Gambier LTC Regular Meeting Agenda Addendum

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Gambier Island Local Trust Committee
 
Regular Meeting Addendum
 
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16.  RESUMED - MAY 14, 2024
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
16.2  Trustee Bernardo Memorandum dated May 14, 2024 regarding Proposed Bylaw 154
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Date: April 29, 2024 continued on May 14, 2024
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To:   Gambier Local Trust Committee 
Marlis McCargar 
From:   Joe Bernardo 
For:  May 14, 2024 Special Meeting 
Subject:  Proposed Bylaw 154 – Outstanding Issues 
 
MINOR EDITS FOR CLARITY & CONSISTENCY 
Per the numbering used in the Staff’s latest draft: 
 Section 9.3.3(b) should read: “New construction and, additions to: upland buildings or 
structures...”  
 Section 9.3.3(e) should read: “Development design shall should prevent the release of...” 
 Section 9.3.3(f) should read: “...then development and mitigation measures shall should be 
undertaken under...” 
 Section 9.3.5(f)(iv) should be deleted because: 
o The first part says “Replacement structures should utilize a non-structural 
approach...”. This language is self-contradictory and undercuts the purpose of 
Section 9.3.5(f), which is to provide guidelines for situations in which a need to 
replace an existing shoreline protection structure with another structure has already 
been identified. 
o The second part that says “...should abut the existing shoreline protection structure” 
assumes an abutting structure exists beside the one to be replaced, which is not 
necessarily the case. The provision is also redundant, because the point is already 
covered by Section 9.3.5(d)(iv).  
DOCK MATERIALS 
The version of proposed Bylaw 154 that received second reading last term includes a guideline 
under Section 9.3.3(q) that says: 
Docks should not use unenclosed plastic foam or other non-biodegradable materials 
that have the potential to degrade over time. Docks should be constructed of stable 
materials that will not degrade water quality. The use of creosote-treated pilings is not 
permitted.  
The Staff has proposed that this language be replaced (and renumbered as Section 9.3.4(f)) 
with the following:  
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Docks materials should be constructed from: 
i. Biodegradable and stable materials that will not degrade water quality; and 
ii. Creosote-free pilings 
Adopting this wording would change the meaning of the proposed guideline.  
The original language did not express an intention that docks should be constructed using 
biodegradable materials. Rather, it advised that non-biodegradable construction materials 
should be avoided if they have the potential to harm water quality over time (e.g., exposed 
Styrofoam).  
The value of biodegradable materials is that exposure to natural processes breaks them down 
to natural organic molecules that can safely re-enter the environment. By definition, that 
makes such materials inherently unstable and unsuitable for the wear and tear that comes from 
permanent exposure to harsh 

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