Mayne LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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Mayne Island Local Trust Committee 
Regular Business Meeting 
July 28, 2025 ADOPTED Page 1 of 12 
 
Mayne Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Regular Meeting 
 
Date:  
Location:  
 July 28, 2025 
Mayne Island Agricultural Hall 
430 Fernhill Road, Mayne Island, BC 
 
Members Present: Tobi Elliott, Chair 
 David Maude, Local Trustee 
 Jeanine Dodds, Local Trustee 
  
Staff Present: Narissa Chadwick, Island Planner 
 Emily Bryant, Meeting Administrator 
 Katherine Vogt, Meeting Recorder 
 
Others Present: 
 
Kevin Webber, Park Planner, Capital Regional District (CRD) 
There were approximately sixteen (16) members of the public 
present. 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
Chair Elliott called the meeting to order at 1:31 p.m. She introduced trustees and staff and 
welcomed members of the public. 
2. TERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 
Chair Elliott acknowledged that the meeting was being held in the territory of the Coast 
Salish First Nations.  
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
By general consent, the agenda was approved as presented. 
4. TOWN HALL AND QUESTIONS 
Chair Elliott clarified that the Town Hall portion of the current meeting was to provide for any 
comments or questions from the public regarding any issue outside of the Mayne Island 
Housing Project. 
There were no questions or comments from members of the public. 
5. COMMUNITY INFORMATION MEETING 
5.1 Mayne Island Housing Project 
Island Planner Chadwick reviewed the staff report titled Mayne Island Housing 
Options Project (Phase 2) Draft Bylaws, dated July 28, 2025. She offered that the 
Community Information Meeting (CIM) provided an opportunity for members of the 
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public to provide input on any of the proposed changes to the Mayne Island Official 
Community Plan (OCP) or Land Use Bylaw (LUB); in particular, that trustees were 
seeking community input on proposed expansion of areas for flexible housing.  
The chair clarified that the CIM allowed members of the public to comment on the 
draft bylaws prior to their going to First Reading. 
Members of the public had the following comments or questions: 
• Any new dwelling should be contingent on water collected from rainwater or 
brought in from off-island so that no new wells are dug and there is no sharing of 
wells, to protect existing aquifers and water table levels 
• The regulation of 3000 gallons per dwelling unit should be increased to ensure 
sufficient water through the dry season 
o A trustee responded that the current 20% building lot coverage 
permission is being significantly reduced by the proposed amendments; 
that increased density is not being proposed for the water district areas; 
and that some groundwater studies have been done, though more 
needs to be known 
• Future water changes should be considered, as huge changes in surface and 
groundwater patterns are occurring on the island including saltwater intrusion 
of wells 
• Loss of

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