Pg. #

ITEM

MINUTES

1

1.

Motion to adopt the minutes of the meeting of the General Purposes Committee held on Monday, February 4^th, 2008 .

PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

5

2.

The Garden City Lands – Agricultural Land Reserve Exclusion Application (Staff Report)

(Binder One) ALR Block Exclusion Application and
(Binder Two) ALR Block Exclusion Application Supplementary Information(Report:  February 15, 2008, File No.:  08-4105-04-02) (REDMS No. 2343964)

Designated Speaker:  Joe Erceg

STAFF RECOMMENDATION

That

(1)

The following recommendation be forwarded to Public Hearing:

That Council endorse the “Block Application” (Attachment 1) to exclude the properties known as the “Garden City Lands” bounded by Garden City Road, Alderbridge Way, No. 4 Road and Westminster Highway from the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) on behalf of the Musqueam Indian Band (Musqueam), the City of Richmond and the Canada Lands Company (CLC), collectively known as “the partners”; and

(2)

This report be referred to Richmond Agricultural Advisory Committee for their comment and input to Council prior to the Public Hearing; and

(3)

The “Block Application” be forwarded to a Public Hearing on March 11, 2008, at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at Richmond City Hall.

ADJOURNMENT