Lasqueti LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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Local Trust Committee Minutes 
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Lasqueti Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Regular Meeting 
 
Date: 
Location: 
October 23, 2017 
Judith Fisher Centre 
#1 China Cloud Bay Road 
Lasqueti Island, BC 
 
Members Present Laura Busheikin, Chair 
Susan Morrison, Local Trustee (by telephone) 
Timothy Peterson, Local Trustee 
 
Staff Present 
 
 
 
 
 
Others Present 
Sonja Zupanec, Island Planner 
Ann Kjerulf, Regional Planning Manager 
Jennifer Eliason, Manager Trust Fund Board 
Teresa Rittemann, Planner 2, by telephone 
Dave Olsen, Recorder 
 
Nine (9) members of the public 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
 
Chair Busheikin called the meeting to order at 11:01 am. She acknowledged that the meeting 
was being held in territory of the Coast Salish First Nations, and specifically, the Tla’amin. 
 
Chair Busheikin then introduced the staff, the Trustees and the Manager of the Trust Fund 
Board, Jennifer Eliason. 
 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
 
The following additions to the agenda were presented for consideration: 
 
Move items 13.1 and 13.2 to 8.1 and 8.2 
 
Add under New Business: 13.4 Learning from the Community Information Meeting held 
on October 6, 2017 
 
By general consent the agenda was adopted as amended. 
 
3. TOWN HALL AND QUESTIONS 
 
Agenda Packages 
 
Initial discussion focused on the issue of receiving agenda packages in advance of Local Trust 
Committee (LTC) Meetings.  The following points were noted: 
 The Agenda, being 1 or 2 pages, could be faxed. 

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 There is a Standing Resolution that upon request, every member of the Advisory Planning 
Commission should receive the agenda package at no charge. 
 There is a laser printer on island now but due to various circumstances it has not yet been 
set up. 
 It was acknowledged that the ink-jet printer could have printed the 1 page agenda and 
Trustee Peterson took full responsibility for the delay. 
 The agenda package is also available online. 
 
Adopted Policies and Standing Resolutions 
 
In response to a question, Chair Busheikin explained that Agenda item 12.4 Adopted Policies and 
Standing Resolutions is a reminder of decisions made and placed in the agenda to keep them 
public and ongoing.  
 
Misspelled Names in APC minutes  
 
Two names (Lindsay Seaman and Peter Steenbergen) were noted as misspelled in the APC 
minutes of September 12, 2017. 
 
Shoreline Protection Project 
 
Discussion about the Shoreline Protection Project ensued with the following questions from the 
public and answers from the LTC and Jennifer Eliason were noted: 
 Were any decisions, other than the removal of Development Permit Areas (DPA), made at 
the Community Information Meeting? 
 No. 
 Why double the distance from the foreshore?   
 There are lists of tools available but the LTC hasn’t adopted any of them at this time.  
We have received input to not use DPAs.  We vote

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