Gabriola LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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Local Trust Committee Minutes 
October 21, 2021 
 
Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Regular Meeting 
 
Date: 
Location: 
October 21, 2021 
The Haven, Heron Room 
240 Davis Road 
Gabriola, BC  V0R 1X3 
 
Members Present: Dan Rogers, Chair 
 Kees Langereis, Local Trustee 
 Scott Colbourne, Local Trustee 
  
Staff Present: Heather Kauer, Regional Planning Manager 
 Sonja Zupanec, Island Planner  
 Teresa Mahikwa, Island Planner  
 Nadine Mourao, Recorder 
  
Others Present: There were approximately four (4) members of the public in attendance. 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
“Please note, the order of agenda items may be modified during the meeting. Times are provided 
for convenience only and are subject to change.” 
Chair Rogers called the meeting to order at 10:31 am and welcomed the public.  He introduced 
Trustees, Staff and Recorder and acknowledged that the meeting was being held in the territory 
of the Coast Salish First Nations. 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
The following additions to the agenda were presented for consideration: 
 Add 8.3 Update on the Housing Options & Impacts Project and the Financial Planning 
Committee (FPC) meeting; and 
 Add 13.3 Proposed dates for 2022 Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee (LTC) meetings. 
By general consent the agenda was approved as amended. 
3. REPORTS 
3.1 Trustee Reports 
Trustee Colbourne reported the following and his attendance at the following meetings 
and events: 
 Trust Council (TC); 
 National Climate Caucus; and 
 Discussions with local community members. 

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Trustee Langereis reported the following and his attendance at the following meetings 
and events: 
 Regional Planning Committee (RPC); 
 Discussions with local community members regarding concerns with Degnen Bay 
and noted that the area is multi-jurisdictional;  
 TC; and 
 Will bring forward Model Cell Tower Protocol report to next meeting. 
3.2 Chair's Report 
Chair Rogers reported the following:  
 A cell tower application has not yet been received; 
 Attended TC; 
 Attended Financial Planning Committee (FPC) with focus on next fiscal year budget 
discussions; and  
 Next TC meeting will be in Victoria, with allowance of up to 10 trustees to attend 
virtually. 
3.3 Electoral Area Director's Report 
Trustee Colbourne summarized Vanessa Craig’s, Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) 
Electoral Area B report and noted the following: 
 Huxley park scheduled to complete this winter; 
 Some maintenance of the Village Trail was completed recently; 
 Met with consultant regarding the ferry to Village trail to discuss lessons learned 
from Village Trail project; 
 2021 Well Smart Webinars Monday, October 25, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. and Wednesday, 
October 27, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. https://www.rdn.bc.ca/wellsmart; 
 Accepting applications for volunteering on committees 
https://www.rdn.bc.ca/board-appointments-rdn-a

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