Date:

Monday, February 4^th, 2008

Place:

Anderson Room

Richmond City Hall

Present:

Mayor Malcolm Brodie, Chair

Councillor Linda Barnes 

Councillor Cynthia Chen

Councillor Derek Dang
Councillor Evelina Halsey-Brandt 

Councillor Sue Halsey-Brandt 

Councillor Rob Howard

Councillor Bill McNulty

Absent:

Councillor Harold Steves

Call to Order:

The Chair called the open meeting to order at 5:07 p.m.

AGENDA ADDITIONS (AND DELETIONS) AND COMMUNITY CHARTER CLOSED MEETING COMPLIANCE FOR ADDITIONAL ITEMS

CLOSURE OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING TO THE PUBLIC AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMMUNITY CHARTER CLOSED MEETING CRITERIA

Committee hereby declares that the meeting held on Monday, February 4, 2008, is to be closed to the public, and that the basis of this closure is that the following item on the agenda of this meeting comply with the following closed meeting criteria specified in Section 90 of the Community Charter :

Item 1

90(1)(e) -    the acquisition, disposition or expropriation of land or improvements, if the council considers that disclosure could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality;

CARRIED

Those Present:  Phyllis Carlyle, Jeff Day, Joe Erceg, Vern Jacques, Andrew Nazareth, Anne Phelps, Amarjeet Rattan, Greg Scott, Kate Sparrow, Lucy Tompkins, Ted Townsend, David Weber, Gary Young, and Shanan Dhaliwal.

At this point Councillor Sue Halsey-Brandt left the meeting (5:07 p.m.)

MINUTES

It was moved and seconded

That the minutes of the closed meeting of the General Purposes Committee held on Monday, January 21^st, 2008, be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED