Thetis LTC Special Public Hearing Record
· Thetis Island · Meeting Documents · 2017
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Topics: First Nations & reconciliation · Marine & foreshore — our classification, not the Trust's.
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Public Hearing Record Received for Information By the Thetis Island Local Trust Committee Thetis Island 1 Local Trust Committee Public Hearing Record April 25, 2017 ____________________________________________________ Thetis Island Local Trust Committee Public Hearing Record ____________________________________________________ APPLICATION TH-RZ-2015.2 PROPOSED BYLAW NO. 98, Hardy Granite Quarries Ltd. on behalf of the Lyackson First Nation Date of Meeting: Location: April 25, 2017 Beban Park Social Centre, Meeting Room 3 2300 Bowen Road, Nanaimo, BC V9R 1Z7 Members Present Susan Morrison, Chair Peter Luckham, Local Trustee Ken Hunter, Local Trustee Staff Present Others Present Ann Kjerulf, Regional Planning Manager Marnie Eggen, Island Planner Janice Young, Recorder Linda Aidnell and Gary Drouillard from Lyackson First Nation, Greg Raymond from Hardy Island Granite Quarries Ltd., and approximately eleven (11) members of the public. 1. CALL TO ORDER Chair Morrison called the Public Hearing to order at 2:00 pm. 2. INTRODUCTIONS AND OPENING STATEMENT FROM THE CHAIR Chair Morrison read the Chairperson’s Opening Statement and explained the Public Hearing is being conducted to hear views regarding proposed Bylaw No. 98. She stated that the intent and purpose of this bylaw is for a zoning change to allow barges to be loaded and unloaded in the proposed marine area adjacent to Valdes Island. 3. REVIEW OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Planner Eggen reported that a Public Hearing Notice was advertised in two consecutive editions of the Nanaimo Bulletin on April 13, 2017 and April 18, 2017. As a courtesy, notice was also emailed to the Ruxton Island Rate Payers Association, the DeCourcy Island Community Association, and the Valdes Island Conservancy for distribution to those islanders. All notification requirements under the Local Government Act had been completed. Public Hearing Record Received for Information By the Thetis Island Local Trust Committee Thetis Island 2 Local Trust Committee Public Hearing Record April 25, 2017 Planner Eggen noted that a copy of the proposed bylaw and the public hearing binder had been available for public review at the Islands Trust office on Gabriola Island. A copy of the complete public hearing binder was available during the public hearing as well as a Public Hearing submission box for written submissions. Planner Eggen explained that the purpose of proposed Bylaw No. 98 is to amend the Valdes Island Rural Land Use Bylaw No. 42 by rezoning approximately 0.27 hectares (0.67 acres) of marine area, adjacent to Lyackson IR3, Valdes Island, from Marine Conservation (W1) to Marine Barge Facility (W7) to allow barge loading and unloading. The proposed bylaw was referred to 16 agencies and 9 First Nations. Planner Eggen reported that 12 responses were received. Seven responded that their interests were unaffected; Cowichan
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