Regional Planning Committee Regular Meeting Minutes

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Regional Planning Committee  
Minutes of a Regular Meeting  
February 1, 2023  Page 1 of 5 
Regional Planning Committee 
Minutes of a Regular Meeting 
 
Date: 
Location: 
February 1, 2023 
Electronic Meeting  
 
Members Present: Laura Patrick, Chair 
 Sam Borthwick, Vice Chair 
 Alex Allen, Hornby Island Local Trustee 
    Mairead Boland, Saturna Island Local Trustee 
Aaron Campbell, North Pender Island Local Trustee 
Tobi Elliott, Executive Committee Representative 
David Graham, Denman Island Local Trustee 
Mikaila Lironi, Lasqueti Island Local Trustee 
 Peter Luckham, Ex Officio Member 
 
Staff Present:   Stefan Cermak, Director, Planning Services 
    Clare Frater, Director, Trust Area Services 
    David Marlor, Director, Legislative Services 
    Robert Kojima, Regional Planning Manager, Southern Team 
    Narissa Chadwick, Island Planner 
    William Shulba, Senior Freshwater Specialist 
    Chloe Cookson, Administrative Assistant/Recorder 
 
Others Present: Three members of the public were present.  
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
 
Chair Patrick called the meeting to order at 10:03 a.m. and acknowledged that participants of 
the meeting were attending from traditional, treaty and unceded territories of many First 
Nations.  
 
2. AGENDA 
 
 2.1 Review of the Agenda 
 
  No late items or changes were considered. 
 
 2.2 Approval of the Agenda  
 
By general consent the Regional Planning Committee approved the agenda as 
presented. 
 
3. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 
 
 No member of the public indicated a desire to speak.  
 

 
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Minutes of a Regular Meeting  
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4. DELEGATIONS 
 
None.  
 
5. CORRESPONDENCE 
 
 None.  
 
6.  ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATION 
 
6.1 Draft Minutes of Previous Meeting 
 
By general consent the Regional Planning Committee approved the draft 
minutes as amended. 
 
6.2 Resolutions Without Meeting (RWM) 
 
None.  
 
6.3 Follow-up Action List 
 
Chair Patrick noted that some of the in-progress items on the list are on the day’s 
agenda and Director Cermak spoke to the other items in progress.  
 
7. BUSINESS – WORK PROGRAM ITEMS 
 
7.1 Freshwater Sustainability Strategy (FWSS) Business Case – Request for Decision (RFD) 
 
 Planner Chadwick presented the Request for Decision. Committee discussion included:  
 the goal to have an improved web presence and to share data, 
 the connection between freshwater sustainability and housing, 
 scale of ambition in terms of population and budget, 
 the use of staff resources, and, 
 the scope of the project. 
 
Trustee Borthwick joined the meeting at 10:59 a.m.  
 
RPC 2023-008 
It was MOVED and SECONDED, 
that Regional Planning Committee forward to the Financial Planning Committee, 
for inclusion in the Fiscal Year 2023/24 Budget, the business case for $35,000 to 
support communications related to the implementation of the Islands Trust 
Freshwater Sustainability Strategy. 
DEFEATED 
 
RPC 2023-009 
It was MOVED and SECONDED, 

 
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