April 23, 2018 - Minutes (Special)

Date:

Monday, April 23, 2018

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 4:52 p.m.

FINANCE AND CORPORATE SERVICES DIVISION

1.

Steveston Unopened Lanes – License Agreements between Richmond Street and Broadway Street from No. 1 Road to 2^nd Avenue 
(File Ref. No. 06-2270-30-003) (REDMS No. 5801739 v. 3)

Discussion ensued with regard to (i) the proposed terms of the license agreement, (ii) administrative challenges to the proposed agreement when current residents sell their properties, and (iii) the potential for the proposed license agreement to set a precedent for future agreements.

It was moved and seconded

(1)

That portions of the unopened lane between Richmond Street and Broadway Street from No. 1 Road to 2^nd Avenue (the “Unopened Lane”) be licensed to each adjacent owner(s) that executed and returned the City’s licensing agreement on or prior to April 10, 2018;

(2)

That the City surface the 10 foot strip of the Unopened Lane abutting any property where the owner(s) did not execute and return the License Agreement on or prior to April 10, 2018, with a low maintenance form of surfacing such as gravel and place a fence at the current property line;

(3)

That in the future, if any property owner(s) within the block of the Unopened Lane approaches the City regarding licensing the portion of the Unopened Lane abutting their property, staff  be authorized to enter into a License Agreement with an expiry date not later than the other Licenses; and

(4)

That staff be authorized to take all necessary steps to complete the matters, including authorizing the Senior Manager, Real Estate Services, to execute all documentation relating to the licenses of the Unopened Lane detailed in the staff report titled “Steveston Unopened Lanes – License Agreements between Richmond Street and Broadway Street from No. 1 Road to 2^nd Avenue” dated April 11, 2018.

The question on the motion was not called as discussion ensued with regard to the potential for multi-family development in the area and the City retaining ownership of the site.

The question on the motion was then called and it was CARRIED with Mayor Brodie and Cllr. Loo opposed.

ADJOURNMENT

It was moved and seconded

That the meeting adjourn (5:00 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, April 23, 2018.

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Mayor Malcolm D. Brodie
Chair

Evangel Biason
Legislative Services Coordinator