Date:

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Place:

Anderson Room
Richmond City Hall

Present:

Councillor Harold Steves, Chair
Councillor Bill McNulty, Vice-Chair
Councillor Linda Barnes
Councillor Rob Howard
Councillor Sue Halsey-Brandt

Also Present:

Councillor Cynthia Chen

Call to Order:

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

CLOSURE OF THE COUNCIL MEETING TO THE PUBLIC AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMMUNITY CHARTER CLOSED MEETING CRITERIA

Committee hereby declares that the meeting held on Tuesday, November 20, 2007, 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:

Item 1

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 2 to 7

90(1)(a) - personal information about an identifiable individual who holds or is being considered for a position as an officer, employee or agent of the municipality or another position appointed by the municipality;

CARRIED

Those Present:  Terry Crowe, Cecilia Achiam, Victor Wei, Lesley Sherlock, and Sheila Johnston.

MINUTES

It was moved and seconded

That the minutes of the closed meeting of the Planning Committee held on Tuesday, November 6, 2007, be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED