Lasqueti LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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April 9, 2015 
Lasqueti Island Local Trust Committee 
Meeting Minutes  
 
 
Date: April 9, 2015 
Location: Lasqueti Island Arts Centre 
Main Road, Lasqueti Island, BC 
Members Present: Laura Busheikin, Chair 
 Susan Morrison, Local Trustee 
 Tim Peterson, Local Trustee 
Staff Present: Marnie Eggen, Planner 2 
 Jaylene Scheible, Recorder 
Others Present: Nine (9) members of the public were present. 
 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
Chair Busheikin called the meeting to order at 11:00 am. She acknowledged that the 
meeting was being held in the traditional territory of the Coast Salish First Nations. She 
introduced the trustees, staff and recorder. 
 
 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND INTRODUCTIONS 
 
The following additions to the agenda were presented for consideration: 
 
• add item 13.7 Southern LTA Ad Hoc meeting regarding Strategic Planning 
 
By general consent, the agenda was adopted as amended. 
 
 
3. TOWN HALL AND QUESTIONS 
 
Five members of the public spoke and the following summary was recorded: 
o In regards to the letter from agenda item 13.3, received from Mike Wall of the 
Powell River Regional District (PRRD), requesting support for a grant application 
that would provide funding for a proposed Fire Hall on Lasqueti Island: 
 There was concern that the PRRD had not completed sufficient public 
consultation with the community.  
 There was concern about the expenditure of funds for a new fire hall. It was 
agreed that the LTC should ask the PRRD to promote community 
consultation.  
 Trustee Peterson acknowledged that a letter was sent in reply to the 
PRRD, stating that the request for a letter of support would have to be 
discussed at a LTC meeting, and could therefore not be provided in the 
timeframe requested. The trustees requested that the PRRD complete 
public consultation because the project would require a significant tax 

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increase for property owners. 
o The Last Resort Society had completed the installation of the independent energy 
system. The LTC was thanked for their continued support by way of letter writing to 
support grant applications. 
o Regarding the fee for variances that was presented at the Riparian Areas 
Regulation (RAR) Community Information Meeting (CIM), it was suggested that the 
different fees for residential and commercial applications was discriminatory. 
 It was noted that the Financial Planning Committee (FPC) wants to 
increase the fees, and that the fee schedule is an issue that needs to be 
addressed by the LTC. 
 It was asked if there were any variances that are only applicable to RAR, 
and suggested that perhaps there could be a third category and fee for 
variances where there is no land use change. 
 Planner Eggen responded that the fees for a variance are not specific to 
RAR, and that the application for a variance is standard. The fee structure 
was set up with the assumption that residential proje

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