Galiano LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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Galiano Island  
Local Trust Committee Minutes 
April 3, 2017     ADOPTED    Page 1 of 10 
 
 
Galiano Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Regular Meeting 
 
Date: 
Location: 
April 3, 2017 
Galiano South Community Hall 
141 Sturdies Bay Road, Galiano Island, BC 
 
Members Present Laura Busheikin, Chair 
Sandy Pottle, Local Trustee 
George Harris, Local Trustee 
 
Staff Present Rob Milne, Islands Planner  
Collen Doty, Recorder 
  
Others Present Approximately 14 members of the public and no media 
 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
 
Chair Busheikin called the meeting to order at 12:30pm and acknowledged the meeting 
was being held in territory of the Coast Salish First Nations.   
 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
 
The following items were presented as additions to the agenda for consideration: 
  
7.1.1 Conservancy rezoning  
10.4.1 Letter re: GL-TUP-2017.1 (Pankratz) 
12.1.1 Discussion of C2C (Community to Community) Funding 
 
By general consent the agenda was approved as amended. 
 
3. TOWN HALL AND QUESTIONS 
 
Kiyo Okuda requested to speak to Item 11, the Special Advisory Planning Commission 
(SAPC) Telecommunications Strategy Report when the agenda item was to be 
discussed.  The Chair agreed he could provide comments at that time.  
 
Tom Hennessy expressed concern about microwave radiation and felt there was no 
safe limit.  He was concerned about increasing the number of smaller towers around the 
island.  
 
Doug Latta expressed concern about WIFI in schools and cell tower radiation generally.  
Most studies are done by industry which is problematic.  He urged the LTC to exercise 
the precautionary principle, questioning the efficacy of Safety Code 6 as an adequate 
standard.  
 
A D O P T E D 

 
 
Galiano Island  
Local Trust Committee Minutes 
April 3, 2017     ADOPTED    Page 2 of 10 
4. COMMUNITY INFORMATION MEETING 
 
None 
 
5. PUBLIC HEARING 
 
None 
 
6. MINUTES 
 
6.1 Local Trust Committee Minutes Dated March 21, 2017 (for Adoption-
Pending) 
 
By general consent the Local Trust Committee meeting minutes of March 21, 
2017 were adopted. 
 
6.2 Section 26 Resolutions Without Meeting Report  
 
None 
 
6.3 Advisory Planning Commission Minutes 
 
None 
 
7. BUSINESS ARISING FROM MINUTES 
 
7.1 Follow-up Action List Dated March 2017 
 
GL-2017-20 
It was MOVED and SECONDED 
that the Galiano Island Local Trust Committee request staff to put Affordable 
Housing on the next agenda and that Trustees study the Affordable Housing 
Toolkit, indicating which recommendations they wish to follow.  
CARRIED 
 
With respect to GL-RZ-2016.2, Planner Milne indicated he would like to see the 
Galiano Conservancy’s rezoning application on next month’s agenda.  
 
With respect to the Dock Project, it was noted that Senior Intergovernmental 
Policy Advisor Fiona MacRaild will be making the initial contact regarding the 
dock project and C2C application with Penelakut staff.  It is anticipated there will 
be some walkabouts; while some time will be added to the 

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