North Pender LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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North Pender Island 
Local Trust Committee Minutes 
September 21, 2017 ADOPTED 1 of 8 
 
 
North Pender Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Regular Meeting 
 
Date: 
Location: 
September 21, 2017 
Pender Island Community Hall 
4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, North Pender Island, BC 
 
Members Present: George Grams, Chair 
Dianne Barber, Local Trustee 
Derek Masselink, Local Trustee 
 
Staff Present: Justine Starke, Island Planner 
Shannon Brayford, Recorder 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
 
Chair Grams called the meeting to order at 10:00 am.  He acknowledged that the 
meeting was being held in territory of the Coast Salish First Nations. 
 
The audio recording began at 10:01 am and Chair Grams read a written statement 
regarding the recording and its use.  
 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
 
By general consent, the agenda was approved as presented.  
 
3. TOWN HALL AND QUESTIONS 
 
Raymond Ray applicant for NP-DP-2017.1 recommended corrections to the staff report 
and requested consideration of the application due to its community benefits.  
 
Chip Barrett applicant for NP-DVP-2017.1 recommended corrections to the staff report 
regarding the size of one structure. He provided an overview of the permit requested and 
its rationale. He also stressed his understanding and observance of the sites 
archaeological and ecological sensitivities.  
 
Dale Henning read from a written submission he presented to the LTC regarding the 
Waste Management Project.  He highlighted the following: 
 an overview of the facility, community, and political challenges; 
 a list of questions for trustees to clarify and rationale for the LTC to move forward; 
 he supports the Pender Island Waste Management being enabled to provide their 
service.  
 
Ben McConchie spoke to the Waste Management Staff Report and criticized the lack of 
understanding of the local impact of the sites being considered. He noted that 
correspondence regarding water supply was removed from the agenda package 
following its initial posting and encouraged the LTC to consider that matter as an 
indication of the seriousness of the island’s limited water supply and its aquifers.  
 
 
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North Pender Island 
Local Trust Committee Minutes 
September 21, 2017 ADOPTED 2 of 8 
 
 
Jan Latz spoke to the Waste Management report, speaking against the proposed site at 
the Main Road Contracting yard on Port Washington Road.  She provided a rationale 
and local perspective from neighbours to the site.  
 
Anne Burdett read a written statement addressing her concern that repetitive false and 
defamatory statements made in LTC meetings have a negative impact on applicants. 
She requested that the Islands Trust remove letters with defamatory statements made 
toward her family, property, and business. 
 
Don Korbin addressed the Waste Management Staff report and provided a rationale for 
rejecting several of the proposals contained within it.  
 
Karl Hamson spoke against the LTC rezoning sev

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