Gabriola LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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Local Trust Committee Minutes 
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Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Regular Meeting 
 
Date: 
Location: 
September 8, 2016 
Gabriola Arts & Heritage Centre 
476 South Road, Gabriola Island, BC 
 
Members Present Laura Busheikin, Chair 
Melanie Mamoser, Local Trustee 
Heather O'Sullivan, Local Trustee 
 
Staff Present 
 
 
 
 
 
Others Present 
 
 
 
 
Sonja Zupanec, Island Planner 
Ann Kjerulf, Regional Planning Manager 
Rob Milne, Island Planner 
Teresa Rittemann, Planner 1 
Lisa Millard, Recorder 
 
There were approximately 36 (thirty-six) members of the public 
and 1 (one) member of the media in attendance. 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
 
Chair Busheikin called the meeting to order at 10:15 am.  She acknowledged that the 
meeting was being held in the traditional territory of the Coast Salish First Nations. 
 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
 
The following additions to the agenda were presented for consideration: 
 
13.1 Follow up on expressions of interest received for appointments to the 
Transportation Advisory Committee. 
 
By general consent the agenda was approved as amended. 
 
3. TOWN HALL AND QUESTIONS 
 
Nancy Hetherington-Pearce requested a definition for the term zoning and the term 
designation.  Planner Zupanec stated that the Official Community Plan (OCP) is a policy 
document that designates land for particular types of uses and provides policy direction 
for zoning while Land Use Bylaws (LUB) are used to zone and regulate land use.   
 
Mark Smith provided a written statement regarding the proposed rezoning application 
GB-RZ-2016.1 (Potlach Properties and Pilot Bay Holdings).  He favours the proposal 
and trusts that the Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee (LTC) will consider 
recommendations based in part on the advice of experts as well as the community. 
 

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Eric Johnson stated that he lives in the area of the proposed Potlach / Pilot Bay Holdings 
subdivision.  He noted his concerns regarding water availability, the effects of increased 
water use on current well capacity, increased traffic in the ferry line up area, and the 
creation of strata roads. He indicated that he does not feel that more park land or trails 
are needed, that further subdivisions should not be developed, and that the land within 
the area should remain a source of potential harvestable timber and sustainable forest 
growth.   
 
 4. COMMUNITY INFORMATION MEETING - None 
 
5. PUBLIC HEARING - None 
 
6. MINUTES 
 
6.1 Local Trust Committee Minutes dated July 14, 2016 – for adoption 
 
The following amendments to the minutes were presented for consideration: 
 
Page 1 regarding John Mallet’s email to Trustee Mamoser it should state that 
Trustee Mamoser forwarded the email to staff and not to the Ministry of 
Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI).  
 
Page 3 Item 7.2 change the first sentence to Planner Zu

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