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ITEM

MINUTES

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1.

Motion to adopt the minutes of the meeting of the Public Works & Transportation Committee held on Wednesday, February 18, 2009.

NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING DATE

2.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009 (tentative date) at 4:30 p.m. in the Anderson Room.

DELEGATION

3.

Ms. Carol Jung regarding her property at 10471 Aintree Crescent.

(File No.:   )

COUNCILLOR GREG HALSEY-BRANDT

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4.

MULTI FAMILY RATES FOR WATER AND SEWER SERVICES

(Report:  March 19, 2009, File No.:  10-6650-02) (REDMS No. 2589595, 1075220, 1471923, 2026956)

Designated Speaker: Councillor Greg Halsey-Brandt

RECOMMENDATION

That:

(1)

Council form a Task Force comprised of 5 citizens representing different ownership and build models of townhouse and apartment water users and 2 Council members, along with staff support, to examine problems experienced by townhouse and apartment properties in taking advantage of the City’s water metering programme; and

(2)

the Task Force bring forward recommendations to Council through the Public Works and Transportation Committee by the end of September 2009 on how these types of properties might take advantage of the programme or if metering is not feasible or practical, how to re-structure the water and sewer utility charges to make the rates charged to these types of properties as equitable as possible with other types of metered residential properties in Richmond.

PUBLIC WORKS AND TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT

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5.

INTEGRATED TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK STRATEGY

(Report:  January 26, 2009, File No.:  10-6000-01) (REDMS No. 2360251)

Designated Speakers:  Robert Gonzalez and Alan Cameron

STAFF RECOMMENDATION

That:

(1)

staff defer further independent work about researching partnering with private WiFi providers to deploy a City WiFi network;

(2)

staff issue a Request for Interest to ascertain the potential of vendors to use City-owned infrastructure to provide their telecommunication services to the community; and

(3)

the vision and goals that provide the conditions that support an open, market-driven, competitive environment as detailed in the staff report dated January 26, 2009 from the General Manager, Engineering and Public Works and the Director of Information Technology be adopted as the basis for the Integrated Telecommunications Network strategic plan.

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6.

WEST NILE VIRUS SURVEILLANCE AND PRE-EMPTIVE LARVACIDING PROGRAM

(Report:  February 28, 2009, File No.:  10-6125-04-14) (REDMS No. 2581863)

Designated Speaker:  Suzanne Bycraft

STAFF RECOMMENDATION

That the City of Richmond discontinue the West Nile Virus surveillance and pre-emptive larvaciding program for 2009.

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7.

VAN HORNE PUMP STATION TRANSFER OF FUNDS

(Report:  February 9, 2009 File No.:  10-6340-20-P.08602) (REDMS No. 2573182)

Designated Speaker:  Jim Young

STAFF RECOMMENDATION

That $750,000 funding approved from the 2008 Van Horne Sanitary Pump Station Replacement  Account (No. 40654) be used to fund rehabilitation of the Brighouse, Jones and Richmond Centre Sanitary Pump Stations.

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8.

2009 PAVING PROGRAM

(Report:  March 18,2009, File No.:  02-0775-50-3452/Vol 01) (REDMS No. 2581926)

Designated Speakers:  Jim Young and Wasim Memon

STAFF RECOMMENDATION

That the staff report dated March 18, 2009 from the Director, Engineering, entitled “2009 Paving Program” be received for information.

CORPORATE POLICY MANAGEMENT GROUP

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9.

METRO VANCOUVER TAP WATER CAMPAIGN AND MUNICIPAL DECLARATION (Report:  January 31, 2009, File No.:  01-0340-03-00) (REDMS No. 2569629)

Designated Speaker:  Margot Daykin

STAFF RECOMMENDATION

That a letter, signed by the Mayor, be sent to Metro Vancouver indicating that the City of Richmond:

(i)

commits to promoting the value of municipal tap water;

(ii)

recognizes the purposeful uses of bottled water;

(iii)

intends to maximize opportunities for use of tap water in municipal facilities; and

(iv)

encourages Metro Vancouver, as part of their Tap Water campaign, to develop strategies for making tap water the “water of choice” and to work with the bottled water industry to develop a coordinated approach which recognizes the purposeful uses of bottled water.

10.

MANAGER’S REPORT

ADJOURNMENT