Galiano LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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Galiano Island Local Trust Committee 
Regular Business Meeting 
June 3, 2025 ADOPTED Page 1 of 8 pages 
 
Galiano Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Regular Meeting 
Date:  
Location:  
June 3, 2025 
North Community Hall 
22790 Porlier Pass Road, Galiano Island, BC 
 
Members Present: Timothy Peterson, Chair 
 Ben Mabberley, Local Trustee 
 Lisa Gauvreau, Local Trustee 
  
Staff Present: Robert Kojima, Regional Planning Manager 
 Carly Bilney, Recorder (electronic) 
  
Others Present: There were approximately 20 members of the public present. 
  
1. CALL TO ORDER 
Chair Peterson called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m.  
2. TERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 
Chair Peterson acknowledged that the meeting was being held in territory of the Coast 
Salish First Nations.  
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
By general consent the agenda was approved as presented. 
4. TRUSTEE REPORT 
Trustee Gauvreau reported the following: 
 
• A ceremony to celebrate the reopening of the historical Japanese kiln at Bluff’s Park 
brought together about 80 people including dignitaries from British Columbia and 
Japan 
• An updated Housing Needs Report was recently received for the Gulf Islands and 
notes Galiano needs 426 new housing units over the next twenty years to meet 
demand 
 
Trustee Mabberley reported the following: 
 
• Construction on the parking area at Montague Harbour will begin June 10 and last 
for about two weeks 
• An emergency access map is in the works as part of an initiative between the 
Capital Regional District and the fire departments to identify where emergency 
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accesses would be the most useful on the island; they will be working with 
landowners to seek permission to put emergency accesses in place 
 
5. CHAIR'S REPORT 
Chair Peterson reported the following: 
 
• The upcoming Trust Council meeting will include discussion on the annual financial 
audit; the Local Trust Committee Procedures Bylaw 197 will be considered for 
adoption 
• The Trust Programs Committee’s draft of a new policy statement is ready for 
consideration by Trust Council for First Reading 
• The Committee of the Whole will continue discussion on the interpretation of 
Section 3 of the Islands Trust Act that outlines the object of the Trust 
• Tsawout First Nation is hosting Trust Council for a feast  
 
6. ELECTORAL AREA DIRECTOR'S REPORT – None  
7. FIRST NATION REPORT 
Representatives of Penelakut Tribe sent their regrets for being unable to join the meeting. 
8. TOWN HALL AND QUESTIONS 
Town hall was held and the following comments were made: 
 
• Comments were made about the April 28, 2025 letter the Minister of Housing and 
Municipal Affairs, Ravi Kahlon, wrote to Islands Trust Council Chair Laura Patrick, 
including:  
o The Minister is reminding Trust Council that its primary mandate is protection of 
the natural environment of the Trust Area 
o The important tak

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