Thetis LTC Special Public Hearing Record

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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 
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Thetis Island 
Local Trust Committee 
Public Hearing Record 
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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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