Salt Spring APC Meeting Minutes
· Salt Spring Island · Meeting Documents · 2021
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Salt Spring Island Advisory Planning Commission Minutes November 25, 2021 ADOPTED Page 1 Salt Spring Island Advisory Planning Commission Minutes of a Regular Meeting Date of Meeting: Thursday, November 25, 2021 Location: Baptist Church, Lower Level Meeting Room 520 Lower Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island Members Present: Jeff Thompson, Chair Jean Brouard, Commissioner Ron Cooke, Commissioner Nancy Krieg, Commissioner Leigh Large, Commissioner Stanley Shapiro, Commissioner Regrets: Francine Carlin, Commissioner Neil Morie, Commissioner Mairi Welman, Vice Chair Staff Present: Stefan Cermak, Regional Planning Manager (RPM) Kristine Mayes, Planner 1 Sarah Shugar, Recorder Media and Others Laura Patrick, Local Trustee Present: Applicant Doug MacAlpine (by phone) These minutes follow the order of the agenda although the sequence may have varied. Chair Thompson called the meeting to order at 1:06 p.m. 1. APPROVAL OF AGENDA By general consent the agenda was adopted. 2. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING 2.1 Draft Minutes of the October 21, 2021 APC Meeting By general consent, the minutes of the September 16, 2021 Salt Spring Island Advisory Planning Commission meeting were adopted. 3. BUSINESS ITEMS 3.1 Draft Bylaw No. 527 – Fees Bylaw Salt Spring Island Advisory Planning Commission Minutes November 25, 2021 ADOPTED Page 2 RPM Cermak presented a Staff Memorandum dated November 25, 2021 regarding Referral of Draft Fees Bylaw – Consideration of Community Benefit. In discussion the following comments and questions were noted: There was a question regarding whether the application fees cover all of the costs related to processing an application. RPM Cermak reported generally the fees cover the majority of the costs although in review there is a need to increase for cost recovery for rezoning applications. There was a question regarding what the financial impacts would be if more applications were deemed to provide a community benefit. RPM Cermak reported the draft bylaw only applies to Temporary Use Permit (TUP) applications having community benefit and the loss of revenue would likely be minimal. There was a question regarding why community benefit is only applied to TUP applications. For example, there could be a reduced fee structure for specific community benefits. RPM Cermak reported any application that is related to protection of the natural environment is reduced. There is an option for fee sponsorship when an application is deemed to have significant community benefit such as a non-profit. There was a question regarding why this draft bylaw was referred to the APC. Trustee Patrick reported the LTC would like the APC to consider the definition of “community benefit”. RPM Cermak read the definition of community benefi
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