Hornby LTC Special Meeting Minute - DRAFT

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Local Trust Committee Special Meeting Minutes 
August 21, 2025 
 
Hornby Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Special Meeting 
 
Date:  
Location:  
August 21, 2025 
Electronic Meeting 
 
Members Present: Timothy Peterson, Chair 
 Alex Allen, Local Trustee 
  
Staff Present: Sonja Zupanec, Island Planner 
 Marlis McCargar, Island Planner 
 Narissa Chadwick, Island Planner 
 Katherine Vogt, Recorder 
Emily Bryant, Meeting Administrator 
  
Others Present: David Maude, Denman Island Local Trust Committee Chair 
 David Graham, Denman Island Local Trust Trustee 
 Sam Borthwick, Denman Island Local Trust Trustee 
  
There were no members of the public in attendance. 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
Chair Peterson called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m. He explained that the special joint 
meeting of the Hornby and Denman Local Trust Committees was to address K'ómoks First 
Nations desire for cooperation with local governments regarding protection of agricultural 
and cultural heritage resources; shorelines and watercourses; and ecosystems and 
biodiversity on Denman and Hornby islands. 
2. TERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 
Chair Peterson acknowledged that the meeting was held on the territory of the Coast Salish 
First Nations. 
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
By general consent the agenda was approved as presented. 
4. BUSINESS ITEMS 
4.1 Joint Local Trust Committee Meeting to discuss housing and K'omoks First 
Nation Engagement Summary – Memorandum 
 

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The Planner explained that the meeting was to explore commonalities between 
Denman and Hornby Islands regarding housing crisis options, and for trustees to 
discuss the attached draft “Hornby Island and K'ómoks First Nation Engagement 
Summary” dated March 2025, in preparation for the upcoming October meeting 
with K'ómoks First Nation (KFN). She noted that KFN is interested to see if the 
Denman and Hornby Local Trust Committees are open to land use planning 
collaboration regarding reconciliation and cultural heritage protection; so that 
solutions have consistency across the geography, rather than a piecemeal approach 
for each political boundary. 
The Planner presented a series of slides on Heritage Conservation Areas (HCAs), 
noting the following: 
• Heritage Conservation Area (HCA) designation is a special zoning tool to protect 
Indigenous and settler heritage, and may include landscapes, buildings, trails, 
and shorelines. A KFN proposal to have a 200-meter low impact development 
buffer around the shoreline has been discussed on Denman Island; but not yet 
introduced on Hornby Island. 
o The Planner added that HCA areas would need to be identified and 
included in the Official Community Plan (OCP), and guidelines would 
need to be drafted regarding how development could proceed in these 
areas. HCA’s act like a development permit area; but are a unique tool 
that has not yet been used i

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