March 18, 2015 - Minutes (Closed)

Date:

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Place:

Anderson Room
Richmond City Hall

Present:

Councillor Chak Au, Chair
Councillor Harold Steves
Councillor Ken Johnston
Councillor Alexa Loo

Absent:

Councillor Derek Dang

Also Present:

Councillor Carol Day

Call to Order:

The Chair called the meeting to order at 4:18 p.m.

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

It was moved and seconded

That a negotiation matter and a land matter be added to the agenda as additional items and that these items be deemed in compliance with the following closed meeting criteria specified in Section 90 of the Community Charter:

90(2)(b) -   the consideration of information received and held in confidence relating to negotiations between the municipality and a provincial government or the federal government, or both, or between a provincial government or the federal government or both and a third party; and

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

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

It was moved and seconded

Committee hereby declares that the meeting held on Wednesday, March 18, 2015, 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)(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

Those Present:  Grant Fengstad, John Irving, Tom Stewart, Victor Wei, and Hanieh Berg.

MINUTES

It was moved and seconded

That the minutes of the closed meetings of the Public Works and Transportation Committee held on Wednesday, December 17, 2014 and Wednesday, January 21, 2015, be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED