South Pender LTC Special Meeting Minutes

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South Pender Local Trust Committee   
Electronic Special Meeting Minutes 
April 9, 2021                                                             ADOPTED                                                      Page 1 of 6 
 
         South Pender Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Special Meeting 
 
Date: 
Location: 
April 9, 2021 
Electronic Meeting (Zoom Webinar) 
 
Members Present: Laura Patrick, Chair  
 Steve Wright, Local Trustee 
 Cameron Thorn, Local Trustee 
  
Staff Present: Robert Kojima, Regional Planning Manager 
Kim Stockdill, Island Planner 
 Maple Hung, Planning Assistant, Host 
 Kathy Gilbert, Recorder 
  
Public: There were approximately 3 attendees at the Zoom Webinar. 
  
  
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
Chair Patrick called the meeting to order at 10:30 am.  She acknowledged that the meeting was 
being held in traditional territory of the Coast Salish First Nations. 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
The following addition to the agenda was presented for consideration: 
 A Town Hall was requested at the end of the meeting. 
By general consent the agenda was approved as amended. 
3. BUSINESS ITEMS 
 3.1 Work Program – Staff report 
 Planner Stockdill presented her report (available on the Islands Trust website.) 
 
 Top Priorities as identified by the Local Trust Committee (LTC) are: 
 Groundwater Sustainability Project; 
 STVR Review Project; 
 Alternative Housing Project. 
  
Ad o p t e d 
    
 
 

 
South Pender Local Trust Committee   
Electronic Special Meeting Minutes 
April 9, 2021                                                             ADOPTED                                                      Page 2 of 6 
It was noted that the Groundwater Sustainability Project is on-going and may not be 
completed within the present term of office.  The other two Top Priorities are with the 
Executive Committee, so the LTC’s work on these two projects is drawing to a close. 
  
  SP-2021-040 
  It was Moved and Seconded 
  that the Groundwater Sustainability Project be moved off the Top Priorities list. 
CARRIED 
  SP-2021-041 
  It was Moved and Seconded 
  that the Alternative Housing Project be removed from the Top Priorities list. 
CARRIED 
   
Chair Patrick advised that a Trust-Wide Strategic Planning initiative is underway.  A Project 
Charter will be developed, and First Nations would like to be part of the process. 
 
Prior to consideration of any proposed changes to the Official Community Plan (OCP) 
Trustee Wright noted that preservation of the rural character of South Pender Island (SPI) 
and protection of the coastline are paramount values to be considered in any amendments 
to the OCP. 
 
Regional Planning Manager (RPM) Kojima presented 4 potential OCP projects for the LTC’s 
consideration: 
 
1. Building design and siting guidelines; 
2. Foreshore Development Permit Area (DPA) to address sea level rise and sensitive 
ecosystems (including Coastal Douglas Fir protection); 
3. First Nations OCP Language; 
4. Rights of Nature Po

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