North Pender LTC Special Meeting Minutes

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North Pender Island 
Local Trust Committee Minutes 
October 6, 2016 ADOPTED Page 1 of 5 
 
D R A F T 
North Pender Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of a Special Meeting 
 
Date: 
Location: 
October 6, 2016 
Pender Island Royal Canadian Legion 
1344 MacKinnon Road, North Pender Island, BC 
 
Members Present George Grams, Chair 
Dianne Barber, Local Trustee 
 
 
Staff Present Dr. Shannon Cowan, Facilitator 
Justine Starke, Island Planner 
Shannon Brayford, Recorder  
 
Others Present: Approximately twenty-six (26) members of the public.  
  
1. CALL TO ORDER 
 
Chair Grams called the meeting to order at 10:05 a.m. and provided an overview of the 
meeting.  
 
Chair Grams welcomed the public and made introductions.   
 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
 
By general consent, the agenda was approved as presented. 
 
3. BUSINESS ITEMS 
 
3.1 Waste Management Integrated Decision-Making Process – 2
nd
 of 2 sessions 
 
Planner Starke welcomed the attendees and thanked them for their participation. 
She introduced Dr. Shannon Cowan and invited her to begin facilitation of the 
workshop.  
 
Dr. Cowan provided an overview of the workshop process. She then reviewed 
the data received regarding the desired site. She noted that while the goal of this 
workshop was not to define the type of facility that will be built, it appeared that 
there was desire for a site that could support a Full Service Facility.  
 
Dr. Cowan provided an overview of the criteria data received and noted that the 
majority of the criterion was rated with a high level of importance. She also noted 
that the data showed that the most important location criteria appeared to be in 
close proximity to the Pender Island Recycling Depot or the Driftwood Centre.  
 
 
A D O P T E D 
 

 
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Local Trust Committee Minutes 
October 6, 2016 ADOPTED Page 2 of 5 
Site Values Matrix 
 
Dr. Cowan provided an overview of the Location (Site) Values from the last 
meeting. She also explained the methods used to measure and evaluate sites 
using those criterion.  
 
Member of the public were invited to ask questions regarding the matrix and the 
following remarks were made:  
 Dale Henning made comments regarding the issues with the facility 
being available to both North and South Pender Island residents, while 
only being supported by North Pender Island taxes. 
 Michael Sketch recommended modifying the criteria of “adjacent to 
industrial zones” to also present data on proximity to industrial clusters. 
 Andy Novak noted that the average waste production estimations 
appeared too high and provided a rationale for considering a lower value. 
He also noted that the fire setback value being considered is too large. 
 Barbara Johnstone Grimmer asked how population was measured. 
Planner Starke remarked that the census data was used and it was 
acknowledged that this population data does not include seasonal 
residents.  
 Candice Zell raised a concern that one acre is not large enough f

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