Galiano LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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Galiano Island 
Local Trust Committee Minutes 
September 11, 2017 ADOPTED Page 1 of 12
 
 
  
Galiano Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Regular Meeting 
 
Date: 
Location: 
September 11, 2017 
Galiano South Community Hall 
141 Sturdies Bay Road, Galiano Island, BC 
 
Members Present: Laura Busheikin, Chair 
George Harris, Local Trustee 
Sandy Pottle, Local Trustee 
 
Staff Present: Rob Milne, Island Planner 
Colleen Doty, Recorder 
  
Public Present: There were approximately 27 members of the public in 
attendance. 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
 
Chair Busheikin called the meeting to order at 12:30pm.  She acknowledged the meeting 
was being held in territory of the Coast Salish First Nations.   
 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
  
For consideration as an addition under Item 13 New Business - 13.1 Addition to Bodega 
Ridge Park. 
 
By general consent the agenda as amended was Approved. 
 
3. TOWN HALL AND QUESTIONS 
 
Chair Busheikin noted this Town Hall was an opportunity to speak to items on the agenda.  
Given the full agenda ahead, approximately three minutes would be given to each speaker.   
 
Elizabeth Latta expressed concern about a possible duplication of effort with respect to a 
recent Local Planning Committee meeting in Ladysmith where a staff report recommended 
spending $6000 on a telecommunications consultation protocol. She requested an update on 
the work being undertaken.  
 
Chair Busheikin noted that draft minutes from the committee in Ladysmith were most likely 
unavailable until they were adopted, unless considered urgent or critical. Our local 
telecommunications Special Advisory Planning Commission (SAPC) created a “made-in-
Galiano” process, so their work is not necessarily being duplicated. 
 
Trustee Pottle added she is a member of the Local Planning Committee and has repeatedly 
mentioned the work undertaken by the Galiano SAPC however could not attend the last meeting 
nor has seen the draft minutes. 
 
 
 
 
 
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Galiano Island 
Local Trust Committee Minutes 
September 11, 2017 ADOPTED Page 2 of 12
 
 
Karen Wilke requested follow-up about improved cell-phone reception. She was recently 
involved in a serious, potentially life-threatening incident on Galiano, where she was trapped on 
her property, with no cell-phone reception. She was of the impression that the recent 
telecommunications survey indicated that people overwhelmingly wanted better cell phone 
service on Galiano.  
 
The LTC provided a brief history of the telecommunications SAPC and its mandate.  
 
Mike Hoebel, a member of the former telecommunications SAPC, noted that their mandate was 
to clarify the consultation process. The next step was to have a Community Information Meeting 
(CIM).  
 
Stephen Rybak, Chair of the telecommunications SAPC, noted useful outcomes of their work: 
 a draft protocol outlining consultation requirements framework to evaluate new 
proposals, 
 examination of telecommunications strategy within the 

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