Gambier LTC Public Hearing Record

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Public Hearing Record 
Received for Information 
By Local Trust Committee
 
Gambier Island Local Trust Committee   1 
Public Hearing Record 
July 25, 2019 
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Gambier Island 
Local Trust Committee 
Public Hearing Record 
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REGARDING PROPOSED BYLAW NO. 148 (GAMBIER ISLAND OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN) CITED AS 
“GAMBIER ISLAND OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN, BYLAW NO.73, 2001, AMENDMENT NO. 1, 2018” 
AND 
PROPOSED BYLAW NO. 149 (GAMBIER ISLAND LAND USE BYLAW) CITED AS “GAMBIER ISLAND LAND 
USE BYLAW, 2004, AMENDMENT NO. 1, 2018” 
 
Date: 
Time: 
Location: 
July 25, 2019 
7:30 pm 
Gambier Island Community Centre 
Andy’s Road, Gambier Island, BC 
 
Members Present: Sue Ellen Fast, Chair  
 Dan Rogers, Local Trustee 
Kate-Louise Stamford, Local Trustee 
  
Staff Present: Sonja Zupanec, Island Planner 
Diane Corbett, Recorder 
  
Others Present: Eight (8) members of the public were in attendance. 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
Chair Fast called the meeting to order at 7:35 pm.  She acknowledged that the meeting was 
being held in the territory of the Coast Salish First Nations, welcomed the public, and introduced 
Trustees, Staff and Recorder. 
2. PROPOSED BYLAW NOS. 148 (OCP) AND 149 (LUB) 
Chair Fast read aloud from a prepared statement that explained that the Public Hearing was 
being convened pursuant to Section 465 of the Local Government Act in order to consider: 
 Proposed Bylaw 148 cited as “Gambier Island Official Community Plan, Bylaw No.73, 2001, 
Amendment No. 1, 2018”; and 
 Proposed  Bylaw  149 cited as “Gambier Island Land Use Bylaw, 2004, Amendment No. 1, 
2018”.  
Chair Fast outlined the process pertaining to the conduct of the public hearing, and noted that 
documents received by the Local Trust Committee in consideration of the proposed bylaws were 
available for review on a table at the side of the room. Written submissions would be received 
by the Local Trust Committee prior to the close of the hearing; no further submissions to the 
Local Trust Committee could be received after the close of the hearing. 

Public Hearing Record 
Received for Information 
By Local Trust Committee
 
Gambier Island Local Trust Committee   2 
Public Hearing Record 
July 25, 2019 
Chair Fast introduced Island Planner Zupanec to summarize the public hearing notice, key points 
of the bylaw and referral agency responses. 
The Island Planner announced that a copy of the public hearing notice was advertised in two 
consecutive editions of the COAST REPORTER on July 12, 2019 and July 19, 2019.  All 
notification requirements under the Local Government Act had been completed.   
The purpose of Proposed Bylaw No. 148, if adopted, is to amend the Gambier Island Official 
Community Plan Bylaw No. 73, 2001 to: 
 include language that justifies protection of watercourses and wetlands on Gambier Island 
that are not classified as f

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