Local Planning Committee Regular Meeting Agenda

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​Local Planning Committee
Agenda
 

Date:Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Time:3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Location:Electronic meeting, Public venue
Islands Trust
200-1627 Fort Street
Victoria, BC V8R 1H8
Pages
1.CALL TO ORDER
3:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2.APPROVAL OF AGENDA
3.BUSINESS
3.1Saltwater Intrusion Risk Mapping Project - RFD
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4.NEXT MEETING
August 22, 2019, 10:00 - 2:00  GoToMeeting/Conference call
5.ADJOURNMENT
4:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Islands Trust
  
Request For
 Decision 
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REQUEST FOR DECISION 
 
 
To: Local Planning Committee  For the Meeting of: July 17, 2019 
     
From: William Shulba, P.Geo 
Senior Freshwater Specialist 
 Date Prepared: July 3, 2019 
     
SUBJECT:
  
Saltwater Intrusion Risk Mapping Project  
 
 
RECOMMENDATIONS:  
 
1. That the Local Planning Committee add “Saltwater Intrusion Risk Mapping” to the work program 
as a top priority. 
 
2. That the Local Planning Committee authorize an allocation of $10,000 from the Local Planning 
Committee projects budget to the “Saltwater Intrusion Risk Mapping” project. 
 
DIRECTOR COMMENTS: 
This project will address concerns raised with the implementation of the Salt Water Intrusion Risk 
mapping that was previously undertaken by the Ministry of Forest, Lands, Natural Resource Operations 
and Rural Development. The work will assist local trust committees in developing land use regulations 
that are adaptive to climate change and reduces risk of salt water intrusion into groundwater aquifers.  
  
 
1 PURPOSE: 
 
The purpose of this Request for Decision (RFD) is to request authorization for funding of a Saltwater 
Intrusion Risk Mapping collaborative project between Islands Trust and the Ministry of Environment & 
Climate Change Strategy (ENV) and the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and 
Rural Development (FLNRORD). 
The main goals of the project will be to complete saltwater intrusion risk mapping for all coastal areas of 
B.C. including Southern and Northern Gulf Islands, Discovery Islands, Sunshine Coast, Howe Sound, 
Mainland Coast, Vancouver Island and West Coast of Vancouver Island, Central Coast, North Coast, and 
Haida Gwaii.  The $10,000 funding would off-set some of the cost of undertaking this mapping project in 
the Islands Trust Area, and re-doing the mapping already completed by FLNRORD for the Southern 
islands. 
 
This results of this project will be useful in any area where groundwater is currently in use.  It can be 
used by local trust committees for land-use decision making, and by Provincial groundwater 
authorizations staff’s decision making. 
 
2 BACKGROUND: 
 
Salt water intrusion (SWI) occurs when saline water intrudes into a freshwater aquifer. The intrinsic 
vulnerability to saltwater intrusion is higher for peninsulas and smaller islands, areas with subdued 
topography and limited sources of recharge, in proximity to the shoreline. Groundwater demand from 
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Islands Trust
  
Request For
 Decision 
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