North Pender LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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North Pender Island 
Local Trust Committee Minutes 
April 6, 2017 ADOPTED 1 
  
 
North Pender Island  
Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of a Regular Meeting 
 
Date: 
Location: 
April 6, 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 Robert Kojima, Regional Planning Manager  
Shannon Brayford, Recorder   
    
Others Present  
 
Eleven (11) members of the public present  
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
 
At 10:00 am Chair George Grams called the meeting to order, noting that the meeting 
will be recorded. 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.  
 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
 
By general consent, the agenda was approved as presented. 
 
3. TOWN HALL AND QUESTIONS 
 
Sharon Card spoke regarding the Waste and Resource Management project and spoke 
in favour of keeping the facility on the Burdett property. She further addressed concerns 
with the validity of information within the consultant’s report, with lack of consultation with 
proposed site neighbours, and with transparency within the project. 
 
Candice Zell expressed environmental concerns with pollution in Brackett and Hamilton 
Bay, as well as concerns with a waste site located in that area.  
 
Michael Sketch read from a written submission regarding the planning process for the 
industrial zone at Browning Harbour. He noted that a previously submitted 
communication was denied publication and requested that his revised submission be 
published.  
 
Lou Henshaw spoke against an industrial site on a property in the Bay and offered 
alternative site options. She further noted that her property is attributed water 
erroneously in the water resources mapping.  
 
A D O P T E D 

 
North Pender Island 
Local Trust Committee Minutes 
April 6, 2017 ADOPTED 2 
  
Regional Planning Manager (RPM) Kojima addressed the concerns with the water 
resource mapping, noting that the map has no regulatory implication.  
 
Don Korbin addressed the minutes of the past meeting, requesting that Town Hall 
comments be recorded with greater detail to allow readers to understand the substance 
of the comments made. He further requested information from the Trustees regarding 
their Waste Management Project progress, including the results of their site visits.  
 
Chair Grams noted that community members have access to digital recordings of 
meetings should they wish to obtain greater detail than that which the minutes provide. 
 
Trustee Masselink provided an overview of site visits completed to date.  
 
4. COMMUNITY INFORMATION MEETING  
 
  None 
 
5. PUBLIC HEARING  
 
  None 
 
6. MINUTES 
 
6.1 Local Trust Committee Minutes Dated February 23, 2017 (For Adoption) 
 
Chair Grams recommended that under Item 5, Town Hall, the phrase “pr

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