Galiano LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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Galiano Local Trust Committee 
Regular Meeting Minutes 
May 2, 2022    ADOPTED    Page 1 of 8 
 
 
Galiano Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Regular Meeting 
 
Date: 
Location: 
May 2, 2022 
Galiano South Community Hall 
141 Sturdies Bay Road, Galiano Island, BC 
 
Members Present: Dan Rogers, Chair 
 Jane Wolverton, Trustee 
  
Staff Present: Robert Kojima, Regional Planning Manager 
 William Shulba, Senior Freshwater Specialist (via Zoom) 
 Phil Testemale,  Planner 2 (via Zoom) 
 Carly Bilney, Recorder 
 
Regrets: 
 
Tahirih Rockafella, Trustee 
 
  
Public Present: There were approximately 23 members of the public present. 
  
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
Chair Rogers called the meeting to order at 12:30 pm and noted that Trustee Rockafella is 
unable to join the meeting due to illness.  
Trustee Wolverton acknowledged that the meeting was being held in the traditional territory of 
the Coast Salish First Nations. She commented on how land acknowledgements do not exist in a 
past context and that colonialism is an ongoing problem.    
 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
 
The following additions to the agenda were presented for consideration: 
 Rise and Report from the April 4, 2022 In-Camera meeting; 
 There is no delegation presenting under Item 10; and 
 An addendum under correspondence, Item 11.3 – Galiano Island CREST Site 1228 
Montague Road – Letter from Rogers Communication with APC Chair Response. 
 
By general consent the agenda was approved as amended. 
A D O P T E D 

  
Galiano Local Trust Committee 
Regular Meeting Minutes 
May 2, 2022    ADOPTED    Page 2 of 8 
 
Chair Rogers provided a rise and report on the appointment of two new members to the 
Galiano Advisory Planning Commission (APC) – Jeannine Georgeson and Sherri Moore-Arbour. 
He also reported on the appointment of three members of the Galiano Board of Variance – 
Priscilla Zimmerman, Bert Hol and Priscilla Ewbank. 
3. TRUSTEE REPORT 
Trustee Wolverton reported:  
 
 A meeting of the Southern Gulf Islands Forum is scheduled for July to continue 
discussion of anchorages in the region; 
 Bylaw problems have arisen related to tree-cutting;   
 The presentation of the EcoFootprint project by the Galiano Conservancy Association is 
scheduled for June 5-12 at the Yellowhouse; 
 Two people from Galiano have been nominated for Community Stewardship Awards; 
and 
 Census results show an increase in population on Galiano with a drop in the overall 
average age of residents. 
 
4. CHAIR'S REPORT 
 
Chair Rogers reported:   
 
 Consultants are now completing a report based on recently held Trust Policy Statement 
engagement and recommendations will go to the Trust’s Programs Committee and then 
to Trust Council;  
 The Community Stewardship Awards will now be awarded once per term (opposed to 
once a year as previously); and 
 The Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference held at the end of April by Western Washington 
University’s Salish Sea Institute included discussion of a number of marin

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