Gabriola LTC Regular Meeting Minutes

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Gabriola LTC Meeting Minutes  ADOPTED 1 
April 2, 2015 
 
Gabriola Island 
Local Trust Committee 
Minutes of a Regular Meeting 
 
 
Date of Meeting: Thursday, April 2, 2015 
Location:  Women’s Institute 
476 South Road, Gabriola Island, BC 
 
Members Present: Laura Busheikin, Chair 
Melanie Mamoser, Local Trustee 
 Heather Nicholas, Local Trustee  
 
Staff Present:  Courtney Simpson, Regional Planning Manager 
Aleksandra Brzozowski, Island Planner 
Lisa Webster-Gibson, Legislative Clerk 
Karin Kronstal, Island Planner 
Jessie Sherk, Recorder 
 
Media and Others: One (1) member of the local media and eight (8) members of the public 
were in attendance. 
 
 
1. CALL TO ORDER 
 
Chair Busheikin called the meeting to order at 10:15 am. Staff and trustees were 
introduced and the public was welcomed. She acknowledged that the meeting was being 
held in the traditional territory of the Coast Salish First Nations. Chair Busheikin stated 
that she was pleased to mix poetry and politics and introduced Naomi Beth Wakan who 
then read a selection of her work in honor of National Poetry Month. The Local Trust 
Committee (LTC) thanked Poetry Gabriola and Susan Yates for bringing this opportunity 
to their attention.  
 
 
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 
 
The following additions to the agenda were presented for consideration: 
 
 9.1 Letter from Village Vision dated March 27, 2015 
 9.2 Email from Gloria Hatfield on behalf of the Gabriola Chamber of Commerce, 
dated March 24, 2015 and Rachel Davie, Executive Director The Haven dated 
March 27, 2015 regarding North Road signs 
 13.1 New Business – Discussion – briefing from Trust Fund staff regarding eel 
grass mapping 
 
By general consent, the agenda was approved as amended. 
 
 
 

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April 2, 2015 
3. TOWN HALL AND QUESTIONS 
 
Mike Phillips spoke about the Crown Referral on Lease Agreement for Stoney Ridge 
Aggregate as he lives near the location.  He thanked the LTC for presenting the 
document noting that it brought the issue into the public. He stated that what is 
happening is large-scale disruption to an environmentally sensitive area. He noted that 
although, the memo includes that the owner has stated he has never received a noise 
complaint, there can be significant noise during intermittent periods of time. He also 
expressed concerns about who will control the use of water, the amount of inspections 
done on the property, reclamation and the inevitable road damage from the large trucks 
transporting sandstone blocks.  He asked that the LTC request that they be provided 
with information regarding the inspections of the site including if restoration will be or has 
been done, and to insist that McGuffies swamp be protected and make a 
recommendation that drilling should not be allowed on the site. 
 
Paul Metcalf stated that he was speaking as a professional geoscientist but not an 
expert on aggregate stone.  He felt that the issues brought up ma

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