South Pender LTC Business Meeting Addendum

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South Pender Island Local Trust Committee
 
Regular Meeting Addendum
 

Date:May 7, 2021
Time:10:30 am
Location:Electronic Meeting
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8.MINUTES
11:00 AM - 11:10 AM
8.3.Advisory Planning Commission Minutes - None
8.3.1.Advisory Planning Commission Minutes of April 27, 2021
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South Pender Island   
Advisory Planning Commission Minutes   
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South Pender Island   
 Advisory Planning Commission     
Minutes of a Special Meeting  
  
Date:                                 Tuesday, April 27, 2021 (3:00 p.m.)  
    
Location:  Electronic Meeting (Zoom Webinar) 
   
Members Present:  Chair Rick Friesen, Vice Chair Donna Spalding, Rodney Kirkwood, 
Howard Airey, Gary Davidson 
  
Staff Present:  Kim Stockdill, Island Planner, Host  
 Maple Hung, Planning Assistant, Host 
 Kathy Gilbert, Recorder, Cohost 
  
  
Others Present:   Trustee Steve Wright 
11 attendees  of the public were present. 
  
  
1. CALL TO ORDER  
  
At 3:09 p.m., Vice Chair Donna Spalding, called the meeting to order.   
  
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA   
  
No additions to the agenda were requested. 
   
3. ADOPTION OF MINUTES   
  
There were no minutes to adopt. 
 
4. BUSINESS ITEMS 
  
4.1 Building Design and Siting Guidelines 
  
The APC discussed how the guidelines might be implemented.  For example, the LTC 
might adopt them as guidelines or could consider the guidelines as an attachment to the 
OCP. 
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Advisory Planning Commission Minutes   
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The APC also discussed how some of the wording in the guidelines might be open to 
interpretation. 
 
The APC discussed the need for broader public input. 
 
4.2   Rights of Nature (document by Trustee Wright) 
4.3   Shoreline Stairways 
 
 The APC discussed the above 2 items in conjunction with item 4.1 above. 
 
SP-APC-2021-03 
It was Moved and Seconded 
that the South Pender Island APC recommends to the South Pender LTC that 
Trustees do not proceed with any changes to the current Land Use Bylaw or the 
OCP until COVID-19 travel restrictions restricting travel to and from the Gulf 
Islands are lifted and restrictions on public gatherings for the purpose of 
attending such meetings are restored. 
CARRIED 
The APC further raised the following points: 
 That there is a growing disconnect between full time and part time residents; 
 That the OCP should respect the rural nature of the community as South Pender 
Island is now; 
 That many property owners and residents did not know about the APC meeting; 
 There is a newsletter that was emailed out to those people who had asked to be 
kept informed of items of interest and posted on the South Pender Community 
Link website, which is not affiliated with the LTC nor with the APC; 
 That there was not much notice of the APC meeting; 
 The time of day and weekday chosen for the meeting were awkward for non-
residents and people who have jobs to attend; 
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