Hornby LTC Special Meeting Minutes

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Local Trust Committee Special Meeting Minutes 
April 17, 2023 
 
Hornby Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Special Meeting 
 
Date:  
Location:  
April 17, 2023 
Electronic Meeting 
 
Members Present: Timothy Peterson, Chair 
 Alex Allen, Local Trustee 
 Grant Scott, Local Trustee 
  
Staff Present: Sonja Zupanec, Island Planner 
 Katherine Vogt, Recorder 
 Wil Cottingham, Meeting Administrator 
  
Others Present: Patricia Maloney, Consultant  
 There were approximately thirty-eight (38) members of the public and no 
members of the media in attendance. 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
Chair Peterson called the meeting to order at 4:02 pm. He acknowledged that the meeting was 
being held in territory of the Coast Salish First Nations. He introduced himself, Trustees, Staff, 
Recorder and welcomed Consultant Maloney and members of the public. He noted that the 
meeting was being recorded and livestreamed. 
 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
Trustees discussed that members of the public may have further comments and questions after 
the presentations of the Consultant’s and Staff reports. 
 
Trustees considered the following addition to the agenda: 
 4.3 Public Comments  
By general consent the agenda was adopted as amended. 
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS 
 Upcoming bylaws should be drafted by Islands Trust staff based on Advisory Planning 
Commission (APC) recommendations as originally planned so that members of the public 
have something concrete to react to. The Consultants’ recommendations have some value 
but do not adequately reference the previous work of the APC. 

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 Trustees should direct Staff to prioritise the drafting of bylaws to take advantage of the 
funding opportunities identified by the Hornby Housing Network as being available to 
communities that have a solid Housing Strategy. 
 Speaking as the Vice Chair of the Hornby Island Economic Enhancement Corporation 
(HICEEC), read from a February 27, 2023 HICEEC letter to the Local Trust Committee (LTC) 
that asks Trustees to focus on affordable housing rather than the divisive topic of Short 
Term Vacation Rentals (STVR)s. 
 Another board member of HICEEC commented that the letter just referenced by previous 
speaker did not receive unanimous support by the board but was sent anyways. STVR 
expansion needs to be reassessed based on the unforeseen external forces such as the 
explosion of Airbnbs through social media; increasing property values; and climate change. 
 Speaking as the President of Hornby Island Short Term Rentals Association (HISTRA), spoke 
on supporting that all dwellings be expected to adhere to water and septic regulations and 
that current bylaws be enhanced to include rainwater catchment; and that affordable 
housing be supported. 
 Putting a brake on STVRs will drive the sector into a grey market. 
 STVRs are essential for many long-term el

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