Salt Spring LTC Special Meeting Minutes

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Topics: Fresh water & aquifers · Agriculture & the ALR — our classification, not the Trust's.

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Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee  
Special Meeting 
Minutes ADOPTED
  1 
December 17, 2019 
  
 
Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Special Meeting 
 
 
Date: Tuesday, December 17, 2019 
  
Location: Harbour House Hotel 
121 Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island, BC 
  
Members Present: Peter Luckham, Chair  
Laura Patrick, Local Trustee 
Peter Grove, Local Trustee 
  
Staff Present: 
 
 
 
 
Stefan Cermak, Regional Planning Manager (RPM) 
Jason Youmans, Island Planner 
Claire Negrin, Island Planner 
Kristine Mayes, Planner 1 
William Shulba, Senior Freshwater Specialist 
Sarah Shugar, Recorder  
  
Media and Others Present: Approximately 8 members of the public 
 
These minutes follow the order of the agenda although the sequence may have varied. 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
 
Chair Luckham called the meeting to order at 9:37 a.m. and acknowledged that  the Local Trust 
Committee is meeting within Coast Salish Territory. 
 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
 
 By general consent the agenda was approved. 
 
3. BUSINESS ITEMS 
 
 3.1 Local Trust Committee Chair’s Welcome and Opening Remarks 
   
Chair Luckham welcomed everyone to the meeting and presented opening remarks. Chair 
Luckham  advised  this  Community  Information  Meeting  would  be  an  opportunity  for 
members of the public to ask questions regarding the proposed bylaw. 
 
 3.2 Planner Presentation on Salt Spring Island Bylaw No. 518 Regulation of Cannabis 
 
Planner  Negrin presented  an  overview  of  proposed  Salt  Spring  Island  Local  Trust 
Committee Bylaw No. 518. Bylaw No. 518 would amend the Salt Spring Island Land Use 

 
 
Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee  
Special Meeting 
Minutes ADOPTED
  2 
December 17, 2019 
  
Bylaw to regulate cannabis production. Planner Negrin presented the following highlights 
of  the  proposed  bylaw:  To  permit cannabis  production  as  a distinct  use,  rather  than  a 
general  agricultural  activity;  to  permit  cannabis  production  on  land  that  is  within  the 
Agricultural  Land  Reserve  (ALR) and  prohibit  cannabis  production  on  land  that is  not 
within  the  ALR; to establish  a  200  square  meter lot  coverage  maximum  for  indoor 
cannabis production facilities and establish setbacks for indoor cannabis production.  
 
 3.3 Question and Answer Period  
 
A member of the public asked if products such as cannabinoid (CBD) bath bombs would 
be considered a cannabis product and therefore be prohibited. 
 
Planner Negrin reported manufacturing of cannabis products would not be permitted. 
 
A member of the public asked the following questions: 
 Are Trustees aware what pesticides the provincial government allows to be used for 
cannabis production?  
 Are Trustees aware that groundwater licenses are not issued for commercial cannabis 
productions? 
 Are  Trustees aware that the  result  of Bylaw No. 518 would be  to prohibit cannabis 
production on Salt Spring Island? 
 Do  the Trustees  know how many  

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