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1968-1999, predominant 1980-1999 (Creation)
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- Richmond (B.C.). Mayor's Office
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3.5 m of textual records;8 photographs;1 photograph slide;2 plans
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Series consists of records created by the Office of the Mayor during the terms of Mayors Gil Blair and Greg Halsey-Brandt. Series contains correspondence, memos, reports, proclamations, transcripts of and notes for speeches and addresses, press releases and commentaries, and some resource and reference material. Records reflect the interaction between the Mayor and other levels of government, government agencies and commissions, corporate interests, and various community groups, as well as the Mayor's views on a variety of issues, including economic development, the environment, transportation, land use, municipal infrastructure, regional government, and inter-governmental affairs. Included are records relating to the federal and provincial governments, the Greater Vancouver Regional District, the Fraser River and North Fraser Harbour Commissions, the Vancouver International Airport Authority, Steveston Harbour Authority, Vancouver Regional Transit Commission, the Waste Reduction Commission and the Richmond School Board. Also included are records of the Mayor's interaction with various city committees, task forces and commissions, the BC Aviation Council, the Richmond General Hospital, the Lower Mainland Municipal Association and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, BC Transit, BC Hydro, BC Ferries, BC Packers Ltd., Canadian Airlines International, Air Canada, the Richmond Chamber of Commerce, the Richmond Visitors and Convention Bureau, the Richmond Community Arts Council, the Boy Scouts of Richmond, the Richmond Gateway Theatre, the Richmond City Centre Community Association, Richmond Family Place Society, the Richmond Foundation, the Steveston Salmon Festival, the United Way of the Lower Mainland, 12 (Vancouver) Service Battalion, the Steveston Interurban Restoration Society, and the Richmond SPCA. Records also exist relating to the interaction of the City with its sister cities of Pierrefonds, Quebec and Wakayama, Japan, with other municipalities, and with the Musqueam Indian Band. Records also document the Mayor's involvement with special events in the City, as well as with the presentation of awards and honours. Files titled "Miscellaneous" dating from 1997 onwards contain documents organized alphabetically by subject category.
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Records were not classified according to the Uniform File Classification System and were received in regular and ad hoc transfers. Alphabetical subject arrangement retained, with chronological grouping based on accessions and within accessions, by natural date grouping.
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Access to confidential correspondence or to correspondence to the Mayor from residents may be restricted.
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File list available.
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BCAUL control number: CRICH-SER-523
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- Blair, Gil (Subject)
- Halsey-Brandt, Greg (Subject)
- Richmond School Board (Subject)
- British Columbia Aviation Council (Subject)
- British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (Subject)
- British Columbia Packers (Subject)
- British Columbia Telephone Company (Subject)
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company (Subject)
- Community Arts Council of Richmond (Subject)
- Fraser River Harbour Commission (Subject)
- Greater Vancouver Regional District (Subject)
- Greater Vancouver Water District (Subject)
- Richmond Chamber of Commerce (Subject)
- Richmond Gateway Theatre (Subject)
- School District No. 38 (Richmond, B.C.) (Subject)
- United Way of the Lower Mainland (Subject)
- Vancouver International Airport (Subject)