Several options to potentially update Richmond's flag policy are on the agenda at Monday's general purposes committee meeting.
Richmond city staff is suggesting to the city council to make some tweaks to the flag policy that could identify flags of specific causes that would be flown every year, for example, the pride flag and the flag on the Day of Truth and Reconciliation or create a "community flag program."
The program would cost $22,500 a year to administer, according to a city staff report.
Right now, the city council can authorize any flags or organizational banners to be flown at city hall only with council consent.
Meanwhile, city councillors will be presented with an update on the Steveston Highway multi-use pathway project.
In the city staff report, the bike lane in the project could see a $2.5 million increase with a new total of $11.5 million.
Staff is recommending council to approve the additional price increase, with most of the money taken from the roads budget and some from the capital reserve fund.
Finance committee
Richmond city councillors will debate whether to approve a developer fee increase.
The proposed increase in Development Cost Charges (DCC) would go from $1.22 billion (2017) to $1.87 billion (2023).
Rising costs of labour, raw materials, land values and new dining components are some of the reasons for the increase, according to a city staff report to the finance committee.
