Gambier LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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ADOPTED 
Gambier Island ADOPTED 1 
Local Trust Committee Minutes 
October 13, 2016 
 
Gambier Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Regular Meeting 
 
Date: 
Location: 
October 13, 2016 
Gleneagles Community Centre 
6262 Marine Drive, West Vancouver, BC 
 
Members Present Susan Morrison, Chair 
Dan Rogers, Local Trustee 
Kate-Louise Stamford, Local Trustee 
 
Staff Present Aleksandra Brzozowski, Island Planner 
Marnie Eggen, Planner 2 (by telephone 1:17 – 1:41 p.m.) 
Diane Corbett, Recorder 
 
Also Present Members of the Public – 25 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
 
Chair Morrison called the meeting to order at 10:45 am.  She acknowledged that the 
meeting was being held in the territory of the Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. 
Chair Morrison introduced trustees and staff in attendance, and acknowledged the 
presence of previous Local Trustee Jan Hagedorn. She thanked everyone for coming. 
 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
 
The following additions to the agenda were presented for consideration: 
 Correction:  6.1 should read “August 25” not September 20 
 Move forward to after item 6:  items 10 and 11.1 
 11.3  Riparian Areas Regulation – Gambier Island 
 11.4  Motion to adopt Gambier Island Local Trust Committee Bylaw No. 139 
 
By general consent the agenda was approved as amended. 
 
3. TOWN HALL AND QUESTIONS 
 
Ruth Simons, Future of Howe Sound Society, thanked Chair Morrison, Local Trustees 
Stamford and Rogers and Islands Trust Chair Peter Luckham for their letter-writing work 
and advocacy regarding the BURNCO mine project. Ms. Simons expressed appreciation 
to Trustee Stamford for her time and commitment with the BURNCO Working Group, on 
behalf of the Future of Howe Sound Society. 
 
Eoin Finn, Bowyer Island, thanked trustees for their “forthright action” in writing the 
above-noted letter and remarked on the importance of keeping Howe Sound from being 
industrialized. 
 

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October 13, 2016 
4. COMMUNITY INFORMATION MEETING 
 
Riparian Areas Regulation Bylaw Nos. 129, 130, 131, 132, and 133 for Keats, Anvil, 
Bowyer and South Thormanby Islands 
 
Island Planner Brzozowski gave a presentation regarding implementing the Riparian 
Areas Regulation (RAR) on Keats, Anvil, Bowyer and South Thormanby Islands. Points 
included: 
 
 Legislative developments since the Province of BC passed the Fish Protection Act in 
1997 to protect water and fish habitat, and subsequent requirements for local 
governments to include the RAR in bylaws 
 Where we are at in the bylaw process 
 How the RAR works – Riparian Assessment Area 30 metres; Streamside Protection 
and Enhancement Area; RAR Assessment report 
 Description of proposed Bylaw Nos. 129, 130, 131, 132, 133 
 Activities requiring a Development Permit 
 Activities exempting a Development Permit  
 Filing for a Development Permit 
 Description of the Development Permit process 
 
It was noted that a handout describing the developm

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