Hornby LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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ADOPTED 
Hornby Island ADOPTED 1 
Local Trust Committee Minutes 
August 14, 2015 
 
Hornby Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Regular Meeting 
 
Date: 
Location: 
August 14, 2015 
Room to Grow 
2100 Sollans Road, Hornby Island, BC 
 
Members Present Laura Busheikin, Chair 
Alex Allen, Local Trustee 
Tony Law, Local Trustee 
 
Staff Present Rob Milne, Island Planner 
Vicky Bockman, Recorder 
 
Others Present 
 
Approximately seventeen (17) members of the public - am 
Approximately six (6) members of the public - pm 
 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
 
Chair Busheikin called the meeting to order at 11:32 am. She acknowledged that the 
meeting was being held in traditional territory of the Coast Salish First Nations. She 
welcomed the public and introduced herself, Trustees, Island Planner and Recorder. 
 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
 
The following additions to the agenda were presented for consideration: 
 
9.1 Letter dated August 11, 2015 from Minister Todd Stone re: BC Ferries and 
Hornby Island 
 
9.2 Letter dated August 11, 2015 from John Grayson, Hornby Island Estate Winery 
and Farm re: Hornby Island Land Use Bylaw No. 150 (proposed) 
 
9.3 Email dated August 9, 2015 from Bernhard Weiss re: Decontamination of Fire 
Fighting Gear and Apparatus and RAR 
 
12.9 Trust Fund Board Verbal Report 
 
13.1 Climate Change Leadership 
 
13.2 Letter dated August 11, 2015 from T. Ian Smith, Comox Valley Regional District 
(CVRD) re: Hornby Fire Hall Project Development Permit 
 
By general consent the agenda was adopted as amended. 
 

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3. TOWN HALL AND QUESTIONS 
 
Mary MacKenzie, speaking on behalf of Hornby Water Stewardship, noted that the 
Hornby Island watershed, groundwater and storage, including the collection of rainwater, 
needs to be acknowledged as the island’s infrastructure/system for water distribution in 
order to apply for funding for protection and to develop above-ground storage. She 
requested that the Trust promote and enable rainwater collection and storage in the 
Trust area and create a policy of subsidy and enforcement that includes a position that 
no development permit be issued without a water harvesting plan. 
 
Ellen Leslie, speaking on behalf of Hornby Water Stewardship, acknowledged the 
importance of research and up-to-date information on all aspects of water resources and 
asked that the Trust support the gathering of information to be used in planning 
decisions regarding water quantity and quality. 
 
Trustees noted several avenues that the Local Trust Committee (LTC) will be 
considering to address this issue including the review of approaches to ground water 
protection and water conservation, currently on the Projects List, discussion of water in 
the Strategic Planning process, and potentially through advocacy efforts involving the 
provincial Climate Change Leadership Discussion Paper. 
 
4. COMMUNITY INFORMATION MEETING – none 
 
5. PUBLIC HEARI

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