Lasqueti LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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ADOPTED 
 
Lasqueti Island ADOPTED 1 of 12 
Local Trust Committee Minutes 
October 6, 2025 
      Lasqueti Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Regular Meeting 
 
Date:  
Location:  
October 6, 2025 
Judith Fisher Centre 
#1 China Cloud Bay Road 
Lasqueti Island, BC 
 
Members Present: Tobi Elliott, Chair 
 Timothy Peterson, Local Trustee 
 Mikaila Lironi, Local Trustee 
  
Staff Present: Renée Jamurat, Regional Planning Manager (electronic) 
 Clare Frater, Director of Trust Area Services (electronic) 
 Lisa Millard, Meeting Administrator/Recorder (electronic) 
  
Others Present: There were approximately 32 members of the public in attendance 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
Chair Elliott called the meeting to order at 11:00 a.m. 
2. TERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 
Chair Elliott acknowledged that the meeting was held on the territory of the Coast Salish 
First Nations. 
3. COMMUNITY INFORMATION MEETING - POLICY STATEMENT BYLAW 183 
3.1 Planner Presentation 
The Director of Trust Area Services provided a presentation on the Policy Statement 
Amendment Project and highlighted the following: 
• The Trust Area is located in the treaty and territorial area of over 30 First 
Nations; 
• The Islands Trust Act legislates that Trust Council must adopt a Policy 
Statement to carry out the object of the Trust; 
• The Policy Statement guides the way a Local Trust Committee develops its 
Official Community Plan which in turn guides land use bylaws, and it also steers 
the Executive Committee’s review process of those bylaws; 
• The updated draft Policy Statement addresses reconciliation with Indigenous 
Peoples, climate change, and housing and contains guiding principles, directive 
policies, and advisory policies; 
• The draft Policy Statement was given first reading by Trust Council and a Trust-
Area wide engagement process in underway including a survey, mailer, 
referrals, and individual community engagement events; 
• Referral feedback will inform further drafting of the document. 

ADOPTED 
 
Lasqueti Island ADOPTED 2 of 12 
Local Trust Committee Minutes 
October 6, 2025 
3.2 Question & Answer Period 
• Does the draft Policy Statement address private docks and if so, are the policies 
directive or advisory? 
The current draft document references docks within the following areas: 
o Recreation directive polices state communities should identify and 
support safe public access and routes to get to community marinas, 
boat launches, and docks; 
o Marine shoreline directive policies state communities should identify 
opportunities for sharing of coastal facilities, such as docks, wharves, 
floats, jetties, boathouses, boardwalks, and causeways and ask that 
Local Trust Committees consider the cumulative effects of docks and 
limit, or prohibit, new docks in areas identified as culturally significant or 
those that provide critical habitat for species at risk. 
• Is there a provision to address or facilitate rights for environmental or natural 
elements? 
o There are s

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