Salt Spring LTC Regular Meeting Agenda Addendum

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Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee
 
Regular Meeting Addendum
 

Date:October 5, 2021
Time:9:30 a.m.
Location:Lions Club, Hart Bradley Memorial Hall
103 Bonnet Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC
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13.CORRESPONDENCE
12:20 PM - 12:25 PM
13.25.Islands Trust to J. Clark, cc LTC - Dated September 29, 2021 - Concerning
response to correspondence dated August 21, 2021 regarding the Rogers
Channel Ridge Cell Tower Proposal
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For Information
13.26.J. Clark to LTC - Dated September 30, 2021 - Concerning Islands Trust
response to correspondence regarding the Rogers Channel Ridge Cell Tower
Proposal
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For Consideration
13.27.E. Booth to LTC - Dated September 30, 2021 - Concerning closure of
application SS-RZ-2013.7
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For Consideration

 
 
 
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Julian Clark (via email: 
c.c. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee  
 
 
Re: Response  to  Correspondence  to  the  Salt  Spring  Island  Local  Trust  Committee  dated  August  21,  2021 
Concerning the Rogers Channel Ridge Cell Tower Proposal 
 
Dear Mr. Clark, 
 
Thank  you  for  your communications  dated  August  21, 2021  sent  to  the  Salt  Spring  Island  Local Trust  Committee 
(SS LTC) in regards to the Rogers Channel Ridge Cell Tower Proposal. The SS LTC considered your letter during the 
August 31, 2021 regular business meeting and requested staff draft a response with recommendations on actions 
to be taken by the SS LTC, if any. The SS LTC has also requested staff to report back on options for the SS LTC to 
provide early input into the consultation plans of telecommunication tower proponents. 
 
A detailed response to your communications is attached to this covering letter with staff’s comments in red. A 
summary of staff’s response is as follows: 
 
 The  SS  LTC has the  authority  to  create  a  land-use  consultation process,  which then  must  be  followed  by 
telecommunication  tower proponents;  however,  the  SS  LTC  has  not  exercised  this  authority.  As  such, 
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s (ISED) default three-step process would apply as 
per CPC-2-0-03 (2014): Radiocommunication and Broadcasting Antenna Systems; 
 The  SS  LTC  may  consider  making the land-use  consultation  process  for  the  siting of telecommunication 
towers a top priority, thereby diverting resources from other current projects accordingly; 
 Telecommunication  towers (“public utilities”)  are  a use permitted in  every  zone  on  Salt  Spring  Island  and 
are not subject to height and siting regulations; 
 Health Canada is the federal agency with authority to address health impacts of telecommunication towers;  
 ISED is the federal agency with authority to address concerns regarding the public consult

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