Gabriola LTC Special Meeting Minutes

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ADOPTED 
Gabriola Island ADOPTED 1 
Local Trust Committee  
Special Community Information Meeting Minutes 
February 24, 2016 
 
Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Special Meeting 
 
Date: 
Location: 
February 24, 2016 
Haven, Phoenix Room 2 
240 Davis Road, Gabriola Island, BC 
 
Members Present Melanie Mamoser, Local Trustee/Acting Chair 
Heather O'Sullivan, Local Trustee 
 
Staff Present Aleksandra Brzozowski, Island Planner 
Sonja Zupanec, Island Planner 
Lisa Webster-Gibson, A/ Planner 1  
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
 
Acting Chair Mamoser called the meeting to order at 8:14pm.   
 
2. BUSINESS ITEM - BYLAW NO. 288 (AMENDMENT TO FEES BYLAW) 
 
Staff presented Draft Bylaw No. 288. This administrative amendment bylaw will correct 
an erroneous omission of DPA-6 from the Gabriola Fees Bylaw.  
 
GB-2016-033 
It was MOVED and SECONDED, 
that Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee Bylaw No. 288, cited as “Gabriola Island 
Local Trust Committee Fees Bylaw No. 245, 2007, Amendment No. 1, 2016”, be read a 
first time.  
 
CARRIED 
 
GB-2016-034 
It was MOVED and SECONDED, 
that Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee Bylaw No. 288, cited as “Gabriola Island 
Local Trust Committee Fees Bylaw No. 245, 2007, Amendment No. 1, 2016”, be read a 
second time.  
 
CARRIED 
 

ADOPTED 
Gabriola Island ADOPTED 2 
Local Trust Committee  
Special Community Information Meeting Minutes 
February 24, 2016 
GB-2016-035 
It was MOVED and SECONDED,  
that Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee Bylaw No. 288, cited as “Gabriola Island 
Local Trust Committee Fees Bylaw No. 245, 2007, Amendment No. 1, 2016”, be read a 
third time.  
 
CARRIED 
 
GB-2016-036 
It was MOVED and SECONDED,  
that Gabriola Island Local Trust Committee Bylaw No. 288, cited as “Gabriola Island 
Local Trust Committee Fees Bylaw No. 245, 2007, Amendment No. 1, 2016”, be 
forwarded to the Secretary of the Islands Trust for approval by the Executive Committee.  
 
CARRIED 
 
3.  COMMUNITY INFORMATION SESSION 
 
3.1 Presentation of Breakout group feedback to Trustees 
 
The two workshop groups presented their scenarios to the Trustees and 
summarized their feedback on them.  Comments included:  
 
NOISE 
 Many ways to prevent noise, measures can be given  
 Quiet hours would be difficult to enforce, this item would be covered by 
the preventative measures 
 Designated quiet hours are not sufficient to address adverse effects of 
barking 
 Even if all neighbours agree, sound can extend beyond immediate 
neighbours and dogs barking can trigger other nearby dogs to bark 
 Sounds travels when windows are open in summer 
 Require setbacks to adjacent properties to reduce noise 
 Lot size – 2 acres might be sufficient to reduce noise problems 
 
WASTE 
 Could reference controls set out by the Ministry of Environment  
 A fencing plan could be an option to address this concern 
 Options for pet waste disposal exist, just need some research 
 Smaller lots should dispose feces off site 
 Would 

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