Galiano LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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Galiano Island Local Trust Committee  
Regular Business Meeting Minutes 
September 14, 2015  ADOPTED Page 1 of 11 
 
Galiano Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Regular Meeting 
 
Date: 
Location: 
September 14, 2015 
Galiano North Community Hall 
20925 Porlier Pass Rd, Galiano Island, BC 
 
Members Present: Laura Busheikin, Chair 
Sandy Pottle, Local Trustee 
George Harris, Local Trustee 
 
Staff Present: Kim Farris, Acting Planner 2 
David Millership, Recorder 
  
Members of the 
Public and Media 
Present: 
There were approximately 15 members of the public present 
and no members of the media 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
Chair Busheikin called the meeting to order at 12:34 pm. Introductions were made and 
she acknowledged that the meeting was being held in traditional territory of the Coast 
Salish First Nations.  
 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
 Chair Busheikin asked for any additions or changes to the agenda; amendments were 
as follows: 
 Added item 13.2 – Support Letter for Beacon Wireless 
 
By general consent the agenda was approved as amended. 
 
3. TOWN HALL AND QUESTIONS 
 Chair Busheikin stated that comments/discussions, pertaining to GL-RZ-2013.1 
(Landworks), would not be permitted due to the application being post public hearing.  
 
Debbie Holmes stated that: it was a long struggle to prove that forestry is a land use 
and not an extraction; the forest zone is critical to Galiano’s water supply and therefore 
needs to be developed carefully and in accordance with the Official Community Plan 
(OCP); forestlands need to be preserved and fragmented forest minimized; land use 
regulation is needed; and the Local Trust Committee (LTC) needs to consider the 
communities wishes of past 30 years.   
 
Louise Decario stated that another Public Hearing (PH) is needed in order to address 
concerns relating to the proposed covenant(s) for GL-RZ-2013.1 (Landworks), which is 
supposed to be a community template.   
 
There was some discussion regarding process and available public information.  
 
 
 
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Galiano Island Local Trust Committee  
Regular Business Meeting Minutes 
September 14, 2015  ADOPTED Page 2 of 11 
Tom Hennessy spoke to Galiano Green (GG) and commented that a mobile home 
concept had been rejected. He stated that the CCEC Credit Union is willing to support 
bare land strata or foundation lease, with mortgages only being approved once a house 
is built.  
 
Sheila Anderson stated support for having another PH regarding the proposed 
covenant(s) for GL-RZ-2013.1 (Landworks). She spoke, on her own behalf (not the 
Advisory Planning Commission (APC)), to the Contractor Yards issue and asked that the 
LTC be cautious regarding their interpretation (i.e.: not every carpenter should be 
deemed a “contractor” and thus in need of a Temporary Use Permit (TUP)). She stated 
support for getting people working legally and commented that LTC concern(s) should 
be to do with yards which are more industrial in scale. 

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