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Motion to adopt the minutes of the meeting of the General Purposes Committee held on Monday, November 1st, 2004.

CLOSED GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE

(Recommendation(s) from the Closed General Purposes Committee)

URBAN DEVELOPMENT DIVISION

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RICHMOND CONCERNS - PROPOSED TSAWWASSEN TREATY

(Report:  November 12/04, File No.:  01-0152-00/Vol 1) (REDMS No. 1353998)

Designated Speaker:  Terry Crowe

STAFF RECOMMENDATION

(1)

That Richmond City Council request BC Minister Geoff Plant, Attorney General and Minister Responsible For Treaty Negotiations to:

(a)

provide more detailed information regarding proposed Tsawwassen Treaty negotiation matters including:

i)

governance and First Nations participation within regional structures and processes;

ii)

additions to Treaty Settlement lands;

iii)

fiscal compensation to local governments for lands that may be transferred from local government jurisdiction to First Nations, as a consequence of treaty negotiation;

iv)

representation and treatment of non-(First Nation) member residents on Treaty Settlement Land;

v)

taxation and other fiscal matters;

vi)

economic fisheries concerns; and

vii)

municipal Agricultural Land Reserve interests during requests for exclusion by First Nations;

(b)

provide more time (i.e., beyond December 2004) for consultation with local governments regarding proposed Tsawwassen Treaty matters,

(c)

reconsider the proposed Tsawwassen Treaty Agreement In Principle (AIP), Specified Lands approach for Additions to Treaty Settlement Lands and make it consistent with the many other Agreements In Principle in British Columbia;

(d)

ensure that municipal interests are better addressed in treaty negotiations to avoid creating and compounding problems which will only need to be addressed later; and

(2)

That a copy of the letter to BC Minister Geoff Plant be forwarded to Richmond MPs and MLAs, LMTAC members, the UBCM Board and the GVRD Board.

ADJOURNMENT