Gabriola LTC Special Meeting Minutes

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ADOPTED 
 
 
Gabriola Island ADOPTED 1 
Local Trust Committee Special Meeting Minutes 
July 16, 2024 
 
Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Special Meeting 
 
Date:  
Location:  
July 16, 2024 
Mudge Island Citizen's Society Hall 
 
Members Present: Tobi Elliott, Trustee 
 Susan Yates, Trustee 
  
Members Regrets: Peter Luckham, Chair 
  
Staff Present: Stephen Baugh Island Planner 
 Warren Dingman, Bylaw Compliance & Enforcement Manager (electronic) 
 Lisa Millard, Recorder (electronic) 
  
Others Present: There were approximately 72 members of the public in attendance. 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
Trustee Elliott called the meeting to order at 1:03 p.m. She acknowledged that the meeting was 
held on the territory of the Coast Salish First Nations. 
 Trustee Yates nominated Trustee Elliott to chair the meeting, Trustee Elliott accepted. 
 By general consent, Trustee Elliott will be Acting Chair of the July 16, 2024 meeting. 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
By general consent the agenda was approved as presented. 
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS 
3.1 Bylaw Enforcement 
Acting Chair Elliott stated that the meeting is a forum to engage the members of the 
Mudge Island community in discussion about issues of community concern. 
Members of the public asked questions and made the following comments: 
 President of the Mudge Island Community Association spoke to the efforts of the 
association to inform the community about the role of the Local Trust Committee 
and how bylaw policies work and to encourage residents to attend the meeting and 
ask questions to better inform a bylaw enforcement policy review. 
 

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Gabriola Island ADOPTED 2 
Local Trust Committee Special Meeting Minutes 
July 16, 2024 
 Speaker asked if the Local Trust Committee (LTC) will be changing the bylaws. 
o Trustees replied they have added a targeted Mudge Island bylaw review to 
the future projects list, and are in the process of reviewing bylaw 
enforcement policies. 
 
 Speaker asked if the LTC had reviewed the bylaw policy amendments that the 
Mudge Island Community Association submitted to staff and another speaker stated 
that they had hoped to discuss the amendments during the meeting. 
o Trustees confirmed receipt of the amendments and Bylaw Compliance and 
Enforcement Manager Dingman noted they will be reviewed, incorporated 
into a staff report, and available for consideration by the LTC in the fall. 
 
 Speaker stated that, years ago, Trustees were under pressure from Gabriola 
residents and gave Mudge less in order to give Gabriola more. 
o Trustees will ask staff to locate the Mudge Island Land Use Bylaw Public 
Hearing documents for their review. 
 
 Numerous members of the public spoke to bylaw compliance investigations and 
asked that any existing complaints that do not satisfy the proposed criteria for 
investigation be deferred until amendments to the policy have been made. 
o Bylaw Compliance and Enforcement Manager Dingman provided the 
following information:

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