Salt Spring APC Meeting Minutes

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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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