South Pender LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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Saturna Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Regular Meeting 
June 9, 2015 ADOPTED  Page   1 of 10
  
  
 
Saturna Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Regular Meeting 
 
Date: 
Location: 
June 9, 2015 
Saturna Recreation and Cultural Centre 
104 Harris Road, Saturna Island, BC 
 
Members Present: George Grams, Chair 
Paul Brent, Local Trustee 
Lee Middleton, Local Trustee 
 
Staff Present: Robert Kojima, Regional Planning Manager 
Gary Richardson, Island Planner 
Beverly Lowsley, Recorder 
  
Members of the 
Public and Media 
Present: 
There were twenty-four (24) members of the public present 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
Chair Grams called the meeting to order at 12:33 pm.  He acknowledged that the 
meeting was being held in traditional territory of the Coast Salish First Nations then 
made introductions. 
 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
The following addition to the agenda was presented for consideration: 
 
Add to Town Hall: late agenda item from Eastpoint Ocean Cottages Ltd and Owners of 
Cottages at East Point Resort for discussion. 
 
By general consent the agenda was adopted as amended. 
 
3. TOWN HALL AND QUESTIONS 
 Carol Voyt asked a three part question: if the LTC permits a single fee simple parcel of 
land to become a strata, at some point in the future could the strata council vote to 
subdivide the land into two or more parcels without a public process or engagement?  
Could you please provide the laws or legislation which clarifies this point and post it on 
the website?  If this is allowed, is this something we as a community wish to support and 
endorse? 
 
Planner Richardson responded that anyone applying to subdivide can choose either a 
strata subdivision or fee simple subdivision but in either case they would be required to 
meet the minimum lot size. There could be no further subdivision.  
  
Regional Planning Manager (RPM) Kojima identified relevant regulations: local zoning 
regulations establish density and the relevant provincial regulations as the Land Title Act 
and the Strata Property Act. 
 
 
 
 
 
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Saturna Island Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of Regular Meeting 
June 9, 2015 ADOPTED  Page   2 of 10
  
  
 
 
Morgan Yates asked where letters submitted regarding present applications can be 
found on the Islands Trust website. 
 
Several other community members expressed concern that letters relating to issues 
discussed at open meetings which relate to proposals not yet formally submitted are still 
important and should either be read out at the meeting or some mechanism identified for 
them to be accessible to local residents. 
 
Planners and Chair clarified as follows:  
 Correspondence received relating to specific applications are posted on the 
application section of the Islands Trust website; 
 Only information relating to an active application is posted on the website; 
 Items received in time are posted on the web or as part of the agenda package; 
 General correspondence is n

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