October 17, 2018 - Minutes

Date:

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Place:

Anderson Room
Richmond City Hall

Present:

Councillor Chak Au, Chair
Councillor Harold Steves
Councillor Derek Dang
Councillor Carol Day (entered at 4:02 p.m.)
Councillor Alexa Loo

Call to Order:

The Chair called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m.

MINUTES

It was moved and seconded

That the minutes of the meeting of the Public Works and Transportation Committee held on September 19, 2018, be adopted as circulated.

CARRIED

NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING DATE

November 21, 2018, (tentative date) at 4:00 p.m. in the Anderson Room

COMMUNITY SERVICES DIVISION

1.

City Buildings – Enhanced Accessibility Design Guidelines and Technical Specifications
(File Ref. No. 06-2050-01) (REDMS No. 5869509 v. 14)

It was moved and seconded

That the proposed “City of Richmond Enhanced Accessibility Design Guidelines and Technical Specifications” presented as Attachment 1 of this report, and as described in the report dated September 12, 2018, from the Senior Manager, Capital Buildings Project Development and Manager, Community Social Development, be endorsed and used in planning for future corporate facilities.

CARRIED

ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS DIVISION

2.

Sustainability Initiatives in Richmond’s City Centre
(File Ref. No. 10-6060-01) (REDMS No. 5912334 v. 13)

It was moved and seconded

That the staff report titled, “Sustainability Initiatives in Richmond’s City Centre”, dated October 9, 2018 from the Director, Engineering, be received for information.

CARRIED

3.

Municipal Access Agreement with Freedom Mobile Inc.
(File Ref. No. 10-6060-01) (REDMS No. 5974056 v. 2)

In reply to a query from Committee, Lloyd Bie, Manager, Engineering Planning, noted that the City would not incur any infrastructure costs associated with the proposed agreement.

Councillor Day entered the meeting (4:02 p.m.)

It was moved and seconded

That the Chief Administrative Officer and the General Manager, Engineering & Public Works be authorized to execute, on behalf of the City, a Municipal Access Agreement between the City and Freedom Mobile Inc. containing the material terms and conditions set out in the staff report titled, “Municipal Access Agreement with Freedom Mobile Inc.”, dated September 11, 2018 from the Director, Engineering.

CARRIED

4.

DCC Reserve Fund Expenditure Bylaws – DCC Front-ender Agreements for 4588 Dubbert Street and 4133 Stolberg Street
(File Ref. No. 03-1000-08-033; 12-8060-20-009847/009783) (REDMS No. 5973005 v. 4; 5772449; 5612345)

In reply to a query from Committee, Mr. Bie stated that the proposed works will be completed under the front-ender agreement; therefore the developer will have borne the costs of the works prior to their DCC reimbursement.

It was moved and seconded

(1)

That DCC Reserve Fund Expenditure (4588 Dubbert Street) Bylaw No. 9847 be introduced and given first, second and third readings; and

(2)

That DCC Reserve Fund Expenditure (4033, 4099 and 4133 Stolberg Street and 9388 Cambie Road) Bylaw No. 9783 be introduced and given first, second and third readings.

CARRIED

5.

Proposed 2019 Paving Program
(File Ref. No.) (REDMS No. 5977176)

It was moved and seconded

That the staff report titled, “Proposed 2019 Paving Program,” dated September 14, 2018, from the Director, Engineering be received for information.

CARRIED

6.

2018 Submission to the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program Green Infrastructure – Environmental Quality Sub-Stream: HAMILTON AREA SANITARY SEWER AND PUMP STATION
(File Ref. No. 10-6060-01) (REDMS No. 5998958)

It was moved and seconded

(1)

That the submission to the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program Green Infrastructure – Environmental Quality Sub-Stream requesting funding for up to 73.33% of the $1,700,000 cost for the Hamilton Area Sanitary Sewer and Pump Station project be endorsed;

(2)

That the Chief Administrative Officer and the General Manager of Engineering and Public Works be authorized to enter into funding agreements with the Government of Canada and/or the Province of BC for the above mentioned project should it be approved for funding by the Government of Canada; and

(3)

That, should the above mentioned project be approved for funding by the Government of Canada, the Consolidated 5 Year Financial Plan (2019-2023) be updated accordingly.

CARRIED

7.

MANAGER’S REPORT

None.

ADJOURNMENT

It was moved and seconded

That the meeting adjourn (4:06 p.m.).

CARRIED

Certified a true and correct copy of the Minutes of the meeting of the Public Works and Transportation Committee of the Council of the City of Richmond held on Wednesday, October 17, 2018.

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Councillor Chak Au
Chair

Sarah Goddard
Legislative Services Coordinator