July 20, 2015 - Agenda


City of Richmond Meeting Agenda

 

General Purposes Committee

 Anderson Room, City Hall
6911 No. 3 Road

Monday, July 20, 2015
4:00 p.m.

 

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MINUTES

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Motion to adopt the minutes of the meeting of the General Purposes Committee held on July 6, 2015.

 

 



 

 

CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR’S OFFICE

 

1.

Supporting Port and Industrial Development While Protecting Agricultural Lands in Richmond
(File Ref. No. 01-0140-20-PMVA1) (REDMS No. 4573476 v. 12)

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See Page GP-8 for full report

 

 

Designated Speaker:  Amarjeet Rattan

 

 

STAFF RECOMMENDATION

 

 

(1)

That the staff report titled, “Supporting Port and Industrial Development While Protecting Agricultural Lands in Richmond,” dated July 20, 2015, from the Director, Intergovernmental Relations and Protocol Unit, be endorsed;

 

 

(2)

That a letter and a copy of this report which outline the actions that the City of Richmond has undertaken to support the creation and protection of a local industrial land supply, and address the needs of general economic development, including port related uses, be sent to the Chair, Port Metro Vancouver (PMV) to respond to their April 30, 2015 letter and copied to the Metro Vancouver (MV) Board and all MV municipalities; and

 

 

(3)

That the aforementioned letter and a staff report be sent to the Prime Minister, the Minister of Transport Canada, the Premier of British Columbia, the BC Minister of Agriculture, the BC Agricultural Land Commission, Richmond Members of Parliament and Members of the Legislative Assembly, the Federal Leader of the Official Opposition and the Provincial (BC) Leader of the Official Opposition.

 

 



 

 

COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION

 

2.

Council Policy Housekeeping and Policy Updates
(File Ref. No. 01-0105-00) (REDMS No. 4528400 v. 5)

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See Page GP-27 for full report

 

 

Designated Speaker:  Cathryn Carlile

 

 

STAFF RECOMMENDATION

 

 

(1)

That the Council Policies, as listed in Attachment 1 to the staff report titled “Council Policy Housekeeping and Policy Updates”, dated July 6, 2015, from the General Manager, Community Services, be amended;

 

 

(2)

That the Council Policies, as listed in Attachment 2 to the staff report titled “Council Policy Housekeeping”, dated  July 6, 2015, from the General Manager, Community Services, be rescinded; and

 

 

(3)

That all policies, procedures and directives with out-of-date titles for positions and Divisions, Departments, or Sections be updated, as needed, to reflect the current organizational structure.

 

 



 

 

ADJOURNMENT