Lasqueti LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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Local Trust Committee Minutes 
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Lasqueti Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Regular Meeting 
 
Date: 
Location: 
April 18, 2016 
Lasqueti Island Arts Centre 
Main Road, Lasqueti Island, BC 
 
Members Present Laura Busheikin, Chair 
Susan Morrison, Local Trustee 
Timothy Peterson, Local Trustee 
 
Staff Present Sonja Zupanec, Island Planner 
Dave Olsen, Recorder 
 
Others Present There were eleven (11) members of the public in attendance. 
 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
 
Chair Busheikin called the meeting to order at 11:03 am. She acknowledged that the 
meeting was being held in the traditional territory of the Coast Salish First Nations and 
introduced the staff and trustees.   
 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
 
By general consent the agenda was approved as presented. 
 
3. TOWN HALL AND QUESTIONS 
 
Comments from the public were grouped by topic as follows: 
 
Meeting Facilitation 
 
Chair Busheikin reminded the audience that her goal, as Chair, is to have the meetings 
run smoothly, transparently, and be accessible to all, meaning specifically that anyone 
can come and participate without intimidation.  Part of this goal is to be as efficient as 
possible and support the democratic process. 
 
She differentiated between this meeting, as a regular business meeting, and other types 
of meetings, where the goal is simply to listen to, the audience. 
 
Chair Busheikin also expressed her respect for the local culture and encouraged 
members of the public to use the Town Hall sessions for giving input, even if it’s for 
something later on the agenda.   
 
She will continue to respect the discretion of the Local Trust Committee (LTC) members, 
who may ask for public comment.  But for technical discussions, she will restrict 
discussion to LTC members.  Otherwise, she will allow the LTC to have the initial 

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discussion and asked the public to indicate her or his desire to speak by putting their 
hand up to be recognized, and reminded everyone to be gracious, constructive and civil. 
 
A Discrepancy with the Minutes of the last LTC Meeting 
 
John O’Halloran spoke for the record.  He noted that he remembered his statement at 
the last Town Hall to be stronger than what was recorded and asked that the record 
show what he intended, specifically, that he made a stronger statement and asked that 
his comments are not undervalued.  The statement he wanted for the record is: “that the 
members don’t have much empathy or compassion for the people that sit on this side of 
the room because they don’t do this, they don’t sit here pro bono.” 
 
It was also suggested that the Premier wants to promote Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) and 
the extraction of other resources, so the same feeling has been given to other 
jurisdictions. 
 
Regarding Application LA-RZ-2015.1 (KGL Freight Ltd) 
 
The current rezoning application that was the subject of t

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