North Pender LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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North Pender Island 
Local Trust Committee Minutes 
April 27, 2017 ADOPTED Page 1 of 10 
 
North Pender Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of a Regular Meeting 
 
Date: 
Location: 
April 27, 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, Planner  
Shannon Brayford, Recorder 
 
Others Present  
 
Seventeen (17) members of the public present  
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
 
At 4:00 pm Chair George Grams called the meeting to order.  He acknowledged that the 
meeting was being held in the territory of the Coast Salish people.  He also introduced 
the Local Trust Committee (LTC) and members of the staff present.  
 
Chair Grams noted that the meeting was being audio recorded and read a written 
statement about the recordings.  
 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
 
By general consent, the agenda was approved as presented. 
 
3. TOWN HALL AND QUESTIONS 
 
Sharon Card recommended that the LTC adopt a policy such that the meetings be 
recorded in a more fulsome manner and asked that the minutes of April 6, 2017 record 
that her home is in close proximity to the site discussed.  
 
Sharon Card further spoke to the staff memo on the Waste and Resource Management 
project, addressing the issues of a full service facility, the criterion of remoteness, and 
specific concerns with specific properties being considered.  
 
Michael Sketch read from a written submission regarding trustee conflict of interest.  He 
requested that Trustee Masselink recuse himself from a portion of the meeting’s 
discussion and provided arguments in support of his request.  
 
Michael Sketch also discussed the management plan for the Waste and Resource 
Project, encouraging a greater focus on the concept of re-use.  
 
A D O P T E D 

 
 
 
North Pender Island 
Local Trust Committee Minutes 
April 27, 2017 ADOPTED Page 2 of 10 
Michael Sketch further addressed the proposal that Browning Harbour Agricultural Land 
Reserve (ALR) be rezoned to permit a Waste Transfer Facility.  He provided an overview 
of the site’s history, past decisions of the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC), his 
reasons for suspecting that the conditions for ALC approval will not be met, and the 
consequences of this for any bylaw decisions.  
 
Trustee Masselink addressed the conflict of interest matter, providing a history of the 
issue and rationale for his current position.  
 
4. COMMUNITY INFORMATION MEETING  
 
  None 
 
5. PUBLIC HEARING  
 
  None 
 
6. MINUTES 
 
6.1 Local Trust Committee Minutes Dated April 6 & 8, 2017 (For Adoption) 
 
By general consent, the Local Trust Committee Meeting Minutes of  
April 6 & 8, 2017 were adopted as presented.  
 
6.2 Section 26 Resolution-Without-Meeting Report Dated March 2017 
 
 None 
 
6.3 Advisory Planning Commission Minutes 
 
 None 
 
7. BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES 
 
7.1 Follow-up Action List D

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