Galiano LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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Galiano Island Local Trust Committee  
Minutes of a Regular Business Meeting 
November 6, 2017 ADOPTED Page 1 of 8
 
  
 
Galiano Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Regular Meeting 
 
Date: 
Location: 
November 6, 2017 
Galiano South Community Hall 
141 Sturdies Bay Road, Galiano Island, BC
 
Members Present: Laura Busheikin, Chair 
Sandy Pottle, Local Trustee 
George Harris, Local Trustee 
 
Staff Present: Robert Kojima, Regional Planning Manager 
Colleen Doty, Recorder 
  
Public Present: Approximately 10 members of the public were in attendance. 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
 
Chair Busheikin called the meeting to order at 12:30 p.m. and acknowledged that the 
meeting was being held in territory of the Coast Salish First Nations.   
 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
 
By general consent the agenda was approved as presented. 
 
3. TOWN HALL AND QUESTIONS 
 
Sheila Anderson expressed concerns about the Staff Report on the rezoning 
application for a portion of District Lot 37 (DL37). Her comments pertained to: traffic, 
route-planning, scale of operations of the business, details around contractors’ yard(s), 
noise, dust, off-hours usage, and split-zoning. She urged the LTC to reject the current 
application and seek other options.  
 
Louise Decario commented that the DL37 rezoning application was not ready to 
proceed to first reading. She stated that some relevant policies from the Official 
Community Plan (OCP) were not in the Staff Report. Referring to Land Transportation 
Policies, she noted the following needed to be addressed: sections c) ii), d), i), j), u), w) 
iv) and w) vi).  She expressed concerns about split-zoning as it is right in the middle of a 
forest lot, and asked why we would allow through rezoning what is prohibited through 
subdivision? She would like to see further consultation with neighbours; she suggested a 
notation about burning and incineration and thought the draft bylaws, as presented, were 
confusing.  
 
Trustee Pottle noted that one of the staff reports indicated a willingness to discuss trails.  
 
Keith Erickson, Executive Director of the Galiano Conservancy Association (GCA), 
provided an update on their rezoning application. GCA has been working on securing 
legal public access across the property for a cycling path and shoreline access for foot 
 
 
 
 
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travellers. An agreement has been reached with the Capital Regional District (CRD) and 
the Parks and Recreation Commission, for a statutory right-of-way (ROW), with sign-off 
by the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI). The agreement is 
anticipated to be included on the agenda of the December meeting. The path to the 
water access has been identified, but it has not been fully constructed yet. GCA and 
Parks will jointly work on the trail. They will enter into an agreement outside of the 
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