Lasqueti LTC Special Meeting Minutes

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ADOPTED 
 
Lasqueti LTC CIM  ADOPTED 1 
March 14, 2015 
Lasqueti Island Local Trust Committee Meeting 
Minutes of Special Meeting 
Community Information Meeting 
Regarding 
Riparian Areas Regulation and Implementation 
 
 
Date:                                     March 14, 2015 
Location:                              Lasqueti Island Community Hall 
Main Road, Lasqueti Island, BC 
 
Members Present:               Laura Busheikin, Chair 
Susan Morrison, Local Trustee 
Timothy Peterson, Local Trustee 
 
Staff Present:                       Marnie Eggen, Planner 2 
Courtney Simpson, Island Planner 
Jaylene Scheible, Recorder 
 
Media and Others Present: Approximately thirty-two (32) members of the public 
 
 
 
1.        CALL TO ORDER 
 
Chair Busheikin called the meeting to order at 11:31 am.  She acknowledged that the meeting 
was being held in traditional territory of the Coast Salish First Nations. 
 
 
2.        APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND INTRODUCTIONS 
 
The following additions to the agenda were presented for consideration: 
 
•     a lunch break following item 3.2 
 
By general consent, the agenda was adopted as amended. 
 
 
3. COMMUNITY INFORMATION SESSION - RIPARIAN AREAS REGULATION AND 
IMPLEMENTATION 
 
3.1.     Correspondence 
 
3.1.1. Letter dated February 15, 2015 from Doug Hopwood
 
 
Received.  
 

ADOPTED 
 
Lasqueti LTC CIM  ADOPTED 2 
March 14, 2015 
3.2.     Presentation by Marnie Eggen, Planner 2 
 
Planner Eggen advised that the purpose of the meeting is to present an overview 
of Riparian Areas and the Riparian Areas Regulation (RAR) and the work 
completed by the Lasqueti Local Trust Committee (LTC) to date: 
• the process so far 
• options for implementation considered by the LTC 
• watershed mapping 
• draft bylaw amendment 
 
Planner Eggen went on to explain where and to what does the RAR apply, and when is 
a watercourse not a “stream” under the RAR. 
 
Planner Eggen presented the information of the work done thus far by the LTC. She 
summarized the spectrum of implementation options. She noted that the assessment 
done by Madrone completed watershed mapping of 19 different watersheds to 
determine whether they possess fish habitat based on the RAR methodology.  She 
explained a summary of methods.   
 
Planner Eggen went on to summarize the current land use bylaws and what will change 
under the Draft Bylaw Amendment.  She noted that the watershed mapping shows the 
whole watershed, and that the Draft Bylaw Amendment only affects land within 30 
metres of a watercourse. 
 
Chair Busheikin recessed the meeting for lunch at 12:15 pm and reconvened the meeting at 12:45 pm.  
 
3.3 Questions and Answers Session 
 
Planner Eggen addressed questions that had been received from residents thus far. 
 
 I already have a garden within thirty (30) metres of a stream, will I need to get 
permission to keep gardening there? 
 
She noted that the RAR will only apply to new commercial, residential and industrial 
development.  
 
 I wa

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