Gabriola LTC Special Meeting Minutes

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ADOPTED 
Gabriola Island  ADOPTED 1 
Local Trust Committee  
Community Information Meeting Minutes 
August 26, 2020 
 
Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Special Meeting 
 
Date: 
Location: 
August 26, 2020 
Electronic Meeting via ZOOM 
 
Members Present: Dan Rogers, Chair 
 Kees Langereis, Local Trustee 
 Scott Colbourne, Local Trustee 
  
Staff Present: Jaime Dubyna, Planner 2 
 Nadine Mourao, Recorder 
 
Others Present: 
 
There were approximately fourteen (14) 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 2:02 pm, welcomed the public and introduced 
Trustees, Staff and Recorder and he acknowledged that the meeting was being held in the 
unceded territory of the Coast Salish First Nations. 
Chair Rogers advised that this Special Local Trust Committee Meeting (LTC) was being held to 
conduct a Community Information Meeting (CIM) for application GB-RZ-2020.1 (Gabriola 
Housing Society) and that it will include a presentation and facilitated Question and Answer 
(Q&A) sessions, where members of the public will hear information and may ask questions 
about the application and proposed Official Community Plan (OCP) and bylaw amendments. 
Chair Rogers spoke to the holding of the CIM 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. 
Trustees Langereis and Colbourne thanked everyone for attending and acknowledged that the 
meeting was being held in the unceded territory of the Coast Salish First Nations. 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
The following addition to the agenda were presented for consideration: 
 Add 2. Approval of Agenda. 
By general consent the agenda was approved as amended. 

ADOPTED 
Gabriola Island  ADOPTED 2 
Local Trust Committee  
Community Information Meeting Minutes 
August 26, 2020 
3. COMMUNITY INFORMATION MEETING 
Presentation regarding GB-RZ-2020.1 (Gabriola Housing Society) - Bylaw Nos. 306 (OCP) and 307 
(LUB). 
Planner Dubyna provided an overview of the proposal, changes to OCP and bylaws necessary to 
enable the proposal, and next steps.  She advised that all relevant information is posted on the 
Islands Trust Gabriola Island Applications webpage. 
Key points from the presentation: 
 Gabriola Housing Society (GHS) has submitted professional assessment reports which are 
available on the Islands Trust Gabriola Island Applications webpage; 
 Hydrology Report addresses concerns regarding impacts to neighbouring residential wells, 
reporting that the main fracture has low connection to the wells on Lockinvar Lane; 
 Wastewater Report (Revised) provides

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