Gabriola LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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ADOPTED 
Gabriola Island ADOPTED 1 
Local Trust Committee Minutes 
May 26, 2016 
 
Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Regular Meeting 
 
Date: 
Location: 
May 26, 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 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Media and Others 
Sonja Zupanec, Island Planner 
Ann Kjerulf, Regional Planning Manager 
Rob Milne, Island Planner 
Teresa Rittemann, Planner 1 
Aleksandra Brzozowski, Island Planner 
Lisa Millard, Recorder 
 
One (1) member of the media and then (10) members of the public 
were 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 changes to the agenda were presented for consideration: 
 
Item 10.2 GB-RZ-2016.2 (OTG Developments) was deferred to a future Local Trust 
Committee meeting.  
 
It was noted that the May 26, 2016 Local Trust Committee (LTC) Regular Meeting 
Agenda Addendum items were numbered incorrectly, and that the late additions to the 
Agenda were also numbered incorrectly.  They were renumbered. 
 
The following late items were added to the agenda: 
 
10.1.18 Letter dated May 19, 2016 from People for a Healthy Community 
10.1.19 Email dated May 20, 2016 from Judith Graham 
10.3.2 Email dated May 16, 2016 from Grant Stiver and Arleen Stiver 
10.3.3 Email from Pat Hutchinson 
10.5.2 Letter dated May 22, 2016 from Jane Krul, Gary McCollum, John McCollum 
12.1.3 Email dated May 25, 2016 from John Woods  
 
By general consent the agenda was approved as amended. 

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3. TOWN HALL AND QUESTIONS 
 
Deborah Ferens summarized her written submission regarding World Oceans Day as 
follows: 
 World Oceans Day has been officially recognized since 2009. 
 The eighth annual World Oceans Day on Gabriola is Sunday, June 5, 2016.  
 She acknowledged the Islands Trust Council and the Local Trust Committee’s 
dedication to protecting the marine environment within the Trust area. 
 She summarized global, federal, and national initiatives related to the protection of 
the Salish Sea and surrounding waters. 
 It was highlighted that in Canada, just over one percent of coastal and marine areas 
are officially protected which is low as compared to other countries. 
 She noted that ocean protection is a public trust for the common benefit of all, and as 
such, all levels of government have an obligation to protect these areas. 
 
The LTC thanked Ms. Ferens for her ongoing community involvement and commitment 
to World Oceans Days and also noted Islands Trust was in the process of developing a 
new staff position which would focus on marine and First Nations issues. 
 
4. COMMUNITY INFORMATION M

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