Place:

Anderson Room
Richmond City Hall

Present:

Mayor Malcolm D. Brodie
Councillor Linda Barnes
Councillor Derek Dang
Councillor Evelina Halsey-Brandt
Councillor Sue Halsey-Brandt
Councillor Rob Howard
Councillor Kiichi Kumagai
Councillor Bill McNulty
Councillor Harold Steves

City Clerk – J. Richard McKenna

Call to Order:

Mayor Brodie called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.

RES NO.

ITEM

S 04/7-1

It was moved and seconded

That the notice for calling a Special Council Meeting be waived in accordance with Section 127.(4) of the Community Charter.

CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY

GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE -
Mayor Malcolm Brodie, Chair

1.

RICHMOND STREETCAR FEASIBILITY STUDY
(Report:  Sept. 14/04, File No.:  6520-02-01) (REDMS No. 1335614)

S04/7-2

It was moved and seconded

WHEREAS Richmond City Council has been advised by members of the Richmond Heritage Railroad Society that the two proponents of the Richmond-Airport-Vancouver Rapid Transit Project are prepared to consider the Streetcar Feasibility Study.
 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED:
 

(1)

That the Streetcar Feasibility Study be forwarded to TransLink and RAVCO and that they be requested to ask the two proponents to consider the Study in the context of the BAFO process, but only:

(a)

if cost savings are required;

(b)

if it is possible to legally consider the streetcar proposal;

(c)

if the streetcar route extends from the Bridgepoint station to at least Richmond Centre, and preferably to Steveston; and

(d)

if any cost savings identified as a result of the implementation of the streetcar proposal are expended in Richmond; and
 

(2)

That TransLink and RAVCO be requested to examine the ridership issue in the context of the Streetcar Feasibility Study.

CARRIED

OPPOSED:  Cllr. Howard

ADJOURNMENT

S 04/6-3

It was moved and seconded

That the meeting adjourn (6:31 p.m.).

CARRIED

Certified a true and correct copy of the Minutes of the Special Meeting of the Council of the City of Richmond held on Monday, September 20^th, 2004.

_________________________________

_________________________________

Mayor (Malcolm D. Brodie)

City Clerk (J. Richard McKenna)