Date:

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Place:

Anderson Room

Richmond City Hall

Present:

Councillor Linda Barnes, Chair

Councillor Sue Halsey-Brandt, Vice-Chair

Councillor Derek Dang

Councillor Harold Steves

Mayor Malcolm Brodie

Absent:

Councillor Ken Johnston

Also Present:

Councillor Evelina Halsey-Brandt

Call to Order:

The Chair called the meeting to order at 5:36 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 Wednesday, February 23, 2011, 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; and

Item 2

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

CARRIED

Those Present:  Dave Semple, Robert Gonzalez, Cecilia Achiam, Lesley Douglas, John Irving, Alen Postolka, and Hanieh Floujeh.

MINUTES

It was moved and seconded

That the minutes of the closed meeting of the Public Works & Transportation Committee held on Wednesday, December 15, 2010, be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED