Salt Spring LTC Special Meeting Minutes

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Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee  
Special Meeting Minutes ADOPTED 1 
November 4, 2017  
 
 
Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Special Meeting 
 
Date: 
Location: 
Saturday, November 4, 2017 
Lions Club, Hart Bradley Memorial Hall 
103 Bonnet Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC 
 
Members Present Peter Luckham, Chair 
Peter Grove, Local Trustee 
George Grams, Local Trustee 
 
Staff Present Stefan Cermak, Regional Planning Manager (RPM) 
Jason Youmans, Island Planner 
Seth Wright, Planner 2 
Jaime Dubyna, Planner 1 
 
Media and Others 
Present: 
Pat Maloney, Dillon Consulting 
Heather Shay, Dillon Consulting 
Dan Godin, Dillon Consulting 
Wayne McIntyre, Salt Spring Island CRD Electoral Area Director  
Matt Steffich, Chair, CRD Ganges Harbourwalk Steering 
Committee 
Robin Williams, Chair, CRD Transportation Commission 
Six (6) Vancouver Island University School of Planning students 
Gulf Islands Driftwood Reporter 
Approximately 140 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 1:05 p.m. He  introduced  himself,  the 
Trustees  and  staff and  acknowledged  that the  Local  Trust  Committee  is meeting  within 
Coast Salish Territory and expressed his gratitude.    
 
Questions of clarification related to the format of the meeting were asked bythe audience.  
 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
 
By general consent the agenda was approved. 
 
3. INTRODUCTION 
 
Pat Maloney introduced herself and provided an overview of the purpose of the 
afternoon’s meeting and how it was scheduled to unfold.  
 

 
Salt Spring Island Local Trust Committee  
Special Meeting Minutes ADOPTED 2 
November 4, 2017  
 
Planner Youmans provided an overview of the Local Trust Committee’s Ganges 
Harbourwalk planning project. He described the objectives of the project and work done 
to date. He provided an overview of proposed Bylaw No. 491 which has been created as 
an incentive to property owners adjacent to the Harbourwalk.  
 
Questions of clarification were asked by audience regarding recent developments 
regarding the Ganges Harbourwalk project.  
 
Matt Steffich, Chair of the CRD Ganges Harbourwalk Steering Committee provided an 
update on the Steering Committee’s activities which include four studies currently 
underway related to the Harbourwalk: archaeological, geotechnical, structural and 
environmental.  
 
4. QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD 
 
 There was discussion and the following comments were noted:  
 
 A  member  of  the  public asked  what  sort  of  First  Nations  consultation  has 
been   undertaken.   Staff   described   First   Nations engagement efforts 
undertaken  to  date. It  was  noted  that  while  responding  First  Nations  were 
generally supportive of   reviving   the Harbourwalk   using   the   existing 
infrastructure, they did not support increased upland development.  
 A  member  of  the 

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