Salt Spring Special LTC Meeting Minutes

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ADOPTED 
Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee ADOPTED 1 of  3 
Special Meeting Minutes  
January 20, 2026  
     Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee 
 Minutes of Special Meeting 
 
Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2026 
Location: Electronic Meeting 
  
Members Present: 
 
 
Timothy Peterson, Chair 
Laura Patrick, Local Trustee   
Members Absent: 
 
Staff Present: 
 
 
 
Others Present: 
Jamie Harris, Local Trustee 
 
Chris Hutton, Regional Planning Manager  
Morgana van Niekerk, Communications Specialist 
Lisa Millard, Meeting Administrator/Recorder  
 
There was one member of the public present 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
Chair Peterson called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m. Chair Peterson acknowledged that 
the Local Trust Committee is meeting in the territory of the Coast Salish First Nations. 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
By general consent the agenda was adopted as presented. 
3. BUSINESS ITEMS 
3.1 Official Community Plan/Land Use Bylaw Project Update 
The project consultants provided an update on the recent work done on the Official 
Community Plan/Land Use Bylaw project and highlighted the following: 
•  A background review was undertaken to establish context and a baseline for 
the Official Community Plan (OCP) update, identify strengths and gaps, ensure 
alignment with current regulations and needs, and to ensure consolidation of 
language, objectives, and strategies across all sections; 
• A technical review looked at six key documents including the Salt Spring Island 
Watershed Protection Plan, Salt Spring Island Area Farm Plan Renewal, Islands 
Trust Housing Need Assessment, Homes for Islanders; An Integrated Housing 
Solutions Framework, Islands Trust Housing Options Toolkit, and the Salt Spring 
Climate Action Plan 2.0 and identified key focus areas including groundwater 
protections, Agricultural Land Reserve and non-Agricultural Land Reserve land 
protections related to food security and eco tourism, housing diversity, and 
where housing should be located in proximity to existing infrastructure while 
ensuring integration of environmental protections and climate resilience; 

 
 
ADOPTED 
Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee ADOPTED 2 of  3 
Special Meeting Minutes  
January 20, 2026  
• The gap analysis identifies opportunities and strengths of the existing OCP with 
recommendations for updates including a dedicated housing section and 
consolidation into a single document; 
• A review of next steps was provided with the second phase of engagement 
identified as the next area of focus. 
 
Discussion ensued and the following comments and clarifications were noted: 
• All public facing information should include a project map showing where the 
Local Trust Committee is at in the process related to the overall project 
timelines; 
• The project needs to be immersed in First Nations relationship building; 
• It is important the public understands the project outcome is not to add more 
density and the question to be put to the public is

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