July 20, 2015 - Minutes

Date:

Monday, July 20, 2015

Place:

Anderson Room
Richmond City Hall

Present:

Mayor Malcolm D. Brodie, Chair
Councillor Chak Au
Councillor Derek Dang
Councillor Carol Day
Councillor Ken Johnston
Councillor Alexa Loo
Councillor Bill McNulty
Councillor Linda McPhail
Councillor Harold Steves

Call to Order:

The Chair called the meeting to order at 4:02 p.m.

MINUTES

It was moved and seconded

That the minutes of the meeting of the General Purposes Committee held on July 6, 2015, be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED

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)

Discussion ensued regarding the potential to copy the proposed letter to all federal and provincial (BC) opposition leaders.

It was moved and seconded

(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, the Provincial (BC) Leader of the Official Opposition, and all other federal and provincial (BC) opposition leaders.

CARRIED

COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION

2.

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

It was moved and seconded

(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.

CARRIED

ADJOURNMENT

It was moved and seconded

That the meeting adjourn (4:04 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, July 20, 2015.

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Mayor Malcolm D. Brodie
Chair

Hanieh Berg
Committee Clerk