July 20, 2020 - Minutes (Closed)

Date:

Monday, July 20, 2020

Place:

Council Chambers
Richmond City Hall

Present:

Mayor Malcolm D. Brodie, Chair
Councillor Chak Au (entered the meeting at 5:14)
Councillor Carol Day (attending via teleconference)
Councillor Kelly Greene (attending via teleconference)
Councillor Alexa Loo (attending via teleconference)
Councillor Bill McNulty (attending via teleconference)
Councillor Linda McPhail (attending via teleconference)
Councillor Harold Steves (attending via teleconference) 
Councillor Michael Wolfe (attending via teleconference)

Call to Order:

The Chair called the meeting to order at 5:13 p.m.

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 July 20, 2020, is to be closed to the public, and that the basis of this closure is that the following items on the agenda of this meeting comply with the following closed meeting criteria specified in Section 90 of the Community Charter:

Items 1, 2 & 3

90(1)(k) -   negotiations and related discussions respecting the proposed provision of a municipal service that are at their preliminary stages and that, in the view of the council, could reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality if they were held in public;

Items 4, 5, 6 & 8

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;

Items 7 & 10

90(2)(b) -   the consideration of information received and held in confidence relating to negotiations between the municipality and a provincial government or the federal government, or both, or between a provincial government or the federal government or both and a third party;

Item 9

90(1)(g) –   litigation or potential litigation affecting the municipality; and

Item 9

90(1)(i) -    the receipt of advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose.

CARRIED

Those Present:  Cecilia Achiam (attending via teleconference), Clay Adams (attending via teleconference), Elizabeth Ayers (attending via teleconference), Ken Barlow (attending via teleconference), Lloyd Bie (attending via teleconference), Milton Chan (attending via teleconference), Jerry Chong (attending via teleconference), Wayne Craig (attending via teleconference), Ben Dias (attending via teleconference), George Duncan (attending via teleconference), Joe Erceg (attending via teleconference), Grant Fengstad (attending via teleconference), Lisa Hobman (attending via teleconference), Tony Capuccinello Iraci (attending via teleconference), Serena Lusk (attending via teleconference), Andrew Nazareth (attending via teleconference), Chad Paulin (attending via teleconference), Khalil Rehmat (attending via teleconference), Kevin Roberts (attending via teleconference), Peter Russell (attending via teleconference), Melissa Shiau (attending via teleconference), Kim Somerville (attending via teleconference), Cody Spencer (attending via teleconference), Kirk Taylor (attending via teleconference), John Woolgar (attending via teleconference), Jim Young (attending via teleconference), Matt O’Halloran (attending via teleconference), Claudia Jesson, Evangel Biason, Stephanie Walrond, and Sarah Goddard.

MINUTES

It was moved and seconded

That the minutes of the closed meeting of the General Purposes Committee held on July 6, 2020, be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED