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GRAVE SUBJECT: Rob Rathbun, right, speaks with cub scouts Kenzie Massen, Josh Arsenault and Andrew Sweet after the unveiling of a gravestone for First World War veteran William Stevenson on Saturday. The local youth worked to clean up the gravestones in Fraser Cemetery. Read more about this project and local Remembrance Day activities in our special section on pages 22 to 27. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER
Council creates task force on local economy Theresa McManus tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca
New Westminster city council has “a lot of work” to do in the next four years, says Mayor Jonathan Cote. The City of New Westminster held the inaugural meeting of the new council on Monday. Along with Cote, incumbent councillors Patrick Johnstone, Jaimie McEvoy, Chuck Puchmayr and Mary Trentadue took their oaths of office, as did new councillors Chinu Das and Nadine Nakagawa.
“Everywhere I go in New Westminster I am struck by what an incredible place that we live in. We are blessed with active and engaged residents and businesses that take pride in our city and rightfully demand that we be our best,” Cote said. “I have to admit, it can be both difficult meeting and managing the expectations in such an environment. It requires hard work and a collaborative approach to ensure New Westminster evolves as a livable, dynamic, responsive city.” Cote said initiatives that are
underway will continue to take shape, such as library upgrades and riverfront connections. Upcoming efforts include collaborating with neighbouring municipalities and senior levels of government on regional issues like affordable housing and transportation, redeveloping the Canada Games Pool and Centennial Community Centre, implementing economic development and public engagement strategies, developing a new child- and youthfriendly strategy and continuing to work on reconciliation initiatives.
At the meeting, council appointed Cote as the city’s municipal director to the Metro Vancouver Regional District board and Trentadue as an alternate. Council also supported the creation of a new task force to address matters related to the local economy and directed staff to report back on its terms of reference. Council also appointed council members to serve on several city committees and task forces: affordable housing task force – McEvoy and Nakagawa; Can-
ada Games Pool and Centennial Community Centre task force – Johnstone and McEvoy; land use and planning committee (effective Jan. 1, 2019) – Puchmayr and Trentadue; local economy task force – Das and Trentadue; major projects task force – Puchmayr (chair) and Das; riverfront and public realm task force – Johnstone and Nakagawa; and transportation task force – Johnstone and McEvoy. Cote will sit on all of the committees and taskforces.
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