Gabriola LTC Public Hearing Record

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Public Hearing Record   
Received for Information 
By Local Trust Committee 
 
Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee  1 
Public Hearing Record 
January 7, 2021 
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Gabriola Island 
Local Trust Committee 
Public Hearing Record 
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REGARDING GB-RZ-2020.1 (GABRIOLA HOUSING SOCIETY) PROPOSED BYLAW NOS. 306 
(OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN), 307 (LAND USE BYLAW) AND 308 (HOUSING AGREEMENT) 
 
Date OF Public Hearing: 
Time: 
Location: 
January 7, 2021 
10:00 am 
Electronic Meeting 
 
Members Present: Dan Rogers, Chair 
 Kees Langereis, Local Trustee 
 Scott Colbourne, Local Trustee 
  
Staff Present: Heather Kauer, Regional Planning Manager 
 Jaime Dubyna, Planner 2 
 Nadine Mourao, Recorder 
  
Others Present: There were approximately forty-two (42) members of the public and one 
member of the media in attendance. 
  
1. CALL TO ORDER 
Chair Rogers called the meeting to order at 10:03 am, welcomed the public and introduced 
Trustees, Staff and Recorder.  He acknowledged that the meeting was being held in the territory 
of the Coast Salish First Nations. 
Chair Rogers advised that this Public Hearing was being held for application GB-RZ-2020.1 
(Gabriola Housing Society). 
Chair Rogers spoke of the Public Hearing being held electronically, noting that the COVID-19 
Health and Safety Guidelines preventing in-person meetings may continue for an extended 
period of time and this approach provides an option to inform the public, consider the 
application and allows the Local Trust Committee to continue due process and careful 
consideration of the proposal. 
Planner Dubyna read the Notice of Public Hearing.  
2. PROPOSED BYLAW NOS. 306, 307 AND 308 

Public Hearing Record   
Received for Information 
By Local Trust Committee 
 
Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee  2 
Public Hearing Record 
January 7, 2021 
Ian Scott, a representative of the applicant, provided a presentation titled the ‘Vision for Paisley 
Place’ and noted the following: 
 Affordable, comfortable, secure rental housing for Gabriolans of all ages who have low to 
modest incomes; 
 Respected the natural settings and minimized forest impact; 
 Principle impediment to providing affordable housing is ensuring sufficient funding; 
 Centrally located close to transit, shops, schools and employment centres; 
 Updated site plan showed modified clusters pulled further East, reconfigured parking, 
central commons building (funding dependant), fire department pull in with water storage 
standpipe to feed dry hydrants; 
 Type 3 sewerage system to the South of development with ultraviolet treatment of waste 
water; 
 Greywater treatment; 
 Review of well data and hydrogeology monitoring analysis shows aquifer is sufficient and 
development extraction rate 0.18 L/s / 2.85 GPM (15,522 Litres per day) will have 
negligible impact on neighbouring proper

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