Date:

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Place:

Anderson Room

Richmond City Hall

Present:

Councillor Linda Barnes, Chair

Councillor Chak Au, Vice-Chair

Councillor Linda McPhail

Councillor Harold Steves

Mayor Malcolm Brodie

Absent:

Councillor Derek Dang

Call to Order:

The Chair called the meeting to order at 4:46 p.m.

AGENDA ADDITIONS (AND DELETIONS) AND COMMUNITY CHARTER CLOSED MEETING COMPLIANCE FOR ADDITIONAL ITEMS

It was moved and seconded

That the oral report regarding the status of grant applications, be added to the agenda as an additional item and that this item be deemed in compliance with the following closed meeting criteria specified in section 90 of the Community Charter:

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.

CARRIED

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, December 14, 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.

CARRIED

Those Present:  Lesley Douglas, Robert Gonzalez, John Irving, Barbara Sage, Victor Wei, Jim Young 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, November 23, 2011 be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED