North Pender LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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North Pender Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of a Regular Meeting  
July 30, 2015  ADOPTED  Page 1 of 10 
 
  
 
North Pender Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Regular Meeting 
 
Date: 
 
Location: 
Thursday, July 30, 2015 (9:45 am) 
 
Pender Island Community Hall 
4418 Bedwell Harbour Road, North Pender Island, BC 
 
Members Present: George Grams, Chair 
Dianne Barber, Local Trustee 
Derek Masselink, Local Trustee 
Justine Starke, Island Planner 
Robert Kojima, Regional Planning Manager 
 
Staff Present: 
 
Others Present:  
Zorah Staar, Recorder 
 
Twenty (20) members of the public 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
 
Chair Grams called the meeting to order at 9:45 am.  He acknowledged that the meeting 
was being held in traditional territory of the Coast Salish First Nations. 
 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
For consideration to amend the agenda, the following items were presented: 
- add new Delegation item, 8.1 Michael Sketch re: Waste Task Force; 
- add new Correspondence item, 9.2 Mary Anne Pare Letter re: Water Supply; 
- add new Correspondence item, 9.3 Shelley Easthope Letter re: Waste Permit. 
By general consent the agenda was approved, as amended. 
 
3. TOWN HALL AND QUESTIONS 
 
Sara Steil commented on the Driftwood Centre development permit application, 
stressing ecological integrity and using indigenous vegetation in landscaping. 
 
Richard Piskor said that he had reviewed an Islands Trust auditor’s report, to try to 
understand more about Islands Trust administrative and other expenses.  Re: the 
Islands Trust Strategic Plan, he suggested that it would be better to try to do three things 
well, than to try to do 30 things, not so well. 
 
Chair Grams responded that Richard Piskor could contact him if he wanted additional 
Islands Trust budget information.  Re: the Strategic Plan, the Trust did have priorities 
where they focussed their current action, and meanwhile the Strategic Plan was like a 
projects list, for future action when possible. 
A D O P T E D  

 
 
North Pender Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of a Regular Meeting  
July 30, 2015  ADOPTED  Page 2 of 10 
 
  
Mary Reher said that she was concerned about her email re: water supply issues on 
Pirates Road, sent to the Trustees on June 4, and resent a week ago because there had 
been no response.  She noted that if the Trustees wanted to draw our community 
together, hearing all points of view, then emails or letters needed to be answered 
sooner.  She also wanted to know how correspondence was added to meeting agendas. 
 
Chair Grams, Trustee Masselink, and Regional Planning Manager (RPM) Kojima 
apologized and acknowledged the need to keep improving the protocol for forwarding 
and timely action on emails.  It helped if community members said in their emails 
whether they just wanted the Planner/Staff to answer a question, or if they wanted the 
Trustees to take action on it (including considering including it on a Local Trust 
Committee meeting agenda).  Currently, co

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