North Pender LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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North Pender Island Local Trust Committee  
Minutes of a Regular Meeting 
June 18, 2015 ADOPTED Page 1 of 11 
 
  
 
North Pender Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Regular Meeting 
 
Date: 
 
Location: 
 
Thursday, June 18, 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 
 
Staff Present: Justine Starke, Island Planner 
Miles Drew, Bylaw Enforcement Manager 
Zorah Staar, Recorder 
  
Members of the 
Public and Media 
Present: 
Twenty-eight (28) members of the public 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
Chair Grams called the meeting to order at 9:47 am, and acknowledged that it was being 
held in traditional territory of the Coast Salish First Nations. 
 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
The following items were presented for consideration: 
- to delete items 8.1.1 and 8.1.2 of Delegations (persons not intending to speak today); 
- to add item 8.2 (Michael Sketch as an additional Delegation); 
- To add item 11.2.1 (Regular Meeting Addendum). 
 
By general consent the agenda was approved, as amended. 
 
3. TOWN HALL AND QUESTIONS 
Richard Piskor asked Chair Grams if he had more details yet about the administrative 
portion of the Islands Trust annual budget. 
 
Chair Grams replied that after the upcoming June meeting of Trust Council, he should 
have more information to report. 
 
Dorothy Murdoch commented as follows: 
- She was told at a previous meeting that Islands Trust Bylaw Enforcement Officers 
did not need a landowner’s prior permission to enter a property; however, Land Use 
Bylaw No. 103 appeared to require giving notice; 
- Driftwood Centre had been inspected on two occasions without such notice. 
 
 
 
 
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North Pender Island Local Trust Committee  
Minutes of a Regular Meeting 
June 18, 2015 ADOPTED Page 2 of 11 
 
  
Bylaw Enforcement Manager (BEM) Drew, clarified that the Land Use Bylaw required 
officers to notify the property occupant (not the owner) to arrange a reasonable time for 
inspection, and this notification could occur in-person, by the officer entering the property 
to knock on the occupant’s door. 
 
Donn Korbin asked where he could find an analysis of the impact on other taxpayers of 
those receiving property tax relief for agreeing to a conservation covenant. 
 
Island Planner Starke, said that potential tax relief came not from the covenant itself but 
from a related application under the Natural Area Protection Tax Exemption Program 
(NAPTEP) handled by the Trust Fund Board, who could provide more details. 
 
Dennis Perch commented on unfounded assumptions or statements made about short 
term vacation rentals (STVR’s), by community members and also in Staff Reports, e.g.: 
- Suggesting that STVR’s are illegal on residential property, and all other uses are not; 
- Stigmatizing STVR’s as “commercial” and not housing, but B & B’s are commercial 
too; 
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