Gabriola LTC Special Meeting Minutes

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ADOPTED 
Gabriola Island  ADOPTED 1 
Local Trust Committee Special Meeting Minutes 
October 2, 2020 
 
Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Special Meeting 
Date: 
Location: 
October 2, 2020 
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 thirteen (13) members of the public in 
attendance.  
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 Rogers called the meeting to order at 10:04 am, welcomed the public and introduced 
Trustees, Staff and Recorder and he acknowledged that the meeting was being held in the 
territory of the Coast Salish First Nations. 
Chair Rogers advised that this Special Local Trust Meeting (LTC) was being held for application 
GB-RZ-2020.1 (Gabriola Housing Society). 
Chair Rogers spoke to the holding of the Special LTC 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 LTC to continue due process and careful consideration of the 
proposal. 
Trustee Langereis and Trustee Colbourne thanked everyone for attending and acknowledged 
that the meeting was being held in the territory of the Coast Salish First Nations. 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
By general consent the agenda was approved as presented. 
3. BUSINESS ITEMS 
3.1 GB-RZ-2020.1 Gabriola Housing Society (GHS) - for discussion 

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Gabriola Island  ADOPTED 2 
Local Trust Committee Special Meeting Minutes 
October 2, 2020 
3.1.1 Bylaw Nos. 306 (OCP) & 307 (LUB) 
Chair Rogers noted that the Agenda Package Addendum on the Islands Trust (IT) website 
contained comments and observations from Trustees, and a draft Housing Agreement 
and letter from Gabriola Housing Society (GHS). 
Discussion ensued and the following key points were noted by Trustees: 
 Interested in consistency with the use of “multi” and “multiple” throughout the 
Official Community Plan (OCP) and Land Use Bylaws (LUB); 
 Demonstrating community need for multi-dwelling affordable housing, included but 
not limited to housing needs assessment; 
 Trustee Langereis to re-look at definition of “affordable housing”; 
 Interested in defining “affordable housing” in another way not restrictively tied to 
income levels and noted the particulars are in the Housing Agreement (HA); 
 Bylaw 307 (LUB), Part G – Definitions, (c) delete “occupant” and replace with 
“occupy”; 
 Bylaw 307 (LUB) Schedule “1”, Appendix 2, Section F.11 DP-11 Environmental 
Protection, Subsection F.11.2 Exemptions, Article F.11.2.1 Trustee Colbourne 
opposed the deletion of “Clause b” as

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