Salt Spring LTC Special Meeting Minutes
· Salt Spring Island · Meeting Documents · 2019
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Topics: Fresh water & aquifers · Housing & affordability · Forestry & trees · Agriculture & the ALR · First Nations & reconciliation · Transportation & ferries · Governance & budget · Climate & environment — our classification, not the Trust's.
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Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee Special Meeting Minutes ADOPTED 1 March 15, 2019 Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee Minutes of Special Meeting Date: Tuesday, March 15, 2019 Location: Harbour House Hotel 121 Upper Ganges Road, Salt Spring Island, BC Members Present: Peter Luckham, Chair Peter Grove, Local Trustee Laura Patrick, Local Trustee Staff Present: Stefan Cermak, Regional Planning Manager Jason Youmans, Island Planner Seth Wright, Island Planner Geordie Gordon, Planner 1 William Shulba, Senior Freshwater Specialist Kristine Mayes, Planning Team Assistant Sarah Shugar, Recorder Media and Others Present: Gary Holman, Capital Regional District Salt Spring Island Electoral Area Director Gulf Islands Driftwood Reporter Approximately 55 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 2:45 p.m. He introduced himself, the Trustees, CRD Director Holman and staff and acknowledged that the Salt Spring Island 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 Introduction to Islands Trust and Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee Chair Luckham, Trustee Patrick and Trustee Grove welcomed everyone to the meeting and presented opening remarks. Trustee Patrick reported a Climate Emergency was declared within the Local Trust Area and a Declaration of Reconciliation was supported at Trust Council held March 12-14, 2019 on Gabriola Island. Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee Special Meeting Minutes ADOPTED 2 March 15, 2019 RPM Cermak showed a video entitled “Islands Trust: Preserve and Protect” and provided a presentation regarding the authority and role of the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee. Members of the public, CRD Director Holman, and staff read from the vision section of Salt Spring Island Official Community Plan. 3.2 Town Hall Chair Luckham opened the town hall at 3:15 p.m. A member of the public spoke to the global student School Strike for climate events being held today to protest political inaction on climate change and expressed support for affordable housing and transportation. A member of the public spoke to the Small Cells and a Wireless World – The Right to Choose report that has been previously presented to the Local Trust Committee and expressed support for a local antenna siting policy, telecommunications infrastructure, and a community owned fibre network. A member of the public expressed support for the recommendations in the Affordable Housing in the Islands Trust Area staff report and noted they should be added to the priorities list including alterna
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