June 7, 2021 - Minutes

Date:

Monday, June 7, 2021

Place:

Council Chambers
Richmond City Hall

Present:

Mayor Malcolm D. Brodie, Chair
Councillor Chak Au
Councillor Carol Day (by teleconference)
Councillor Alexa Loo (by teleconference)
Councillor Bill McNulty (by teleconference)
Councillor Linda McPhail (by teleconference)
Councillor Harold Steves (by teleconference)
Councillor Michael Wolfe (by teleconference)

Call to Order:

The Chair called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m.

AGENDA ADDITION

It was moved and seconded

That Possible Renaming of Trutch Avenue be added to the agenda as Item No. 3.

CARRIED

MINUTES

It was moved and seconded

That the minutes of the meeting of the General Purposes Committee held on May 17, 2021, be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED

NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING DATE

June 21, 2021, (tentative date) at 4:00 p.m. in Council Chambers

DELEGATION

1.

Jacqueline Gijssen, Project Director, Social Purpose Real Estate Collaborative, with the aid of a PowerPoint presentation (copy on file, City Clerk’s Office), noted the following:

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BC has some of the least affordable housing markets in the world;

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non-profits, social enterprises, and small businesses are all impacted;

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there is loss of community spaces;

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everyone is affected;

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a new BC wide study was conducted that involved a research report, online surveys, workshops, community events and a final report;

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many challenges such as affordability, tenure, and suitability play a role; and

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increasing the supply of affordable secure housing, advocating for the sector, funding and financing, designing spaces for social purpose, are all ideas for action.

COMMUNITY SAFETY DIVISION

2.

Application To Amend Liquor Primary Liquor Licence # 307706 From Monkey 9 Brewing Pub Corp Doing Business As: Monkey 9 Brew Pub - 180 – 14200 Entertainment Blvd. 
(File Ref. No. 12-8275-30-001) (REDMS No. 6665266)

It was moved and seconded

(1)

That the application from Monkey 9 Brewing Pub Corp., doing business as, Monkey 9 Brew Pub, for an amendment to Liquor Primary Licence # 307706 to request an increase to the occupant capacity by 260 persons at 180 – 14200 Entertainment Blvd., be supported for:

a)

Total person capacity to be amended and set at 460 persons;

b)

No changes to the hours of service currently set at Monday to Sunday, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 AM; and

(2)

That a letter be sent to the Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch, which includes the information attached as Appendix A, advising that Council recommends the approval of the licence amendment for the reasons that this amendment has been determined, following public consultation, to be acceptable in the area and community.

The question on the motion was not called as in reply to queries from Committee, Bert Hick, Rising Tide, advised that the requested licence is comparable to other bowling centres and similar to that of a golf course and the liquor service is an added amenity to the main activity of bowling.

The question on the motion was then called and it was CARRIED.

3.

Possible renaming of trutch avenue 
(File Ref. No.)

Discussion took place on the potential to change the name of Trutch Avenue due to the challenging background of the name.  

As a result of the discussion, the following referral motion was introduced:

It was moved and seconded

That the matter of Trutch Avenue be referred to staff to:

(a)

analyze the situation and meaning of the name;

(b)

provide options with the possibility of renaming the road; and

(c)

notify the residents of Trutch Avenue of the analysis being undertaken.

The question on the referral motion was not called as discussion took place on potential replacement names for the street and procedures for residents to come forward to change road names if necessary.

The question on the referral motion was then called and it was CARRIED.

ADJOURNMENT

It was moved and seconded

That the meeting adjourn (4:33 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, June 7, 2021.

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Mayor Malcolm D. Brodie
Chair

Sarah Goddard
Legislative Services Associate