Gabriola LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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Local Trust Committee Minutes 
July 13, 2017 
 
Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Regular Meeting 
 
Date: 
Location: 
July 13, 2017 
Mudge Island Driftwood Drive Public Access 
Mudge Island, BC 
 
Members Present Laura Busheikin, Chair 
Melanie Mamoser, Local Trustee 
Heather O'Sullivan, Local Trustee 
 
Staff Present 
 
 
 
Others Present 
Sonja Zupanec, Island Planner 
Ann Kjerulf, Regional Planning Manager 
Lisa Millard, Recorder 
 
There were approximately 30 (thirty) members of the public and 1 
(one) member of the media present. 
 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
 
Chair Busheikin called the meeting to order at 10:19 am.  She acknowledged that the 
meeting was being held in the traditional territory of the Coast Salish First Nations. 
 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
 
The following additions to the agenda were presented for consideration: 
 
13.1  Agency Referrals 
13.2  Future Meetings on Mudge Island 
 
By general consent the agenda was approved as amended. 
 
3. TOWN HALL AND QUESTIONS 
 
A member of the public noted that last year during the Local Trust Committee (LTC) 
meeting on Mudge Island there was a discussion regarding a review of the Mudge Island 
Official Community Plan (OCP). He asked if there was any way to fast track the review.  
Regional Planning Manager Kjerulf replied that the LTC is responsible for identifying 
projects to work on as well as top priorities, that budget and time constraints dictate the 
number of top priorities that can be worked on at any given time and that one of the 
projects might potentially complete by the end of this year therefore allowing a project to 
be moved to the priorities list. 
 
Several members of the public made comments regarding an application for a Pacific 
Shellfish Aquaculture License made to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural 
Resource Operations (FLNRO) by the Snuneymuxw First Nation and referred to the 
Islands Trust.  The comments and replies by staff or the LTC are summarized as follows: 

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 Are the letters sent to the LTC regarding this matter kept on file and should other 
letters be sent to other parties? 
o Correspondence is kept and if the referral advances to an application then the 
correspondence becomes part of the file.  Public comments should also be 
directed to provincial staff who are reviewing the application. 
 
 Does the information submitted by staff to the LTC represent views of the community 
or is it strictly technical?  How can we view this information? 
o Staff noted it is their responsibility to provide unbiased, neutral, technical 
information to the LTC based on current policy, the OCP, policy statement, 
regulations, and public input which are all reviewed by the LTC as part of the 
decision-making process.  Related staff reports are issued as part of an agenda 
package and posted on the website one week prior to an LTC meeti

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