Gabriola LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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ADOPTED 
Gabriola Island ADOPTED 1 
Local Trust Committee Minutes 
November 26, 2015 
  
Gabriola Island  
Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Regular Meeting 
 
 
 
Members Present Laura Busheikin, Chair 
Melanie Mamoser, Local Trustee 
Heather O’Sullivan, Local Trustee 
 
Staff Present Aleksandra Brzozowski, Island Planner 
Teresa Rittemann, Planner 1 
Jessie Sherk, Recorder 
 
Media and Others 
Present 
1 member of the local media  
Approximately 10 members of the public 
 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
 
Chair Busheikin called the meeting to order at 10:16 am. The public were welcomed and 
staff and trustees were introduced. 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: 
 
7.3 Postponed Motion Regarding Pacific Pilotage Authority Proposal 
 8.1 John Peirce on Behalf of the Chamber of Commerce 
8.1.1 Rainwater as Potable Water 
  8.1.2 Commercial Demand Forecast 
 9.1 Email from Dede Gaston Regarding Cell Phone Towers 
 
By general consent, the agenda was approved as amended. 
 
3. TOWN HALL AND QUESTIONS 
 
Deb Ferens spoke about climate change and had the following comments: 
 
 She stated that the upcoming Paris conference starts November 30,
, 
2015 ending 
December 11, 2015. 
 December 11 is also the anniversary date of the United Nations (UN) receiving 
the World Commission on Environment and Development, also known as the 
Brundtland Report on December 11, 1987.  
Date: 
Location: 
November 26, 2015 
Gabriola Women's Institute Hall 
476 South Road, Gabriola Island, BC 

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 The Vancouver Island and Coast Conservation Society (VICCS) has invited 
leaders to proclaim December 11 as a day for our common future. She noted that 
many other governments have already signed this proclamation and next year, 
the VICCS will be approaching the UN and Pope Francis to sign the proclamation 
to declare December 11, 2017 as the 30
th
 anniversary of the Brundtland Report 
as a day for our common future.  
 She stated that because of the heightened security situation in Paris, the French 
government has prohibited the Global Climate March that was planned for 
November 29, 2015. Many communities around the world will still mark that day, 
including Gabriola and Nanaimo and take to the street to participate in the Global 
Climate March.   
 She noted that real movement on climate change will happen at the local level 
and that it is up to all of us to pressure our leaders to make sure all land use 
decisions include climate change considerations.   
 In closing, Ferens stated that she would come forward again in 2016, to ask the 
LTC to sign the proclamation and continue with bringing climate change to the 
forefront on Gabriola. 
 
4. COMMUNITY INFORMATION MEETING - none 
 
5. PUBLIC HEARING - none 
 
6. MINUTES

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