Denman LTC Special Meeting Minutes

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ADOPTED 
 
Denman Island Local Trust Committee ADOPTED 1 
Special Meeting Minutes 
March 15, 2021 
 
Denman Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Special Meeting 
 
Date: 
Location: 
March 15, 2021 
Electronic Meeting 
Members Present: Sue Ellen Fast, Chair 
 David Critchley, Local Trustee 
 Laura Busheikin, Local Trustee 
  
Staff Present: Sonja Zupanec, Island Planner 
Wil Cottingham, Administrative Assistant 
 Vicky Bockman, Recorder 
 
Others Present: 
 
Approximately fifteen (15) members of the public 
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 Fast called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm.  She welcomed the public, introduced 
Trustees, staff, and recorder; and acknowledged that the meeting was being held in traditional 
territory of the K'ómoks and Qualicum First Nations. 
2. COMMUNITY INFORMATION MEETING - Bylaw Nos. 233 & 234 
 
Regarding DE-RZ-2017.1 - Denman Community Land Trust Association (DCLTA) - Denman 
Seniors Affordable Housing Project (Pepper Lane) 
 
By general consent the agenda was approved as presented. 
Planner Zupanec provided a brief overview of the proposal noting that an in-depth presentation 
was conducted at a recent Community Information Meeting; and advised that new information 
is available for consideration. She noted that the Public Hearing will occur following this session 
and explained that comments received prior to the close of the Public Hearing will be reviewed 
by the Trustees. 
She provided the following updates for information and Local Trust Committee (LTC) 
consideration: 
 Plan No. 1 is updated with current text in the Land Use Bylaw; 
 The applicant has requested the following changes: 
o an increase in maximum floor area to 65 m
2
 from 60 m
2
; 
o allowing flexibility in the Restrictive Covenant wording to permit vegetative buffer and 
fencing changes if approved by the Agricultural Land Commission; 

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Denman Island Local Trust Committee ADOPTED 2 
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o consideration of a change in the Restrictive Covenant wording to require fencing to 
mitigate noise and dust along the entire southern property line and both lengths of the 
driveway; 
o Housing Agreement text amending the affordable housing stipulation for maximum rent 
to reflect a similar formula of BC’s Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters; 
 The definition of qualified occupant may be expanded on the advice of the Islands Trust 
Senior Intergovernmental Policy Advisor so that it includes, but is not limited to, on-reserve 
and off-reserve status and non-status and/or self-identified Indigenous, Inuit or Native 
people. 
2.1 QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSON 
 The criteria for living in the proposed senior housing is restricted to those in a 
certain category of health; who makes that decision? What if a tenant has serious 
health issues and a desire to die at home during reside

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