North Pender Island Board of Variance - Agenda

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North Pender Island Board of Variance 
Meeting Agenda 
 
 
Date:  August 19, 2021 
 
Time:  9:00 a.m. 
 
Location: Electronic Meeting 
 
 
 
 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
 
 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
 
 
3. SELECTION OF BOARD OF VARIANCE CHAIR 
 
 
4. MINUTES 
 
 4.1 June 19, 2019 (attached) 
 
 
5. APPLICATIONS 
 
 5.1 NP-BOV-2021.1 (Lansdowne) - Staff Report (attached) 
 
 
6. ADJOURNMENT 

 
 
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Members Present: Jim Petrie, Chair 
Priscilla Ewbank, BOV Member 
 
  
Staff Present: 
 
Phil Testemale , A/Planner 2 – Secretary to the NPI Board of 
Variance 
Shannon Brayford, Recorder 
 
Applicant Representatives: Rye Austin (Executive Director Malone Family Land 
Foundation)  
Robert Chase (Finlayson Bonet Architecture)  
Art Finlayson (Finlayson Bonet Architecture)  
Tom Labelle (Superintendent West Terra Projects)  
 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
 
Chair Petrie called the meeting to order at 11:19 a.m. introducing the members of the meeting.  
 
Chair Petrie and Priscilla Ewbank recognized the 2019 death of Sara Steil, speaking to her 
commitment to volunteerism and activism to protect the Gulf Islands.  
Planner Testemale noted that a third member will be appointed to the Board of Variance (BOV) 
at the next Regular Meeting of the North Pender Island Local Trust Committee.  
 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
 
By general consensus the agenda was approved as presented.  
 
 
 
 
Date: 
Location: 
June 19, 2019 
Mary Winspear Community Cultural Centre,  
2243 Beacon Avenue, Sidney BC 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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3. HEARINGS 
 
3.1 NP-BOV-2019.1 (Finlayson)  
Chair Petrie invited Planner Testemale to provide an overview of the application, its history, and 
the relevant regulations being considered. Planner Testemale reviewed the criteriia for a BOV 
application to be approved and the information in the staff report.  
 
Chair Petrie invited representatives of the application to speak to the application. The following 
representations were made:  
 Rye Austin (Executive Director, Malone Family Land Foundation) provided an overview 
of the Foundation’s work and their commitment to sustainable land preservation.  
 Art Finlayson (Finlayson Bonet Architecture) provided an overview of the structure 
being addressed by the application.  
 Tom Labelle (Superintendent, West Terra Projects) outlined the rationale for the 
development and the alternatives that the application seeks to avoid. 
 
Chair Petrie requested that the applicant state, for the record, their perceived hardship.  
 
Tom Labelle responded that the hardship is related to environmental protection of the nearby 
trees that would have been damaged by blasting per the assessment of an arborist.  
 
Priscilla Ewbank requested and received an overview of the history of the project in order 

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