Gabriola LTC Special Meeting Agenda

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Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee
Special Meeting Agenda
 

Date:April 28, 2023
Time:9:00 am
Location:Electronic Meeting
Pages
1.CALL TO ORDER
9:00 AM - 9:00 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
9:00 AM - 9:05 AM
3.BUSINESS ITEMS
9:05 AM - 11:05 AM
3.1Scope of Work for an Indigenous Engagement Coordinator Position for the Official
Community Plan Review Project - for discussion
3.2Opportunity to Develop a Gabriola Housing Action Plan to Qualify for the Provincial
Housing Incentive Fund - for discussion
3.2.1Correspondence from T. Elliott dated April 28, 2023
2 - 8
3.2.2Correspondence from D. Ferens dated April 27, 2023
9 - 10
4.ADJOURNMENT
11:05 AM - 11:05 AM

From: Tobi Elliott 
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2023 8:54 AM 
To: Nadine Mourao 
Subject: Fwd: Memo for today's meeting 
Attachments: Memo re Housing Accelerator Fund April 28 2023.docx 
 
 
 
 
Begin forwarded message: 
 
From: Tobi Elliott <telliott@islandstrust.bc.ca> 
Subject: Memo for today's meeting 
Date: April 28, 2023 at 8:52:13 AM PDT 
To: Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee 
<GabriolaIslandLocalTrustCommittee@islandstrust.bc.ca> 
Cc: Narissa Chadwick <nchadwick@islandstrust.bc.ca> 
 
Hi all,  
 
Sorry my work email was not working this morning, so sent from my personal 
account but it didn’t go through.  
 
 
Here’s my memo, if you want to read it ahead of time, but I would like to beg 
your indulgence to read sections of it in our meeting today because I would like it 
on the record, regardless of our decision.  
 
Thank you! 
 
Tobi 
 
 
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Tobi Elliott, Gabriola Island, BC.    
April 28, 2023 
Dear Trustees, Good morning! 
Thank you for your indulgence as I attempt to make a case for why our LTC would benefit from applying 
to the Housing Accelerator Fund, which has a single intake window in June 2023. And for why, even if an 
application is not successful, a conversation on why we need to keep talking about housing solutions in 
this community is necessary.   
I was elected on a platform of transparency and good communication with the public. So I would be 
remiss not to talk about why housing is important to me, and why I would be remiss in bringing up the 
opportunity for this LTC to apply for the HAF, even if it wasn’t on our workplan at the start of the term.  
People know me in this community as an advocate of alternative forms of housing, and I live my 
principles and the solutions that I believe in. I built my own tiny house on a reclaimed trailer in 2018, 
with 2 excellent carpenters and 12 students eager to learn about tiny house building. I have been 
fortunate to be welcomed in different 5 acre properties around Gabriola, so I can continue to live in my 
community of choice. My living situation is not regulated, but it is seen as an attractive possibility for 
low-impact, ecologically responsible housing, but many many others are n

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