CRD Letter to Mayne LTC St. John Point

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Parks & Environmental Services T: 250.360.3078 
 625 Fisgard Street, PO Box 1000 F: 250.360.3079 
 Victoria, BC, Canada  V8W 2S6 www.crd.bc.ca
 
 
 
PREC-364657662-5484 
March 10, 2020 
 
File: 6130-40 
St. John Point 
 
Chair Dan Rogers 
Mayne Island Local Trust Committee 
via email: MayneIslandLocalTrustCommittee@islandstrust.bc.ca
 
 
 
Dear Chair Rogers: 
 
RE: MAYNE ISLAND – ST. JOHN POINT REGIONAL PARK 
 
Thank you for your February 26, 2020 letter to Director Howe regarding St. John Point Regional 
Park. I have been asked to respond to the concerns of the Mayne Island Local Trust Committee 
(LTC). 
 
Capital Regional District (CRD) staff are aware that the current zoning on the St. John Point land 
is   “rural” and that passive recreation parks are permitted within this zone. Given the July 31, 2019 
letter from the LTC, the CRD ensured that the management goals, management statements and 
permitted  uses  in  the  management  plan  for  St.  John  Point  Regional  Park  were  consistent  with  
passive recreation, as well as in line with protecting the significant ecological values in the park 
(e.g., focusing on low-impact, day use activities such as walking and viewing scenery). 
 
Given  that  Horton  Bay  Road  does  not  have  space  for  roadside  parking,  it  was  considered 
paramount to develop parking facilities onsite for the public coming to the regional park so as not 
to increase safety hazards along the roadway. Further, given the need to limit impact to both the 
Agricultural  Land  Reserve (ALR) (2  ha)  and  the  ecological  sensitive  values  in  the  park,  the  
management plan consolidates the main visitor facilities (e.g., parking, toilet, information kiosk) in 
the  area  where  the  former  owner’s  residence  and  outbuildings  existed,  as  it  has  already  been  
disturbed. 
 
Through the park management planning process, CRD staff were in touch with staff of Islands 
Trust, (Robert Kojima and Gary Richardson), the Agricultural Land Commission (Gordon Bednard 
and Amiee  McGowen),  and  the  Ecological  Gifts  Program  at  Environment  and  Climate  Change  
Canada  (David  Cunnington  and  Blair  Hammond)  to  ensure  key  aspects  of  each  level  of  
government’s  jurisdiction and  interests  were  considered  and  addressed.  Specific  wording  was  
added  to  the  management  plan  based  on  input  received,  including  a  notation  that  Agricultural 
Land Commission approval of non-farm facilities in the ALR is required before development and 
an action to request that the LTC change the zoning from “rural” to “park” when it undertakes a 
comprehensive or  administrative zoning  update  (requested  through  a  letter  sent  January  29,  
2020). 
 
  

Mayne Island Local Trust Committee – March 10, 2020 
Mayne Island – St. John Point Regional Park 2 
 
 
PREC-364657662-5484 
I  trust  the  above  information will  allay  any  concerns  the  LTC  may  have  that  CRD staff were 
unaware of the ALR de

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