North Pender LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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North Pender Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of a Regular Meeting 
November 26, 2015  ADOPTED Page 1 of 8 
 
  
 
North Pender Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of a Regular Meeting 
 
Date: 
Location: 
November 26, 2015 
North Pender Anglican Church 
4703 Canal Road, North Pender Island, BC 
 
Members Present: George Grams, Chair 
Derek Masselink , Local Trustee 
Diane Barber, Local Trustee 
 
Staff Present: Justine Starke, Island Planner 
Shannon Brayford, Recorder     
  
Others Present: 
  
Twenty-six (26) members of the public present 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
 
Chair Grams called the meeting to order at 4:01 pm.  He acknowledged that the meeting 
was being held in traditional territory of the Coast Salish First Nations and introduced the 
Trustees and staff present.  
 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
 
An addendum package, which was circulated to the Local Trust Committee and made 
available to the public, was noted.  
 
By general consent the agenda was approved as presented. 
 
3. TOWN HALL AND QUESTIONS 
 
John Aftias shared concerns that a lot adjacent to his property could be selected for the 
waste transfer facility site. He also provided reasons for believing that Michael Sketch, 
Elizabeth Montague, and members of the Pender Island Recycling Society should not sit 
on the Waste and Resource Management Commission (WRMC).   
 
Michael Sketch asked to draw the Chair Grams attention to the Saturna Trust Council 
Report of June 2014 regarding a conflict of interest issue on South Pender Island. Mr. 
Sketch noted that the report had concluded that Islands Trust staff should provide 
resources regarding conflict of interest and that these had not been provided to the 
Waste and Resource Management Commission (WRMC). 
 
Julie Roper addressed the Age Friendly Report. She commented that there was no 
relationship between the report and the recommendations, particularly those regarding 
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North Pender Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of a Regular Meeting 
November 26, 2015  ADOPTED Page 2 of 8 
 
  
density and by-law amendments. Ms. Roper encouraged the LTC to keep this in mind 
when considering the report.  
 
Ben McConchie noted that he was a member of the North Pender Advisory Planning 
Commission (APC), but that he was not speaking on the APC’s behalf. He encouraged 
the LTC to continue supporting the collaborative process between South and North 
Pender through the WRMC and suggested involving the APC as they are available and 
not currently being accessed.  
 
4. CLOSED MEETING  
 
 NP-2015-070 
It was MOVED and SECONDED  
THAT the meeting be closed to the public in accordance to the Community Charter, Part 
4, Division 3, S. 90(1) (a) & (d) for the purpose of considering: 
 Advisory Planning Commission Memberships, 
 Adoption of In Camera Minutes dated October 29, 2015. 
And that the Recorder and Staff attend the meeting.  And further that the North Pender 
Island Special Advisory Planning Commiss

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