MINUTES

1.

It was moved and seconded

That the minutes of the meeting of the General Purposes Committee held on Monday, November 1st, 2004, be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED

URBAN DEVELOPMENT DIVISION

2.

RICHMOND CONCERNS - PROPOSED TSAWWASSEN TREATY

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

Discussion ensued among Committee members on the impact which approval of the Tsawwassen Treaty would have on other treaty negotiations, especially for Richmond, with respect to the Musqueam.

It was moved and seconded

(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 the Provincial Government provide additional funding for representation of local government concerns.

(3)

That a copy of the letter to BC Minister Geoff Plant be forwarded to Prime Minister Martin, the Federal Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, the Federal Minister responsible for the DFO lands, the Premier of BC, Richmond MPs and MLAs, LMTAC, the UBCM Board, the Mayors of the GVRD cities, and the LMMA.

CARRIED

3.

APPOINTMENTS TO THE 2005 GREATER VANCOUVER REGIONAL LABOUR RELATIONS BUREAU

It was moved and seconded

That Councillor Kiichi Kumagai be re-appointed to the Greater Vancouver Regional District Labour Relations Bureau, effective until the Inaugural Council Meeting on Monday, December 5^th, 2005, and that Councillor Evelina Halsey-Brandt be re-appointed as the alternate.

CARRIED

ADJOURNMENT

It was moved and seconded

That the meeting adjourn (5:56 p.m.).

CARRIED

Certified a true and correct copy of the Minutes of the meeting of the General Purposes Committee of the Council of the City of Richmond held on Monday, November 15^th, 2004.

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Mayor Malcolm D. Brodie
Chair

Fran J. Ashton
Executive Assistant, City Clerk’s Office