Salt Spring LTC Regular Meeting Minutes
· Salt Spring Island · Meeting Documents · 2023
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Topics: Marine & foreshore · Fresh water & aquifers · Housing & affordability · Bylaw enforcement · First Nations & reconciliation · Transportation & ferries · Governance & budget — our classification, not the Trust's.
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Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee Minutes ADOPTED 1 April 13, 2023 Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee Minutes of Regular Meeting Date: Thursday, April 13, 2023 Location: SD64 Learning Hub 122 Rainbow Road, Salt Spring Island Members Present: Timothy Peterson, Chair Jamie Harris, Local Trustee Laura Patrick, Local Trustee Staff Present: Chris Hutton, Regional Planning Manager (RPM) Louisa Garbo, Island Planner Chris Buchan, Planner 1 (Zoom) Warren Dingman, Bylaw Compliance and Enforcement Manager Rob Pingle, Planning Team Assistant Jennifer Baddeley, Administrative Assistant Sarah Shugar, Recorder Others Present: Gary Holman, Capital Regional District (CRD) Salt Spring Island Electoral Area Director Gulf Islands Driftwood Reporter Approximately 15 members of the public These minutes follow the order of the agenda although the sequence may have varied. The electronic meeting was live streamed, recorded, and made available for electronic public attendance. 1. CALL TO ORDER Chair Peterson called the meeting to order at 9:30 a.m. He welcomed everyone to a meeting of the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee and introduced himself, the Trustees and staff. Chair Peterson humbly stated gratitude to live and work in Coast Salish First Nations treaty and traditional territory. 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA The following additional items were presented for inclusion in the agenda: 14.3 Channel Ridge Communications Tower 15.1 Housing Accelerator Fund 17. Closed Meeting By general consent, the agenda was adopted as amended. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee Minutes ADOPTED 2 April 13, 2023 3. TOWN HALL AND QUESTIONS Chair Peterson opened the town hall at 9:33 a.m. Julian Clark spoke on behalf of the Concerned Residents of Canvasback Place concerning the Rogers Telecommunication Tower at Channel Ridge. Mr. Clark thanked the LTC for filing an Impasse with Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) regarding the rescindment of the siting concurrence decision. Mr. Clark presented the possibility of a Federal judicial review that would provide the LTC with the opportunity for a dispute to be heard by an independent, impartial party such as an arbitrator and that the Rogers construction work cease immediately. Mr. Clark presented a document entitled “Draft Letter to ISED regarding Impasse Process” dated April 13, 2023 and requested the LTC to provide an update on the legal review of whether the LTC can support a stop work order at the proposed tower site. A Trustee asked when the existing communications tower was built at the Channel Ridge site, whether there is currently 5G cellular network services at the site and whether 5G is the priority concern. Julian Clark advised the existing communications tower was construct
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