Gambier LTC Special Meeting Agenda

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Gambier Island Local Trust Committee
Special Meeting Agenda
 

Date:October 31, 2023
Time:9:00 am
Location:Electronic Meeting
Pages
1.CALL TO ORDER
9:00 AM - 9:05 AM
“Please note, the order of agenda items may be modified during the meeting. Times are
provided for convenience only and are subject to change.”
2.APPROVAL OF AGENDA
3.BUSINESS ITEMS
9:05 AM - 11:05 AM
3.1Keats Shoreline Protection Project - Proposed Bylaw No. 154
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4.ADJOURNMENT
11:05 AM - 11:10 AM

  STAFF REPORT 
 
Islands Trust Staff Report 1 
File No.: 6500-20 (Keats Island 
Shoreline Protection Project) 
  
DATE OF MEETING: October 31, 2023 
TO: Gambier Island Local Trust Committee 
FROM: Marlis McCargar, Island Planner  
Northern Team 
SUBJECT: Keats Shoreline Protection Project – Proposed Bylaws Nos. 153/154  
RECOMMENDATION 
1. That the Gambier Island Local Trust Committee Bylaw No. 154 cited as “Keats Island Land Use Bylaw, 
2002, Amendment No. 1, 2021” as shown in Attachment 1 of the staff report dated October 31, 2023, 
be read a second time as amended. 
2. That  the  Gambier  Island  Local  Trust  Committee request  that  staff  notify  the  property  owners  in  the 
Private Institutional (PI2) and PI2(a) zone on Keats Island of the dock size change related to residential 
dwellings. 
REPORT SUMMARY 
This staff report provides the Gambier Island Local Trust Committee (LTC) with an update on the Keats Shoreline 
Protection Project. Staff are recommending the LTC adopt the proposed amendments to Proposed Bylaw No. 154, 
in response to community feedback as well as to amend grammatical and formatting changes noted by staff, but 
understand that there may be more amendments requested by the LTC. 
The Gambier Island LTC passed a resolution at the August 29, 2023 LTC regular business meeting that requested 
staff amend Proposed Bylaw No. 154. Staff has worked with a Trustee to amend the proposed bylaws according 
to the community feedback received. No changes are being proposed to Bylaw No. 153 as a result of this work; 
however, it is attached for information to this report (Attachment 1). 
BACKGROUND 
The purpose of the Keats Island Shoreline Protection Project is to establish a Shoreline Development Permit Area 
(DPA)  for  the  purposes  of  protecting  the natural  environment,  its  ecosystems  and  biological  diversity,  and 
protecting  development  from  hazardous  conditions. Work  was  initiated  with  Phase  1  of  the  Keats  Shoreline 
Protection Project in 2018 which involved the Keats Island Shoreline Protection Working Group. During Phase 1, 
staff also drafted a Discussion Paper as a means for providing baseline information to the LTC and the Keats Island 
Shoreline Protection Working Group with respect to options for shoreline protection regulations and policies on 
Keats Island. At that time, the LTC and Working Group decided to move forward with a Development Permit Area. 
The project  is  currently  in  Phase  3  which  has  involved  bylaw  amend

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