Ballenas-Winchelsea EC/LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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ADOPTED 
Executive Committee Acting as Local Trust Committee  ADOPTED 1 
(Ballenas-Winchelsea Islands) Local Trust Committee Minutes 
March 4, 2020 
 
Executive Committee Acting as a  
Local Trust Committee (Ballenas-Winchelsea Islands) 
Minutes of Regular Meeting 
 
Date: 
Time: 
Location: 
March 4, 2020 
9:30 AM 
Nanaimo Museum, Program Room 
100 Museum Way 
Nanaimo, BC  V9R 2X1 
 
Members Present: Peter Luckham, Chair 
Sue Ellen Fast, Vice Chair 
Laura Patrick, Vice Chair 
Dan Rogers, Vice Chair 
  
Staff Present: Heather Kauer, Regional Planning Manager 
Lori Foster, Executive Coordinator/ Recorder 
 Russ Hotsenpiller, Chief Administrative Officer (at 10:35 AM) 
  
Members of the Public: Cliff and Suzie Walker, Mistaken Island (at 9:51 AM) 
  
1. CALL TO ORDER 
 
Chair Luckham called the meeting to order at 9:32 AM.  He acknowledged that the meeting was 
being held on the traditional territory of Snuneymuxw First Nation. 
 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
 
By general consent the agenda was approved as presented. 
 
3. REPORTS 
 
3.1 Trustee Reports 
 
Chair Luckham noted that no committee members actually live in the 
Ballenas-Winchelsea Local Trust Area (BW LTA). 
 
3.2 Chairs Report 
 
Vice Chair Fast spoke to bio-diversity in this coastal flyway area with a query on 
migrating wildlife including seabirds, salmon and insects. 
 
Vice Chair Rogers followed with comments on Island Planner Zupanec’s attendance at a 
Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region (MABR) meeting of which Ballenas-Winchelsea 
LTA falls in the jurisdiction.  

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3.3 Regional District of Nanaimo Electoral Area E Director Update 
 
None. 
 
3.4 Snaw-naw-as (Nanoose) First Nation Representative Report (verbal report) 
 
Chair Luckham noted a recent meeting with the Naut’sa mawt Tribal Council, which 
Snaw-naw-as First Nation is a member nation. 
 
4. TOWN HALL  
 
Town Hall was addressed after item 7.2. 
 
5. DELEGATIONS 
 
None. 
 
6. MINUTES 
 
6.1 Local Trust Committee Minutes 
 
  None. 
 
6.2 Section 26 Resolutions-Without-Meeting Report February 19, 2020 
 
Received for information. 
 
7. BUSINESS ARISING FROM MINUTES 
 
7.1 Follow-up Action List dated February 26, 2020 
 
Regional Planning Manager (RPM) Kauer reported on boat tour logistics which include 
potentially accommodating 20 passengers, accessibility, and a quoted cost of $6000.00 
for one vessel.  The scheduled October 2019 tour did not proceed. 
 
7.2 Boat Tour - verbal update 
 
The following discussion was heard regarding the boat tour: 
 Hiring two smaller vessels, and consider accessible washrooms, 
 Last visit was to the South Winchelsea Island Nature Reserve, 
 There are no marine parks or campgrounds to visit, 
 Confirming key participants; Snaw-naw-as First Nation. 
 
At 9:51 AM, Cliff and Suzie Walker joined the meeting.  The Walkers are owners of Mistaken Island

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